Hollywood Media+Arts is open Tuesday through Friday 1- 8 pm and Saturday 11:30 to 6 pm. Classes are designed to help young people move into productive lives by immersing them in creative-based learning as a way to build self-esteem and help promote thinking and job-readiness skills.

The Hollywood Media+Arts’ Center is open for young people to attend art, music and media classes on a drop-in basis in a 10-week quarter. These classes have open enrollment and are ongoing. Our classes focus on: (1) thinking skills, (2) self-expression, and (3) skills-based knowledge.

      CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

      We are proud to announce that for the first time we are offering a Certificate of Accomplishment to students who complete all ten weeks of our Summer Session. Based not only on attendance but classroom participation, this certificate is in response to students asking for an official recognition of their hard work. Designed to show employers that our students have mastered basic skills from their coursework, the certificate will also demonstrate that they are responsible, committed and invested in changing their lives.

Current Certificates offered are:

• Music
  
• Fashion
  
• Photography
  
• Writing
  
• Acting

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We are also developing a unique, one-of-a-kind Arts Leadership program that provides a core curriculum in basic Liberal and Studio Arts studies set to launch in Summer of 2008. This program is a five-month curriculum and enrolls a limited number of young adults who have demonstrated that they are ready to move to the next learning level. The core program is designed to help young people:

• Acquire Fundamental Skills in the commercial arts;
• Develop Thinking Skills including rational, intuitive, creative and critical thinking;
• Discern Visual Quality through aesthetic understanding;
• Develop Professionalism through strategies for success such as attentiveness, time management and the ability to commit to a personal vision;
• Value Inventiveness by using problem defining processes;
• Apply a Spirit of Investigation by utilizing visual and idea-oriented research;
• Engage the Community as a Resource;
• Participate in the Creative Economy.

The Arts Leadership program teaches fundamental thinking and knowledge-based skills that will enable students to become adept, well-informed makers and participators in both the creative disciplines and in larger societal conversations.

We teach:

Music: Classes in Music capitalize on the natural interest of our students. Music is a tool to help young people explore facets of themselves in a safe environment. Music at Hollywood Media Arts includes theory classes, history classes, vocal and instrument lessons, and digital production with Garage Band and ProTools.

Urban Arts: Classes in Urban Arts focus on the commercial arts and include drawing, fashion, photography, make up and writing. Many of these classes focus on building an aesthetic vocabulary that involves studying basics such as color, narrative and relationships.

Entertainment Arts: Classes in Entertainment Arts touch on multiple aspects of the entertainment industry such as acting, screenplay writing and media production. Classes help improve relationship management, self-introspection and build confidence.