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 […]
Standing up in front of a client to present my work is never easy for me, and I’ve been doing it for more than 25 years. Now imagine you’re a high school or college student, presenting to a roomful of your peers and creative industry professionals. That’s just what E4 Youth’s Shadow the Pros participants […]
As part of the Music Legacy Project, Blaigne AYUMA Sixon has released his first solo music video and was selected to perform at the South By Southwest Music Festival. See above! It Started Years Ago It wasn’t too long ago when Blaigne was in just high school where he eventually became a 2 time all-state […]
A recap of the Shaodw the Pros Internship experience at the ad agency GSD&M. Students developed a campaign for John Deere.
“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 […]
RSVP Now Introduction Now’s a great time for high school journalism and audio/video production teachers and parents to get your students to learn about the future of media production. 360 video cameras that can shoot in 4K and stream live to the internet can be had for $150 and there are a wealth of free […]
When I first heard about Get Creative Enrichment Clubs, I thought the clubs were mostly about introducing various creative careers to kids and teaching them about creative tech tools. I figured the kids spent a lot of time “doing creative stuff.” Once I committed to writing blogs about these clubs, I found out I have […]
As January 2018 rapidly comes to a close, we wanted to take moment and look back at some of the things E4 Youth accomplished in 2017 and offer a brief preview of what’s to come. We now have a thriving ecosystem of 7 Get Creative Enrichment Clubs in 5 Austin area high schools serving over […]
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 […]