Living Water College of the Arts

06/23/2020

Check out our first podcast! John and James discuss the vision for the College...

https://youtu.be/6bRV_qtAwzI

In this Podcast, John Connelly and James Martin discussLiving Water College of the Arts, the vision moving forward, and some of John's inspiration for becomi...

06/17/2020

Our Website is now Live. Check it out!!!

https://www.livingwatercollege.com

Film School, with opportunity to write, produce, and screen your film in a context that will produce excellence.

06/17/2020

06/16/2020

04/25/2016

Coming Soon!

Students of Living Water College of the Arts work alongside crew and cast members of Eric Spoeth's 2014 docu-drama Waiting for Waldemar. Video shot and edite...

04/01/2016

Another advocate for Classical Education!

03/09/2016

Even producers of public television understand the importance of discussion. Engaging the mind (Reason) is one of the 3 foundational pillars of Living Water College of the Arts.

Some of the most cutting-edge, experimental and creative public television will be screened in Calgary this May at a conference expected to draw hundreds of producers, directors and writers fr…

03/07/2016

In an essay written during World War II, C. S. Lewis raised the question of learning during . . . .

03/04/2016

Who is the next Ronald Reagan?

03/01/2016

“It is ever so with the things that men begin: there is a frost in Spring or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.”

“Yet seldom do they fail of their seed,” said Legolas. “And that will lie in times and places unlooked for. The deeds of Men will outlast us, Gimli.”

http://www.firstthings.com/article/2003/11/tolkien-and-the-gift-of-mortality

When I started reading The Lord of the Rings as an undergraduate, I was half-embarrassed to be doing so. I might become one of those girls who left each other messages on the dorm message board in elvish runes and stayed up late discussing the geography of Middle Earth in fake English accents. Even…

02/29/2016

Another article in favor of supporting Liberal Arts. www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/02/18/we-dont-need-more-stem-majors-we-need-more-stem-majors-with-liberal-arts-training/

The ability to draw from other disciplines produces better scientists.

02/27/2016

What is the importance of Liberal Arts? Check this article out. http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2015/07/29/liberal-arts-degree-tech/

Stop thinking of Silicon Valley as an engineer's paradise. There's far more work for liberal arts majors -- who know how to sell and humanize.

02/26/2016

Interesting article on the study of Humanities. Thoughts?

Our data-driven culture bears much of the blame for the decline of the humanities in higher education.

02/25/2016

Interesting!

When I saw the coming attractions for the new film “Risen”—which deals with a Roman tribune searching for the body of Jesus after reports of the resurrection—I thought that it would leave the audience in suspense, intrigued but unsure whether these reports were justified or not. I was surprised and…

01/28/2016

The Power of Truth & Beauty standing the test of time!

The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings on earth -- but there's a lot you probably don't know about it. In this tour-de-force talk, art historian Elizabeth Lev guides us across the famous building's ceiling and Michelangelo's vital depiction of traditional stories, showing how the pai…

01/28/2016

How can you tell a great work of art from a merely pleasant one?

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/simcha-fisher/lord-you-said-there-would-be-wine/

How can you tell a great work of art from a merely pleasant one? A great work of art never runs out. It can hang on your wall for years a...