Archive for the 'Youth Organizations' Category
Skyline High School senior’s ‘The Attack of the Pine Cones’ wins Spy Hop 24-hour film contest
0 Comments Published by Professor Les May 9th, 2008 in Film, Youth Organizations, Community Dialogue, Current Events.Kevin LeStarge’s campy, clever “The Attack of The Pine Cones” took top honors today in Spy Hop’s annual 24-Hour Filmmaking Competition.
The Skyline High School senior’s winning short film was among the 20 youth-directed projects screened during the seventh annual LocoMotion Youth Film Festival, sponsored by Spy Hop Productions and the Utah State Office of Education.
LeStarge, […]
Student documentary shorts about racism and equal educational access slated for premiere March 3
0 Comments Published by Professor Les March 1st, 2008 in Film, Education, Youth Organizations, Community Dialogue, Current Events.Two student-produced documentary shorts about stereotyping and racism in Salt Lake City schools and the challenges children of undocumented immigrants face in going to college will be premiered Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in a free, public forum at the City Library main auditorium.
Both films, which run 20 minutes each, are part of The […]
The voice of youth resonates powerfully in Pitch-Nic film premieres
0 Comments Published by Professor Les November 6th, 2007 in Film, Youth Organizations.Amid the often noiseless, aimless clutter of democratized media through digital technology and Internet dissemination is the collective voice of 11 young filmmakers in Utah who have produced an exceptional quartet of short films – a portal to fresh perspectives on matters of the heart and mind important to our society and community.
The films will […]
Teen artists create mission-perfect mural for Salt Lake City nonprofit organization
2 Comments Published by Professor Les September 21st, 2007 in Youth Organizations, Fine Art.Witness the result of three teen artists – Ben Anderson, Madison Donnelly, and Lori Kim – who created the new mural for the offices of Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services, a nonprofit organization committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in the city’s northwestern sector. The mural perfectly encapsulates the organization’s mission, which transforms neighborhoods through the extensive […]
