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| Images from the January 17 exhibit opening reception at City Greens Produce. | |
Photography Project Exhibitions
Currently in the PPRC Gallery
Coming Next to the PPRC Gallery
Recently in the PPRC Gallery
Now on View through May 6:
PPRC Photography Project:
Fathers' Support Center
PPRC Photography Project:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TEEN
(Scribbler’s Art Club, Ritenour High)
PPRC Photography Project: City Greens Produce
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The PPRC Photography Project participants who took these photos were a diverse crew ranging in age from 15-67 and including Midtown staff and volunteers, as well as the center’s director and a volunteer’s granddaughter. We started off taking notes on Edward Weston’s inquiry into the formal beauty of simple produce. Then we followed cues from Roy DeCarava’s poetic documentation of Harlem’s coming-of-age as we explored the community garden and took field trips following the path of the Supa’ Fresh Veggie Mobile—the lime green market-on-wheels that takes City Greens’ affordable produce to other St. Louis districts. Finally, in preparation for our own collaborative feast, we inquired after the deeper meaning of breaking bread together, inspired by Carrie May Weems’ “Kitchen Table Series.” Read the full story and see more photos here.
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PPRC Photography Project:
Pais Youth Development Center
Pais Youth Development Center is located in the Academy neighborhood, off North Kingshighway. It is a not-for-profit, organization established in 1988 to provide counseling services for children and adolescents (ages 3-18) in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Pais is the Greek word for “sent to serve.” The agency’s mission is to provide various supportive services to children with emotional, developmental and behavioral concerns. They also work closely with the children’s families so they can develop the tools they need to achieve their full potential. Pais Center’s youth meet in the evenings weekly for individual and group therapy and hands-on art based programming. Working with Photography Project instructor Lois Ingrum last spring, participants began by learning the basics of digital photography and photographing a variety of subjects in their neighborhood including people, houses, and shops.
Read the full story and see more photos here.
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Photography Project:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Center for
Diversity & Cultural Competence
The Washington University Medical Campus, which includes Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH), is almost a city unto itself. Over 12,000 people work in the complex, caring for thousands of patients daily. In addition to healthcare they sponsor lecture series, cultural events, art exhibitions, a newspaper and religious services. For the upcoming photography exhibit, Project Director/Instructor Mel Watkin trained one small, but important, group within the complex comprised of interpreters and other staff from the Center for Diversity & Cultural Competence (CDCC). The overall goal of CDCC is to reduce the healthcare disparities in our community and promote an environment in which all patients receive quality care. Providing interpreters for patients who are deaf or speak languages other than English is one of the several strategies CDCC utilizes to reach these goals. Over a ten-week period last fall, the PPRC Photography Project trained a group of 11 Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) interpreters and other CDCC staff to photograph and write about their hospital experiences and community interactions.
»Read the full story here.
PPRC Photography Project:
The Faces and Places of Downtown Dutchtown
"The Faces and Places of Downtown Dutchtown" makes the news! Read articles about it in The Suburban Journal and also in The St. Louis Beacon.
Downtown Dutchtown, the South St. Louis neighborhood that is the focus of this Photography Project, has a growing commercial district mostly along Meramec Street that include staples of the community such as churches, schools and banks, and a unique variety of stores ranging from the old, such as Merb’s Candy and Winkelmann Sons Drugs established in 1938 and 1913 respectively, to the brand-new local produce store, Maude’s Market which opened its doors just weeks ago, in mid October of 2010. Supported by the efforts of the Downtown Dutchtown Business Association (DT2), whose mission is to retain and develop current businesses, attract appropriate new businesses, and increase property values, Downtown Dutchtown businesses are thriving and reflect the diverse faces of the neighborhood.
»Read the full story and see more photos here.
View older exhibits here.