Gallery 44 is hosting a 10-month artist-educator residency at TPL’s Agincourt Branch in Scarborough for youth aged 13-17. The residency will engage a rotation of five photo-based artists, each facilitating monthly youth drop-in sessions, for a two-month period. Thematically, the workshops will introduce local-area youth to creative photographic practice as a method of positive self-expression, inspiring participants to find new ways to develop and share their stories while connecting with their community.
This project was supported through Toronto Arts Council Strategic Funding.
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September 27, 2022 & October 11, 2022
Digital Photography Fundamentals (2 sessions)
Participants will learn the technical functions of a camera, elements of photography, narrative building through image-making, and how to download and edit photographs to create a finalized art piece. These workshops aim to engage youth in the world of digital photography, providing them with valuable technical and conceptual skills.
November 15, 2022
Self-Portraiture through the Camera (1 session)
*registration required
participants can register in person or call the branch at 416-396-8943
Self-portraits are a powerful way to begin creative exploration as they can have multiple interpretations across various technologies. Participants will create a series of portraits that best represent them, their interests and/or a message that is important to them at this time.
December 6, 2022
GIF making with Photos (1 session)
Using a series of sequential images taken during the session, participants will learn how to create a looped animation, also known as a GIF. The use of GIFs in contemporary internet culture will be explored and discussed.
January 17, 2023 & February 21, 2023
Photo Collage (2 sessions)
Through a practice of looking and discussion, artist-educators will guide participants through exercises in examining images and their impacts in an increasingly image-saturated world. In what ways can we negotiate and find ourselves among these images? Learning through the various ways that collage can express self-reflection, participants will build new images that speak to them personally using found photos, magazine clippings, newspapers, etc.
March 14, 2023 & April 18, 2023
Participants will engage in the creation of small works using a variety of hands-on techniques in manipulating images. Using both personal and found photographs, methods such as paper folding, scratching & rubbing, precise cutting, tearing and lifting among other approaches will be used to transform original images into new works with new meanings.
May 16, 2023 & June 13, 2023
Photo Zines (2 sessions)
In an exercise in building visual narratives, participants will use found images from magazines, newspapers and books to create a short photo zine. Youth will learn how to combine text and images together in multiple ways, as well as various approaches to zine layouts and binding.
This project was supported through Toronto Arts Council Strategic Funding.
