COMPLETED WORKSHOPS
“Bringing different groups together can spark great creativity.
—Deyvonne
”
FALL 2024
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EXQUISITE CORPSE: COLLABORATIVE ANIMATION
Collaborative animation emphasizing spontaneity and surprise
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE POET LIFE
The universally human art of poetry
Ages 16-29
Online
A DIFFERENT MIRROR: EXPRESSING THE SELF THROUGH VISUAL METAPHOR
Seeking self in images of the outer world
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
CORRESPONDENCE ART: MAKING WORK IN DIALOGUE
Art-making as a socially communicative act
Ages 16-29
Online
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK II
An intergenerational collaborative videography project
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre and on location
SUMMER 2024
NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS: A POETRY SALON
How sensory descriptions can evoke memory and create meaning
Ages 16-29
Online
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
An intergenerational collaborative videography project
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre and on location
PLAYING MY SONG: MAKING IMAGES INSPIRED BY MUSIC Photo Book Available
Visual interpretations of popular songs
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE ARTIST IN ME: ANIMATED AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Chronicling the evolution of the creative self
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
CREATING CHARACTERS FOR THE SCREEN
Unique and memorable characters for the screenplay
Ages 16-29
Online
OUR CITY, OUR STORY: COLLABORATIVE VIDEOGRAPHY
An intergenerational storytelling project in partnership with ROCA
Ages 16-29
ROCA and on location
SPRING 2024
BALTIMORE NEIGHBORS: A COMMUNITY PORTRAIT IN SOUND
The auditory landscapes that define our shared environments
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE HAND OF THE STORYTELLER
Shaping stories that are both rewarding to tell and rewarding to hear
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
ARTFUL RESISTANCE: DEFINING THE SELF AGAINST INFLUENCE
Art-making as a practice of resistance
Ages 16-29
Online
A BALTIMORE IMAGINARIUM
Live-action combined with animation to celebrate Baltimore as it is found and imagined
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
WINTER 2024
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION VI
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
BYFA BOOK CLUB: AN ONLINE READING GROUP II Anthology Available
Critical and creative approaches to literature
Ages 16-29
Online
WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME: COLLABORATIVE ANIMATION II
Creating an animated community
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
TIME AND TIME AGAIN: THE ART OF REPETITION
Repetition in word and image as a means of wrestling with abiding interests
Ages 16-29
Online
FALL 2023
ETHICAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Developing a practice built on respect
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
SENSE OF BELONGING(S): STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
Self-portraits through personal objects
Ages 16-29
Online
PROFILES IN ACTIVISM
Profiles of Baltimoreans who work effect meaningful change
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME: COLLABORATIVE ANIMATION
Creating an animated community
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
BYFA BOOK CLUB: AN ONLINE READING GROUP Anthology Available
Critical and creative approaches to literature
Ages 16-29
Online
THE EYE OF THE WITNESS
Exploring the artist’s responsibility as witness
Ages 16-29
Online
VISUAL MELODIES: DIRECTING A MUSIC VIDEO
An introduction to the art of music videos
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
ENTER LATE, EXIT EARLY: WRITING EFFECTIVE SCENES FOR FILM AND TV
Purposeful storytelling for small and large screens
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
COLLAGE AS NARRATIVE: WEAVING THE MATERIAL IMAGE
Personal narratives in collaged images
Ages 16-29
Online
MANY VOICES, ONE VISION: COLLABORATIVE VIDEOGRAPHY
Individual voices in a group enterprise
Ages 16-29
Online
WISDOM AND GRIT: AN ODE TO RESILIENCE
Image-based essays celebrating Baltimore people, initiatives, and neighborhoods
Ages 16-29
Fall 2023, Afrikan Youth Alchemy
SUMMER 2023
SPEAK FOR PEACE Speak for Peace on YouTube
A street-level campaign for peace
Ages 16-29
The Parlor, Be More Green, & Safe Streets Penn-North
SYMBOLS IN ANIMATED STORYTELLING
The power of symbols to create meaning
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE SOUND OF HOME: EXPERIMENTS IN AUDIO
Art grounded in the ambient sounds of everyday life
Ages 16-29
Online & JHU-MICA Film Centre
SCREENWRITING AND ACTIVISM: THE SOCIALLY-ENGAGED SHORT SCREENPLAY
Narrative screenwriting as a medium for social change
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE ZIP ODES: POETIC VIDEOS OF PLACE
Visual odes to Baltimore neighborhoods
Ages 16-29
Online
WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION
Rediscovering Baltimore’s public attractions
Ages 16-29
Assigned Locations
GLIMPSING THE PRESENT
Art grounded in the here and now
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE DISCOVERED: WORD & IMAGE Anthology Available
