The Past
Since 1991, BAVC's MediaMaker Awards have provided in-kind training and post-production grants for independent artists with a particular focus on supporting emerging artists and underserved communities. The Awards were designed to give independent artists direct access to the latest digital media technologies and prepare them for broadcast on public television. BAVC offered four in-kind awards annually to be used for a combination of post-production services and training. We are extremely proud of our past MediaMaker award winners and are honored to have played a role in their completion, broadcast, and distribution.



The Future
The new BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program is designed to engage eight local artists in a year-long series of opportunities that will support project development through professional mentorship in multiplatform and transmedia storytelling through emerging technologies, strategic social media, marketing, and fundraising. The BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program will build an engaged local community of creative media artists from diverse fields, increase their capacity for diverse and lasting impact, and inspire new partnerships to support future work.
BAVC MediaMaker Fellows will:
* Participate in four New Media Workshops throughout the year, designed to provide special access to experts in emerging technologies and multiplatform documentary storytelling.

* Participate in monthly Mediamaker Fellows Labs to screen works-in-progress and provide feedback on films and digital projects.

* Gain free access (up to 8 hours a week) to the BAVC Community Innovation Lab for project development, focus groups, mentor meetings, and beta-testing

* Have work from their project featured in a curated digital photography exhibit at BAVC

* Have opportunities to serve as a guest blogger on the BAVC home page, highlighting their project, the creative process, screenings, events, and community engagement plans

* Be eligible for support from BAVC-trained youth interns

* Be included in the MediaMaker Showcase – a public event for the BAVC MediaMaker Fellows to pitch their projects to local funders, broadcasters, and community organizations

* Receive a $1,000 cash honorarium

Who is eligible? 

Any local BAVC member working on a noncommercial project is eligible for the MediaMaker Fellows program. BAVC takes special interest in artists who are working on projects about community and social justice issues, but we encourage projects of any genre or subject matter to apply. The MediaMaker Fellows program is particularly interested in supporting a diverse cross-section of artists with multi-disciplinary backgrounds. Your project must have some existing content, and must have a funding commitment from at least one additional source (besides BAVC). Your project must also have a strong digital media component, but it need not be a traditional documentary or narrative film. Projects can be web-based, linear, interactive, performance, installation or a hybrid of these.

When is the deadline for submission?
The 2011 MediaMaker Fellowship application deadline is 5 p.m. PST on November 1, 2010.

Who will be judging the proposals?

Applications will be evaluated by an independent panel whose members are chosen for their diverse backgrounds and experience in media, digital technologies, and interdisciplinary arts. 

What are the criteria?
Competitive applicants for the BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program will:

* Propose a compelling, high-quality, noncommercial project to develop over the course of the year. Project must be digital media or centrally contain digital media components

* Have demonstrated an expertise in one or more creative disciplines;

* Have demonstrated an ability to conceive, develop, and implement a high-quality creative project – at least one public performance, exhibition, or screening of an original work;

* Be able to write effectively about their creative process and vision for their project;

* Be willing to be an active participant in monthly labs and quarterly workshops, an annual exhibition, pitch/showcase, and ongoing online forum.

* Have a secured funding commitment from at least one other funder (besides BAVC).

How do I apply:
APPLY FOR MEDIAMAKER FELLOWSHIP HERE: https://bavc.wufoo.com/forms/mediamaker-fellows-program-application/

What if I have questions on my application?
Contact Wendy Levy, Director of Creative Programming: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .