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"Posing with Dignity: Photographing the Heroes of Our Community"
2003-04-17 until 2003-07-01
Alexandria Black History Resource Center
Alexandria, VA, USA United States of America

On April 17, 2003, the Alexandria Black History Resource Center will open the exciting new exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG), “Posing with Dignity: Photographing the Heroes of Our Community,” with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The exhibition will be on view until July 1, 2003, and admission is free. The exhibition is composed of nineteen student photographic images that were part of a special summer enrichment program designed for the DC Public School System.

Three significant photographers in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection served as the inspiration for this exciting project: James VanDerZee, Gordon Parks, and Addison Scurlock. The work of these photographers stimulated students as they went on to document their lives, communities, and heroes through photographic portraiture.

NPG provides this exhibition as a model for educators around the Washington metropolitan area to use to further youth self-awareness, instill a sense of community connectivity, and enhance appreciation of photographic portraiture.

In conjunction with the exhibition, NPG Outreach Program Manager Tia Powell Harris and Education Associate Samantha Matalone will present two educator workshops. These will assist teachers in encouraging students to learn about their communities and the heroes that reside in them by exploring the students’ own creative writing and photographic talents. Workshop materials will be provided.


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