Finding creative inspiration in all aspects of place
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
THE ART OF COMMERCIALS: THINKING INSIDE THE BOX
A collaborative, hands-on experience in commercial production
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre and Off-Site Locations
SPRING 2023
POSITIVE INFLUENCE: SPEAKING THROUGH PUBLIC ART
Making personally expressive and socially relevant public art
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
MAKING THE DOCUMENTARY SHORT: FAIDLEY’S SEAFOOD, LEXINGTON MARKET
Capturing the idiosyncratic glory of the original Faidley’s
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre and on location at the old Lexington Market
FILM & FOLK: CURATING A NICHE FILM FESTIVAL
Sharing a personal vision through programming a film festival
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
“FINDING THE FUNNY”: COMEDY FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCES
Finding comedy in ordinary objects, people, and spaces
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
HOME STUDIO: CRAFT-BASED STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Illustrating reality and fantasy through animation
Ages 16-29
Online
MAKING THE DOCUMENTARY SHORT: CAPTAIN TYRONE MEREDITH, 4TH-GENERATION AFRICAN AMERICAN WATERMAN
Capturing the African American waterman tradition on film
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre and on location on the Eastern Shore
EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING: WORD AND IMAGE
Disassembling and reassembling worlds, characters, and episodes for experimental narrative
Ages 16-29
Online
DOC ARTS: CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Fresh approaches to nonfiction storytelling
Ages 16-29
Online
UTOPIA, DYSTOPIA, REALITY: A PHOTOGRAPHER’S VISION
Photographing real and imagined worlds
Ages 16-29
Online
WINTER 2023
BALTIMORE GENERATIONS: A COLLABORATIVE VIDEOGRAPHY PROJECT
Experimental, collaborative art celebrating Baltimoreans at all stages of life
Ages 16-29
Online & JHU-MICA Film Centre
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION V
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
WHAT'S TROUBLING ME: CREATIVE EXPLORATION THROUGH WORD AND IMAGE
Transforming passions, irritations, and heartbreaks into art
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
MY ANIMATED FAMILY
Reimagining family through animation
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE STUFF OF DREAMS: SURREALIST POETRY AND THE MOVING IMAGE
Tapping into the unconscious to make art
Ages 16-29
Online
“LISTEN!”: SONIC ART
Creative projects driven by auditory experience
Ages 16-29
Online
FALL 2022
2-D PAPER PUPPET ANIMATION
Creating compelling personalities and environments in cut paper animation
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
THE BLACK GAZE: PORTRAITURE OF LOVE AND DESIRE Photo Book Available
Finding a unique gaze, inspired by Black artists
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
ESCAPING THE LABYRINTH: CREATING WITH CONSTRAINTS
Finding creative opportunities in limits
Ages 16-29
Online
ALL FIVE SENSES: DIMENSIONAL WORLDS ON VIDEO
The world through dilated senses
Ages 16-29
Online
THE WORLD WE MAKE: REIMAGINING SOCIETY THROUGH STORYTELLING
Envisioning a transformed society through art
Ages 16-29
Online
BEYOND THE SELFIE: MULTIMEDIA SELF-PORTRAITS Anthology Available
Expressing the self directly and indirectly through word and image
Ages 16-29
Online
NO SUCH THING AS B-ROLL: VISUAL ART IN DOCUMENTARY
Exploring the possibilities of creative B-roll
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
GROWING UP BALTIMORE: COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING
Memories of a Baltimore childhood
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
THROUGH MY LENS: A BALTIMORE-ABURI EXCHANGE
A “pen-pal” image-making project for Baltimore and Ghanaian youth
Ages 16-24
Online
SUMMER 2022
POETIC DOCUMENTARY: THE RHYTHMS OF BALTIMORE
Experimental documentary emphasizing the artist’s eye
Ages 16-29
Morgan State University
ANIMATING ACTIVISM
Animations and GIFs addressing social, political, and environmental issues
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
EXPLORING CHARACTER: CREATING THE ONE-PERSON SHOW
Bringing dimensional characters to life on video
Ages 16-29
Johns Hopkins Homewood
THE LYRIC ESSAY: WORD AND IMAGE Anthology Available
Literary and visual works reflecting unique perspectives
Ages 16-29
Online
THE BEHOLDER: THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS
Individual perspectives on beauty and meaning
Ages 16-29
Online
THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING LIKE IT: MEMOIR
Reclaiming fragments of experience
Ages 16-29
Online
FINDING THE STORY IN SOUND
Listening for how, as well as what, the world communicates
Ages 16-29
Online
SETTING AS CHARACTER: WRITING SCRIPTS WITH A SENSE OF PLACE
How place can inform identity
Ages 16-29
Online
SPRING 2022
LIVES LIKE DOLLARS: THE ART OF PROTEST
Art in opposition
Ages 16-29
Online
DEEPER MEANINGS: WORKING WITH MOTIFS
Enriching film texts through the use of motifs
Ages 16-29
Online
MOTION IN FILM
Film’s fascination with motion
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
