2020
Virtual ShowcaseIn 2020, 25 creative youth organizations were awarded with the $10,000 Adobe Project Grant. This grantsupported them in implementing a new project idea, a collaborative project, or expanding upon current
programming. The goal of the Adobe Project Grant was to provide creative youth organizations with monetaryfunds to grow their creative programming for equity seeking young people in their local community.

Given current circumstances, the global COVID 19 pandemic did not discourage these organizations from
implementing their projects, as they pivoted to deliver them in a virtual setting. The organizations demonstrated
their strength, resilience and adaptability to continue to deliver inspiring and innovative projects for their young
creatives. A total of 2,200 young creatives from 12 countries were engaged through the projects that were
implemented utilizing this grant. The following media pieces are a few of the highlights from the incredible work
these young people are doing.

Collaborative Projects●

Global Girl Greece (Athens, Greece)●

Story Center (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA)●

Yunuén de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical (Mexico City, Mexico)

Global Girl Media Greece
Athens, Greece
https://globalgirlmedia.org/category/greece/@global_girl_media
www.youtube.com/user/globalgirlmedia

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, Global Girl Media Greece decided to pause their regular in-person programming andcollaborate with their global chapters for a video series titled CORONA #IRL. Young girls and women from 8 diﬀerent countries took
part in this global, collaborative program to produce short, journalistic videos that showcase their life and experiences in theircommunity during the early days of the COVID 19 pandemic. In addition to this, over the summer months, Global Girl Media Greecedelivered an intensive summer program in Athens, Greece where local, refugee, and migrant young women collaborated to createa mini video series, Another Athens.

Story Center
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
https://www.storycenter.org@storycenter
https://www.youtube.com/user/CenterOfTheStory

The Perspective Youth Media Project collaboration between StoryCenter and HANDY incorporated two components to amplify thevoices of young creatives: a PhotoVoice project, and Digital Storytelling. In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, both of these
programs were redesigned to be delivered virtually with diﬀerent cohorts of participants. The young creatives received technicaland ethical creative photography and videography training, and took part in online digital storytelling workshops. For theculmination of the project, the young creatives developed and implemented a social media and advocacy campaign to educate
the public on and advocate for foster youth.

Visit https://www.storycenter.org/stories tosee all stories produced by their young
creatives throughout the year.

Yunuen de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical
Mexico City, Mexico
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Theatrical-Play/Yunuen-de-la-Mora-Academia-de-Teatro-Musical-288747468577125/@yunuendelamora_academia

The COVID 19 pandemic required the staﬀ members of Yunuén de la Mora Academia de Teatro Musical to not only alter theirregular programming but also to add new sessions to the roster of classes that focused on supporting their young creatives
with mental and physical well-being. The primary goal of the Academy is to continue to be a creative outlet and source ofwell-being and inspiration for all of their young creatives amidst uncertainties. Given current circumstances, the young
creatives decided to collaborate with local organizations to create and produce an audiobook that looks at the importance ofinclusivity within communities.

Community Projects●

Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay (Green Bay,●

Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil)Wisconsin, USA)●

Littleglobe (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)●

Salt Lake City Prayasam (Kolkata, India)●

SAY Sí (San Antonio, Texas)●

Venice Arts (Venice, California, USA)Boys & Girls Club Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
https://www.bgcgb.org
bgc_greatergreenbay

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay team supported their Creative Crew members in
dictating the direction of the program’s summer curriculum. The Creative Crew team decided to focus on producing acollaborative media piece for their community in the form of a travelling mural. The portable mural, The Look, traveledthroughout the Green Bay community, highlighting how art and creativity can be used as a form of uncovering the veil ofanti-Blackness racism and the quest for equity for all, while continuing the dialogue and action of the #BlackLivesMattermovement.

BGCGB present the Creation of
The Look Mural

Video link:
https://youtu.be/sLepHXk1j8A

Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/EspacoCulturalAEradoRadio/@naeradoradio
https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiEcer

The strict restrictions set by the local government did not stop the participants from Espaço Cultural A Era do Rádio’s Girls
Occupy Project to continue to virtually connect and contribute to their local community during the COVID 19 pandemic. The
young creatives connected virtually three times a week for live sessions with instructors to develop speciﬁc digital media skills
such as digital collaging, graphic design, etc. As the project progressed, the participants evaluated the needs of the communityand decided to create a mural of and for their community.

