PEASLEE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY
The Center for Community Photography provides creative educational opportunities for neighborhood children to learn photography as a vehicle for documenting and expressing ideas. There is a gallery space at the Center for display of local artwork and photography for children and adults. The Center for Community Photography of Peaslee Neighborhood Center also provides low-cost photography services to neighborhood non-profits and social service agencies.

If you live in Over-the-Rhine or the West End Neighborhoods of Cincinnati and are interested in learning more about photography, or if you would like to find out how to help, contact the Center for Community Photography at 513-621-5514.

TAFT MUSEUM
Jimmy is a guest lecturer and artist with the Taft Museum of Art's Artist Reaching Classrooms Program (ARC) where he visits and lectures at Cincinnati area high school arts programs. Jimmy presents his photography to high school art students, making connections between his work and the collections of the Taft Museum of Art. Through his experiences, Jimmy encourages young artists to find their spirit in whatever artistic medium they choose.

The ARC program, a collaboration of the Taft Museum of Art, ArtWorks, Art Academy of Cincinnati, and the Pendleton Art Center, offers these experiences to high school students with a significant interest in art. Click on the link for more information about ARC, the Taft Museum, and its programs.

LITERACY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
The Literacy Through Photography program is one of many youth education programs provided by Peaslee Neighborhood Center in Over-the-Rhine. Neighborhood youth who participate in the Literacy Through Photography Program learn to self-express and and are encouraged to develop their writing skills through a structured program of in-class instruction, one-on-one tutoring and show-and-tell sessions by visiting artist/photographers and many volunteers. Youth participants are given one-time use cameras along with a list of possible subjects to photograph. The photography list can be developed by the children themselves, and may include a photography scavenger hunt, taking photographs of family, neighborhood scenes or friends at school. After making their photographs children are led through exercises that enable them to express the meanings and significance of their photographs through writing. Many of the projects culminate in a public exhibit which includes excerpts of the children’s writings.

Limited edition lithographs of Jimmy Heath’s Washington Park Winter, 1999 are available for sale. Profits of the sale of the print go directly to the Literacy Through Photography program.

R E L A T E D   L I N K S :
Cincinnati Enquirer 6/23/2004: Cameras Give Kids a New View
Over-the-Rhine girls produce beauty amid poverty of their surroundings.

Cincinnati Enquirer 5/18/2003: In the Classroom with Photographer Jimmy Heath
An Enquirer article about the Literacy Through Photography program and the work of Jimmy Heath with neighborhood children.