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 MOREVoices 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.
A Rural Filmmaking Project: Since 2018
Every year since 2018, Spy Hop’s team of professional teaching artists pack up cameras, recording gear, and laptops to spend three weeks in rural Utah leading immersive, week-long film workshops. The students, ages 13-19 learn the fundamentals of filmmaking and storytelling, beginning with a silent film, and finishing with a short film highlighting something or someone from the community. Each week culminates with a public screening open to their friends, family, and community members. This program helps to close the “digital divide” between rural and urban communities and increase media literacy and civic engagement for young people across Utah.
The program is made possible by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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Youth 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.
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