CEO Philip Courtney X Spark ⚡️ Talk

CEO Philip Courtney giving a speech on stage with a checkerboard background and a microphone in hand

Urban Arts CEO Philip Courtney delivered the energized Spark Talk “Video Gaming: An Equitable On-Ramp to Workforce Development” at the Infosys Foundation conference in Indianapolis May 8, 2025—and coined the phrase “digital DaVincis.”

How many times would you have raised your hand?

Read the speech below to catch the spark.

Let’s play a game…..

COLLEGE ACCESS 2025 A New Generation of Game-Changers Takes the Next Step

A wide group of young people holding graduation props, seniors at Urban Arts Game Academy

Urban Arts is thrilled to celebrate our seniors as they commit to colleges across the country, armed with scholarships and dreams that are no longer just possibilities, but realities. These students — predominantly from low-income communities and first-generation applicants—are not just getting in. They’re thriving, rewriting the narrative of who belongs in the world of higher education, technology and game design. Urban Arts students have earned $45+ millions in scholarships since 2017.