poetry and photography workshop In this workshop, students were encouraged to use a camera and poetry to frame, represent and describe a subject. Students photographed and wrote about their neighborhoods and things of value to them.
When I see the sky I see the face of my neighbor They all say she’s crazy But the truth is She is a seal Anna
My Neighbourhood is clean But sometimes trashy In the night It is very gloomy And the dogs bark Juan Manuel
My neighbors grow flowers Of many colors They also have a dog Quite playful Another has roses But comes Halloween Zombies, spiders and witches Make the children run My dog barks In the night My neighbor comes late Wakes him up Carla
My neighborhood is big And very quiet When evening comes Darkness falls But, the beauty remains Aurora
STUDENTS: Jose Antonio Alvarez, Maria de Jesu Avalos Cesar Cano, Jesus Godinez, Diana Guerra, Karla Hernandez Erik Ramiez, Erika Ramos, Ulises Zavala, Sara Guerra Nancy Oros, Jose Gutierrez, Vicky Gutierrez Juan Manuel Jimenez, Aurora Jimenez Guadalupe Padilla, Ana Soto, Christian Cardenas Josere Padilla, Jose Lopez, Annette Aranda Andie Chiarez, Sandra Cortez, Gabriela Hernandez, Edith Rodriguez, Moises Rosales, Brenda Villanueva, Elizabeth Villicana,, Ignacio Zacarias
ARTISTS Gwendolyn Meyer Visual artist: photography and drawing and graphic designer Francis Boudreau Poet, musician Los Padres Instructor Ms. Diaz Many thanks to the Monterey Arts Council Education Coordinator, Shashari Murphy and Mary Pritchard of Migrant Education, Salinas. Thanks to Bay Photo Monterey, and Bay Photo Santa Cruz downtown branch for their support of the arts. Photographs exhibited at First Night, Monterey, 2006.
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