We are Media Savvy!
Developing Strong Voices in a Loud World
We Are Media Savvy proudly celebrates 20 years of empowering voices, fostering creativity, and shaping the future of media arts education!
Celebrating Twenty Years of We Are Media Savvy
Two decades ago, the vision for We Are Media Savvy was born out of a deep desire to empower voices and cultivate creativity through media arts education. Since its inception, the program has been a guiding force in shaping confident storytellers, informed thinkers, and artistic innovators. From classrooms to libraries, community festivals to international workshops, this initiative has brought media literacy and artistic expression to thousands of students, families, and creative minds in the District of Columbia. Signature workshops such as Animation Unplugged and Control the Message, Control the World have engaged participants across generations, inspiring them to craft narratives that amplify their perspectives and shape the conversations that define our world.
Members of Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center Washington, DC
Control the Message, Control the World. What is YOUR Message to the World?
a Media Savvy Workshop
“Message to the World” is an enriching arts experience designed for multigenerational audiences. This immersive, media-savvy program engages participants in thoughtful and creative self-expression through art, discussion, and the exploration of popular commercial ads and jingles.
Thank You! for joining me and all the Friends of Peirce Mills at the January Winter Workshop: Flip Books & Parlor Toys. It was all fun & games! Visit Peirce Mill, located in Rock Creek Park DC for tours, workshops and flour making!
Control the Message, Control the World. What is YOUR Message to the World?
IA Media Savvy Workshop at DC Black Pride 2024
Unlock the power of communication in the digital age with "Control the Message, Control the World," an immersive workshop designed to elevate your voice and amplify your message.
We Are Media Savvy! Developing Strong Voices in a Loud World
Media Arts Educator: Denaise Seals is a proud recipient of a 2024 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship in Media Arts.
Animation Unplugged 2024
Friends of Peirce Mill included Media Savvy’s Animation Unplugged in it’s Winter Workshop series at the Peirce Mill in beautiful Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC
Sat, January 20, 2024 - 12noon - 4p.m.
FREE and all ages are welcome!
Flip book illustrates a wind-powered mill. Peirce Mill in a water-powered mill built on Rock Creek in 1829. Washington, DC
Award-winning Media Arts Curriculum
The Media Savvy workshops have been awarded multiple City Arts Projects grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities as well as five (5) Celebrate the Creative Spark! in-school residencies in recognition of National Arts Education Month.
In-school Residencies
Media Savvy Workshops leverage videography skills to challenge the next generation of thoughtful, informed and discerning citizens. Through hands-on activities, our programs invite students of all ages to become “media savvy” in more than one way: they produce their own video and animation work and develop the critical-thinking skills required to navigate the globalized, 24-hour media landscape of the twenty-first century.
We are Media Savvy!
Developing Strong Voices
in a Loud World.
Creativity is a balance of urgency
and play.
I take a lighthearted approach in communicating subject matter and practice, whether my students are making their first flip-books or editing a feature production.
Join the Media Savvy
Workshop Series
Animation Unplugged * Digital Media Production * Commercials & PSAs