Spark Media Project
Media ProductionNew York, United States11-50 Employees
Spark Media Project, based in Poughkeepsie, New York, operates in the media production space with a focus on youth development. It offers workshops, programs, and projects that promote critical media viewing and creative participation in media creation, while providing opportunities for youth to gain employment and grow their skills. The organization aims to build technical and artistic abilities in the media arts, alongside life skills such as self-confidence, decision making, leadership, and positive risk-taking. Its approach emphasizes a process-oriented model supported by mentorship that prioritizes feedback, self-reflection, and independence, balancing process with the finished product. The organization operates with a mid-sized staff and maintains a website at sparkmediaproject.org.