SUMMER 2020
South End Stories is excited to offer FREE, ENGAGING, Summer Projects! These online, interactive classes, will build collaboration, collectivism, critical thinking, and creativity while being led by highly skilled teaching artists. Check out the classes below. Technology and additional materials may be provided for the duration of the class if needed.
ONE WEEK OFFERINGS
102: MUSIC PRODUCTION
Instructor: Anthony Warner
We will explore the world of music and beat production in a fun, creative and engaging way. This class is for those that appreciate hip hop especially or even just music in general, yet haven’t known how to go about exploring how to actually create it. This class will also be about hip hop culture, and the birth and development of an American musical art form by youth that changed the world. Students will be provided an MPC drum machine for the duration of the class.
105: CREATING GREAT CHARACTERS
In partnership with SIFF
Learn how to develop an interesting dramatic character, raid your closet for costumes that define your character, and explore improvisation with your Zoom teammates under the guidance of a master film educator. During the week, students will also experience filming and editing with your character(s) leading up to a final live stream presentation of student work at the end of the week. Beginning and Intermediate levels.
Students will be provided IPADS for the duration of the class, if needed.
106: MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS
In partnership with SIFF
Students will work to visually represent a song or poem of their choosing, considering what images parallel the music/words while other images may deepen the interpretation. Create a storyboard, workshop your creative ideas, and learn to use accessible apps with your Zoom teammates under the guidance of a master film educator. During the week, students will experience filming and editing their own short music videos leading up to a final live stream presentation of student work at the end of the week. Beginning and Intermediate levels. Students will be provided with IPADS for the duration of the class, if needed.
107: DOCUMENTING THE WORLD
In partnership with SIFF
Learn how to craft stories based on real world sources, especially at this time where Citizen Journalism is at the forefront of our society. Students will explore skills like researching, interviewing, and film editing using accessible apps with their Zoom teammates under the guidance of a master film educator. During the week, students will also experience filming content and editing their own short documentary that will be presented during a final live stream presentation of student work at the end of the week. Students will be provided IPADS for the duration of the class, if needed.
TWO WEEK OFFERINGS
208: BRIDGING WISDOM THROUGH POETRY
Instructors: Laura Silver, Carlynn Newhouse, Dr. Donald Felder
Starting as a two week pilot, poet Carlynn Newhouse, will facilitate an intergenerational poetry experience for youth and community elders building on the yearlong Bridging Wisdom program. Elders and youth will creatively collaborate, build relationships and offer each other a space to share and support during these turbulent times.
If interest and schedules allow, this course will be renewed for an additional four weeks.
THREE WEEK OFFERINGS
309: EXPRESSIONS OF JUSTICE VIA DANCE
Instructor: TiQuida Spellman
Using various forms of dance, students will learn to express themselves with dance and create art thru the topic of social justice. Students will be provided IPADS for the duration of the class, if needed.
312: SCREENWRITING ADVENTURES
Instructor: Donte Felder
Students will have a fun and engaging time turning their ideas into the next blockbuster movie. This class will combine the craft of writing with the art of theater. Students will be provided computer and screenwriting software for the duration of the class, if needed.
315: POETRY AND PURPOSE
Instructor: Carlynn Newhouse
Poetry, in its multitude of forms is rooted in more than pretty words alone, it has a purpose. Various communities across the globe utilize poetry as a vehicle for self expression, education, protest, cultural retention, and creative voice. In this course, young people will utilize written and spoken word to navigate their identities, analyze the world around them, as well as process their emotions in a therapeutic way. The course will explore various writing and performance techniques, concluding with participants taking their work from the page to the "stage" in a virtual poetry showcase. In a time where it is needed most, Poetry and Purpose will provide a space to create authentically, uplift youth voices, and cultivate community.
SIX WEEK OFFERINGS
613: MUSICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH KARAOKE
Instructor: Lindsay Kujawa
Have you ever wanted to learn how to stand onstage and not just sing the right notes, but totally wow your audience with your ability to tell a story? Come learn how to be a storyteller through music… and spend the summer digging into some of your favorite songs! Students will be provided with a computer and/or camera if needed.
614: DECONSTRUCTION OF HAMILTON: THE MUSICAL
Instructor: Lindsay Kujawa
Students will explore how this rebellious moment in American History and the fiercely driven characters featured in Hamilton collided to create one of the biggest pop-culture sensations and forever changed the course of musical theatre. Students will be provided with one month Disney+ subscription and Hamilton the Revolution for the duration of the class, if needed.
RACIAL EQUITY SERIES
Outcome: To gain common vocabulary and norms as a foundation for future growth in equity work. To identify groups with cultural power, acknowledge groups without cultural power, AND to use our power to recognize and call out oppression. We will ultimately use this foundation to explore how we talk to kids about race. Students will be provided learning packets and the book Stamped: A Remix by Jason Reynolds, for the duration of the class.
816: YOUR CONNECTION TO RACE
Instructor: Tanisha Brandon-Felder
818: TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT RACE
Instructor: Tanisha Brandon-Felder
815: BUILDING YOUR RACIAL LITERACY
Instructor: Tanisha Brandon-Felder
817: HISTORY OF RACE IN AMERICA
Instructor: Tanisha Brandon-Felder
