Since the beginning of the year, my second grade POP class has been working on a literacy through photography project to explore our cultures and celebrate diversity. Our project is called Nuestros Colores, Our Colors.
Our goal is to create visual poetry on E 138th street through the students’ art and writing. One of my students ended her essay asking, “And what is your color of self?” The beauty of this type of project is that these images will not be confined to the walls of a gallery but will return to and be viewed where they were generated. These portraits were not only taken in the community but will return to the community- to the exact store window in some cases where the food was purchased for the photograph. The images will be displayed within a block of the school in hopes that this public accessibility will not only give the students, their care givers and the store owners a sense of pride for their “colors, foods, community and culture” but will awaken a youthful curiosity within the local members of the community and deep reflection on the message presented will be a result.
We hope you enjoy our project. It has been a creative way to explore issues of self-concept and diversity while appreciating our cultures and the resources we have in our South Bronx community.
Yo Soy...
- Katie DelaVaughn
- Katie DelaVaughn has been working as a photographic artist and educator since 1999. Her photographs compassionately portray the power, beauty, complexity and depth of the human condition and the worlds around and within us. Linking photography with education, Katie works as a teaching artist and created Pedagogy of Photography (POP), a multicultural initiative designed to increase participants’ literacy skills while promoting student voice and agency through the mediums of photography and poetry. Katie is now based in Northern California and is available for assignments worldwide.
2 comments:
This is an amazing project that affords students an opportunity to find connections between themselves, their peers and surrounding community. I love the way you use the true language of the students- appreciating their means of expression. All too often we forget the innocence and sincerity of their voice.
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