A Visit, and Advice

The Studio Museum in Harlem is home to both an incredibly talented curatorial staff and a brilliant educational program, Expanding The Walls (ETW), a group of sixteen teens exploring new territory both intellectually and in their worldviews.

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Meeting Ms. Van Der Zee

This month, Expanding the Walls (ETW)—an eight-month photography-based program at the Studio Museum—participants had the opportunity to meet with Ms.

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Expanding The Walls: Prosperity of Perspective

This month, Expanding the Walls (ETW)—an eight-month photography-based program at the Studio Museum—participants had the opportunity to work with Baltimore-based photographer Devin Allen.

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Expanding the Walls Gets Digital

During the second month of Expanding the Walls (ETW)—an eight-month photography-based program at the Studio Museum—participants received the digital cameras that they’ll use for the remainder of the program.

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ETW Blogs: Just the beginning

Not very often will a beginner photographer get an intensive class at a prestigious art school, but that is exactly what happened for the 2015 class of Expanding the Walls.

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Educator Reflections: The Studio Museum in Harlem and Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School

Imagine you are a high-school Humanities teacher in the Bronx. What are your expectations? How do you prepare yourself for class?

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Points of Inspiration: A Day with Lorna Simpson

On March 30th, artist Lorna Simpson (b. 1960) welcomed the Expanding the Walls (ETW) artists to her Fort Greene, Brooklyn studio for a day of experimentation.

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Sharing is Caring: Gerald Leavell on ETW '11

Here at the Studio Museum, Gerald Leavell coordinates youth programs and Expanding The Walls (ETW), an eight-month photography-based program for a select group of teenagers.

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We Made a Zine!: AIR Kamau Amu Patton Collaborates with ETW Students

Recently, I facilitated a workshop with the museum’s Expanding the Walls Youth Program. Totally fun! Thank you to all the students who participated.

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