Educational Programs

Support our mission to offer classes and resources to our vibrant creative community. Your donations enable us to engage professional creatives who can conduct classes, ranging from informational sessions to immersive hands-on projects. Plus, we love sharing the magic that happens afterward—through alumni spotlights, project showcases, and community exhibitions that highlight the real-world impact of your generosity, inspiring even more creators to shine.

Your contributions will support:

• Painting Classes: Your donations fund teachers and provide materials like paintbrushes, canvases, and paint. (Imagine seeing participants' vibrant masterpieces displayed in our local galleries, turning brushstrokes into celebrated stories!)

• Arts and Crafts Events: Our North Bay Media members host these sessions, requiring materials such as glue, yarn, poster board, paint, brushes, scissors, and glitter.

• Animation Workshops: Learn the art of stop motion animation, 2D animation (digital and traditional) through the instruction of North Bay Media members and industry professionals. For stop motion animation, you'll utilize clay sculptures, physical objects, and more. And 2D animation education via digital software and traditional hand-drawn methods. (We plan to spotlight grads whose animations will surely go viral—your support could launch the next big short film!)

• Video/Media Production: Cover essential aspects from crafting outlines and scripts to visualizing through storyboarding, along with on-set guidance including lighting and camera techniques.

• Sculpting and Jewelry Making Classes: Conducted by talented local creatives in our community. 

• Flexible Programming Expansions: We listen to your ideas to grow our classes! With donations like yours, we can add new ones—like simple music recording sessions or basic fashion sewing workshops, using donated mics, fabrics, and help from local experts. (Your gift makes this possible and helps us reach more people who might give too.)

Offering these enriching experiences demands both time and financial resources. While some events can be provided with voluntary support from our community members, others necessitate the expertise of professional visionaries. Your contributions make it possible to deliver engaging educational events that connect and expand our local creative network—while celebrating the breakthroughs they spark.

Thank you for your support,

North Bay Media Team