Engage your imagination, develop new skills, and connect with young media makers across the city.

Wide Angle offers flexible and fun spring media making workshops for middle and high school students. Our classes typically take place in person, but we're offering the same high quality experience through remote instruction this spring. Wide Angle’s programs offer opportunities to explore your creative side through various interactive activities led by skilled media instructors. Each workshop is developed to suit the academic and social-emotional needs of specific age groups, and to compliment group sessions with independent remote learning. We offer classes on various days to help you find a time and medium to cultivate your creative passions, regardless of schedule.

Applications are closed for our spring courses. Please complete the form below to receive updates for programming and to be contacted when it is time to register.

AGES 10-14

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle school workshops help students in grades 6-8 explore their creative voice through a variety of new media and develop a deeper understanding of their community and their role within it.

Baltimore Speaks Out: Storytelling Media Sampler

Teachers: Beth Holladay & Darian Jones

Mon/Wed & Tue/Thu Classes, 5 - 5:45 pm EST
Winter Session: 1/25/2021 - 3/17/2021
Spring Session: 4/26/2021 - 6/10/2021

In this 8-week virtual course, students will explore four storytelling mediums: Video, Audio, Photography, and Illustration in order to create original artworks. Students who complete this course are eligible for service learning hours as required by Baltimore City Public Schools for graduation. You will recognize and define each medium; relate it to your own consumption, interests, and values; gain an understanding of the ways stories are told through media; compare various methods/tools used in these mediums and create original works. 

Virtual Platforms: Zoom, Email, Eduflow

About Beth: Beth Holladay is a Baltimore-based artist and teacher with over a decade of experience with community arts programs, art education, and freelance photography. After receiving her MA in Art Education from the University of Louisville, she led a public high school art program by initiating community partnerships, diversifying the curriculum, and creating avenues for student work to be exhibited in local galleries. She uses her experience and expertise in graphic design and photography to engage students and community members in art projects focused on inclusion and social justice. She maintains an independent art practice of hand-cut collage.

About Darian: Darian Jones is Baltimore-born and raised videographer interested in documenting unique and authentic perspectives. Darian found his passion for creating media as a fellow in Johns’ Hopkins Baltimore Youth Film Arts Program, eventually becoming an instructor. His passion for teaching youth is fueled by his desire to make a difference in their lives, he provides an interesting perspective. “Not only do I want to show the youth how to be successful but give them real opportunities to be successful in life.”

AGES 14-20

HIGH SCHOOL

High School workshops help students in grades 9-12 develop their artistic voice, creatively advance social justice causes through media, gain fluency in media literacy and build skills that will better prepare them for career and college.  Students can expand their media portfolios, develop their leadership abilities and gain more experiences that will set them on their future pathways.

All of the high school courses for the spring are meeting twice weekly from 1/25/2021 - 5/27/2021.

Applications have closed for high school spring programs.

Virtual Event Planning

Teacher: Destiny Brown

Spring semester, Tue/Thu, 5-6 pm EST

As a student in this class, you will learn the steps to create an engaging virtual event series. Master the art of public speaking/emceeing, build social media and design skills while engaging others in civic discourse (using media and partnerships to uplift youth voices to audience members). Learn how to evaluate the benefits of different virtual engagement platforms based on event need and gain confidence in your creative and technical contributions.

Virtual Platforms: Remo, Gathertown, Zoom, Miro, Canva

About Destiny: Destiny Brown is a filmmaker, actress, and teacher, born and raised in Baltimore, MD. She is a full-ride scholar and current sophomore at NYU Tisch majoring in Drama. As a producer and teaching artist with Wide Angle Youth Media, she has created a national award-winning film, traveled to South Africa to film internationally, and has spoken on numerous panels including Light City and Grantmakers for Education. Destiny is incredibly passionate about teaching and giving back, using the insights she's learned to help the next generation.

Visual Storytelling

Teacher: Sydney Allen

Spring semester, Mon/Wed, 5-6 pm EST

Express yourself using only your smartphone! Learn the fundamentals of making an image (such as lighting and composition and basic photo editing skills), mesh writing with imagery to create your own published projects to tell your personalized stories, and gain personal insights from a Baltimore artist’s own artistic practices. By creating conceptual photography and publishing your work, you will learn the creative, critical thinking, and managerial process of a professional artist.  

Virtual Platforms: Zoom, Email, Eduflow

About Sydney: Sydney Allen, a.k.a. aBaltimoregriot, is a photographer and visual storyteller who is passionate about helping youth build their creative skillset. She uses her experience as a working artist to teach youth the technical and professional aspects of artistry in hopes that students can take these skills to cultivate their own artistic practices. When she’s not teaching, you can catch Sydney photographing Baltimore and it’s community members. 

Moving Image

Teacher: Maceo Lester

Spring semester, Mon/Wed, 4-5:30 pm EST

Explore all aspects of creating video content ranging from interviews, monologues, music videos, films, and much more! Learn the fundamentals of video production (including the basics of DSLR cameras, lighting, and audio and video editing skills), understand how composition impacts an image, and participate in peer critiques to grow as an artist and strengthen your work.

Virtual Platforms: Zoom, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Slides, WeVideo, Email, Eduflow

About Mace: I chose to work at Wide Angle Youth Media because I didn't have programs like Wide Angle that introduced me to media creation at a young age. I didn't discover my passion for video production and storytelling until I was a senior in high school. Finding my calling, empowered me, it gave me purpose and a career path. Most importantly, it made me realize that I can share my voice through visual art and express myself, ultimately making an impact on and influencing others. I hope my students are introduced to new skills and that I'm able to equip them with creative tools to help them communicate their artistic voice.

Graphic Design & Media Literacy

FULLY ENROLLED

Teacher: Ahmad Abdullah

Academic year program, Mon/Wed, 5-7pm EST

Together, we will embark on an introduction to digital graphic design and project management. In honing your design skills, you will also develop the means to communicate perspectives through digital art projects. You will gain a fundamental understanding of the hardware and software used in the design process; study and apply principles of design for personal and client projects; and develop a personal lens for understanding media’s social impact.

Virtual Platforms: Slack, Google Drive, Trello, Zoom, Email, Eduflow

About Ahmad: Ahmad is a Baltimore-born graphic designer and digital arts educator. He is a staunch advocate for art and design as vehicles for interpreting social issues, and prompting restorative justice. Ahmad works as a media instructor.