From left:Roy Elkins (MAMAs), Becky Steinhoff (Atwood CC), Rick Tvedt (MAMAs, Peter Streicher (Mediaworks)
January 21, 2010
MAMAs Donate $6,000 to the Mediaworks Program at Atwood Community Center
Today the Madison Area Music Association donated $6,000 to the Mediaworks program at the Goodman Atwood Community Center.
Peter Streicher with some of the Mediaworks kids
Mediaworks is headed up by Peter Streicher, who teaches kids audio/visual skills. The program is located in a production area that will eventually serve as a music lab as well as an A/V center. Mediaworks runs as an after-school program two days a week. There is also an evening session on Wednesdays that is attracting older students. There is no fee for the kids to participate.
During our visit the kids explained their current project to us, which they were going to be editing that day. The project consists of the group purportedly sitting at a Board meeting, where they doze off in turn and have dream sequences.
Future film editors at work!
The operative word they used when we questioned them about the program was “fun”. And they couldn’t wait for us to leave so they could get at their computers. When asked about creating works that might instruct or benefit others, one boy remarked that, “Oh, yes they’ve been doing a public service project called The Perils of Untied Shoes. There’s one we all could benefit from.
The grant by the MAMAs was made possible by funding from the Courtier Foundation.
Thanks to Channel 15 News for being there to cover the presentation and talk to the kids.
One of the projects already completed by Mediaworks