YOU get a chance to create with Mark Bradford and the MCA. **Jan- May 2011** The Mark Bradford Project connects MacArthur Fellow and contemporary artist Mark Bradford with different Chicago communities to interact around the creative process. Over the course of a year, Bradford serves as a catalyst for community engagement projects and ongoing discussions, including connecting Bradford with Lindblom Math and Science Academy, as well as teenagers in Chicago Pulbic Library's YOUMedia program. The themes of mixed media, and mapping, which Bradford explores in many of his paintings, serves as unifying threads for both projects

Lyricist Loft is proud to feature Roger Bonair-Agard on our stage. YOU don't want to miss this. As many of you are preparing for Louder than a Bomb, it may prove helpful to check a legend of the craft. * Check back soon for our media collaboration with YCA featuring a new webcast: "Writers on Craft". Here, you will see writers like Roger talk about their work, their struggle, their success, and their love of the craft of writing. Stay Tuned :)

YouLit Magazine is coming! Youmedia presents a teen literary magazine for online perusal. We will be featuring youth fiction writers, poets, graphic designers, photographers from across the city. Want to contribute to YOUlit??? Contact Jennifer @ jsteele@digitalyouthnetwork.org We want your voice to be heard! YOUlit is a division of YOUmedia Publishing

In this webisode, Studentspeak follows 17-year-old Daniel Robbins as he takes his music to the next level with digital mixing equipment and software—and some social media marketing savvy. Robbins, a talented musician, just completed “The Endless Summer Project,” an album he recorded and mixed at YOUmedia, the Chicago Public Library’s digital space for teens. While the finished product reflects the countless hours of painstakingly separating each music track and polishing the sound, it took some convincing to nudge Robbins beyond his comfort zone.

Amber creates a documentary of a recent Popup Saturday scavenger hunt at the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art).