Artists engage in projects that emphasize the creative process through opportunities designed to expand their creative lens through collaboration, community engagement, and multiple performance and presentation avenues. These courses are open to students from all primes. Enrollment and eligibility requirements vary among project offerings.
Projects are designed to encourage students from all prime arts areas to collaborate.
20 CLASS SESSIONS / 40 HOURS + FINAL PRESENTATION
EACH PROJECT WILL BE PART OF ONE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL BOTH DURING EXTENDED DAY AND IN THE EVENING
By opting in to a face-to-face project, you are committing to the full trimester (Monday and Wednesday classes), the final presentation (at the Winter Works, an evening event), and any additional rehearsals required to prepare the presentation (tech or dress rehearsals that may be scheduled outside of the regular Monday/Wednesday classes, that you will be informed about in advance). As a collaborator, it is imperative that you see the project through from beginning to end, therefore, only at the conclusion of the project are hours awarded. If you do not complete the project, you do not earn the hours.
If you are registered for GCC during the Winter Trimester , you are not eligible to opt in to projects at this time. It is strongly recommended that students complete GCC prior to optingin to any projects.
Mentor: Selin Balci
Contact: sbalci@aacps.orgMondays & Wednesdays at Annapolis High School
Application Required. Photography experience strongly recommended. Space limited.
Overview of film processing, darkroom printmaking and proper camera use as a means for shooting and creating artistic, thought-provoking photographic images. Students will learn basic composition techniques, proper camera use (lens focal length, shutter speed, and aperture manipulation), film processing, and darkroom print processing. The emphasis is primarily technical, although aesthetics, composition, and contemporary issues in photography will be covered through class critiques and discussions. Through this course, students will be able to have a strong grasp on traditional film photography and will build a Black & White gallery showcase.
To apply for this class, click here: https://forms.gle/DDCSVJqyaoEXLe7j6
NOTE: There will be another offering of this project in the spring trimester. Priority given to students who have not already taken this course.
Mentor: Lynn Schwartz
Contact: laschwartz@aacps.orgMondays & Wednesdays at Studio 39
All primes welcome and encouraged.
A team of student editors will create and design a printed Lit Mag that will represent the diverse work of the PVA community. We will publish a rich variety of short fiction, poetry, art, photography, mixed-genre works, book reviews, personal essay, profiles, artist statements, creative process journeys, song lyrics, musical scores, and more. Participants will devise an identity for this third issue of the publication (theme, style, and format), select and edit content, market the magazine, and organize a launch party.
Mentors: Jamie Balter & Emily Zinski
Contact: jblevine@aacps.orgMondays & Wednesdays at Studio 39
Music primes, or students with music experience welcome and encouraged.
Broadway is back! In this project, vocal music artists will gain experience singing Broadway solos, duets, as well as participate in ensemble work and musical theatre scenes. Instrumental artists will experience accompanying singers in a musical theatre setting. This course will culminate in a Broadway revue performance.
Mentors: Maggie Benshaw Heemstra & Emily Karol
Contact: mbenshaw@aacps.org , ekgerbasi@aacps.orgMondays & Wednesdays at Studio 39
All primes welcome.
“All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness...”
-Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, the Headless Horseman, and the quiet town of Sleepy Hollow, New York are key players in Washington Irving’s classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This story of the supernatural and macabre has inspired countless retellings in film and television and is the perfect source material for the stage.
Collaborators will read, discuss, and adapt this short story classic through a series of prompts and activities. The adaptation developed in this project will be produced in the Fall of 2022 at Studio 39 in partnership with Design & Production.
Creative writers with interest in retelling stories from a new viewpoint, visual artists who like to find inspiration from written material, and design and production artists that are curious on how to develop material from the storyboarding and workshopping phases are all strongly encouraged to join for this unique collaboration!
By the end of this project, we will have:
A director’s book, to include but not limited to...
• Fully realized script with stage directions
• Concept art for costumes, scenery, etc
Mentors: Michelle Bland & Johnny Weissgerber
Contact: mlbland1@aacps.org , jweissgerber@aacps.orgMondays & Wednesdays at Studio 39
All primes welcome and encouraged.
Collaborative storytelling is the name of the game in this project. Artists will begin with charrette design exercises to develop a story/world, will take it through script building/storyboarding and production design, and develop it into a lightly produced new work or installation piece. Artists will come up with plot, narrative arcs, presentation styles and design choices.
Special Project Offerings are either projects already in progress from the Fall Trimester which run through the Spring Trimester or are designed for a specific Prime Arts group.
Mentors: Jennifer Marie Rivera & Tobias Russell
Contact: jmrivera@aacps.org, tjrussell@aacps.orgWednesdays at Broadneck High School
Audition Required. Music Primes only. Students must be able to provide their own participation.
This band of PVA musicians selected by audition will use modern commercial music to strengthen individual technique and musicianship in a collaborative ensemble. The Modern Commercial Band will be coached by a team of professional commercial musicians who will bring real world musical experience to the ensemble. The goal of the project is preparing for traditional live performances.
Directors: John Posner and Francesca Chilcote
Contact: jjposner@aacps.org , fchilcote@aacps.orgMondays and Wednesdays at Studio 39
Audition Required. Acting Primes only.
Auditions for Truffaldino Says No will occur at Annapolis High School during Panther Hour the week of November 15. Exact dates, times, and requirements will be announced to Acting Prime students through Mr. Posner.
Students cast in the play will earn Extended Day Credit (Approximately 70 hours). This project is not available to non-acting prime students.