Spy Hop Productions Inc

Community & statewide programs - spy hop productions' community based programs are offered in partnership with schools, libraries, other youth service organizations and with the state of utah's juvenile justice services. Programs serve 5,000+ students each year across the state of utah and fall under the following umbrella of services. Sending messages/ youth-in-care - these programs provide film, music, audio production and design classes to youth in the foster care system, residential treatment programs, secure facilities, and state's custody. Students are served on the continuum of prevention, intervention, and treatment. Media clubs - spy hop partners with schools afterschool media arts programs for a particular school. Statewide in-school outreach - inspiring digital arts curriculum delivered to students and teachers in-schools throughout utah. Programs deliver concepts of media arts in film, audio, game design, and storytelling through creative use of image and sound, and are tailored to specific language arts curriculum themes. Voices of the west - vow is a weeklong (30-hour), film apprenticeship offered to youth ages 13-19 in blanding, vernal, and monument valley during the summer. Students learn narrative and documentary filmmaking techniques, camera work, interviewing and collaborating to create a personal narrative and a community spotlight. Central 9th youth prevention coalition - spy hop is the backbone organization supporting the central 9th youth coalition, a collaborative project of youth, community members, organizations and other stakeholders working to create a resilient, youth-led community by reducing the risk of youth substance use, suicide, and violence through culturally sensitive and evidence-based prevention initiatives. Rooftop event space during 2021, spy hop opened its rooftop event space to be rented to the public. Spy hop remits sales tax on the income for this space and remits property tax on this portion of their building.