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Youth Action Coalition
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REEL DEEP: Video Vanguards Spring Screening at Food for Thought Books
June 3, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Youth Action Coalition and Video Vanguards present REEL DEEP: VV Spring Screening
Join the youth of Video Vanguards as we get REEL DEEP exploring issues of identity, isolation, expression, and empowerment. View new videos created by the youth in V…
Making Our Way: A YAC Art & Media Showcase at Nacul Center Gallery
May 14, 2010 at 5pm to May 28, 2010 at 7pm
Youth Action Coalition invites the community to attend an exhibition of original photography, sculptures, masks, and video by YAC participants. Called Making Our Way, this signature end-year event will showcase the work of youth from all four YAC pr…
Making Our Way & Reel Deep: Youth Action Coalition Spring Showcase at Amherst Regional High School
May 14, 2010 from 5pm to 8:30pm
Youth Action Coalition invites the community to attend an exhibition of original photography, sculpture, masks, and video by YAC participants. Called “Making Our Way”, this signature end-year event will showcase the work of youth from all four YAC p…
Nothing's Perfect: A zine and photography exhibition at Ware Public Library (Young Men's Library Association)
March 1, 2010 at 4pm to March 12, 2010 at 7pm
Youth Action Coalition and GirlsEyeView (GEV) invite the community to attend a traveling exhibition of original photography, writing and collage by the GirlsEyeView participants. Called “Nothing’s Perfect”, the project is a homemade zine exploring i…
VIDEO VANGUARDS : MISUNDERSTOOD : SCREENING AND CABARET at Amherst College Friedman Room
January 29, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Join Video Vanguards youth for an evening of brand new video, poetry, dance, music, and education.
mis⋅un⋅der⋅stood[mis-uhn-der-stood]
–adjective
1. improperly understood or interpreted.
2. unappreciated.
How and why we are we MISUNDERSTOOD?
What…
- Leverett Community Chorus presents a benefit concert to support Youth Action Coalition on January 10, 2010 from 4pm to 5pm
- VIDEO VANGUARDS : MISUNDERSTOOD : SCREENING AND CABARET on January 29, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Lights, Camera, Youth Action! at Lewis-Sebring Commons at Valentine Hall on Amherst College
November 12, 2009 from 5pm to 7pm
The evening will feature presentations by youth in YAC programs about the artwork they create, the social justice issues they address, and the effect YAC has on their lives. Mark Jackson, principal of Amherst Regional High School, and Stacey Lennard…
Girls Eye (Re)View at Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library
October 1, 2009 at 5pm to October 31, 2009 at 7pm
Youth Action Coalition (YAC) and GirlsEyeView (GEV) invite the community to attend the GirlsEyeView 10th Anniversary Photography Exhibit. The event will be held at the Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library in Amherst, where young women from the group…
Tell It Like It Is: The Stories That Change Us at Franklin Patterson Hall, Main Lecture Hall, Hampshire College
June 12, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Video Vanguards and Youth Action Coalition present a final screening and cabaret of works made during our spring session.
Youth Action Coalition Window Art @ FFTB at Food For Thought Books
June 4, 2009 at 5pm to June 30, 2009 at 7pm
A sampler of works made by youth artists in Youth Action Coalition programs--Get Up Get Down, GirlsEyeView and Video Vanguards. Join us for a reception on Thursday, June 4, 5-7pm.
Thanks to the Food For Thought Collective for their hospitality.
- Tell It Like It Is: The Stories That Change Us on June 12, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
- YAC FAQs on June 15, 2009 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
- Youth Action Coalition Window Art @ FFTB on June 4, 2009 at 5pm to June 30, 2009 at 7pm
Girls Eye (Re)View: A Decade Through Our Eyes at The Nacul Center
May 13, 2009 to May 25, 2009
Youth Action Coalition (YAC) and GirlsEyeView (GEV) invites the community to attend the GirlsEyeView 10th Anniversary Photography Exhibit. The event will be held at The Nacul Center in Amherst, where girls from the group will get the chance to share…
Girls Eye (Re)View: A Decade Through Our Eyes at The Nacul Center
May 13, 2009 to May 25, 2009
Youth Action Coalition (YAC) and GirlsEyeView (GEV) invites the community to attend the GirlsEyeView 10th Anniversary Photography Exhibit. The event will be held at The Nacul Center in Amherst, where girls from the group will get the chance to share…
Emergence: Springing Into Focus at Amherst Regional Middle School Lobby
March 18, 2009 at 5:30pm to March 30, 2009 at 5:30pm
Youth Action Coalition (YAC) and GirlsEyeView (GEV) invite the community to attend "Emergence: Springing Into Focus," an exhibit of photographic works-in-progress by the GirlsEyeView participants. A reception to celebrate the work will be held on Ma…
Uncut Views of the Unmasked Insider at Ware Adult Learning Center
March 4, 2009 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
GirlsEyeView Ware invites you to the reception for this photographic exhibition. "These photos should show creativity ... different points of views ... ways people are, but what isn't seen..."
GirlsEyeView is a program of Youth Action Coalition.
Profile Information
- Are you an artist, arts organization or venue?
- arts organization
- What town do you live in?
- Amherst and Ware
- In which disciplines do you work or exhibit?
- Painting, Photography, Video, Sculpture, Installation
- Artist Statement/Bio
- We engage young people in dialogue and art-making that arises from their own issues and concerns as youth citizens of this world. Youth Action Coalition is grounded in the belief that all young people have a voice and must be encouraged to express it, shape it, and propel it. Our projects provide the base from which young people learn artistic and technical skills and use them to speak out and organize in their communities.
YAC is committed to moving power into the hands of young people of every race, class, orientation, and ability. In our projects young people decide for themselves what problems are important to them, how those problems have come to exist, and what kind of action is appropriate, effective, and fun. YAC gives them the time, space, and support they need to make their dreams become reality.
- Describe your organization or gallery
- Youth Action Coalition (YAC) is a community-based organization promoting youth empowerment through creative expression and social action projects. We pair intensive arts immersion with social justice education, working with youth to foster their natural talents as artists and build on their strengths as community leaders and agents of change.
YAC is based in Amherst, Massachusetts with programs geared for middle and high school-aged youth in Amherst, Ware and the surrounding towns.
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