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18/11/2004
Trans-Atlantic arts project focuses on youth
A unique arts project is encouraging children from both sides of the Atlantic to think about peace using digital photography.
The University of Ulster has teamed up with the University of California, to offer two schools in Northern Ireland and two in Orange County, California, the chance to mount an exhibition of work on the theme of peace.
Jonathan Cummins, lecturer in time-based media at UU, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the kids to use photography to create their own artistic interpretations of peace.
“Picturing Peace is an educational programme that lets children use digital cameras to develop their visual intelligence, including observational powers, photography skill and appreciation of images.
“The children learned to create images of peace through a process of first discussing and visualizing words associated with peace such as friendship, tolerance and harmony. The next step is to actually capture that image in a photograph.”
The final product of all the children’s work, from Northern Ireland and California, will be mounted in an exhibition that will run simultaneously in Belfast and the United States in Spring 2005. There will also be a website featuring all of the photography.
(MB/SP)
The University of Ulster has teamed up with the University of California, to offer two schools in Northern Ireland and two in Orange County, California, the chance to mount an exhibition of work on the theme of peace.
Jonathan Cummins, lecturer in time-based media at UU, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the kids to use photography to create their own artistic interpretations of peace.
“Picturing Peace is an educational programme that lets children use digital cameras to develop their visual intelligence, including observational powers, photography skill and appreciation of images.
“The children learned to create images of peace through a process of first discussing and visualizing words associated with peace such as friendship, tolerance and harmony. The next step is to actually capture that image in a photograph.”
The final product of all the children’s work, from Northern Ireland and California, will be mounted in an exhibition that will run simultaneously in Belfast and the United States in Spring 2005. There will also be a website featuring all of the photography.
(MB/SP)
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