The Young Creatives Collective presents
YCC is built around three tracks: literature, music and performing arts, and visual arts. Our first event, the Local Fix Lab, is open to all three.
i · The three tracks
A poet and a producer need different mentors, different feedback and different places to show their work. So each track runs with its own lead and its own network, and members pick the track that fits them.
Track one
Words on the page, and the people who make a living from them.
Poets, fiction writers, essayists, translators, journalists in the making, and anyone who'd like to write for a living.
Publishing, journalism, literary translation, copywriting, editing, speechwriting.
A short story, a set of poems, a zine, or the first pages of a community storytelling booklet.
Track two
Sound and stage, and the business that keeps them running.
Singers, producers, instrumentalists, actors, dancers, and students curious about managing, promoting or producing.
Performance, music production, artist management, promotion, directing, venue programming.
An original song, a recorded performance, a filmed scene, a short play script with a recorded reading, or a two-minute short film.
Track three
Image, object and space.
Painters, illustrators, photographers, graphic designers and filmmakers.
Design, illustration, photography, art direction, curating.
A poster campaign of two or three designs, or a small exhibition concept with a floor plan and sample pieces.
Tracks are a home base, not a fence. You can belong to more than one, and our competitions take entries from all three at once. Some of the strongest work will mix forms, like a song paired with a poster campaign.
ii · Our first competition
Can a piece of art help fix a real problem in a real place?
iii · Ideas on the board
These started as proposals from our track leads. We're sharing them so you can see where YCC is heading, and so you can tell us which ones you'd sign up for.
None of these are scheduled. Some will become real events and some won't. When one is confirmed, it gets its own page, like the Local Fix Lab.
Students translate a story or poem from the language they speak at home into English, with a working literary translator as mentor, for a bilingual anthology.
A writing studio that takes real commissions, starting with wall labels and program notes for YCC's other tracks, then for local businesses and galleries.
Students interview long-time residents of their city and turn the conversations into written profiles, collected in a book with an audio archive.
Young producers license original tracks directly to cafes and shops that need affordable music they can play legally.
A case competition on the business of music and theater, where the prize is a few days shadowing a manager, promoter or producer.
A small grant and a mentor to help a young artist finish one real piece: an EP, a short film or a body of visual work.
Teams of a visual artist, a musician or performer, and a writer plan a real launch campaign for an independent artist or small brand.
Students pick a money problem facing independent artists near them, interview the artists living with it, and make a short documentary or photo essay.
iv · How to take part
Join the Discord, say which track is yours, and you'll hear first when the Local Fix Lab brief drops.