This summer Engine will host a Project Aware camp. There will be three free sessions scheduled for April 15, 22, and 29 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
These workshops will be led by award-winning director Michael Nickels.
Engine is an art organization that often works with children and young adults in the local area to create love for the arts and foster imagination.
“Engine does a lot of work with youth education through the arts so we really liked the idea of this camp,” said Engine Executive Director Tammy Ackerman.
The free camp invites teens who are interested in storytelling and filmmaking to participate.
Project Aware is a program that supports teens in telling real life stories.
The program helps encourage and support young people as they create stories based off their own lives.
This dialogue helps to increase awareness about issues and help with the general health of young people.
“Anything we can do to create awareness around social issues is so important to the community,” said Ackerman about the partnership and Projects AWARE’s efforts.
These spring sessions are free and the aim is to encourage creativity and create a positive atmosphere to share experiences, joys and struggles.
“The workshops will take campers through the storytelling process from choosing a topic to developing the story,” said Ackerman.
Later in August teens can come back to help film and shoot the developed story that will then be entered into the Summer Film Institute.
The August sessions will be at a cost but Engine will offer some scholarships.
Engine has partnered with Project AWARE in the past and have had successful programs, Ackerman said.
“We partnered with them for two summers but did not last summer so we were really excited to partner with AWARE again this spring,” she said.
The collaboration with Project AWARE will be one of six camps hosted through Engine this summer.
To register for the workshops go to http://www.feedtheengine.org/story-development-workshop.
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