School of Performing Arts II and Field Assignment (ATS 315 / ATS 316)

This school builds on the foundations established in the School of Performing Arts I and takes the student to higher levels of difficulty in their skill level as a performing artist. The school will give the students a more coherent understanding of the performing arts in a biblical and sociocultural framework.

The field assignment gives students the opportunity to perform in public places and to teach various art forms through workshops and seminars.

Performance and Production Practicum (ATS 322)

Students will apply the learning of the lecture phase as part of a team bringing creating a performing arts production. The practicum begins with a research phase begins. The school will travel to other cities with strong artistic movements to study the cultural riches of said places to acquire and apply them in the creative process. This is followed by the production phase where they will study different aspects of production such as wardrobe, makeup, set design, illumination and sound, script study, choreographic and musical composition etc. Students will work together with their peers and teachers to create a final piece. The school will end with a tour of the final production.

Performance and Production (ATS 321)

The school prepares people with advanced skills for participation in a performing arts production. With a central focus on the professional development of the artist’s technique and character, the school offers students training in one of three different specialties: dance, acting, or music. Parallel to the technique studies, all students of the AME will receive teachings on biblical foundations of the arts such as character of the artist, co-creating with God, and the Spiritual power of the Arts to name a few. They will also learn general skills for making a production happen. The training is in the context of a team developing and performing in a production together.

Advanced Production and Performance Practicum (ATS 314)

During this practicum, students will apply principles and skills learned in ATS 313 through creating art festivals and other forums for artistic expression from a biblically-based perspective.

Audio Production (ATS 267)

This course is designed to give the student hands-on experience in producing and engineering music. It is a highly specialized program focused on all technical aspects of sound production for application in a variety of settings including the congregation in the church, worship and music events, concerts, YWAM bases, etc.

Music Education and Missions II and Field Assignment (ATS 264 / ATS 265)

Music Education and Missions II is also an intensive leadership and teacher training course in instrumental music, ministry, and missions following on from Music Education and Missions I. This course is designed for the student who has a passion for reaching the orphaned, abandoned, refugee, and at-risk children and young people of the world through instrumental music education, evangelism, and discipleship – equipping them to be musical ambassadors with a life-changing message for their own people and the nations of the world. The main focus instrument of this course is the violin.

The Music Education and Missions I & II Field Assignment is the combined outreach Field Assignment for both Music Education and Missions I and Music Education and Missions II. The field assignment is designed as a practical outreach that will utilize all of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes learned in Music Education and Missions I & II.

Music Education and Missions I and Field Assignment (ATS 263 / ATS 265)

Music Education and Missions I is an intensive leadership and teacher training course in instrumental music education, ministry, and missions. This course is designed for the student who has a passion for reaching the orphaned, abandoned, refugee, and at-risk children and young people of the world through instrumental music education, evangelism, and discipleship – equipping them to be musical ambassadors with a life-changing message for their own people and the nations of the world.

Art Evangelists School and Field Assignment (ATS 257 / ATS 258)

This school is designed to train artists to be agents of transformation in communities, cities and nations. Students are trained in the biblical basis for creating art, with an emphasis on three areas: God’s character, heart purity and the position of the artist, and the means to communicate the message. The technical skills offered include: drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles, and sculpture.

School of Illustration Practicum I (ATS/CMC 256)

The practicum will provide a working experience tailored to the student’s area of interest. They will learn multiple media techniques as well as the business and ministry aspects of multiple fields of illustration. Students will be able to create Illustrations from basics of drawings to concept to presentation of Artwork, working with clients.

School of Illustration (ATS/CMC 255)

In this course students are trained by professional illustrators and staff in the commercial art fields such as: children’s book illustration, animation, editorial computer design, magazine covers, packaging, medical illustration, movie posters and product illustration. Some topics covered are: drawing, composition, conceptual illustration, biblical foundations of the arts, color theory, portfolio development, perspective, painting techniques and freelance business.