Arts Activities Support

Media Arts Apprenticeship Program 2017 will be a 12-week program that vets and selects 5 young artist-apprentices, between the ages of 15 and 25, based on applications and interviews, to work directly with experienced media artists of color on a professional media project that serves the community. Media Arts Apprenticeship Program's artistic goals are for young artists of color to develop a greater understanding of media arts as a career through practicing their proficiency in the craft in a professional setting, increasing their knowledge and expectations of the creative profession, and comprehending more deeply the real-life application of art techniques. Media Arts Apprenticeship Program outcomes will be observable, measurable, and focused on demonstrable behaviors to show the growth of the artist apprentices. We will measure how well participants solve problems, communicates, and perform on assignments. By the end of the program, Artist Apprentices will achieve changes in knowledge, attitude, skills, and/or behavior. For this project, we identified two key evaluation questions: (1) To what extent does Media Arts Apprenticeship Program support the development of artists of color and their ability to become professional artists? (2) What are the lessons learned from our project to advance the goals of increasing equity for artists of color in the media industry? The Methods of Data Collection for Evaluation will be balanced between objective evaluation instruments and qualitative data/narrative interpretation. The collection process will be through Pre- and Post-Activity Surveys, Mentorship Reports/Interviews, Quality and quantity of project related outputs or contribution to the film.