Street-Level targets youth from low-income communities and schools that lack resources to provide quality media arts education. Ages 8-22, Street-Level participants are largely young people of color, of whom 43% self-identify as African-American, 41% Latino, 9% Biracial/ Other, 5% Asian, and 2% Caucasian. Roughly 85% of the youth at Street-Level comes from families that live at or below poverty level.

Video (narrative, experimental, documentary) Digital Music/ Soundscapes Radio/ Audio Documentary Graphic Design

Literacy skills (writing, listening, speaking, reading) reinforced through media Literacy skills (writing, listening, speaking, reading) reinforced through media production process (i.e., lyric writing, script/ storyboard writing, interviewing, research, etc.)

Multimedia art exhibitions and performances

Street-Level’s work has been featured at various venues such as the Chicagoland High School Film Festival, Hometown Video Fest, and Reel Teen Film Festival, Community Access Network TV (CAN-TV), Vocalo.org, Yollocalli Art Gallery, Chicago Country Club Gallery, McCormick Freedom Museum, Raw Voices Youth Media Conference, Alliance for a Media Literate America Conference, and Music in Education Conference. Street-Level also has an on-going multimedia art installation called “My Community Matters” at the Chicago Children’s Museum and an upcoming exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center.

After School Matters

Chicago Public Schools

CPS Technology Magnet Program

Columbia College Chicago Center for Community Arts Partnerships

Street-Level offers year-round community and school-based after-school multi-media arts education programs throughout city of Chicago to youth ages 8-22.

In-school media arts integration programs within classroom linked to academic curricula

After-school media art workshops

In-school media arts elective classes

Media/ technology training, mentoring, support for teachers