Craig Falcon
MAPS Media Lab Director
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My vision for the future of the MAPS Media Institute Media Lab is to continue its rich history of fostering and promoting young talent in the media arts.
I love seeing youth blossom as they surpass their expectations in both their art and their lives.
Witnessing this feeds the artist’s soul, and the soul of MAPS work.
- Craig Falcon
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I thank the Creator for always putting me in the right place to help others and am truly humbled by the opportunity to be of service to MAPS and its Students across Montana.
In art education, I see no negatives, no politics, no race, only a pallet of equal colors we call the human race. The expertise of the MAPS team, in all forms of media art, creates safe and positive educational environments where every Montana student can find their voice and thrive.
I see a future MAPS, which will continue to blossom with our students. I see MAPS growth as a continuous expansion through new bridges built to reach even more of Montana’s different indigenous and non-indigenous cultures.
I am a firm believer in teamwork, equality, and artistic vision. When those three qualities work harmoniously together, we as a team will succeed in every MAPS project.
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SUPER POWER:
Love, it heals everything!
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ABOUT MAPS MEDIA LAB...
The Statewide Educational Outreach Program of MAPS Media Institute
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In 2017, with generous multi-year funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Greater Montana Foundation, the MAPS Media Lab (MML) program was launched to bring our nationally awarded program to more students across Montana. Students develop the skills necessary to plan and produce various media art projects through intensive media arts workshops as they collaborate with professional, compassionate teaching artists using state-of-the-art equipment.
The MML puts the power of media arts into the hands of youth around Montana and gives them the tools they need to find their voice and tell their own stories. Our programs – film, design, technology, and music – are provided to communities with little or no access to the media arts. We work with these communities to design programs that fit their unique needs, ranging from short intensive workshops to multiple week-long projects.
MAPS Media Lab plants seeds that lead to success. Students develop necessary skills to plan and implement their creative journey through our programs which are designed to have fully-realized professional outcomes. Projects often have real-world implications, such as addressing a social issue or promoting a positive program in the community. We enable students to use the media arts to tap into their innate creativity and empower communities to work towards positive change.
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Please enjoy the following selection of MAPS Media Lab Films! |
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In this film, Harlem High School students shine a light on the painful and hidden details of their ancestral past as a way to help others understand why their heritage should never be allowed to fade away.
Filmed during Native American Week, this socially relevant film connects how cultural identification today not only honors the past but also has the ability to save and preserve an entire way of life for future generations.
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Peaceful As a Buffalo is the second collaboration between The Buffalo Unity Project, a program created by Poplar Middle School on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, and MAPS Media Institute.
The continued goal of The Buffalo Unity Project is to connect students to the importance of the buffalo for the Dakota and Nakoda people. This project aims to teach students that communities thrive when they are united in a common purpose.
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In this intensive 5-day crash course first time film students learned the basic stages and techniques of filmmaking, from conception, to pre production, production, post production and distribution/screening.
On the first day, students explored idea generation and story to collectively arrive at a concept for their film. Dragonfly was born out of the reflections and observations of the year which the students experienced during the worldwide pandemic.
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Looking Forward From Yesterday |
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The Aaniiih and Nakoda People work in large and small ways every day to preserve - and in some cases resurrect - their culture in modern-day life.
Conceived, filmed, and edited by high school students at Harlem High School in northern Montana, this film is a powerful and intimate story of the struggle to preserve a way of life that many thought to be lost.
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EAST follows a day in the life of three teenagers from East Helena, Montana, in a story about a sense of place, hard times, and the bonds of friendship.
The film was written and filmed over the course of just four days in 2019, with a crew of young artists, many of whom had never operated camera, audio equipment, or acted. The results are an amazing testament to their talent and commitment.
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We invite you to follow along on MAPS social media |
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