Young Sound Seekers Audio Camp
June 25th, 2022There have been many highlights recently for my continuing community engagement project Young Sound Seekers. Arguably at the top of that list was a week-long summer camp that we developed and delivered in June 2022. The camp was a partnership with Atlantic Center for the Arts and Stetson’s office of Continuing Education and Outreach, and funded entirely by a grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation. It allowed us to teach audio editing (using Reaper and OSARA) and story telling skills that are associated with podcasting, with each student producing a unique audio story by the end of our camp. The residential camp format allowed us to develop skills much faster than our typical once-a-month format. It also allowed us to bring in Andy Slater, a sound artist and disability advocate, to mentor our kids in Young Sound Seekers. Everyone involved consistently speaks of how meaningful that week was, and perhaps the best compliment is that the kids keep asking me, “When is the next camp at Stetson?”
To summarize the week, Connor Bradt, a 2022 graduate of Digital Arts, served as a counselor during the camp and produced this 10-minute wrap-up video:
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