Talking Back: Chicago Youth Respond Opening Reception
Museum of Contemporary PhotographyAbout The Event
This annual exhibition, now in its fourteenth year, features works made by teens who participate in Picture Me, an afterschool photography program sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP) at three Chicago high schools: Curie Metropolitan High School, Juarez Community Academy, and Nicholas Senn High School. Co-taught by teams of working artists, this program, which serves approximately 90 students each year, cultivates teens as independent artists who gain a strong technical foundation as they work toward developing their own artistic vision and style through independent projects. Examining and discussing the work of professional artists is integral to the program and the curriculum is further enhanced by field trips to the MoCP and other cultural venues and contact with visiting artists.
The Talking Back: Chicago Youth Respond exhibition runs March 25 – 28th at MoCP.
Image credit: Farun, Untitled, 2015, Nicholas Senn High School
