April 15, 2024 - 2024 Creative Youth Awards Announcement Press Release
Over $109,000 distributed to 592 Bay Area High School Students
for the 2024 Creative Youth Awards
Image: “Pursuit of Happiness” by Devon G., 2024 CYA Exceptional Awardee in Photography. Courtesy of the artist.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA (April 15, 2024) - The Bay Area Creative Foundation (BACF) is thrilled to announce the 2024 Creative Youth Awardees. The 2024 Creative Gallery now live on our website features the artwork and awardees from the fourth annual Creative Youth Awards (CYAs). The 2024 CYAs received over 1,800 submissions from Bay Area high school students in seven creative disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Film, Music Performance, Original Music, Photography and Visual Arts.
THIS YEAR 592 STUDENTS RECEIVED CASH AWARDS TOTALING OVER $109,000. Eleven students achieved our highest honors of Presidential and Creative Artist Awards - each receiving a $1,000 cash award. Other award categories, Superior $500, Exceptional $200, and Special $100 were awarded across the submission disciplines.
A jury of thirty-eight discipline-specific Bay Area arts professionals reviewed the submissions. The 2024 review panels included award-winning writers and filmmakers, celebrated artists and musicians, and esteemed educators and curators.
Each year all eligible CYA applicants are featured in the online Creative Gallery and receive a year long membership to MasterClass.
“We believe valuing and celebrating the artistic experimentation of our youth at a formative time can inspire a lifetime of creativity,” said BACF Executive Director, Lani Rovzar.
Meet some of our talented young artists!
● Devon G., Exceptional Awardee, Photography - Mill Valley
● Zoe A., Presidential Awardee, Visual Art - San Francisco
● Ali-David A., Exceptional Awardee, Dance - Oakland
● Mariella G., Superior Awardee, Film - El Cerrito
● Harry J., Presidential Awardee, Music Performance - Pleasanton
● Chloe C., Superior Awardee, Creative Writing - South San Francisco
● Ethan G., Presidential Awardee, Original Music - Palo Alto
Visit our 2024 Creative Gallery, to see all of the 2024 Creative Youth Awards artworks!
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ABOUT THE BAY AREA CREATIVE FOUNDATION:
The Bay Area Creative Foundation is a nonprofit that seeks to celebrate creative experimentation and practice. Through our annual awards program, we recognize artistic expression and encourage community support for high school artists working in a range of disciplines in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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