Apply: 2016 is a pivotal year for Appalachia as we transition from the extraction of fossil fuels towards the building of a new regional economy. AMI’s 2016 Summer Documentary Institute will build upon a tradition of innovative media training with Envisioning Our Future: an 8-week program that utilizes documentary storytelling as a means to explore, produce and share youth-led visions for Appalachia’s future. Youth interns will experience a broad range of workshops on media production, including podcasting, media campaign strategy, digital filmmaking, photography and web-based storytelling.
Envisioning Our Future will offer 12 central Appalachian youth the opportunity to share the stories, struggles and successes of their communities and develop their civic and creative engagement through documentary media making. Through a partnership with Carnegie Museum of Art, AMI participants will collaborate with youth from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to develop stories about place and identity. We’re also thrilled to be partnering with artists Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon to produce a youth-led media story for national publication through an Economic Hardship Reporting Project grant.
We are currently seeking applications from central Appalachian youth aged 14-22. Please encourage the young folks in your life to apply here!
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All of this is made possible by the generosity of AMI’s extended community of friends and supporters. Please consider making a donation—your contributions will help provide participants with weekly stipends, housing and meals during the program’s eight weeks.
All featured photographs are courtesy of AMI alumnus Oakley Fugate. Check out his great film work here!