A
significant part of our plan is to create an environment where
an individual can study, experience and learn about photography
and the tools necessary to produce powerful and informative
images. VP has developed a series of seminars; lectures; workshops;
full semester courses; location and study abroad programs.
These programs
seek to teach the skills and discipline necessary to do documentary
work. Our programs are about creating insights and making
a difference. They broaden a student’s understanding
of the world. Emphasis is placed on social consciousness and
making a contribution to society.
Vision Project
is always interested in exploring ways to collaborate with
schools, universities, and other educational organizations
to help them develop programs that teach the skills. These programs can be conducted
within the confines of the given institution or outside at
sites determined to benefit the program at hand. We will work
to custom design a program to fit the needs of an institution.
CLICK
HERE for a list and brief description of seminars, workshops
and courses we have developed for immediate implementation.
Over the last few
years, VP has worked with a number of institutions and organizations.
Ongoing, Current
and Future Education projects:
1. We
will be producing a new lecture series called: Photography
In A Digital World. The lecture series will be given at locations
throughout the New York Metropolitan Area. This ongoing series
will be presenting renowned individuals from the fields of
photography, design and new media. The series is sponsored
by Nikon.
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This presentation will feature the photographer, Timothy Fadek
. The session will take place on October 23, 2008 at 2:00
pm at the Schine Auditorium at Sacred Heart University. Named
a "Hero of Photography" by American Photo Magazine,
Fadek has earned numerous awards for his coverage of world
events. Click
here for more information.
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This presentation will feature the photographer and educator,
Richard Falco. The lecture will take place at the Hudson Valley
Center For Comtemporary Art in Peekskill, NY on June 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm. Mr.
Falco's presentation is entitled: Witness to Our Times. It
focuses on the documentary image and the importance of global
awareness. Click
here for more information
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This presentation will feature the photographer and educator,
Richard Falco. It will take place at the Ruth Keeler Memorial
Library on May 18, 2008 in North Salem, NY at 3:00 pm. Mr.
Falco's images have appeared in major magazines throughout
the world. His presentation entitled: Witness to Our Times,
focuses on the documentary image and the importance of global
awareness. Mr. Falco will also discuss a documentary project
to be done with Vision Project and students from the North
Salem School District.
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This presentation will feature the acclaimed photographer,
Les Stone. This session will take place on April 21, 2008
at 1:30 pm at the Schine Auditorium at Sacred Heart University
. The winner of several World Press Photo Awards and Picture
of the Year Awards, Mr. Stone's presentation will focus on
penetrating to the heart of a documentary story.
Click here for more information.
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This presentation will feature the photographer and educator,
Richard Falco. It will take place at the Fashion Institute
of Technology on May 26, 2008 in Studio 208 at 2:00 pm. Mr.
Falco's images have appeared in major magazines throughout
the world. His presentation entitled: Witness to Our Times,
focuses on the documentary image and the importance of global
awareness.
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This presentation session will feature the renowned war photographer,
Ron Haviv. This session will also take place at Sacred Heart
University on November 26, 2007 at 1:30 pm at the Schine Auditorium.
Mr. Haviv has produced some of the most important images of
conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made the
headlines since the end of the cold war. His presentation
will focus on photojournalism and human condition. Click
here for more information.
- This session will be at Sacred Heart University in
Fairfield, Connecticut on November 12, 2007 at 1:30 pm in
the Faculty Lounge-Academic Building featuring Ron Amato.
This presentation will consist of still images and multi-media
work. Mr. Amato will present examples from over twenty-five
years of image making, illustrating his evolution from commercial
photographer to multi-media theater artist. Click
here for more information.
2. We
will participate in the PBS/THIRTEEN: Celebration of Teaching
and Learning Convention in New York City in the Spring of
2008. The focus will be on Science, Technology and Global
Awareness. One of the convention's keynote speeches will be
given by Vision Project's President, Richard Falco. Click
here for more information.
3. We
will be doing several one-day workshops with the New
England Photographic Workshops in Connecticut.
a. The first workshop is on June 14, 2008, entitled
-- Images That Affect People.
b. The second is on July 12, 2008, entitled -- Introduction
To Digital Imaging
4. We will be
conducting a course in digital photography at the Theater
Arts Production Company School (TAPCO) in the Bronx, NY. TAPCO
is a charter school within the New York City school system.
