Today at Apple Creative Studios mentoring program expands to seven more cities

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Today at Apple Creative Studios mentoring program expands to seven more cities
Chicago-based visual artist Sentrock is a guest artist for Apple Creative Studios - Chicago.
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Apple is taking the Today at Apple Creative Studios to additional countries to reach even more young creatives from underrepresented communities around the world. The program offers career-building mentorship, training and resources across a wide range of artistic disciplines.

It started in summer 2021 and expanded in the autumn. Last year, over 400 young people participated in Creative Studios programming.

Today at Apple Creative Studios helps young creatives get the education they need

Apple says it designed Creative Studios to help young people overcome obstacles to receive a quality creative education. The program connects participants with mentors from Apple and more than 30 nonprofit community partners who specialize in areas such as books and storytelling, app design, radio and podcasts, and photography, film, and TV.

Participants receive hands-on education, training and feedback on their projects.

In 2022, Creative Studios will launch in seven new cities, including Nashville, Miami, Berlin, Milan, Taipei, Tokyo and Sydney. It will also return for its second year in Chicago; Washington, D.C.; New York City; London; Paris; Bangkok and Beijing.

“We’re enormously grateful to our Apple Creative Pros, our Retail team members, and local partners, who together make it possible for us to expand access to free arts education and mentorship to even more communities,” said Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s SVP of Retail + People.

New curriculum

Today at Apple Creative Studios is getting all-new curricula in app design, podcasting, spatial audio production and filmmaking.

In Nashville, in collaboration with the National Museum of African American Music, the program will specialize in spatial audio recording by granting participants access to Apple Music studios. In Paris, participants will build skills in creative storytelling, audio engineering and recording through new programming focused on podcasting.

Young creatives in Washington will hone their skills in creative writing and visual storytelling as they make their own board books, audiobooks and storyboards.

New for this year, Creative Studios New York will provide mentorship, insight, and resources to women and nonbinary creatives as they conceptualize apps to drive social impact.

Source: Apple

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