The Studio Museum in Harlem has established itself as a unique community resource. It underscores this in a current exhibition, “Beyond Sight.” The show features the work of 14 high school students from around New York City who have participated in an program entitled “Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photograph, History and Community,” which encourages people of all ages to share experiences and perspectives on community, identity, history and culture. As part of this, the high school students whose work is on exhibit studied their surroundings through dialogues, oral histories with seniors and the works of renowned Harlem photographer James VanDerZee.
“Beyond Sight” presents these students’ individual interpretations through a series of images of social interactions, city streets, church gatherings, and family-related moments.
The exhibition runs until October 22.
The Studio Museum is on 125th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. It is open Wednesday through Friday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.; and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Suggested donation: $7 for adults.
Courtesy of the Gotham Gazette
Posted on September 22, 2006 by D. Bell