Youth Spotlights
A publication series spotlighting young artists, performers, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and creative voices.
Through a Designer's Lens
Diya Jenil Mookkole · Paint, colour pencil, 3D & graphics
Diya Jenil Mookkole is a sixteen year old aspiring designer from Mumbai who works across paint, colour pencils, clay, and graphics, and who believes the best design balances creativity, functionality, and emotion.
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The Heart of the Story
Sofia Vlasis-Gascon · Documentary film
Sofia Vlasis-Gascon is a nineteen year old self-taught filmmaker from Los Angeles whose first documentary, made with her mother, already streams on Apple TV.
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In Dramatic Colour
Ikshika Mukherjee · Mixed-medium
Ikshika Mukherjee is a sixteen year old artist from Ontario, Canada who works across half a dozen mediums and refuses to settle into a single style, held together only by her love of bold colour, texture, and representation.
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A Little More Grace
Jackson Kase · Short-form film
Jackson Kase is a seventeen year old filmmaker from Northeast Ohio who is drawn to real, down-to-earth human stories, and who believes a film can teach a person empathy better than almost anything else.
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More Than the Surface
Ara Owoj · Painting, sculpture, sketch
Ara Owoj is a fifteen year old traditional artist whose paintings, sculptures, and sketches ask you to slow down and look for the meaning underneath the image.
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Passion > Fame
Zen · Short-form film
Zen is a seventeen year old Asian-American filmmaker who makes short films and he holds onto one belief above the rest: that you should create out of love, because passion matters more than fame.
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A Crew of One
Chef Dom · Short-form film
Dominick, who creates as Chef Dom, is a filmmaker who writes, shoots, edits, colors, and produces every piece himself, gathering 10.8 million views in a single year on the way from a quiet Nevada town to film school in New York City.
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Looking Twice
Aahana · Editorial design
A self-taught high schooler turning restless curiosity into posters, redesigned textbook covers, and a design voice that is unmistakably hers.
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