Mentor: Selin Balci

Mondays & 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

Mondays & 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

Mondays & 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

Mondays & 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

Mondays & 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.

Mentors: Jennifer Marie Rivera & Tobias Russell

Wednesdays 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

Mondays 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.