Workforce & Education

Nearly 15 years ago, a confident University of West Georgia freshman named Kelsey Matthews approached me in one of our dining halls where she was promoting meal plans as part of her student assistantship. Her enthusiasm and ability to engage anyone she met made a lasting impression, and I was thrilled when she later joined my radio production class, producing commercials and hosting her own show at our campus radio station.

The landscape of entertainment is shifting faster than ever, and with it, the definition of what it means to be a content creator. At the Georgia Film Academy, we have always trained students for today's jobs while equipping them with skills for where the industry is going tomorrow.

Georgia Film Academy and VES Georgia brought together Visual Effects Society members and GFA students for an evening with Georgia-based visual effects artists. Presenters shared the projects that challenged them most, walking the audience through technique, problem-solving and the client relationships behind the work, before opening the floor for a lively Q&A.

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition (GSEC), announced that Julia Boyd, CAE, has been named Executive Director of GSEC, effective Oct. 1, 2026.

Discover Dunwoody has signed a new lease for office space at High Street, a mixed-use development in the heart of the Perimeter. The move places the organization alongside the restaurants, retail, and experiences it works to promote. 

Georgia Entertainment has announced its continued partnership with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and its SCADpro program to design the 2027 edition of "The Creative Economy Journal: The Innovation Issue."

If you’ve visited Stonehenge in the UK, you know. A trilith is an amazing monument, one that stands above the landscape and simultaneously settles within it. Meaning “of three stones” in Greek, a trilith is made up of two upright stones with a third, called a lintel, resting across the top. It’s a gateway. A spiritual road sign. A once-in-a-lifetime destination. And Trilith in Georgia is like that, too.

Heidi Boisvert has been named the chair of the School of Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies at Georgia Tech. She begins the new role on August 1, 2026. As the experience economy (industries such as gaming, film, live performance, and music) converges thanks to the seismic effect of artificial intelligence, Boisvert says this new school will prepare students to think well beyond the technologies and tools available today.

Peter Provost can see things that aren’t there—yet. And he’s getting a name for it in the world of immersive entertainment and branded content, where companies are seeking him out for a taste of his expertise in designing architecturally inspired digital sets for virtual production.

Like many children in the 1980s, Gladys Edeh had an affinity for music videos. She also loved watching movies with her father and dreamed of one day being in the entertainment industry. However, she was living an ocean away in her native Nigeria.