PRESS RELEASE Date: 16 July 2018 What: Google Fiber Supports Creative Workforce Development in Austin ISD Teacher Application Deadline: August 15, 2018 Contact Person: Carl Settles carl@e4youth.org, Ph# 512-917-2551 Web Site: e4youth.org AISD Teacher Application Link: https://e4youth.org/austinisd Google Fiber Supports Creative Workforce Development for Underserved Youth in Austin ISD APPLY NOW Google Fiber is partnering […]
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 […]
Here’s the thing about Get Creative Enrichment Clubs They’re not just clubs. E4 Youth is up to something much bigger. Education Director Humberto Perez likes to say, “It’s about being part of a creative community that has your back, with young and older adult mentors who are invested in your success in life as well […]
Testimonial: E4 Youth Parent, Inonge Khabele I’m an E4 Youth parent. Over the past three years, E4 has done some amazing things to support my son Thabo, who participates in the Music Legacy Project. Thabo is becoming the man I always knew he could be – that at one stage in his life, he couldn’t […]
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, […]
“The more they learned, the more fascinated they were. The presentation showed that creatives are a big part of this STEM industry, which opened up new job ideas for these kids — things they didn’t even know they could do. ” It’s already been a couple of weeks, but the positive effects of SXSW are […]
Samajae is an offensive lineman for the Panthers. He’s also a fantastic videographer and editor who puts together news stories about Pflugerville High School athletics. Last year, through his participation in E4 Youth’s Get Creative Enrichment Club, he earned access to the SXSW Film Conference. He attended every day of the conference and soaked up as […]
Any creative professional will tell you that you that when it comes to getting hired, you live and die by your body of work. While solid references, a stacked resume and polished soft skills inarguably help you get your foot in the door during any interview process, the commercial arts industry in particular stresses the […]
The 2016 edition of Shadow the Pros was our best ever. Our students were coached by industry professionals as they developed resumes/portfolios, shadowed professionals and executed creative work for real clients including Capital Metro, Panama Coffee and Legacy ATX. We’re so thankful to our outstanding roster of coaches which included Avery Graham, Carlton Wilcoxson, Alex Boase, […]
Members of E4’s all-star music group Legacy ATX, Blaigne Sixon and Kyleeil Johnson were recently featured in an interview with E4’s Executive Director, Carl Settles and iHeart Media’s Heather White. Blaigne, a two time all-state jazz saxophonist and Kyleeil, a multi-talented musician, vocalist, actor and filmmaker have both been accepted into the Berklee College of […]