Christian World Arts Festival

02/13/2024

So thankful for this faithful team out ministering to hundreds of young people through The Acadmey of Arts dramatic word Seminars! Please keep them in your prayers and contact us if you’re interested in booking a camp week in your area!

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02/12/2024

So thankful for our faithful dramatic word senianr team!! They are out on the road right now ministering to hundreds of young people through our week long drama camps! Please remember them in your prayers!!

04/18/2023

Share in the excitement and glean from the practical wisdom of Nicole and Noah Stratton, Bill Reeves, Karen Abercrombie, and more as you watch these sessions crafted for stage and film creatives!

Purchase the session(s) individually or as a festival package to receive a special discount! Explore below today!

Stay tuned for exciting news of next year's festival dates, to be announced soon!

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The Academy of Arts is thrilled to announce its first ever Christian World Arts Festival on March 2-4, 2023 at the iconic Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.!…

03/10/2023

Awards list!

Best Student Stage Script
Ronan Rhys Osteen, The Unseen War -Winner
Andrew M Jones, Lydia G Davis, The Mission -Runner up

Best Original Stage Script
Molly Ishmael, The Book of Job -Winner
Lewis Philip Bliss, In His Steps -Runner Up

Best Book of an Original Musical
Aaron Alsmeyer, Leviathan -Winner

Best Original Screenplay
Dennis R. Doud, Rings of Talmoorin -Winner
John Martins III, My Iowa-Runner up

Best Stage Production
Stephanie Davidson, In the Valley -Winner
Ashlynn Dapper, Berlin -Runner up

Best Original Musical
Stephen Joseph Burke, The Hiding Place -Winner
Billy Wayne Arrington, Son of Sorrows -Runner up
Jess Day, Surrender -2nd runner up

Best Animated Short
Joseph Hoh, Wonderfully Made -Winner
Nicolas P. Villarreal, On/off -Runner up

Best Student Short
Judy England, The Stranger -Winner
Justin Sterner, Kate Larson, The Glitch -Runner up

Best Mobile Short
Ned Rossi, Strumming Alone -Winner
Reginald w Gibson, It’s All Good -Runner up

Best Short Film
Steven Stuart Baldwin, Adama’s Dream -Winner
Joshua David Wright, Self -Runner up
Manos Triantafillakis, Just like Water -2nd runner up

Best Short Documentary
Chase Kinney, Freed -Winner
Eliza Q Hemenway, The Way to Hawassa -Runner up
Becky Hellwig, Open Doors -2nd runner up

Best Documentary Feature
Matthew Diamond, Exaltation -Winner
Shane McMullin, Go -Runner up
John P. Ondo, Station Identification - 2nd runner up tie
Dan Tarrant, Rescued from Darkness - 2nd runner up tie

Best Cinematography
John Carrington, Go

Best Director
Garrett Michael Batty

Best Picture
Marty Roberts, Jimmy Womble, Running the Bases -Winner
Garrett Michael Batty, The Carpenter - Runner up

Founders Award
Ron Mighell (in memorial)

03/04/2023

A huge thank you to our guest speakers, Karen Abercrombie and Bill Reeves, for sharing at our first !

03/04/2023

03/04/2023

What a wonderful first two days!

03/03/2023

Day 1 in the books! What a blessing!

03/02/2023

Today is the day!!!!

02/28/2023

This map highlights the global reach of this inaugural Christian World Arts Festival! Many wonderful submissions have come from all over the world! We are just two days away!

If you submitted a project, like and comment below and let us know where you are from! We look forward to seeing you!

Tickets are still available if you would like to attend! https://www.museumofthebible.org/events/christian-world-arts-festival

02/16/2023

For those of you looking for hotel discounts to attend the festival, information can be found on the FilmFreeway Christian World Arts Festival page! https://filmfreeway.com/CWAF
We look forward to seeing you here in Washington, DC in just a couple weeks!

02/02/2023

Introducing our final keynote speaker for The Christian World Arts Festival…

NICOLE CHAVERS STRATTON

Artistic Director for the Academy of Arts Logos Theatre!

Nicole, the Artistic Director of the Academy of Arts Ministry, is the daughter of the founders of The Academy of Arts, Nicky and Sheri Chavers. She is a graduate of The Academy of Arts Conservatory and received her Master Degree of Sacred Fine Arts in 2004. After being given the invitation to audition and sing with Disney World and Euro-Disney, Nicole and her family felt God’s calling was of greater importance. She has personally acted, sung in, and directed over 300 productions teaching thousands of young people for over 20 years about the incredible need of emulating God’s character in communication and speech.

Make sure you get your festival tickets today as they are going fast! Use the PROMO code CWAF for a special discount at checkout!!! https://christianworldartsfestival.com