Bay Area Video Coalition

Training & Resources:BAVC's training programs provide industry-recognized certifications in video, digital audio, web design and multimedia training to more than 2,000 students per year. BAVC offers free or subsidized training to over 250 individuals per year. BAVC also offers career counseling, soft-skill development workshops and job and internship placement services. For over 40 years, BAVC, has trained a diverse mix of artists, experienced media professionals, educators, low-income adults, nonprofit and community based organizations and industry partners in various multimedia technologies. BAVC's adult training programs are authorized by the California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education. BAVC is also a training partner for the City of San Francisco's TechSF Apprenticeship Initiative. In 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, BAVC offered all Training & Resources programs online via Zoom through BAVC's Learning Management System (LMS).

Youth & Emerging Media Maker Program:BAVC's Youth and Emerging Media Maker (YEMM) programs provide comprehensive free and fee-for-service year-long digital media storytelling training to over a hundred Bay Area Youth per year. BAVC's Next Gen program includes the digital pathway program, which provides a comprehensive model of industry-standard digital medial youth training and artistic development, offering training in video and audio production and creative open source software programming in a supportive, artist-led environment, aiming to diversify the pool of skilled artist, digital media producers and innovators in the field. The program bridges a pathway to higher education and the workforce for youth facing multiple barriers to education and employment. Over the last several years, BAVC's youth programs have offered opportunities for creative expression, self-discovery and leadership in over 130 youth. Next Generation programs also include professional development programs for educators, including the Adobe Youth Voices program, providing training and support to educators to help them integrate digitial media into their classrooms. In 2022, all Youth & Emerging Media Maker programs were in-person. Also in 2022, after the 2021 merger with Reel Stories, BAVC continued expanding its youth programming in free and fee-for-service after school classes and summer camps in East Bay and for youth who identify as female or nonbinary.

Preservation & Technology:Hundreds of hours of rare and unique audio and video material preserved; free and open source software designed for the audio/visual archiving community; development of an educational platform to assist with prioritizing audio/visual collections; in-depth collection assessments preformed for organizations in need. In keeping with general trajectory of the department, Fee-for-service work was balanced by a range of exciting grant-funded endeavors. BAVC preservation was supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts (The Preservation Access Program). Throughout the year, staff members participated in numerous conferences and events including the American Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), American Library Association (ALA), the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC), extending the department's reputation for educational leadership and advocacy in the field. Just as BAVC as an organization has transcended its video origins, BAVC's Preservation department has adapted to the needs of the digital world while staying true to its core mission: To democratize access to tools of media making and media preserving.