The program is in affiliation with the Dolan Art Academy and
the Children's Aid Society. The program is sponsored by Nikon.
5. At the Art
Workshop/State University of New York, we are teaching a number
of courses in documentary photography, photoshop, digital
photography, web design and graphic design.
6. We
will be working on several projects in affiliation with the
Westchester
Arts Council.
a. We will be doing a series of “Artist in Residency”
at high schools throughout Westchester County, NY. These five
and ten day workshops in digital photography, journalism and
documentary photography will be integrated into existing high
school curriculums and work in conjunction with the departments
of art and photography; english and journalism; history and
social studies; etc.
b. We developed a summer program for high school students.
The participating students were chosen from the White Plains
Summer Jobs Project. The program included instruction in digital
photography, writing and journalism, photoshop and digital
design. During the six-week course, the students created a
photographic documentation on the cultural diversity of the
City of White Plains. This culminated with an exhibition of
their work at the Westchester Arts Council Gallery.
7. Two courses
will be taught at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
8. At Sacred Heart
University in Connecticut a two courses will be taught every
Fall & Spring. One course is in photojournalism and the
other is in digital photography.
9. We
are working on an ongoing basis with the educational organization,
Arts For Anyone.
Our collaboration is in affiliation with their program entitled,
Global Neighborhood. For this program, Vision Project is conducting
seminars & workshops on documentary photography and the
power of the photographic image. Arts For Anyone has partnered
with schools in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
England, Australia and Turkey. The goal of the program is
to help students understand other cultures as they examine
and learn to better communicate about their own. Since 2006,
we visited schools in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
10. Vision Project
personnel are teaching several courses at the Fashion Institute
of Technology in New York.
11. We will be
working with the Scarsdale School District to create a program
in documentary photography, as well as, participating in the
district's, Human Rights Day.
Past programs:
1. A week-long workshop was done with the Santa
Fe Photographic Workshops in New Mexico in June 2007.
2. We worked with Yale University to help them
document a symposium on "Rice Biotechnology".
3. We participated in a Human Rights Symposium
in affiliation with the Holocaust & Human Rights Education
Center
and the Human Rights
Institute at Manhattanville College on March 17, 2007. We
created an exhibition of photographs
focusing on the refugee
crisis in Africa.
4. A ten-day workshop was done in the spring
of 2007 with Briarcliff High School focusing on documentary
photography and
web design.
5. A seminar on photojournalism was conducted
at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
6. A workshop in digital photography was done
at the Blythedale Children's Hospital. The children who live
in the hospital
are severely handicapped.
They used the camera to create personal journals through photography.
7. A program was done with the Greenburgh School
District. Working with the social studies department, the
students will
create a photographic
documentary entitled: My Community.
8. We participated in a one-day seminar at Barnard
College in New York
9. We taught a four-day workshop at Tuckahoe
High School in digital photography.
10. Vision Project designed and organized a week-long
symposium called, "PhotoWeek." The program was conducted
in
affiliation with The
Art Workshop & State University of New York and held at
the Westchester County Center. The event
included workshops, lectures,
demonstrations, and seminars by some of the photo world's
leading professionals.
Click here to download a schedule of events.
11. Two photography classes were taught at the State
University of New York at Purchase College.
12. Over the last two years the seminar, “Witness”
has been given at a number of different photography clubs
and
organizations in New
York and Connecticut.
13. We created a fifteen-day program to teach middle
school students documentary photography in the Yonkers School
District. The students
produced a documentation called, "My Community."
The program will be reintroduced again
next year.
14. A class in documentary photography was taught at
the New School for Social Research in New York."
15. Vision Project initiated a cross-cultural program
with the Taller Experimental Grafica of Cuba and the School
of Visual Arts in New
York. Forty of Cuba’s top artists have created visual
interpretations of two Vision Project photographs taken
on September 11th at Ground Zero.
16. We have done two programs in affiliation with the
School of Visual Arts in New York.
a. The first was to create
a study abroad program that would bring students and photographers
to Greece to learn
about documentary photography. Our goal was to create a living
document of that country.
b. A twelve-week course in
documentary photography called, “Witness to Our Times"
A
number of other projects are being discussed with other schools
and organizations. We are always interested in exploring ways
to work with schools, universities and other educational organizations
that can help establish potential collaborations.
For more
information call, or email us at: info@visionproject.org
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