BAY AREA VIDEO COALITION INC

Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) inspires social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology. For 38 years, BAVC has increased cultural and economic participation for underserved communities in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing access to media tools, training, and storytelling platforms. BAVC trains more than 3,000 individuals in multimedia technologies annually, including free training for more than 100 low-income youth and more than 200 adults.

BAVC’s current programs and services include:
—Next Gen: free, comprehensive year-long media-arts education and leadership training to up to 100 low-income Bay Area teens, providing a pathway to higher education and the workforce. Next Gen also provides training to Bay Area educators through our partnership in the Adobe Youth Voices program;

—Adult Training: BAVC provides industry-certified video, digital audio, web design, and multimedia training to both students and professionals. Through state and industry partnerships, BAVC offers paid, subsidized and free training to a variety of media professionals, returning workers, community-based organizations, and new students;

—Technology and Preservation: BAVC works with cultural institutions around the world to re-master, transfer, and archive creative and historical works on video and audio tape, helping preserve their legacy recordings for future generations;

—Independent Media: Independent Media programs include artist fellowships, intensive support services and fiscal sponsorship services to individual media makers and low-cost production services non-profit organizations and businesses, as well as a digital storytelling program in collaboration with local community based agencies. BAVC also operates SF Commons, San Francisco’s public access television and online station, which currently hosts 125 community producers.