Superhero Shorts: From Page to Screen, a multimedia residency program for 20 middle-schoolers. Building on last year’s successful partnership between PCC and the OMF, Superhero Shorts 2018 encompassed three art forms: comic creation, digital storytelling, and the newly added component --music composition with the Colorado Symphony. During this six-week residency, we tasked students to work individually and collaboratively by creating a six-panel comic which they translated into a short 3-5 minute film, while composing an accompanying film score complete with special effects and graphics.

Visit:

• OpenMediaGeneration.org for info on additional youth media programs for classes and individual youth
• PopCultureClassroom.org for info on educational resources to school districts, teachers, and community organizations using comics, graphic novels and related pop culture media.
• ColoradoSymphony.org/Education/In-school-Program for info on in-school musical programs

This story features members of the Hard Times Workshop, a weekly writing workshop for people experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty. Hear their stories, poems and creative works and learn more about the workshop.