Community Partnerships
Learn how Spy Hop can bring our media arts program directly to you, to help your students find their voice and tell their stories.
LEARN MORECommunity Programs
Every young person deserves access to the media arts. Learn how we bring programming to students all across Utah. And make sure to wave if you see the Spy Hop van!
amplifying youth voices across utah
Beyond our four walls
Professional Outreach Programs in Schools (POPS)
Spy Hop is proud to be one of only 15 professional arts organizations bringing free assemblies and in-classroom workshops to schools across Utah. If you are an educator or administrator, learn more about how this state-funded initiative connects your students to free media-arts programming.
Voices of the West
Immersive, week-long filmmaking workshops in rural and indigenous areas of Utah, elevating the voices and ideas of young people, and celebrating what makes their communities unique.
LEARN MOREYouth In Care
Our Youth in Care programs bring media arts education to young people in foster care, residential treatment, secure care facilities, and state custody, meeting them where they are.
LEARN MORECentral 9th Youth Coalition
A collaborative community initiative dedicated to reducing the risk of drug use, suicide, and violence alongside Salt Lake City youth.
LEARN MOREPOPS In-School Programs
Schedule a free assembly or in-class workshop for your school. We travel across Utah to bring media arts to students where they are.
LEARN MOREMore Than Media
At Spy Hop, supporting young people’s well-being isn’t a separate initiative. It’s built into everything we do. Our Youth Media Arts Center gives kids and teens ages 8–25 a welcoming “third space” to build confidence, find their people, and discover real creative skills in film, music, audio, and design. In today’s world, that kind of belonging matters more than ever. Our programs are designed to reduce the very things that put young people at risk: isolation, low self-worth, and lack of direction.
We also partner with Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program (TOP), a research-backed program that helps teens develop life skills, strengthen relationships, and make safer choices through peer connection and community involvement. Whether your child is looking for somewhere to belong or needs more structured support, our reach extends beyond our center into schools, treatment programs, and juvenile justice settings across Utah.
29 counties. 3 mentors. 1 van.
it takes a village
how your donation impacts our community programs
If access to arts programs in Utah is important to you, donate today to help extend our reach. Your gift does something simple and powerful: it gives a young person the tools and space to find their voice. It helps a filmmaker tell their first story. A musician write their first song. A quiet kid find a place where they belong and people who listen. No red tape. No barriers. Just real support that changes lives.
And here’s what happens: those voices grow louder. Those stories reach further. That next generation? They start imagining and creating a better world.