WMCAST: By Teens, For You

In this episode, WMCAST hits the streets! Teen artists interview community members about their future and how the cultural understanding of technology has changed. Then, WMCAT students share about their future and what’s next in their lives.  Guests: Nia Walker, Sienna Garcia, Dani Ferratt, Nola DeGroft, Zigwaan Chavez, Andre Walker, Alex Johnson (Bridge Street Market), Jessie Raymer (Grand Rapids Community Media Center), George Eberhardt III (WMCAT), Will Mosqueda (GRTV), Scott Winters (WYCE Radio), Addie (Grand Rapids Public Library), Elijah Wilson (Grand Rapids Public Library), Nick Rice (Sip Shine) Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.  In our second season, WMCAST students explore time— what it means to them, how it impacts change, and their interpretation of the past, present, and future.  Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at ⁠⁠artstech.wmcat.org⁠⁠. 

What does collective change mean to WMCAST? Listen in on teen artists’ round table discussion over ice cream! Students from varying studios give their perspective on what collective change means, and its effect on art, class, and modern society. Guests: Nia Walker, Sienna Garcia, Dani Ferratt, Nola DeGroft, Zigwaan Chavez, Andre Walker Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.  In our second season, WMCAST students explore time— what it means to them, how it impacts change, and their interpretation of the past, present, and future.  Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at ⁠⁠artstech.wmcat.org⁠⁠. 

WMCAST gets spooky… Join the teens on a local Ghost Tour with tour guide Candice Smith of Tours Around Michigan. Learn about several haunted buildings in downtown Grand Rapids and little-known knowledge about why ghosts are here. Guests: Candice Smith and Justice Gleason Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.  In our second season, WMCAST students explore time— what it means to them, how it impacts change, and their interpretation of the past, present, and future.  Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at ⁠⁠artstech.wmcat.org⁠⁠. 

Dive into memories! WMCAST students interview adults from two different generations to learn about their understanding of the past. In this special discussion, the group shares about their childhood, first loves, work, and life-altering perspective changes.  Guests: Chelle Steffens and Dennis Grantz Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.  In our second season, WMCAST students explore time— what it means to them, how it impacts change, and their interpretation of the past, present, and future.  Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at ⁠artstech.wmcat.org⁠. 

In this episode, we expand on the question of ‘What makes you ... you?’ as our host interviews students from different studios at WMCAT to answer that question, understand what brought them to the Teen Arts + Tech Program, and ask where they plan to go from here. Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.    This season on WMCAT, students explored the question, “What makes you … you?”    Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at artstech.wmcat.org. 

Welcome to our first episode of WMCAST: By Teens, For You. In this episode, we discuss our proudest moments, our pain, our heritage, our goals; the things that make us ... us.  Creativity, community, and student voice. WMCAST: By Teens, For You is created by a team of high school students in the Teen Arts + Tech Program at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT). The Teen Arts + Tech Program is tuition-free, afterschool experience through which Grand Rapids Public high school students leverage visual arts and digital media to build creative confidence, elevate voice, connect with community, and explore possibilities for the future.  This season on WMCAT, students explored the question, “What makes you … you?”  Learn more about WMCAT at wmcat.org. Learn more about the Teen Arts + Tech Program at artstech.wmcat.org.  Instagram: @wmcatgr Facebook: facebook.com/wmcat