2020 workshops
FALL 2020
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COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM: ELECTION 2020
Group reporting on a historic election
Ages 16-29
Online
EXPLORING IDENTITY AND MEMORY THROUGH VISUAL STORYTELLING Chapbook Available
Identity, belonging, and cultural memory
Ages 16-29
Online
LOCAL HOPE: CREATING REGIONAL ART
Baltimore from the inside out
Ages 16-29
Online
IN ANOTHER SKIN: PERSONA POETRY ON FILM
Dramatic characters in the persona poem
Ages 16-29
Online
"BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE": STORIES OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Getting things done through local government
Ages 16-29
Online
COMPOSITING CRISIS: SURREALISTIC COMPOSITING Image Book Available
Creative interpretations in still and moving images
Ages 16-29
Online
VARIATIONS ON A THEME: POETRY & IMAGE CHAPBOOK DESIGN Chapbooks Via Description Page
Sharing personal creative visions through chapbooks
Ages 16-29
Online
MICROSCOPIC TIME: EXPERIMENTAL VIDEOGRAPHY
Stretching perception through slow motion
Ages 16-29
Online
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: STORIES OF FOOD, FAMILY, & CULTURE
Personal stories incorporating family recipes and food
Ages 16-29
Online
POSITIVE INFLUENCE: SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM
Issue-based digital campaigns for social media
Ages 16-29
Online
SUMMER 2020
A MAGNIFIED WORLD: EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY
Short documentaries constructed entirely of close-ups
Ages 16-29
Online
THE ARTIST’S DAYBOOK: A PRACTICE OF CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
A daily diary of impressions in the world of arts and letters
Ages 16-29
Online
THROUGH THE LENS OF A PANDEMIC Photo Book Available
Isolation, connection, anxiety, resilience, and family through the lens of COVID
Ages 16-29
Online
BLACK FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
A survey of Black-authored films from the silent era to the present
Ages 16-29
Online
MAKING IT SCRAPPY, KEEPING IT REAL: PERSONAL FILMMAKING
Effective filmmaking with limited resources
Ages 16-29
Online
STORY AND SCRIPT: AN ONLINE WRITERS GROUP
Creative writing for page and screen
Ages 18-29
Online
MY BLOCK DOC: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Investigating the physical and social dimensions of a city block
Ages 16-29
Online
URBAN ENVIRONMENTALISM: EXPLORING BALTIMORE’S GREEN SCENE
Urban environmentalism in Baltimore
Ages 16-29
Online
A STUDY IN COMMUNITY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY Photo Book Available
The lifeblood of a community through a camera lens
Ages 16-29
Online
A BALTIMORE TOY STORY: STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Making ordinary objects come to life
Ages 16-29
Online
UBUNTU: EXPLORING PERSONAL IDENTITY & FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING
“I am because we are”: A co-production with Griot Works, a program of Afrikan Youth Alchemy
Ages 16-24
Online
SPRING 2020
MAKING IT SCRAPPY, KEEPING IT REAL: PERSONAL FILMMAKING
Effective filmmaking with limited resources
Ages 16-29
Online
RE-VISION: SELF-REFLECTION THROUGH WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Revisiting existing photographs to discern new meaning
Ages 16-29
Online
THE NEW LIFE: VIDEO JOURNALS
Video journals of life during the outbreak
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE CONNECTED: STORIES OF ACTIVISM
Creative responses to the challenges of city life
Ages 16-29
Online
SHORT SCRIPTS FOR TIGHT QUARTERS: SCREENWRITING BASICS
Effective storytelling for filmmaking with limited resources
Ages 18-29
Online
IMAGE OF HOME: REIMAGINING FAMILIAR SPACES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY Photo Book Available
Images of the spaces, objects, and people that make up the home
Ages 16-29
Online
EXPERIMENTAL COMICS & STORYBOARDING FOR ANIMATION
Sequential art with original characters
Ages 16-29
Online
WIDENING THE WORLD OF AN IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY & EKPHRASTIC POETRY Photo Book Available
Images of the home as inspiration for poetry
Ages 16-29
Online
WINTER 2020
CLIENT ASSIGNMENT: THE LETTERS TO YOUTH PROJECT
Incarcerated men share hard-earned wisdom in letters to young people
Ages 16-29
Morgan State University
BALTIMORE’S BLACK ARTS DISTRICT: A CREATIVE ARCHIVE
Archiving the living history of urban space
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
LEARN IT, SHOOT IT, SHARE IT: THE LAW
Instructional videos made in collaboration with Baltimore City police officers
Ages 16-29
Langston Hughes Community, Business, and Resource Center, 5011 Arbutus Avenue
ROUGH CUT TO FINAL CUT: THE EDIT
Editing films scripted in Story to Script: The Short Screenplay and shot in Script to Film: The Rough Cut
Ages 16-29
Morgan State University
MOTHERS AND FATHERS: THE EDIT
Editing a pair of films shot in the fall 2019 workshop Mothers and Fathers: Two Documentary Studies
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
BALTIMORE BEATS: MUSICAL ANIMATION
Animation and music composition
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
TALES OF THE TRADE
Professionals in media and film arts talk about their career paths
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
PUPPET ANIMATION: AN INTRODUCTION
Stop-motion animation with original models
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre