2024 Culminating Event
Please join us for the 2024 Sony Pictures Media Arts Program Culmination Screening, celebrating the creative work of our 6 classes of youth artists over 30 weeks!
Featuring original animated shorts from students at:
- Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
- Pacoima Public Library
- Watts Towers Arts Center
- William Reagh Photography Center
- Wilmington Public Library
- SPMAP Online
Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
At James R. Armstrong Theatre
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503
Parking is available on site. Light refreshments will be served after the program.
Free
Sony Pictures Media Arts Program (SPMAP): Fall ’23 – Spring ’24
The Sony Pictures Media Arts Program (SPMAP) is a free after-school animation program offered through a partnership between the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the CalArts Community Arts Partnership, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the Los Angeles Public Library. This class explores topics such as the principles of animation, animation history, comics, storyboarding, story development, character design, world building, stop motion, video creation, and much more!
SPMAP is open for students ages 11-17. All supplies are provided and no previous experience is required.
Registration for the 2023-24 school year is now closed. If you would like to learn more about SPMAP please visit the SPMAP website. If you would like to be notified when registration opens for the 2024-25 school year sign up here.
Please send any questions to Program Manager Tara Burns at tburns@calarts.edu.