Spy Hop’s afterschool programming is offered in a scaffolded approach. Explore introductory, intermediate, and advanced classes in film, music, audio and design! All classes are taught by a professional teaching artist at the Kahlert Youth Media Arts Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
Introductory
Intermediate
Advanced
Introductory
Every Friday afternoon Spy Hop’s free recording studio and beats lab is open to teens from 2 – 6pm to collaborate, learn and make music that moves them.
Media Labs offer in-depth instruction at an introductory level in areas like filmmaking, beatmaking, and game design that give you the basic skills you need to make the art in your head come to life. Each media lab runs for 3 weeks.
REEL Stories is a summer program that gives you the chance tell your story to the world. You will write, direct, and edit your own five-minute documentary film that speaks to who you are, what you’re into, and where you live.
In this program, you will focus intensely on the songwriting process to create individual songs that utilize concepts like writing in key, arranging, melody, dynamics, lyric writing, and finished compositions.
The Rock Band class is an opportunity to get real world experience in creating and performing your own songs from writing lyrics to performing on stage.
Spy Hop’s summer camps provide full-day workshop style experiences jam-packed with opportunities for learning and creative self-expression.
Intermediate
Phase 2 hosts an open session for Spy Hop students, alumni, and friends to hang out with the Phase 2 team, learn, practice with gear, and meet other young creatives every Friday from 3 – 6pm.
Paid apprenticeships in film, design, music, and audio production give you a hands-on experience through project-based learning to hone your craft in the medium you love.
Resonate is a fast-paced hip-hop production program that celebrates the use of rap as a vehicle for self-expression and social change.
Advanced
Spend 12 months with other passionate, experienced, creative teens to write, shoot, and edit a short fiction or non-fiction film.
This gives young musicians a one-of-a-kind opportunity to form a band, write original songs, produce an album and perform around Salt Lake City.
LOUD & CLEAR YOUTH RADIO is Utah’s only youth-produced radio show where students DJ a Saturday night show on community radio station 90.9 FM KRCL.
POWER UP! students design, illustrate and code a game focused around a social issue and release it to the public.