BARCID FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
The Barcid Foundation’s mission is to improve media portrayals of Native Americans and to increase the number of Native Americans artists in all facets of the media industry. Our initiatives include an annual film festival, multimedia workshops for Native American youth, and professional development courses for Native American filmmakers and writers. The purpose of our programs is to encourage education achievement through filmmaking projects that empower Native Americans, enhance academic and economic growth opportunities, and preserve Native American community culture and heritage.
About This Cause
The Barcid Foundation offers year-round original development programs for Native American writers, directors, actors and Native youth. Our programs include: the Native Youth Multimedia Workshop; the Los Angeles Skins Festival (LA SKINS FEST); Native American TV Writers Lab, Native American Feature Film Writers Lab, Native American Actors Showcase, and the LA SKINS Music Festival. The Native Youth Multimedia Workshops is a film program that includes career development and production experience in film and television. Native youth learn about writing, directing, shooting and editing their own movies. Every year we showcase all of the youth films at the LA SKINS FEST in November. Youth who attend the festival are invited to participate in the YOUTH MEDIA TOUR. This is a career development component designed to encourage Native American youth to explore paid internships in the entertainment industry and seek higher education. The LA SKINS FEST is an annual film festival that celebrates Native American cinema during November throughout Los Angeles. The film festival features film screenings, panel discussions, studio tours, receptions, and media workshops. Every year, we premier several Native American movies that feature Q&A's with filmmakers, panel discussions with industry professionals and professional mixers that feature new Native American musicians. The NATIVE AMERICAN AWARD SHOW is our closing night event that honors the great achievements in Native American filmmaking. The NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB is an intensive scriptwriters workshop that prepares Native Americans for writing careers at major television networks. The lab was created in accordance with the Skins Fest's mission to improve media portrayals of Native Americans and to increase the number of Native Americans employed in all facets of the media industry. The program's idea is that if there are more diverse writers present at the writer's table, more diversity will be reflected on TV. The NATIVE AMERICAN FEATURE FILM WRITERS LAB is an intensive scriptwriters workshop that prepares Native Americans for writing careers at major film studios and production companies. The inaugural program is supported by COMCAST NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company, HBO and Turner. The NATIVE AMERICAN FEATURE FILM WRITERS LAB is designed to familiarize participants with the format, characters and storyline structure of narrative feature film. The ten week total immersion workshop will be conducted in Los Angeles, CA and offer intensive instruction throughout the duration of the lab. The L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST takes place every summer. The annual Native American concert series showcases contemporary Native American musicians. The music fest is a free community event that features Native American rock, hip-hop, jazz, pop and R&B. Preceding the concert is our Native American Youth Talent Showcase. This endeavor is designed to encourage Native American youth to explore the performing arts and pursue higher education. The overall goal of the project is to encourage music exploration, celebrate the performing arts and raise the awareness of young Native American musicians. The 8th Annual L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST is a Native American concert series that celebrates contemporary Native American musicians. Los Angeles has the largest urban population of Native Americans in the United States, totaling 150,000, and has a vast talent pool of Indigenous musicians. They now have a venue that celebrates their music and gives them a new professional opportunity. The 8th Annual L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST, taking place August 4th, 2018, is a free showcase that will feature contemporary Native American music such as pop, jazz, rock and R&B. This year’s concert takes place at the Bandshell Sycamore Grove Park. The music fest is a dynamic collection of Native American musical talent never before seen in Los Angeles. Preceding the concert is out Native American Youth Talent Showcase. This endeavor is designed to encourage Native American youth to explore the performing arts and pursue higher education. Youth will be able to showcase their talents to the community and receive an award for their efforts. The overall goal of the project is to encourage music exploration, celebrate the performing arts and raise the awareness of young Native American musicians. The Barcid Foundation is the presenting sponsor of the 2018 L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST. The Barcid Foundation is a tax-exempt non-profit organization that works within the multimedia sector of Indigenous communities. The Barcid Foundation is sponsoring the L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST to offer new Native American art forms and support Native American artists. Previous L.A. SKINS MUSIC FESTs have garnered support from East Hollywood, Los Feliz, United Hollywood, Echo Park, and Atwater Village Neighborhood Councils, as well as KABC-7, United American Indian Involvement and the Southern California Indian Center. They are supporting the L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST to provide the entire Los Angeles population access to Indigenous people, culture, and music. The Native American Youth Talent Showcase is a performance arts show for American Indian children and teenagers. Los Angeles is the home to thousands of Native Americans youth and has a large pool of musicians and performers. They now have a venue that celebrates their talents and gives them a new opportunity. The Native American youth talent showcase is a community event designed to encourage Native American youth to explore the performing arts. The event will showcase several Native youth who desire more exposure as a performing artist. Each participating youth will have three minutes to sing, play music or perform whatever their special abilities are for the audience. This event’s goals are to offer a showcase for Native youth to express themselves artistically, to build their self-esteem, and to offer a gathering for our community. In addition, the participating youth will receive an award for their efforts provided by some our sponsors including Paramount Pictures, Disney Studios and CBS. The audience will consist of the Native American community of Southern California and we also will have several people from other communities through our promotional sponsors KABC-7 and KPFK. The venue is the Bandshell Sycamore Grove Park. This facility is an excellent venue that is well-known throughout Los Angeles. The Barcid Foundation is the presenting sponsor of the Native American Youth Talent Showcase. The Barcid Foundation is a tax-exempt non-profit organization that works within the multimedia sector of Indigenous communities. The Barcid Foundation is sponsoring the Native American Youth Talent Showcase to offer new Native American art forms and support Native American youth. The overall goal of the project is to encourage musical exploration, celebrate Native youth talents and raise the awareness of young Native American musicians. The Native American Youth Talent Showcase will be an outstanding event thanks to our incredibly talented musicians, our partners, and our community. Since our establishment, the Native Youth Multimedia Workshop has been engaged in strong partnerships with multiple tribes in Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and California. We worked with hundreds of Native youth whom produced several films that reflected Native American creation stories, culture and languages. Every year, we showcase all of the youth films at the LA SKINS FILM FEST, a Native American film festival that takes place in Hollywood, CA during November. The film festival offers free film screenings, workshops, and panels for the Native American community. During the festival, Native filmmakers present their work and participate in a Q&A with the audience. Our program also invites Native youth to attend the YOUTH MEDIA TOUR during the festival. The tour is designed to encourage Native youth to explore employment in the entertainment industry and seek higher education. These professional visits include presentations from corporate staff that encourage youth to pursue paid studio internships. Native youth in our program have visited Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Culver City Studios, Walt Disney Headquarter Store (in Pasadena), and FULLSCREEN Studios. Many of the Native American youth (who have taken our workshop) have applied to film schools and are pursuing studio internship opportunities that will assist them in finding studio positions once they graduate from college.