Raising Awareness and Celebrating Community Through Photography
Jumpstart 37ECB at The AjA Project
With support from the California Arts Council’s
JUMP StArts grant, The AjA Project presents a series
of photographs created by students at 37ECB. Students
identified an issue in their community and used photography to either raise awareness about their topic, or to celebrate the
impactful work taking place in service of their community.
The program began virtually and transitioned to include in person workshops in April where some students had the opportunity to work with DSLR cameras. Students explored symbolism and abstraction as a strategy, applied different techniques and perspectives when documenting their subjects, and considered framing and composition in the images produced.
“The goal of my work is to express some of the support that we can give to our communities.”
— Aries, 37ECB Student
Join us on Tuesday, June 6th at 1:30pm for a virtual exhibition of photographs created by students at 37ECB.
For this exhibition, students identified an issue in their community and used photography to either raise awareness about their topic, or to celebrate the impactful work taking place in service of their community.
Lorain Rihan
Teaching Artist
Jeff Valenzuela
Teaching Artist
