Wessel Photography Program at San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA
July 11 – August 10
Ann & Steve Hinchliffe San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA in partnership with Palos Verdes Art Center ask teens to GET CREATIVE this summer in the Wessel Photography Program. Led by LA-based photojournalist and artist Henry Cherry, the five-week program will guide you to a fun and engaging exploration of photography!
Try out multiple processes of photography in various settings and share your work with your peers. You will play with color, composition, light, and shadow to create exciting effects. By the end of the course, students will be expressing their creativity, and conversing about photography, with confidence. This class meets at the San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA for five weeks, July 11 – August 10, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm.
The class is free with YMCA membership, now offered to teens at no cost for the summer. Details at ymcla.org or contact Gail Phinney at gphinney@pvart.org for assistance.
Teaching artist Henry Cherry is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and artist based in Los Angeles, California. Cherry studied painting and film at Antioch College in Ohio and at the University of Texas Radio Television and Film School. His work as a chef, ranch hand, bar owner, and musician has enabled him to think out of the box, which aided in the creation of this program. The artist describes his goals for the program in this way, “As much as a photography class should explore light and angles and framing organically, it should offer playfulness of spirit and kind intent. If you’re having fun your subjects respond. Photography is something you can do for the rest of your life.”
This program is funded by the John Wessel Photography Endowment. For information on how to contribute to this fund, please contact Community Engagement Director Gail Phinney at gphinney@pvartcenter.org
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