Alamo Arts Academy | TRL Productions

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MULTIMEDIA CTE EDUCATION PROGRAM

4 COMPONENTS

Alamo Arts Academy provides a revolutionary way to approach CTE education. We believe both instruction and hands-on learning is paramount to student career and college readiness. Our program is dedicated to guiding students down a path of personal and professional development, multimedia mastery and the support to create and achieve. Our program is delivered in partnership with middle schools and high schools through four main components.

TEKS-ALIGNED CTE CURRICULUM

Our custom middle school and high school multimedia curriculum is developed and taught by certified teachers and industry professionals. Aligned to TEKS standards, schools can have confidence that CTE teachers receive a thoughtfully created curriculum complete with lessons, videos, projects, and worksheets. Schools have ultimate freedom when implementing Alamo Arts Academy CTE courses. Our team is here to help!

WORK-BASED LEARNING

We believe students learn best when they're exposed to the multimedia industry in a real-world environment. Our practicum program, Come and Make It, gives students an opportunity to do production work for live events, programs and organizations, small businesses and nonprofits in their city. Students enrolled in Alamo Arts Academy will have front-seat opportunities for job shadowing, mentoring, internships and so much more!

Schools enrolled in Alamo Arts Academy can take part in our fun, on-location and campus-based events and competitions throughout the year, gaining more hands-on learning with our instructors and industry professionals. These students will be tasked with unique challenges to put their skills to the test and win cool trophies,prizes and production gear, while schools will have an opportunity to receive media coverage.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS

NATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

We want students to be workforce ready and set up for success through higher education should they choose to pursue multimedia beyond high school. Students enrolled in our program will also be given the opportunity to become nationally certified in their area of study. Our curriculum integrates Adobe software and we teach to the Adobe certification standards through our certification courses.

CTE Courses:

Film Production
Graphic Design
Digital Photography
Audio Engineering

Our Newest Practicum Partners:

KSAT-12
San Antonio College
Avant Agency

Our Events & Competitions:

48 to Create®
Spring Team Challenge®
BexarFest®
TRL-EDU® Workshops

Adobe Certifications:

Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects

FEB 26-28, 2025

The Alamo Arts Academy's "48 to Create" competition gives middle school and high school students the chance to complete a multimedia challenge in 48 hours. This hurried style of production is meant to be fun while challenging students' critical thinking and communication skills. Through this unique event, they will gain valuable hands-on experience working as a team to problem solve, all while creatively exploring the skills they're learning in their Alamo Arts Academy courses.

THE CHALLENGE
Create a 3-min short film and accompanying poster design using photography in 48 hours.

THE SKILLS
Team projects utilize skills in all four of our Alamo Arts Academy subjects: Film Production, Digital Photography, Audio Engineering & Graphic Design.

Check out last year's recap video to see what it's all about!

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:

SPONSOR & Donate

General Event Sponsor
Click the button below to message our Community Outreach Coordinator, Patricio Calvo to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities. We'll send you our Sponsorship Guide to learn the perks of being an official event sponsor!
Meal Sponsors
We provide breakfast and lunch for all participating students, and we need meal sponsors and/or in-kind donors to help! Dates needed: November 9th & 10th
Swag
We are also accepting swag giveaways to reward our students. Examples include gift cards, tickets, gear, apparel, and multimedia equipment. Click below to message us and we'll get you more details on how this works.

VOLUNTEER

Individual & Corporate Groups
Help us create an amazing event at San Antonio College. Sign up individually or in groups to help us with set up/tear down, meal prep, safety and logistics, and the awards ceremony. Click the volunteer button below for shift dates and times.
Industry Professionals
Be one of our team multimedia mentors! We're looking for filmmakers, photographers, graphic designers, and audio engineers to help our teams accomplish their project. Click the volunteer button below for shift dates and times.