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Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced “bay-vac”), is a nonprofit media arts center that was founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology - PortaPak video. While the technology has continued to evolve, BAVC’s mission to bring increased cultural and economic participation to underserved communities through media, and our belief that telling compelling stories is powerful for both media maker and audience, remains. Tips for using the BAVC website.

- Paid Job Postings, the Forums, Screenings and Events, the Calendar, Blogs and More
  
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- Watch BAVC Media - Videos, Podcasts, Youth Media, Sponsored Project Trailers
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- Listen to BAVC Music from Youth Producers, Events Podcasts and More.
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- BUMP Records
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BAVC Blog

by Ashley York, 2008 BAVC Producers Institute participant

We came, we learned and we created. Wishing it could last 52 weeks a year, my Take Action Team members and I are back in Los Angeles still digesting the wealth of information we gained while at the Producer’s Institute for New Media Technologies. Armed with a strong concept for our new game — based on a famous Tennessee murder case that resulted in the incarceration of six teenagers from eastern Kentucky — the Institute afforded us the opportunity to begin the design process for a game that will be based on the key themes in the documentary.

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Have you ever been working on a project and gotten to a place where you NEED the insight and thoughts of other creative and engaged people to help you get some clarity, context, and inspiration?

That's what 5x10 for BAVC mediamakers is all about.

BAVC Members are invited to submit up to 10 minutes of an original media work-in-progress: digital films and videos, interactive websites or social networking sites, audio projects, podcasts, mobisodes - whatever you are working on and would like to present to an audience of peers and experts. In one dynamic and exciting evening, we will screen the work of 5 selected mediamakers, and you'll get targeted feedback from other 5x10 participants, BAVC staff, and special guests.