Scholar Entrepreneurship Development Program (S.E.D.)
Instructors work with the scholars to develop visions boards, mission and vision statements, business plans, as well as marketing and advertising campaigns.
Fostering Fosters' Futures
Media Arts and Entrepreneurship Development Workshops
We work with the community on a series software-based and hardware-based workshops to prepare them for entrepreneurship and job placement.
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About C.A.L.M.
The Creative Arts Lounge and Media Center (The C.A.L.M. Center) is a nonprofit art and media educational center which was developed for the underprivileged and at-risk students of Philadelphia. The C.A.L.M. Center is intended to bridge the gap between art and technology on the path of entrepreneurship. Our vision is to be the gap filler that enhances artistic abilities for underprivileged students in preparation for job placement and entrepreneurship. Our Goal is to combat dropout and unemployment rates and prepare for job placements.
About The C.E.O. & Founder
Multi-Media producer Wesley Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of the production company #MrWesleyBrown and C.A.L.M. Center. Mr. Brown has over seven years of technical and college training resulting in a Bachelors of Mass Communication in TV and Radio from Lock Haven University and a Bachelors of Motion Graphics and Visual Effects from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Brown has worked with companies such as Black Entertainment Television, Philadelphia Convention Center, African American Museum, Verizon, Reality Dance Television, Balancing Act Reality TV, WURD Radio Station, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Wesley’s knowledge of production ranges from creative writing, storyboarding, lighting, photography, audio engineering, video editing, motion graphics, graphics design, media encoding, website development, and DVD authorization. Wesley Brown has put together several independent TV shows and movies, commercials, websites, and sellable video products. Brown is an up and coming revolutionary professional in the video production world.
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Scholar Entrepreneurship Development Program (S.E.D.)
Scholar Entrepreneurship Development Program (S.E.D.)
With the increases in media usage in today’s constantly evolving gig economical world, understanding media has become an essential part of profit and survival. Creative Arts Lounge and Media (C.A.L.M.) Center is working to keep youth and adolescents ahead of the media and economic curve. The C.A.L.M. Center has developed a summer camp that not only teaches media arts but also helps develop their business ideas.
The C.A.L.M. Center is premiering a media and entrepreneurship youth and adolescent development program to help prepare youth and adolescents for success in the economic world. Our instructors work with the scholars to help develop their own business ideas and/or prepare them to work for other businesses.
Instructors work with the scholars to develop visions boards, mission and vision statements, business plans, as well as marketing and advertising campaigns. In addition, we assist them in developing and creating their business images with photoshoots, video shoots, audio ads, and print design and web designs.
Scholars learn to design programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, and InDesign and software programs i.e. Microsoft and Google Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
During the development of their businesses, scholars are taught different marketing and branding theories and how to operate the different equipment needed to produce the different end products.
In order to expose these future business owners or current business owners, scholars take trips to other businesses and media outlets.
At the end of the program, scholars put on professional exhibitions of their developed business.
The C.A.L.M. Center believes that each youth and adolescent should be properly nourished in order to effectively focus and perform within our summer development program. Therefore, scholars will receive breakfast, lunch, and snack. Meals will also be made available to community members to any requesting community members.
The center will also provide life skills workshops to instruct scholars on budgeting, parenting, and meal planning for entrepreneurs.
Working with youth and adolescents in low-income and single-parent households, we understand the value of transporting the scholar to and from the program. The C.A.L.M. Center will provide pick-up and drop off transportation.
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Fostering Fosters’ Futures Development Program
Each year, the number of foster children and adolescents increases in the united states by 10,000. About half exit the overall number exit system; leaving over 100,000 waiting another year. Moreover, over 1,000 adolescents age out of the system never ending up in a stable family and with little to no financial resources. The Creative Arts Lounge and Media Center (C.A.L.M.) aims to be the gap filler that enhances soft and artistic abilities for underprivileged students in preparation for job placement and entrepreneurship.
The C.A.L.M. Center is premiering a foster child development program to help prepare foster youth and adolescents for success in the economic world. Our instructors work with the scholars to help develop their own business ideas and/or prepare them to work for another business.
Instructors work with the scholars to develop visions boards, mission and vision statements, business plans, as well as marketing and advertising campaigns. In addition, we assist them with developing and creating their business images with photoshoots, video shoots, audio ads, and print design and web designs.
Scholars learn to design programs such as Photoshop, illustrator, premiere, after effects, and InDesign and software programs i.e. Microsoft and google word, excel, outlook, and powerpoint.
During the development of their businesses, scholars are taught different marketing and branding theories and how to operate the different equipment needed to produce the different end products.
In order to expose these future business owners or current business owners, scholars take trips to other businesses and media outlets
More Information
Fostering Fosters’ Futures Development Program
Media Arts and Entrepreneurship Development Workshops
Media Arts and Entrepreneurship Development Workshops
We work with the community on a series software-based and hardware-based workshops to prepare them for entrepreneurship and job placement. We work in small group sizes for the increased personal development, problem-solving, focused attention, and addressing specific questions on what’s being learned.
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The Creative Arts Lounge and Media Center (The C.A.L.M. Center) is a nonprofit art and media educational center which was developed for the underprivileged and at-risk students of Philadelphia.
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Tanya Kels
Whitley Kels
Walter Brown