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As a precaution to help limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and care for our community, Just Buffalo Literary Center has postponed a number of events, and we will follow the guidance of Buffalo Public Schools in terms of Just Buffalo Writing Center programming.

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Here For It (Youth) Categories: Official JB Events Timelines: 3b: Past Workshops (Unseen Archive), 4: Joel Brenden Workshops & Events

Here For It - Fall 2020 Youth Writing Workshops - Just Buffalo - Buffalo NY

Can a picture speak truth? Do art and creativity have a role to play in changing our world? What are the connections between pictures, words, and justice? This workshop is an exploration of how photographers have used their life and pictures to honor and affirm people, bear witness to challenges and change, and spread the word of hope and justice. Together we will look at images by photographers such as Latoya Ruby Frazier and Robert Frank, and their collaboration with writers such as James Baldwin. We will use our powers of interpretation and visualization to create our own written response to photographs real and imagined.

Where: Online Workshop
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

TO REGISTER:
Email Writing Center Coordinator Robin Jordan at rjordan@justbuffalo.org.
This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 8 participants.

Joel Brenden

About the Teaching Artist

JOEL BRENDEN is an artist and educator working within a broad range of disciplines including photography and bookmaking. A native of Washington State, he received his MFA in Visual Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2008. His recent exhibitions include Beyond/In Western New York: Alternating Currents at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.

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