Spark Media Project

Spark Media Project, formerly Children's Media Project, provides workshops, programs, and projects that teach critical viewing of the media, that encourage youth to be creatively engaged in creating media, and that offer employment and growth opportunities for youth. Spark programming teaches technical, artistic and workplace skills to youth in the media arts; as well as life skills, including self-confidence, decision making, leadership, and positive risk taking. Our approach is grounded in the creative process, teaching an awareness of, and an opportunity to practice, what it is to imagine something, strategize steps to accomplish it, and then produce it. Our method is grounded in mentorship that emphasizes feedback, self-reflection, and independence. Our organization strives to maintain a stimulating and nurturing environment through finding balance between valuing both process and product.