Community Corner
Inside/Out: Teen Portrait Identity Art Show
Inside/Out: Teen Portrait Identity
March 27th—April
27th 2014
Opening
Reception: Thursday, March 27 3:30 – 8pm
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The Field
Gallery invites you to a provocative show of teenage individuality.
With the rise of the
selfie as the expression of teen identity today (the cell phone, the webcam,
the casual, quick photo on social media), this show turns the camera’s gaze outward. How do inner-city youth see
their friends, allies, strangers, neighbors, a frenemy?
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In this ground-breaking
and thought-provoking show, led by artists and educators
Jo-Ann Brody and Jamelah
Zidhan, urban youth were taught a series on the history and technique of
portrait photography. The teens were then broken up into small groups, where
they turned the lens on each other.
These
young artists had an invaluable opportunity to express themselves in a way
they’ve never had in recent times: a chance to connect by looking beyond
preconceived notions of self.
The result is an astounding view of what they see of each other, and by
extension, what they see of themselves.
The Field Gallery is
located in the Field Library at 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, New York. For
further information please call 914-737-1212,
email Alicia Morgan, Gallery Curator at amorgan@wlsmail.org, or
visit the library's website at www.peekskill.org