MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools

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The Media Arts Festival is a free showcase of the diverse talents of MAPS students working in film, music production, motion graphics, video game design, digital photography and illustration.

"We’re proud to support programs like MAPS which give Montana’s kids access to an industry that has a big future in Montana," said Deny Staggs, Montana’s film commissioner.

Led by MAPS mentor Christian Ackerman, Wyatt Campbell, Cameron Smith, and Caleb Hallahan have been nominated for their projects "Darby Rodeo" and "Logger Days." Both events, hosted in Darby, Mont., provided access for the MAPS students to produce, film, and edit the short pieces for submission.

It offers students from 8th to 12th grade, classes free of charge, in music, film making, and graphic design. Recently, it started an entrepreneur class, teaching kids business skills.

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"I’ve felt so blessed to have attended MAPS for the last four years," said Wyatt Campbell, a Darby senior. "I want everyone else in Montana to be able to share that experience."

The MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE empowers young minds through creativity, communication skills, confidence and inspiration. In 2014, we were honored as one of the "Top 50" after-school programs in the U.S. by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

MAPS is a free afterschool program available to all students, grades 8-12, and is not funded by taxes. It is a 32-week program that runs with the school year and expanding to include a 10-week summer program.

Now in its 11th year, Mr. Rosten’s organization MAPS offers free after-school courses in filmmaking to some 150 students in the shadow of Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains.