This year’s annual celebration, A Night w E4 Youth, as was our biggest and best ever! We showcased the best of our 150+ high school students participating in Get Creative Enrichment Clubs across the city, recognized our partners and announced our Shadow the Pros Fellowship Class of 2018. You can check out more photos of the event […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 Contact Person: Carl Settles 512-917-2551, carl@e4youth.org Legacy ATX Performs at A Night with E4 Youth What: Youth all-star group releases EP When: May 19, 2016, 6 – 9PM Where: McGarrah Jessee Ad Agency (121 W.6th St., Austin, TX 78701) Youth All-Star Group Performs with Grammy Award Winning Musicians Listen […]
Thanks to all who attended our virtual edition of the E4 Youth Showcase and Awards. Check out video of the event as well as our showcase winners work by clicking on the links below and the key community partners we recognized this year. Get Creative Club High School Showcase Winners Best of Show / […]
Why Develop VR Storytelling Curriculum? My name is Carl Settles, Founder/Executive Director of E4 Youth. In the Fall of 2017, E4 Youth received a grant from the Mozilla Foundation Gigabit Fund to support the development of curriculum that helps high school media arts teachers integrate VR/Immersive stoytelling into their classrooms. As part of the grant, […]
E4 Youth’s newest enrichment program, the Get Creative Media Club, is nearing the end of its first semester. Meeting Thursday nights at Austin Public studios, the purpose of the program is to give Central Texas students the opportunity to hone their production, promotion, and entrepreneurial skills by working as the marketing team for a […]
Our anticipation for the Music Legacy Project’s EP release is at an all-time high. The EP, which has been titled simply Legacy ATX, is due May 19, 2016. It will be available for pre-order as well as digital download. One hundred physical copies are making their way to us as we speak. Pictured in the header […]
Thanks to E4 Youth, My legs wanted to commit suicide during my spring break. Through the program Youth Media Project, E4 Youth gave me and my friends the amazing opportunity to explore South by Southwest with gold badges. We saw spectacular films, listened to amazing keynote speakers, and probably walked the distance of a marathon. […]
Hello! My name is Nico Cordero, for those concerned, and this is my experience on my crowning achievement! 3/11/16 The day we, my sister and her boyfriend, get ready for day passes to the SXSW, which had a presentation of producers, designers, and especially entrepreneurs that showcased their work and talent to get them […]
The creative minds of the Music Legacy Project convened once again on March 12, 2016. Just on this third week of progress, the musicians have already started four songs that will be recorded in studio on April 2 & 3. Song titles include “Know,” “Nightmares,” “Morse Mode,” and “Long Story Short.” Each song only […]
I just finished reading a blog post on TribTalk by Katie Plemmons, a high school teacher in Del Valle ISD, entitled The Heartbreak of Being a Teacher in Texas and it’s discouraging. She writes about the upcoming start of the school year: As we return to our classrooms, we always notice those who do not: experienced […]