MOSAIC EVENT
Our annual event inspires students by creating a space to experience storytelling through creative ideas and technology. Each year an eclectic group of speakers from the worlds of digital media, entertainment, and tech share inspiration and insights with students about their journey and the lessons they have learned along the way. Past guests have worked for Electronic Arts, NPR, HBO, Marvel Entertainment, Facebook, Netflix, and Spotify.
With a series of interactive workshops, we invite local professionals to connect students to the exciting work in digital media and technology happening in their own community. The Mosaic Event helps students understand how classroom learning can be applied to future careers they may never have considered.
The Mosaic Event also showcases Mosaic Mobile, an annual short film competition, where students create entirely on a mobile device, telling stories from their unique perspectives. The competition awards the largest cash prize offered to student filmmakers in Michigan.
2024 MOSAIC EVENT
Join us on Thursday, November 7, 2024, for our 13th annual Mosaic Event at Celebration North.
More event details will be announced soon!
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Past Speakers
Marisa Arbona-Ruiz
NBC Correspondent and NPR Music Critic
Jane Feldman
Award-Winning Photojounalist
Nate Hargress
Netflix Business and Legal Affairs Original Documentary Films
Mike Uwandi
9B Collective Co-Founder and Concept Artist
Phillip Boutte Jr.
9B Collective Co-Founder and Concept Artist
Aldis Hodge
Actor and 9B Collective Co-Founder
Rolando Gonzalez Runente Creative Director
Julien & Justen Turner
Dreadhead Films Co-Owners
Mimi Chakarova
Still I Rise Founder
Mariah Barrera
Filmmaker
Robert Butler
Easy Breezy Productions Owner
Lisa Oliver King
Branch Out Productions Co-Founder
Lisa Mathis Allen
Branch Out Productions Co-Founder
Carlos Rosas
MUV Chief of Production
Nikk Franklin
Live Sports Replay Operator and Producer
Kirie Quackenbush Electronic Arts (EA) Cinematic Artis
Lauren Adams
National Hot Rod Association Director of Photography, Feature Producer and Editor
2024 Mosaic Mobile
Searching for new and creative ways to engage your students? Mosaic Mobile is our annual mobile short film competition where high school students use mobile devices to shoot, edit, and enter their films. More than $2,000 in cash prizes is awarded to students each year, the largest prize awarded to student filmmakers. Mosaic Mobile is open to any student attending a high school. Films tell a story in only 2-3 minutes. Each year, Mosaic Mobile requires films to feature a theme, prop, and saying. The criteria are intentionally left open-ended to encourage student’s interpretation and creativity.
Mosaic Mobile winning films are screened at our annual Mosaic Event, where student filmmakers are celebrated by hundreds of their peers and professionals.
Mosaic Mobile is about challenging the conventions of storytelling and encouraging students to tell their unique stories in innovative ways. Mosaic Mobile celebrates creative thinking and discovery while exploring the diverse world in which we live.
Why Mobile?
Low-income families experience digital inequality. For many, a mobile device is their only internet connection. 35% of low-income households in the US are under-connected. By leveraging phones and tablets, Mosaic Mobile is leveling the content creation playing field and challenging the conventions of storytelling. Throughout the creative process, students are developing critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills, which are skills that are critical in any career they pursue.
2024 REQUIREMENTS
Each Mosaic Mobile film requires a theme, prop, and saying. The three requirements are intentionally open-ended to encourage interpretation and creativity.
2024 Theme: Kaleidoscope
The “Kaleidoscope” theme encourages students to examine the multifaceted nature of their lived experiences, capturing how individual narratives and perspectives intertwine to form a complex, ever-shifting whole.
2024 Prop: Paperclips
2024 Saying: “Every Piece Matters”
Use this phrase in your short film. It can be spoken, written, or displayed however you choose.
Submissions: September 1 - October 13, 2024
Rick Wilson Voting: October 25 - 31, 2024
Prizes
Mosaic Mobile 2024 will award cash prizes to winning student filmmakers.
First Place - $1000 | Second Place - $500 | Third Place - $250
Rick Wilson Student Choice Award ($250, based on public vote, online voting October 25 – 28, 2024)
RESOURCES
Media and Digital Literacy and Filmmaking Resources
Enrich your students' learning experience with these media literacy and filmmaking resources. We will continually update our content to keep you informed of the latest trends and best practices in the ever-evolving landscape of digital media and film education
FOR TEACHERS
The immersive Mosaic Event provides an opportunity for students to see the work of talented local and national professionals. By hearing from guests on how storytelling influenced their lives and shaped their careers, Mosaic wants to work with you to help students who are inspired to seek avenues of storytelling in digital media and tech that may be right for them.