Author/singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson reads a liturgy for musicians and actors taken from from Douglas Kaine McKelvey’s book of liturgies, Every Moment Holy
Category: Music
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IKON | Creativity and the Arts Panel
A pastor, a comic book writer, a mathematician, an actor, a musician, and a TV writer walk into a panel…. Pastor Adam Smith moderates a conversation with creatives from a variety of fields on some of the unique ways the Christian faith intersects creative fields and the arts.
Caleb Monroe is a comic book writer (Batman, Peanuts) and screenwriter (The Mongolian Connection), as well as a deacon and staff member of Reality LA.
Satyan Devadoss holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Applied Math at the University of San Diego. Before that, he was a professor of mathematics at Williams College, with visiting positions at Ohio State, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, Université Nice, and Stanford. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, recipient of two national teaching awards, and explores the intersection of math with origami, cartography, architecture, genetics, and design.
Emily Rose is a passionate Seahawks fan, a Seattle native, and has been working as an actress for the past twelve years. She is best known for her work as Elena Fisher in Sony PlayStation’s Uncharted franchise and as Audrey Parker, the lead of Syfy’s show Haven. Emily received her BA in Theater from Vanguard University and her Masters in Acting from UCLA, where she also currently teaches.
Natalie Nicoles is a musician, singer, songwriter, and dreamer born and raised in the foothills of Los Angeles. She does session work around town, and is also a member of the California band Branches.
Gina Atwater hails from Atlanta, GA. She is an Emmy-Award-winning writer of film and TV, currently staffed on the HBO series Westworld.
This is the third of a three-part forum.
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IKON | Music Panel
Sean Johnson moderates a conversation with a variety of musicians on some of the unique ways the Christian faith intersects the vocation of music.
Whitney Martin is a music contractor for film and television scores, liaising between composers, musicians, production companies, and studios. Recent highlights include Ready Player One with Alan Silvestri, Lady Bird with Jon Brion, and the live premiere of Jane with Philip Glass.
Category-defier and LA native Propaganda is a musician, poet, political activist, husband, father, academic, and emcee. For more: Humble Beast | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast.
Southern California native and Jesus follower Aaron Redfield has played and recorded with many artists you’ve heard of, notably with Sia, Prince, Cake, and Cee Lo Green.
Grammy and Dove Award winner Alexander Hitchens has worked with the likes of Lecrae and Nike and as a producer for Universal Music Licensing.
Sean works as a composer for film and television and is the Music Ministry Pastor at Reality LA.
The third of a three-part evening.
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IKON | The Anthem of Christ
Sean Johnson looks at the gifted and broken sides of our identities as musicians, some of the lies surrounding both, and how the cross of Christ answers such lies and our unique brokennesses…but also our unique gifts and the explicit value God places on our work.
Sean works as a composer for film and television and is the Music Ministry Pastor at Reality LA.
The second of a three-part evening.
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IKON | Intersections
What does it mean to be a culture-shaper? Our artistry is only one lens contributing to the totality of who each of us are. As artists who “sit upstream” from culture, how do the uniques intersections of each our experiences, identities, histories, and opportunities help us determine what to put in the stream—what only we could put in the stream?
Category-defier and LA native Propaganda is a musician, poet, political activist, husband, father, academic, and emcee. For more: Humble Beast | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast.
The first of a three-part evening.
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IKON | Layers
Tatiana Simonian takes a wide-ranging, optimistic-yet-realistic insider’s look at mobile and social technological practices and suggests some practical solutions to some of the more troubling effects they can have on us.
Tatiana is Vice President of Branded Music Entertainment at Nielsen, as well as former head of music for Twitter. She’s built digital marketing campaigns for many artists and brands, and her writing has appeared in the LA Times, LA Weekly, and Rolling Stone.
The first of a three-part evening.
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RESOURCE | It Was Good: Making Music to the Glory of God
What does it mean to be a creative individual in the world of music who is a follower of the creative God? This book strives to answer that question through a series of essays which offer theoretical and practical insights into music-making from a Christian perspective.
Ned Bustard, a graphic designer and printmaker, has written and illustrated many children’s books, a historical fiction, and has edited the It Was Good art and faith anthology series, including volumes on Art and the Performing Arts.