Blackbird Foundation

Unleashing creativity in young people through grant making and storytelling

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing the next 3 of our 30 Protostars projects this season!! 💫❤️‍🔥

You can read all about the projects on Substack: https://t.co/ck8SYexfgV

#BlackbirdFoundation #BlackbirdProtostars #Creativity

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing the next 4 of our 30 Protostars projects this season!! 💫❤️‍🔥

You can read all about the projects on Substack: https://t.co/ck8SYexfgV

#BlackbirdFoundation #BlackbirdProtostars #Creativity

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing the next 5 of our 30 Protostars projects this season!! 💫❤️‍🔥

You can read all about the projects on Substack: https://t.co/ck8SYexfgV

#BlackbirdFoundation #BlackbirdProtostars #Creativity

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing the next 5 of our 30 Protostars projects this season!! 💫❤️‍🔥

You can read all about the projects on Substack: https://t.co/ck8SYexfgV

#BlackbirdFoundation #BlackbirdProtostars #Creativity

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing the first 5 of our 30 Protostars projects this season!! 💫❤️‍🔥

Stay tuned for more 👀

You can read all about the projects on Substack: https://t.co/ck8SYexfgV

#BlackbirdFoundation #BlackbirdProtostars #Creativity

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Introducing our newest Protostars who are joining us for Season 5! ❤️‍🔥💫

This season we've got people making space lasers, flight simulators, and someone using mushrooms and fungi to create art 👀

Read all about them here 👉 https://t.co/lsfxJiomVB

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

One of the things we encourage our Protostars to do is Build in Public 😅

We’ve just hit week 2 of Season 5 and here’s what we’ve been up to:

💗 Met everyone in the cohort
⭐️ Learned how to BIP
✨ Did a speed friending sesh

Check back on Friday to read all the projects 👀

[abby @abbyshenn]

Our drawing hang on Sunday!!! 💗🫶 @majamediaco

What creative event should we do next month?

(On another note we managed to get Protostar funding from @FoundationbyBB wahoOOOO so look out for sicker, more large scale events in the future 😎)

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

This one's going to be EPIC!! 🎉

[Blackbird @blackbirdvc]

We’re two weeks out from the most epic Sunrise we’ve ever hosted, so we've dropped every. single. one. of our speakers here: 👀 https://t.co/OcH2PV9HtR
Tickets are selling fast, so jump on them soon to avoid disappointment 🎟️ https://t.co/ntSLOxgQfV

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

🗞️ PROTOSTAR NEWS // @EezuTan's direction of Unfair Verona: The Misadventures of Romeo and Juliet receives 5-star reviews!

Eezu is directing another show called Next to Normal: A Touching Musical on Mental Health in November this year 👉 https://t.co/MOcmnLvntM

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

🗞️ PROTOSTAR NEWS // LUNA TUNES made a book called PORTAL!

LUNA TUNES conceived the idea PORTAL - a book where each turn of the page is a portal to a new world

Get ur copy here 👉 https://t.co/2D5NcHqaxH

[Marcel QT (he/him) @marcelqtaylor]

In love with PantryPal’s App Store designs for the upcoming launch 😍

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

ppl in Sydney, two of our faves are hosting a Sunday drawing sesh in September 👀❤️‍🔥

[abby @abbyshenn]

On a roll with our 3rd creative event @majamediaco 💗

Rego link here, anyone and everyone welcome: https://t.co/nSit8eSrOd

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

"EXPLORING NEW CREATIVE FRONTIERS: IN THE METAVERSE WITH IVAN" 👀❤️‍🔥

We chat digital fashion, Ivan's passion project – and how the future of fashion could be more diverse and inclusive thanks to the metaverse!

👉 https://t.co/3201G8RoKP

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

@abbyshenn @majamediaco um this is cool?! ❤️‍🔥

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

PROTOSTARS S5 APPLICATIONS CLOSING IN 4 DAYS!!

Who are we looking for?
✅ Young people aged 16-25;
✅ Young people living in either Australia or Aotearoa (NZ); and
✅ Young people working on a cool passion project!

FIND OUT MORE / APPLY 👉 https://t.co/HIx0jPd89t

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

@batkomichael Yewww Protostars!

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Keen for this project reveal 👀🏠

[Steve Kraynov @stevekraynov]

Lots happening rn
- graduated uni!
- revealing my protostars project soon (tm)… if you’re a renter/looking to find a rental soon, stay posted
- leaving cryptotax and starting at Atlassian
- still skateboarding, writing and devouring audiobooks
life is not bad!

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

ICYMI, we've opened up applications for Season 5 of Protostars (our last one for 2023!) 👀 Peep the link: https://t.co/LzQGJpcbPH

Wondering what sort of projects we're looking for? Read some of the people and projects we funded for Season 4: https://t.co/KoILUV4ryO

[Blackbird Foundation @FoundationbyBB]

Catch Head of BB Foundation, @joelconnolly and Protostar S3 Alum, Anh Van on ABC Radio Sydney @abcsydney with @jessaroo on Saturday 8 July at around 5:30PM 👀

Tune in next weekend to hear some mad chats on creativity, Foundation, and what Van’s been cooking up post-Protostars ❤️‍🔥