What does it look like to strengthen support for diverse young creatives?
Celebrating the tireless efforts of our 240 Adobe Creativity Grants partners
Over the last two years, TakingITGlobal partnered with Adobe to support more than 240 creative youth organizations from 43 countries, working to ensure equitable access to creative education. Through the Creative Cloud Donations Program and Adobe Project Grant, these creative youth organizations provided spaces for young creatives to develop and grow their creative, technical, and cognitive skills for success in school, work, and life.
In the midst of the 2020 COVID 19 pandemic, and amongst many other critical moments in history, these creative youth organizations played an important role in their communities by delivering services, creating space, and providing employment opportunities for equitable access to the digital media industry.
The re-imagination and continuation of these programs provided a sense of stability and community during these unprecedented times, as creativity can be a powerful tool and source of expression and well-being.
While the Adobe Creativity Grants program won’t be continuing into
2021, we’re appreciative of Adobe’s partnership for over the past 13 years in supporting the growth of the network of creative youth organizations.
Our team is grateful to have formed deep meaningful partnerships with community organization leaders that are paving the way for a more equitable creative industry and empowering the next generation of young artists.
To learn more about all of the incredible work that was done over the past two years, visit our Adobe Creativity Grants program website, which now features key program milestones. Here you will find a list of all participating creative youth organizations in this network, along with highlights of the media pieces their young creatives produced. Additionally, our team has archived resources that will support you and your organization with implementing digital media virtual programming.
As we close this door and start on a new journey, we are hopeful we will find ways to continue to grow and sustain our efforts in the creative arts industry!