Littleglobe, Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
https://www.littleglobe.org@littleglobe.newmexico

https://www.littleglobe.org/portfolio/littleglobe-tv/

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Littleglobe team designed a new online TV-style program for their young creatives tocontinue engaging and developing their creative expression, while connecting to the larger community during this unique time.
Littleglobe TV provided the young creatives with a purpose to continue to create by curating a platform to share uplifting stories
about the Sante Fe community during the ongoing pandemic. These Littleglobe TV episodes consist of mini-stories, songs,
interviews, jokes, and other elements that share the day-to-day stories of people from Santa Fe during this pandemic to celebrate
their community’s creativity, resilience and humor in the face of uncertain times.

Hoop Dancing During the Pandemic
by Abrix Varela

Video Link:
https://vimeo.com/470370854

Three Hands by Aurora Escobedo

Video Link:
https://youtu.be/e6ZVH4pUPXA

Salt Lake City Prayasam
Kolkata, India
https://www.prayasam.org@prayasam1996

Salt Lake City Prayasam’s ongoing project PERIOD was redesigned to be delivered virtually during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Given the digital divide and lack of access to internet and data, the Salt Lake City Prayasam team set up ﬁve wiﬁ zones intheir community to support young creatives with accessing the resources required to complete this project. Through weekly
online sessions, young creatives from various parts of the community continued to connect, engage and create short ﬁlms
and podcasts on the topic of menstruation.

4 Hours

Video Link:
https://youtu.be/nuxxn2HZTiQSAY SíSan Antonio, Texas, USA
http://saysi.org@saysi_sa

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the SAY Sí team decided to incorporate the project Quaranteen Time Capsule as a part oftheir regular programming. The purpose of this time capsule was to allow participants the opportunity to create a media piece,
using the medium of their choice, that captures and reﬂects upon their experiences of all the elements of their daily lives during
this unique time in history.
You can visit https://hive.saysi.org/2020/quaranteens/ to see all the diﬀerent media pieces that make up this time capsule.

Listen to the Podcasts: Isolation Stories

https://hive.saysi.org/2020/quaranteens/?where=gall
ery&what=Podcast

Venice Arts
Marina Del Ray, California, USA
https://www.venicearts.org@venicearts
https://www.youtube.com/user/venicearts

To continue engaging the young creatives during the COVID 19 pandemic, the Venice Arts team’s new virtual curriculum
consisted of a wide range of skill development and peer collaboration opportunities. The participants connected virtually in small
groups to learn how to plan and produce this docu-series with the resources that were available to them. Using a combination ofarchival footage and interviews conducted through web conferencing video calls, the young creatives produced short
documentaries that bring a diﬀerent perspective on youth experiencing homelessness in their community.

Channel 5 Homelessness in Los Angeles
Video Link:
https://youtu.be/peCHKiTvvY4

Channel 3 The Two Sides of VeniceVideo Link:
https://youtu.be/Ew5vVECoJH8

Mentoring Project●

Las Fotos Project (Los Angeles, California, USA)

Las Fotos Project
Los Angeles, California, USA
https://lasfotosproject.org@lasfotoproject

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Las Fotos team evaluated and revamped their Community Arts Programming tocontinue to engage young creatives in a virtual setting. This program consists of three pathways of learning: Está Soy Yo (ESY),
Digital Promotoras, and CEO (Creative Entrepreneurship Opportunities). The three pathways supported young creatives with
their self-empowerment journey as they developed their skills in photography and learned how to utilize storytelling as a tool toidentify and address community issues that are important to them.

Visit https://lasfotosproject.org/exhibitions/ to see all 2020 exhibitions by the young creatives from Las Fotos Project.

Skill Development Projects●

Free Spirit Media (Chicago, Illinois, USA)●

Shilpa Sayura Foundation (Kandy , Sri Lanka)●

Haiti Ocean Project (Petite Riviere de Nippes,●

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center(Buﬀalo, New York, USA)

Haiti)●

Heaps Decent (Sydney, Australia)●

Media Arts Center San Diego (San Diego,
California, USA)●

Organization for Youth Empowerment (ElProgreso, Honduras)●

Youth Art Exchange (San Francisco, California,
USA)●

Zeal Hamilton (Hamilton, New Zealand)Free Spirit Media
Chicago, Illinois, USA
https://freespiritmedia.org@freespiritchi
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeSpiritMediaFree Spirit Media’s summer Industry Pathways Cohort Training Program was revamped to be delivered virtually in response to
the COVID 19 pandemic. This program aims to support emerging ﬁlmmakers with access to opportunities, resources andprofessionals who can help young creatives further their goals in developing successful, fulﬁlling careers in the ﬁlm and media
industries. At the culmination of this program, all participants created and produced a short ﬁlm to help build upon theircreative portfolios for future employment or education opportunities.

