program details

• The Bay Area Creative Foundation (BACF) is partnering with Marin County high schools to identify, encourage and celebrate individuals and/or groups of students interested in displaying their creative talents.
• Participating students will retain the copyright of the artistic compositions; BACF will only use the artwork to promote the Creative Youth Celebration program.

• The BACF will award more than $15,000 in prizes with multiple honors in each artistic category. In addition, through a partnership with MasterClass, all participants receive one-year subscriptions to its online education platform.

timeline

• Submission Deadline – Dec. 8, 2020
• Review Process – January 2021
• Launch of Online Creative Gallery
• Virtual Awards Celebration – Live Broadcast – March 31, 2021

submission details

• The 2020 Creative Youth Celebration is open to Marin County high school students, ages 14-19 years.
• Students are asked to submit original photos, videos, recordings, or other electronic files that represent their unique expression of creativity.
• Students may enter in more than one category with a maximum of two entries per student per category.
• Submissions may be done by individuals or small groups (up to three students) with the exception of the Music Performance and Short-Film categories where there is no limit to the number of participants. (Note, each participant must be 14-19 years of age.)
• Each submission must be uploaded individually. File size for upload will be restricted to 250 MB for practical reasons.
• Total submissions will be limited to 100 entries per discipline.