Young Creatives Collective · YCC
YCC connects students in literature, music, performance and visual art with people who make art for a living. Then it gives them somewhere to show the work: real briefs, real stages and real readers.
Why we started
Ask what's out there for a student who loves economics or science, and the list is long. Ask the same about a student who writes songs or poems, and it gets short fast.
YCC is here to fill in that second card: professionals who'll look at your work, briefs with real stakes, and places to perform, publish and exhibit.
Our philosophy
Each art form has its own craft, its own professionals and its own ways into a career, so we give each one a track of its own. Every member has a home track. The best work happens where the tracks overlap.
For poets, fiction writers, essayists, translators, and anyone who'd like to write for a living one day.
For singers, producers, instrumentalists, actors, dancers, and anyone curious about the business behind the stage.
For painters, illustrators, photographers, designers and filmmakers.
Our competitions are open to every track at once. A poem, a song and a poster can all answer the same brief, and you can mix forms in a single entry.
Our first competition
Can a piece of art help fix a real problem in a real place?
Each cycle names one specific problem in one specific place. You answer with a short written proposal and a creative prototype in any art form. The winning proposal goes to a real local NGO or cultural organization, with your name on it.
Each track lead has put forward ideas for what YCC could run next, from a literary translation workshop to a music business case competition. They're ideas, not scheduled events. We'll announce the ones that become real.
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