Kira’s Declassiﬁed Quarantine Survival Guide

Video Link: https://youtu.be/v6sfzjDz7lM

Haiti Ocean Project
Petite Riviere de Nippes, Haiti
http://haitioceanproject.org@haitioceanproject

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the young creatives decided to combine archival footage and current photos toproduce a mini-documentary on marine conservation and the importance of protecting Haiti’s endangered marine species. Thismini-documentary was a collaborative eﬀort, with participants combining their ocean experience and knowledge withdelegating leadership roles and skill development, to use digital media and technology for social change.

Heaps Decent
Sydney, Australia
http://heapsdecent.com@heapsdecent
https://www.youtube.com/heapsdecent

Heaps Decent launched a new pilot program to teach young creatives how they can develop an interactive Virtual Reality (VR)experience to engage the community on important social issues. In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, this program wasdelivered virtually and provided young creatives with the resources to create a VR platform that showcases young voices'concerns of the impact that climate change has on Australia. In this VR platform, the young creatives utilized photography,
ﬁlmmaking, digital art, special eﬀects, and music production to share their voice and calls to action regarding what communities
can do in response to the climate change crisis.

Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, California, USA
https://mediaartscenter.org@mediaartssd

Media Arts Center San Diego revamped their Teen Producers summer program to weekly virtual bootcamps in response to the
COVID 19 pandemic. Each week's bootcamp covered a diﬀerent topic such as: directing the actor, audio editing, colour
correction, etc. These bootcamps were designed and delivered to introduce the participant to a skill, followed by allowing
participants to engage in diﬀerent exercises to put theory into practice to produce short ﬁlms about how the COVID 19
pandemic has impacted their communities ranging in topics from sports to local youth theatres to classroom set ups in schools.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFa3y2zo0MssaMER8Yvj1vR5_mDUllv0o to see all the short ﬁlms by young
creatives from MACSD.

How COVID-19 has aﬀected youth theater

Video Link:
https://youtu.be/mXTLaAMawAM

Running Through the Aﬄiction
Video Link:
https://youtu.be/U_fkSQMYRE8

Organization for Youth Empowerment
El Progreso, Honduras
http://www.oyehonduras.org/en/@oyehondura
https://vimeo.com/oyecomunicahn

To best serve their young creatives during the COVID 19 padamic, the Organization for Youth Empowerment team evaluatedthe digital media skills level and access to technology for each of their young creatives. The oﬀered sessions focused onincorporating the technological tools that the participants are already familiar with, such as mobile devices, to expand theirdigital media skills, and work on collaborative projects. Additionally the young creatives were encouraged to use theirsurroundings in quarantine to ﬁnd inspiration and creativity as they adapt to a new pandemic lifestyle. The young creatives
curated an exhibit called “Quarantine Through My Eyes” that consists of photos captured with their mobile phones.

Shilpa Sayura Foundation
Kandy, Sri Lanka
http://www.shilpasayura.org

Shilpa Sayura Foundation revamped the curriculum for their multimedia programming on Digital Photography, Graphic Design,
Animation and Video Production programs to be delivered virtually in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. The goal of thisvirtual program was to support young creatives with resources and digital media skills that allowed them to create media
pieces about social issues that are personally important to them while exploring potential creative career pathways. By the endof this project, the young creatives had created short-ﬁlms using their mobile devices, photographs capturing quarantine intheir communities, and produced stop motion ﬁlms.

Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Centre
Buﬀalo, New York, USA
http://www.squeaky.org@squeakybuﬀalo

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Squeaky Wheel team redesigned their Saturday Cafe program for virtual program
delivery for young creatives from around the United States. This virtual Saturday Cafe program incorporated Mozilla’s VR apps
Hubs and Spoke. Through this program, the young creatives learned how they can create and utilize VR environments as a tool
for learning and for self- expression, while developing skills and conﬁdence with new media technology. Additionally, theyoung creatives had the opportunity to explore creative career pathways by speaking directly and networking with creative
industry professionals.

Youth Art Exchange
San Francisco, California, USA
https://www.youthartexchange.org@youthartx

The Youth Art Exchange team had to ﬁnd innovative ways to continue their block printing programming in a virtual setting in
response to the COVID 19 pandemic. To provide an interactive and engaging experience in a virtual setting, the Youth Art
Exchange team redesigned their curriculum and mailed personal block printing materials to all of their participants. The new
curriculum taught young creatives to create their own block prints at home but also had new components such as drawingclasses and graphic design to produce a colouring book to expand on their repertoire of creative skills.

