🎉 Join us on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for the Bay Area Creative Foundation's fifth annual Creative Youth Celebration! Get ready for a day filled with creativity, inspiration, and fun! 🎨🎶🌟

This year's event will not only showcase the artwork and performances of the 2025 Creative Youth Awards artists, but also provide an action packed day of arts activities, professional artist panel discussions and the opportunity to connect with other young creatives from across the Bay Area! Whether you're into art, music, dance, film or any other form of creative expression, this event is for you!

This free public event is open to all! Mark your calendars and spread the word to all your friends. Let's make this a day to remember! See you there! 😄✨

🎨 Keynote Speaker:

• Joe Talbot
  Writer & Director of Last Black Man in San Francisco

🎨 Panel Discussions with:

• Kota Ezawa

• Mariella Gutiérrez

• Ruby Ibarra

• Daisy Nam

• Frederick Noland

• Calvin Ray Shawler

• Kathryn Wade

• Maw Shein Win

🎨 Art Activations & Activities from:

• Museum of Craft + Design

• MasterClass

• Root Division

• Women's Audio Mission

• Youth Speaks

• Photomatica

Food from Off the Grid available for purchase!

2024 Highlights

The Creative Youth Celebration is the culmination of the Creative Youth Awards. This annual celebratory event recognizes the achievements of our participating artists, the review panel, and the BACF community.

Videos of the previous years Creative Youth Celebration performances and speeches are located on our YouTube channel here.

About the Creative Youth Celebration