Mission:

The IMAGE Urban Arts Workshop is dedicated to reclaiming our youth through the education, performance, and production of the urban arts. IMAGE exposes and enhances students’ creative abilities while helping them grow individually and socially.

What we do:

IMAGE engages students by providing them an outlet to express themselves creatively and engage each other in discussions about their realities, in order to discover performance themes. IMAGE members learn how to turn their life experiences into living, breathing and meaningful works of art; while entertaining young audiences within area schools and community centers. Students gain insight and expert instruction on how to produce and perform: concerts, cds, theater sets, play programs, posters, logos, songs, and musical beats.

IMAGE provides middle school and high school students with the opportunity to express themselves creatively. IMAGE goals are:

·          To encourage cooperative learning through group projects.

·          To promote discovery learning by creating a safe environment for students to uniquely and creatively express themselves.

·          To put on amazing, mind-sticking performances

·          Save lives

By focusing on young adults, ages 12-17, IMAGE successfully engages youth into productive action. Beginning with a “larger-than-life” recruitment concert (using National talent and IMAGE members), history, and relevance in music and art today, students discover their place within the urban arts world. They receive expert instruction in hip-hop, spoken-word, drama and R&B singing, with the aim of creating their own groundbreaking performance within the project’s 10-week span.