Youth Mentorship

The Torchlight Youth Multimedia Mentorship program began as a pilot initiative in January 2024 with 12 students, and has evolved into a multi-county, interdisciplinary, community-based program providing high school artists an opportunity to develop storytelling practices and express themselves creatively while connecting meaningfully with their communities.

Extended Learning Opportunity & RSU71

Students from RSU71—Belfast Area High School (BAHS), and Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education (BCOPE)—comprise the inaugural participants in the program, and continue to work with Torchlight on a weekly basis through the Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) program. 

Dory Learning Center

Since September 2024, Torchlight partnered with the new Dory Learning Center (a student-led, community-based educational program in Belfast), have been meeting weekly throughout the academic year.

Increasing Capacity: Lincoln County and beyond

In the winter of 2025, our program also welcomed increased participation from students at Lincoln Academy, a private boarding and day school in Newcastle, ME. Torchlight is looking for schools, programs, and other academic partners to host during-or-after-school multimedia programming. Please reach out!