CTVN Programs
Advanced Internships and Independent Projects
At CTVN’s Media Arts Center, our most advanced youth staff are employed as executive producers in small, intensive programs. Hard Cover Interns manage and produce the 25 year-running cablecast and our online distribution platforms, while other small production units work in long production cycles on projects of immediate importance to their peers. In addition to their independent work, all interns serve as peer leaders to onsite apprentices and video students at earlier stages in the Hard Cover program.
Afterschool Apprenticeships
In partnership with After School Matters, CTVN employs 30 advanced and intermediate Hard Cover Apprentices in each of its two full afterschool programs in media literacy digital video production. These young videos professionals study all aspects of media art and produce high quality content for distribution through Hard Cover.
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On-site at CTVN
2418 W. Bloomingdale Ave. -
Schurz High School
3601 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Alternative School Video Classes
In partnership with Alternative Schools Network, CTVN’s instructors lead classes in the media arts as part of the innovative curricula of 11 alternative schools, where reengaged “drop-outs” and transfer students from Chicago’s Public School system persevere in attaining a secondary education. These youth producers’ original work is broadcast on Hard Cover regularly.
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Academy of Scholastic Achievement
4651 W. Madison -
Ada S. McKinley Academy - Lakeside Campus
2920 S. Wabash Ave. -
CCA Academy
1231 S. Pulaski Road -
Harry S. Truman Middle College
1145 W. Wilson Ave. -
Howard Area Leadership Academy
7647 N. Paulina -
Lake View Academy
716 W. Addison -
Prologue Learning Center
1135 N. Cleaver -
Prologue Learning Center - Charles Hamilton Houston
9035 S. Langley St. -
Prologue Learning Center- Winnie Mandela
7847 S. Jeffrey Ave. -
Sullivan House Alternative High School
8164 S. South Chicago Ave. -
West Town Academy
2021 W. Fulton Street
Charter School Seminars
Every semester, CTVN accepts a group of students from each of its two partner charter schools to a program of weekly seminars in media arts study and video production. As part of their respective schools’ internship programs, these young producers earn service-learning hours as they are introduced to the Hard Cover program.
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ACT (Academy of Communications and Technology)
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YWLCS (Young Women's Leadership Charter School)
SOAR Elementary School Workshops
CTVN’s initiative to extend its education in video art to the youngest among us led to a partnership, now 3 years strong, with Illinois Dept. of Family and Children’s Services. CTVN instructors lead weekly workshops in the basics of video art and produce their first short pieces.
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Memorial Park
12750 Highland Park, Blue Island -
Washington Park
5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
Please contact us if you are interested in joining a program or having a program taught.
Call (773)278-8500 or email info@ctvnetwork.org