madelife’s Music team guides Accelerants along a path toward answering these questions for themselves. The Music program begins with the orientation meeting, where the Accelerant, Mentors, and Coordinator sit down and take inventory of the Accelerant’s current musical, technical, and logistical abilities, and set a plan for what they hope to achieve during the program. Once the goals and a plan have been established, it’s time to get to work creating the first project.

Whether you’ve been shooting for years or are just getting started, the Photography team pushes Accelerants to be able to answer these questions for themselves. The Photography program begins with a comprehensive orientation, where the Accelerant, Mentors, and Coordinator collaborate to set highly individualistic goals based on the Accelerant’s ideas and interests. Once the overall goals are defined, Accelerants plan their first experiential project. Project strategy is set by using a pre-project form that outlines project goals, resources needed, skills to be developed, and real-world factors such as time, cost, and desired client feedback. Now we’ve got a plan, it’s time to start creating!

Perhaps you are farther along in your creative pursuits and looking to combine your existing skills and launch or bolster a full creative business. madelife is here to support your creative foundation and help you fill in the missing technical, business, or logistic elements. We begin the program with an in-depth orientation where we identify your core questions, ideas, and goals for your Creative Business. Working with a madelife creative team consisting of Mentors, a Coordinator, and additional support staff, we help Accelerants develop overall program goals. Then it’s time to plan the first project. Accelerants develop a strategy for their projects using a pre-project form that outlines goals, resources needed, skills to be developed, and real-world factors such as time, cost, and desired client feedback. Now that the plan is in place, it’s time to start creating!

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Whether you have a very specific goal, or just a general idea, the Graphic Design team will help you get clarity and move towards answering these questions for yourself. The Graphic Design program begins with orientation, where the Accelerant, Mentors, and Coordinator sit down and take inventory of the participant’s current artistic, technical, and logistical abilities and what they hope to achieve during the program. Once the goals are firmly established, Accelerants then develop a strategy using a pre-project form to outline project goals, resources needed, skills to be developed, and real-world factors such as time, cost, and desired client feedback. Now it’s time to jump into the first project and start creating!

We offer a unique Design Your Own Program for individuals who are interested in exploring a multitude of potential professional avenues.