What We Do
Today we are sharing a little bit about what we do here at AEM. We encourage you to get involved and if you haven’t attended the Arts & Entertainment Institute that’s a great place to start!
Category Archives: Blog
AEM: Our Story
Welcome to our new AEM blog! We hope this is a place where you will find resources, both creatively and spiritually. AEM is committed to bringing you thoughtful articles, stories, videos and more that will encourage you in your faith as well as your creative process. This first video shares about AEM our story. Enjoy […]
Happy Easter
Here’s an Easter video message from our President & CEO Rev. Joel Pelsue Enjoy!
Interview with Photographer Lily Phan
How did you get started in photography? Lily: I stumbled onto photography while doing an independent research trip in the Balkans in 2001 with my first point and shoot digital. Then with the thought of reporting future trips using pictures, I enrolled in a couple of photo classes at Santa Monica College. I didn’t stop […]
Interview with Screenwriter Brian Godawa
How did you get started as a screenwriter? Brian: I started pursuing screenwriting well over fifteen years ago. I am “self taught.” I didn’t study screenwriting in college or go to film school. I was actually trained in the fine arts and pursued graphic design for many years while I learned about screenwriting on the […]
Interview with Graphic Designer Lynda Jakovich
When did you get started in graphic design? Lynda: I got my start over 20 years ago at a small trade publication where I was trained in paste-up and production. What equipment/programs do you use? Lynda: Macs. Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, InDesign, and last but not least, pencil and paper. What other types of art […]
Interview with Actor Jeff Austin
How did you get started as an actor? Jeff: Back in Jr. High I needed an elective to fill out my class schedule. I saw the word “Drama” on the class list and had to ask a friend what it meant. He said, “I think you do plays in the auditorium.” I thought it sounded […]
Power of Beauty
A few months ago I spoke at the headquarters for the largest non-profit in the world, World Vision International. As I spoke in their chapel, I challenged them to consider the role that beauty and art play when God transforms entire cultures. I showed them the often overlooked passages of scripture which make this clear […]
Narcissism & Hollywood
So Hollywood is narcissistic? Tell me something I don’t know, right? Well, though we live here in Los Angeles, and we see our share of fantastically ridiculous behavior, I was recently surprised and grieved to learn more about the narcissism in this city and how it is effecting our culture at large. Now, I must […]
God’s Imagination & the Incarnation
“The Word became Flesh” –John 1:14 “We cannot begin to live a life we cannot first imagine, and images stock the imagination’s repertoire.” –Margaret Miles, Seeing is Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies. If God has an imagination, then Christ in human form is the ultimate expression of that imagination, and the incarnation itself […]