LEARN MORE ABOUT our FIRST arts2work cohort
The Youth FX Upstate Arts2Work Fellowship is a year-long workforce development program in digital media production being offered in the capital region in partnership with The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture, a national leader in facilitating collaboration, strategic growth, innovation and cultural impact within the media arts field.
Youth FX Arts2Work Fellowship is a paid hands-on job training fellowship program for young adults who are passionate about being digital media artists. Arts2Work provides access to creative careers for those who have historically been excluded from such opportunities, and the program is open to people ages 20-25 residing in the Capital Region who are not enrolled in college full-time, and are currently underemployed/unemployed. Our main goal is to help emerging artists of color secure sustainable career opportunities in the field of film and digital media production.
The program is intended for people who are passionate about being digital media artists, are not enrolled in college full-time, and are currently underemployed/unemployed. Arts2Work participants will be trained in digital storytelling, cinematography, editing, production workflows, portfolio development, budgeting and more, and will also be mentored through on-the-job experiences while learning from professionals in the field. Arts2Work Fellows will produce short videos, independent films, digital media content, while building their reels, gaining client-based work experience and building community with fellow creatives in the capital region!
Arts2Work is a program for people starting out in digital media arts and aiming to be a part of the growing creative arts workforce. The program includes training in storytelling, production and post, industry panels and networking events, portfolio development, and mentored, on-the-job experiences. Arts2Work's mission is to provide access to creative careers for those traditionally excluded from such opportunities — we're here to ensure equity, inclusion and economic sustainability for creative workers, businesses and organizations. The 2021-22 Youth FX Arts2Work Program was supported by funding from NYS Dept, of Labor, Mid-Atlantics Arts Fund, and the United Way of the Greater Capital Region.
