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StoryArk Festival - What's your story? Tell it!
Join us August 1 at The Phipps Center for the Arts for a celebration of youth film, poetry, prose and podcast! The “StoryArk Festival: What’s Your Story? How Are You Going to Tell It?” will feature live podcast recordings, short film screenings, poetry slams and prose readings as produced and performed by middle school and high school students from around the St. Croix Valley. Leading up to the festival, students can create an original short film, develop a webisode, write a podcast, participate in a creative writing intensive, and/or become a member of a writing club publishing a book. Join us as we nurture the creative spirit!
New this year: From Script to Screen - An advanced film class
StoryArk is partnering with Cutaway, Stillwater Area High School’s video production company, to offer a seven week film class. For two hours a week over the course of seven weeks, advanced high school film students will work with professional mentors from the film industry to create their own short films (narrative or documentary). The goal will be to produce a short film worthy of college reel or film festival. Films produced will be submitted to the StoryArk Festival Short Film Competition (with a $100 prize!) as juried by professional filmmakers. This is for the serious student passionate about pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. Participation is by application only. Click on the link below for more information.
Create your own collaborative web series!
HUSH Jr: Develop a sci-fi podcast
HUSH - by invite only, but find out how to become involved!
HUSH is a sci-fi series written, performed and produced by students in grades eight through twelve and is aired on the radio podcast Voices in the Valley before being uploaded onto iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher. (The podcast has been downloaded over 13,000 times in the last year!)
Our goal with HUSH is to provide as professional an experience as possible to students. In addition to developing writing skills, students learn about industry standards and how to work on a creative team. This summer, the team will be writing and performing "The Hitchhiker's Guide to HUSH" at the StoryArk Festival. In addition, the team will complete the last episode of Season 2 and begin to develop Season 3. Interested? Let us know! Email steph@storyark.org for more information.
What's your story? How will you tell it? The Boom Site Creative Writing Intensive will empower your voice
Brick by Brick: a Middle School Collaborative Writing Group
What’s your story? How are you going to tell it? Tell it brick by brick. Think of writing like building wall, one brick at a time and very soon, you will have something. Brick by Brick is a writing club for middle schoolers. We collaborate to tell a story brick by brick. We will meet weekly, for and hour or two at a time. We determine the meeting time and place. Ellen Eigner, the facilitator, is a guide only. The group will determine the subject matter and format. We will write a book together to be published upon its completion. If you like to write, if you like to collaborate with others, if you get excited about telling a story, you should really join us. (Tuition is $75, but financial assistance is available)
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We empower student voices and equip young artists to succeed
StoryArk provides a variety of creative programming for youth, allowing them to tell their story through their chosen medium - whether that be a novel, poetry, film, song, podcast or anything else they can dream up. Student initiated and student led, each project is imagined, designed, and developed by youth. Professional authors, screenwriters, filmmakers, musicians, producers, directors and actors share their expertise and experience, helping students gain new skills in their craft and empowering them to become their best creative selves.
StoryArk is a 501c(3) tax exempt organization that seeks to serve the greater good.
Email: steph@storyark.org
Website: storyark.org
Location: Stillwater, MN, United States
Phone: 651-351-0804
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