CREATIVE CAREER PATHWAY ORGANIZATIONS
Community Program Hub
Creative economy career pathway programs run by community-based organizations including mentorship programs, career exploration and internship programs, membership organizations, and organizations providing creative economy work-based learning services to individual schools.
*The community program hub is a public platform, open to any Washington-based Creative Economy training organization. CEW-C does not vet or endorse programs listed on the Community Program Hub.
We are continually updating this resource with new programs and training opportunities for people interested in the arts, media, and entertainment industries. If you would like to add your community based organization, please fill out the form here.
Types of programs
Wheelhouse
We have a mentorship program with an education forum that is targeted at mid-level career creatives that will give them business tools and learnings so they can have successful, sustainable creative careers. This is modeled after the Washington Filmworks mentorship program.
Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle U
"BFA's in Animation, Art, Dance, Design, Film, Illustration, Game Art, Photography, Musical Theater, Performance Production, Acting and Original Works
BM in Music
Cornish+ includes continuing education programs for adults as well as youth programs for students in the summer time."
Washington State Department of Commerce
Commerce strengthens communities and builds healthy economies. The Creative Economy is one of eight key industries in Washington State - industries we dedicate additional resources to, largely because they have the most potential for creating economic wealth and job growth throughout the state in the years to come.
The Vera Project
The Vera Project is an all-ages nonprofit space dedicated to fostering personal and community transformation through collaborative, youth-driven engagement in music and art. A music venue, screen print shop, recording studio, art gallery, and safe space for radical self-expression, VERA is a home to Seattle’s creative community.
Youth in Focus
Youth in Focus's mission is to equip youth to share their ideas and values with the world through photography and art. We value photography as a powerful medium of change to create a healthy, vibrant, equitable, and just society. We provide all free programming for south Seattle and Seattle area teens.
Rising Reels Nonprofit Organization
Our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable filmmaking instruction to youth in our underserved communities
For Employers
CEW-C provides a solution for studios and employers looking to increase representation across all groups. CEW-C organizations serve diverse talent from a variety of communities. If you submit a recruitment request, we can send it out to CEW-C organizations and curate a list of potential candidates to meet your needs.