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
OPEN MIC gives teens free access to our music recording studio every Friday afternoon.
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.
REEL Stories 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.
Spy Hop’s summer camps provide full-day workshop style experiences jam-packed with opportunities for learning and creative self-expression.
Intermediate
In this paid apprenticeship-style program, you will get a chance to run 801 Sessions, a local youth music production company.
Paid apprenticeships in film, design, music, and audio production give youh 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.
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.
Join your peers to create original podcasts that focus on addressing social issues and topics that you care about. Write, talk, record, and share your ideas with the world!
Advanced
Spend 12 months with other passionate, experienced, creative teens to write, shoot, and edit a short fiction or non-fiction film.
WATCH THIS is a youth produced, civic-minded documentary series in which students between the age of 15-19 create a series of short videos on community relevant topics.
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.