Austin Digital Heritage Project We’re using oral histories and VR to “restore” legendary locations like the Harlem Theater across East Austin. Goals: Build a community of practice that 1) Provides professional level training and employment within the creative economy. 2) Builds a virtual archive featuring oral histories of older residents of color. 3) Promotes multi-generational events that raise awareness of […]
Help Us Build the E4 Virtual Archive (E4VA) of East Austin Oral Histories The E4VA, pronounced “Eva”, will serve as a virtual archive of oral histories that will allow both new and long term residents, tourists and people in their homes all over the world, gain a better sense of Austin’s vanishing past. Volunteer Now […]
Remix VR in the web browser in 10 minutes! E4 Youth is partnering with Latinitas and the Intel Foundation’s She Will Connect program to teach 1000 girls across Central Texas to remix VR stories about their lives over the coming year. So, we developed a “One-Sheet” for Intel volunteers to use as they coach the girls. The […]
E4 Youth just wrapped up its 11th Shadow The Pros internship program. Each summer, teams of promising creative talent from Get Creative Enrichment Clubs and Creative Mentors work with E4 Youth industry partners on real-world creative and technology projects. I’ve written in the past about how Shadow The Pros benefits the students who participate. After this year’s Capstone […]
PRESS RELEASE The Creative Leadership Academy (CLA) is a partnership between E4 Youth, the Moody College of Communication (MCC) and Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at the University of Texas at Austin. Working directly with MCC’s Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Erin Reilly and DDCE’s Director of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ruben Cantu, […]
E4 Youth is partnering with Latinitas and the Intel Foundation’s She Will Connect program to provide digital literacy training, peer networks, and gender-relevant content to fix the Internet gender gap. E4 Youth is providing professional development and support for Latinitas staff as they implement our VR Remix Party curriculum with 1000 elementary and middle school […]
The 2019 Showcase and Awards were the best to date. We celebrated the work of our nearly 200 high school students participating in E4 Youth’s Get Creative Enrichment Clubs across Greater Austin and Shadow the Pros summer Class of 2019. See a list of all of our winners with links to their work and partners […]
In E4, kids who feel alone, who don’t know what they’re capable of, have someone come alongside them and say “I think you can be great.” That’s what they did for me. “You don’t know what you don’t know.” If I could go back in time 2 years, or 5, or 10, that’s what I’d […]
Why Create Legacy ATX? As a retired musician, I’ve often thought about the types of resources and experiences that would have helped me accelerate my growth – not only as a performer/artist but as a professional in the music business. Making a “living” as a musician is more difficult than it’s ever been. The pay […]
We recently asked a number of the creative professionals who support E4 Youth to share their reasons with us. Building a framework for mentoring was a common theme, as was introducing the career possibilities in creative fields to kids who might not otherwise have any idea what their opportunities are — or how to get […]