INSIDE STORIES: THE PODCAST
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE PHOTO WALK
Navigating the city as an artist
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
ONE OF A KIND: CREATING MEMORABLE ANIMATED CHARACTERS
Animated characters with the complexity human beings
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
SLOW DANCE: ANIMATION AS MEDITATIVE PRACTICE
Stop-motion animation from the inside out
Ages 16-29
Online
BODY AS MEDIUM: SELF-PORTRAITURE AND PERFORMANCE
Self-portraits on film
Ages 16-29
Online
WINTER 2022
PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION: A BALTIMORE CARTOON
Uniquely Baltimore cartoons
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION IV
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
BUILDING YOUR VISUAL NARRATIVE: THE ART OF THE PERSONAL PROJECT
Photographic projects informed by personal narratives
Ages 16-29
Online
WEAVING PIECES: VISUAL AND WRITTEN COLLAGE
Assembling unique perspectives through poetry, prose, and photography
Ages 16-29
Online
WHAT CAN'T BE LOST: FAMILY THROUGH STORIES AND IMAGES
Illuminating stories from fragments of recollection
Ages 16-29
Online
FALL 2021
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION III
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
HISTORY LOST AND FOUND: SPELUNKING THROUGH TIME
“Excavating” the relics of the city’s past
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE TRANSFORMATIONS: AFTER EFFECTS TRAINING CAMP
Transforming images of Baltimore faces, buildings, and neighborhoods with Adobe After Effects
Ages 16-29
JHU-MICA Film Centre
INVISIBLE CITIES: IMAGINING POSSIBILITIES
Imagining remarkable cities using archival footage
Ages 16-29
Online
“AN IMAGE IS WORTH . . .”: ESSAY FILMS
Multiplying “entries and exits” into subjects through visual essays
Ages 16-29
Online
DREAM SCORING: POETRY AND VIDEO COLLAGE
Exploring the relationship between language and pictures
Ages 16-29
Online
CREATING COMMERCIALS
Eye-catching commercials for social media
Ages 18-29
Online
MASTER CLASS: REFRAMING THE WORLD THROUGH A WOMAN’S EYE Photo Book Available
An apprenticeship to women master photographers of the 20th century
Ages 16-29
Online
KID LIT: MAKING BOOKS TO INSPIRE NEW READERS Books Available Via Description Page
Storytelling to excite beginning readers
Ages 16-29
Online
CREATIVE BONES: AN ARTISTS’ FORUM
A weekly discussion of creative endeavors
Ages 16-29
Online
SUMMER 2021
LOST STORIES: ARCHIVING ORAL HISTORIES THROUGH PODCASTING
Preserving individual and shared cultural histories
Ages 16-29
Online
MASTER CLASS: THE L.A. REBELLION
Learning from the filmmakers of an important seventies movement
Ages 16-29
Online
INTENTIONAL PORTRAITURE: DEVELOPING A MINDFUL PRACTICE Photo Book Available
The power of images and the artist’s responsibility
Ages 16-29
Online
MY LIFE IN EPISODES: THE WEB SERIES FOR PERSONAL STORYTELLING
The creative possibilities of short-form web series
Ages 18-29
Online
TOTAL BEAUTY: MAKING ART IN SEQUENCE
Developing a habitual creative practice
Ages 16-29
Online
IN REAL TIME: MOVING IMAGE PROFILES
Video portraits emphasizing setting, object, and movement
Ages 16-29
Online
“DEAR _____”: A VIDEO EPISTLE
The vanishing art of letter writing
Ages 16-29
Online
COMICS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
Narrative comics for social media
Ages 16-29
Online
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION II
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
VIRTUAL COFFEEHOUSE: A POETRY SALON Chapbook Available
Poetry writing and literary conversation
Ages 16-29
Online
VOICES OF THE ELDERS: MEMORY, COMMUNITY, & HISTORY
Personal stories handed down
Ages 16-24
Summer 2019
Online
SPRING 2021
INSIDE STORIES: PERSPECTIVES ON INCARCERATION
Personal accounts from the formerly incarcerated
Ages 16-29
Online
CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: A COLLABORATIVE STUDY
How small and large building and development projects impact the city
Ages 16-29
Online
A TIME MACHINE: TIME LAPSE VIDEOGRAPHY
Photogenie in time lapse videography
Ages 16-29
Online
A DIFFERENT SIDE OF BALTIMORE
The people, places, and art of a Baltimore not everyone knows
Ages 16-23
Online
MY SUPERHERO ORIGIN STORY: MOTION COMICS
How I acquired my superpower
Ages 16-29
Online
LIVING OUT LOUD: POETRY, MULTI-MEDIA, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
The intersection of poetry and social engagement
Ages 16-29
Online
THE VIRTUAL INTERVIEW: LEARN IT, SHOOT IT, SHARE IT!
The artful and effective socially distanced interview
Ages 16-29
Online
BALTIMORE UPRISING: THE ARCHIVE
Ages 16-24
Online
WINTER 2021
PAGES AND PANELS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Anthology Available
The possibilities of graphic novels for telling both fiction and nonfiction stories
Ages 16-29
Online
7x7: A COLLABORATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT Photo Book Available
Seven themes with seven instructors
Ages 16-29
Online
STORYTELLING PLAYGROUND
Developing original, short, comic works under trying conditions
Ages 16-29
Online
SAVED BY ART
How the arts can help center us during challenging times
Ages 18-29
Online
THE GRIOT SPEAKS: REFLECTING ON A YEAR OF CHALLENGES
Art and storytelling as means of transforming imperfect realities
Ages 16-24
Online