Young Artists at Work

YAAW

YAAW 2012-13 Residency

Be a leader in the next era of youth arts and activism in the Bay Area and beyond with YBCA YAAW.

The YBCA Young Artists At Work (YAAW) program – a paid, multidisciplinary arts-as-activism residency for youth at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – is doing things a little differently this year.

We aren’t just an artist factory anymore – we’re a year-long residency for the next generation of socially-engaged young artists, an incubator for tomorrow’s creative thinkers and social changemakers.

In July of 2012, up to 30 Bay Area high school youth will spend a month immersed in contemporary art and ideas at YBCA. Then, we’ll spend the year designing and producing our own original community-based arts project under the guidance of YBCA artist mentors.

If you are:

  • …a critical thinker
  • …a creative visionary
  • …driven to make art that inspires change in the world around you
  • …excited about collaborating with other young contemporary artists
  • …ready to design and produce your own community-based arts project
  • …interested in FREE access to YBCA gallery exhibitions, performances and films
  • …and would like to be paid up to $225 a month to do so, the YAAW is for you!

 

So, what are you waiting for?

Turn in your application TODAY! Check the timeline below for important dates and information:

Applications due: 5:00pm, Sunday, June 10.
Auditions and Interviews: Sat. & Sun., June 23-24 and June 30 - July1

YAAW 2012 Summer Intensive! : July 10 through August 3
• 4 days/week, Noon to 4:30pm
• Multidisciplinary arts programming, workshops, field trips, guest artists and MORE!
YAAW 2012-13 Residency program dates: August 2012 – April 2013 (First meeting: Thurs, Aug 23)
• Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6:30pm: Meeting with Artists Mentors and small groups to design community-based projects
• Thursdays, 4:30 to 7:00 (or later) = Regularly scheduled YAAW programming, including workshops, field trips, performances, films, professional development classes, and more.

 

Download the YAAW application here:
YAAW 2012 Application (PDF, ~1.8 MB)

YBCA’s programs are made possible in part by:
Abundance Foundation
Adobe
Koret Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Novellus Systems
The San Francisco Foundation

YAAW is made possible in part by:
GGS Foundation
JPMorgan Foundation
The Kimball Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Panta Rhea Foundation
The Sato Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation