ArtsEnPower

The MCM Youth Media Academy returns this fall as an after-school program at Takoma Park Middle School. In March 2020, Montgomery Community Media (MCM) studios were closed due to COVID-19 safety precautions and the MCM member community reconfigured out of necessity. Media training classes and programs became virtual and MCM volunteer content creators learned how […]

(Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (above) is a cable-access show produced by long-time MCM member Mariana Cordier. Mariana has produced the show in-studio at MCM and went virtual when COVID-19 closed the studios. She works with MCM’s production specialist, Dee Willett to create virtual treatments for the show each week and produce virtually). Montgomery Community Media […]

Stan “Substantial” Robinson is a hip-hop recording artist, an educator, and visual aritst who teaches media and music recording at various Montgomery County, MD places of learning, including Montgomery Community Media. As a rapper and producer, he has traveled around the world and has worked with artists such as Nujabes, Oddisee, and the legendary Godfather […]

The Winter/Spring 2021 8-week session of the MCM Youth Media Academy ended this past Thursday, April , 2021. Over the course of the program, participants learned on Tuesdays how to edit on their mobile phones, how to develop and produce a web series, how to create audio and video files, and other technical skills as […]

In this episode of ArtsEnPower, Montgomery County Public Schools teacher and singer/songwriter Randi Levy talks about her work as a music teacher and her innovative Rock Band program in schools. ArtsEnPower is a youth-produced program series that focuses on the ways that creative people use their artistry to positively impact their community. ArtsEnPower is a […]

In this episode of ArtsEnPower, Shahyan S. interviews award-winning poet LC Williams. Sharing her journey towards becoming a writer, LC Williams talks about her travels to Amsterdam and her views on how poetry should speak to the times.  ArtsEnPower is a youth-produced program series that focuses on the ways that creative people use their artistry […]

In this fourth episode of ArtsEnPower, youth host Shahyan S. interviews visual artist and curator Zsudayka Terrell. Terrell shares her journey of moving from Denver, Colorado to the Washington DC metropolitan area and how she manages her family’s fine art business as a visual artist and curator. ArtsEnPower is a youth-produced program series that focuses […]

In the fall of 2020, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences put out a call to young artists, ages 16-25. The asked youth to create short-form videos designed for a project called Art Under a Minute. These videos were to be  “brain breaks” – moments to interact and shift our thinking. The video makers who […]

In this third episode of ArtsEnPower, youth host Karina G interviews children’s book author and singer/songwriter Colie Aziza. ArtsEnPower is a youth-produced program series that focuses on the ways that creative people use their artistry to enhance their community. ArtsEnPower is a project through the MCM Youth Media Academy. The MCM Youth Media Academy is […]

Valerie Baugh-Schlossberg is the program director of Story Tapestries, an arts-based nonprofit located in Rockville. Baugh-Scholssberg brings her theater training and youth-development background to Story Tapestries, an innovative nonprofit that helps individuals and organizations optimize their work with young people. In this episode of ArtsEnPower, Baugh-Schlossberg is interviewed by Karina G, a former participant in […]