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Meet YDA Student Filmmaker Taylor Saulsbury

By the time summer rolled around and Taylor Saulsbury was ready to participate in YDA’s 2020 summer program, the COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings didn’t faze her much. “It was disappointing,” the 16-year-old Palmer High School student said, “but because of school being online I was already impacted, so it was … Read more »

Meet YDA Student Filmmaker Ethan Frederick

It makes sense that YDA student Ethan Frederick wanted to make a personal film about COVID-19. After all, his mother’s a nurse, his father is a teacher and his older brother had to return home from college. “There were interesting perspectives I wanted to highlight. Those were candid conversations that taught me a lot,” he said. … Read more »

While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.

Bailey Francisco, 17


We were struck by how deeply students were willing to delve into difficult topics, often personal stories, and handle that material with real sensitivity.

Tara Thomas, Director of Education, Bemis School of Art