Congratulations to the 2023 E4 Youth Showcase Competition Get Creative Club Winners & Finalists! Below is a list of the winners & finalists in each category. To see pictures of submissions, visit our Bulb Portfolio here. BEST OF SHOW Climate Change by Keisly Sohane Mairena from Crockett High School DIGITAL CREATIVE PORTFOLIO WINNER Elliot Spellman-Burks […]
New for 2023 is the Lostin SXSW Experience! FIND THE MACHINE Whether you’re visiting Austin for the first time during SXSW or a long time Austinite, check out the exclusive Lostin vending machine in the lobby of the historic Paramount Theater on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin. Be sure to hurry to snag your own […]
March 12th, 12 – 3 p.m. at the Carver Museum [wfea excerpt=”false” readmore=”false” date=”false” thumb=”false” direct_to_external=”false” show_end_time=”false” deduplicate=”false” ] We are thrilled to be back at SXSW in 2023 with another free What Once Was community event that includes a mixed reality (augmented and virtual reality) scavenger hunt, local vendors, and a panel discussion […]
Let’s start with the basics: What does it mean to “be a creative” or to “have a creative career”? At E4 Youth, when we talk about being a creative, we mean someone who works in a field that lets them showcase their skills and creativity to make something that will entertain, educate, inform, and/or persuade […]
Where We’ve Been As the founder of a small Black-led nonprofit, I realized last summer that the surge in support resulting from the onset of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd was over. It seems as though a lot of well-meaning folks just ran out of steam. For too many, their words were […]
Introduction “Remixing” is very simple (replacing the URL’s of existing assets i.e. images, audio and video with your own) and yet it is a powerful way to use storytelling to help students intuitively practice design thinking and coding basics. This three part workshop will show you the remix basics and provide a pathway to building […]
Ricardo Villegas Digital Docent, Senior Creative Mentor — 5 years Selected for Art Director Internship with Wunderman Thompson. Current Art Director with Neon Mikayla Dumas Creative Mentor — 3.5 years Recently hired for the Weiden + Kennedy NY Residency for Summer 2021. Jalesha Bass Digital Docent — 3 years Recently accepted a position with our […]
This is the 3rd of 3 videos from the Austin Digital Heritage Project Workshop Series aimed at helping educators, parents and volunteers make authentic connections with BIPOC youth while learning digital literacy and basic coding skills. In this video we show you how to use the free application Bulb to create digital portfolios that can […]
This is the 2nd of 3 videos from the Austin Digital Heritage Project Workshop Series aimed at helping educators, parents and volunteers make authentic connections with BIPOC youth while learning digital literacy and basic coding skills. In this video we cover our approach to helping students build Emotional IQ through storytelling and the steps for […]
This is the 1st of 3 videos from the Austin Digital Heritage Project Workshop Series aimed at helping educators, parents and volunteers make authentic connections with BIPOC youth while learning digital literacy and basic coding skills. In this video we cover our approach to using storytelling frameworks to introduce youth to digital literacy and basic […]