Event Details
JCC Chicago’s Growing Hope initiative is seeking youth, ages 12 – 18 with an interest in photography and creative expression to participate in a six-week program that uses photography as a means of self-expression, inclusion, and hope. No prior experience with photography is required.
The program, Picturing Hope, is a collaborative project for youth between JCC Chicago and the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.Participants will meet for six consecutive Sundays (specific dates below), where they will participate in photography workshops, team-building activities, and community-building activities.The program will take place at various museum and cultural spaces across the city giving participants access to some of the city’s great arts spaces.
This program is generously funded by the VIVO Foundation, and there is no cost to participants. All materials, admissions to museums and cultural spaces, transportation and swag have been covered by this youth empowerment grant.
The program will take place from 1:30 – 3:00 on the following Sunday afternoons:
Sunday, February 15 – The Field Museum*
Sunday, February 22 – Bernard Weinger JCC, Northbrook, IL
Sunday, March 1 – YMCA Metropolitan Chicago Crown Center
Sunday, March 8 – The Chicago Art Institute*
Sunday, March 15 – The Chicago History Museum*
Sunday, March 22 – WNDR Museum
*Locations are subject to change with advance notice given.
Participants will be curating photographic images that represent the idea of hope, and their selected photographs will be featured in a special gallery show, to be held Sunday, May 3rd.Cohort photographs will also be featured prominently on both the JCC Chicago and YMCA websites.
Please use the following link to register: https://jccchicago3.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/component/events/event/550
The cut-off date for registration is Wednesday, February 11 at 5pm
For additional information please email project director Kevin Pease at kpease@jccchicago.org