Zeal Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealandhttps://zeal.nz/hamilton@zealnz

Zeal Hamilton launched a new pilot program that aimed to teach young creatives how they can utilize ﬁlm to address anddocument social issues in their community. This pilot program engaged young people through a project-based learning
curriculum which created a space for the participants to identify leadership roles they would like to embody for the delivery ofthis project. By the end of the project, the participants created a mini-documentary on "What young people want and need intimes like these” in response to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Summer Intensive Projects
First Exposures (San Francisco, California,●

DreamYard (Bronx, New York, USA)

USA)

●

Mile End Community Project (London, UK)●

JAYU (Toronto, ON, Canada)●

Women’s Voices Now (Los Angeles, California,●

URGENT, Inc. (Miami, Florida, USA)

●

USA)

First Exposures
Los Angeles, California, USA
https://www.ﬁrstexposures.org/@ﬁrstexposures

First Exposures revamped their spring, summer and fall Intensive Residency programs to be delivered virtually in response to the
COVID 19 pandemic. Their mentees worked closely with mentors to take their photography and editing skills to a new level.
Through virtual sessions, mentors used a project-based curriculum to teach new skills that allowed the mentees to work
conﬁdently towards a tangible project goal to produce media pieces while in quarantine.

Visit their online exhibitions to view all the photos by the young creatives from First Exposures:https://www.ﬁrstexposures.org/double-vision-exhibition
https://www.ﬁrstexposures.org/california-then-nowDreamYard Project, Inc
The Bronx, New York, USA
https://www.dreamyard.com@dream_yard
https://www.youtube.com/user/DreamYard

The DreamYard team reimagined their paid summer Work-Based Learning (WBL) internship program for a digital space in
response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Through this internship, young creatives were guided and provided with resources tocomplete their internships. Internships focused on: Human and Community Centered Design, Music Production, and Journalism
and Gaming, where each young creative was paired with an employer within the creative industry to produce multiple media
pieces.

More works by the young creatives can be found on https://www.dreamyard.com/dreamfest2020 andhttps://www.dreamyard.com/summer-2020

JAYU
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://www.jayu.ca@jayucanada

In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, JAYU developed and delivered their iAM programs virtually which brought together
young creatives from diverse backgrounds to connect in deep meaningful ways. This program provided young creatives withguidance in ﬁnding their personal artistic style and how they can use digital media as a tool for positive social change. Youngcreatives had the opportunity to participate in three diﬀerent iAM programs: poetry, collaging and mobile photography.

Mile End Community Project
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.mileendcommunityproject.org@mpc_95

Mile End Community Projects’ FAME (Film and Media Empowerment) project empowers young creatives by teaching skills on
how they can utilize their mobile devices to shoot and share their spoken word poems and create media pieces. To best
support each participant’s virtual learning style in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Mile End team had one-on-one
on-boarding calls with participants to learn about their interests, other commitments outside of this program, and how they bestlearn. This project culminated in a virtual showcase for the spoken word poems that were produced through the FAME project.

ME by Samira Elbahja

Video Link: https://youtu.be/RA71xzsv9Io

URGENT, Inc.
Miami, Florida, USA
https://www.urgentinc.org@urgentinc
https://www.youtube.com/user/UrgentInc

Urgent, Inc. created and implemented their ﬁrst ever, fully virtual work placement internship during the summer of 2020 in
response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Over the course of seven weeks, participants connected to learn new skills and work with
their employers to complete assigned projects. This virtual internship used a combination of a project-based approach andcollaborative workspaces which allowed participants to delve into digital media, communications and entrepreneurship. The
participants were divided into three remote cohorts which covered all aspects and phases of a producing a media project –Development, Pre-production, Production, Post Production, Exhibition and Distribution.

Always Look Back by Martin Eugene

Video Link:
https://youtu.be/SkzrS-t1DO8

Bullying is a Crime by Daniel Coﬀty

Video Link:
https://youtu.be/REIﬂSn1lAo

WOMEN’S VOICES NOW
Los Angeles, California, USA
https://www.womensvoicesnow.org/girls-voices-now-program@womens_voices_now
https://vimeo.com/womensvoicesnow

The typical in-person ﬁlmmaking summer camp, Girls’ Voices Now, was redesigned to be delivered using online engagement
tools in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. For three weeks, participants connected virtually ﬁve days a week to learn skills thatallowed them to produce short-ﬁlms using their mobile devices, hear from industry leaders, collaborate with their peers, andreceive one-on-one feedback from their mentors.

Visit https://www.womensvoicesnow.org/girls-voices-now-program/ to see all the short-ﬁlms by young creatives from theGirls’ Voices Now program.

LIMITLESS

Video Link:
https://vimeo.com/470652223

A LETTER TO YOU

Video Link:
https://vimeo.com/470675714

Thank You!