These Boston-area groups were invited to submit creative works in response to the exhibition images. Their members contributed poems, prose, audio, video, and artwork which adds creative impact beyond just the photographs themselves. Through this interactive component of public art, bridges have been built between individuals and communities who might not otherwise connect with each other or the Boston Camera Club.
Actors’ Shakespeare Project, founded in 2004, is an award-winning professional theater company with a Resident Acting Company and extensive education, youth, and community programs. ASP performs and works in found spaces, schools, theaters and neighborhoods to present and explore the robust language, resonant stories, and deeply human characters in Shakespeare’s plays and in works by other great playwrights. The company's work is ensemble-based and focused on intimacy, storytelling, language, relationships, voice, risk and artistry within and throughout the Boston area, for both young people and adults. For the BCC exhibition, ASP youth will perform Shakespeare monologues, poetry, and/or spoken word pieces in response to the images and are excited to have this opportunity to combine two beautiful art forms.
Contact: Lindsay Williams,
Associate Director of Education Programs - lindsay@actorsshakespeareproject.org
Abigail J.
Drizzled Blood
Keishona W.
Melted into Air, into Thin Air
Madeleine Y-P.
I Cried to Dream Again
Some Fading Glimmer Left
Naomi S.
These Visions Did Appear
Tayjairine A.
Books in Running Brooks
Boston Latin Academy is
one of Boston's three prestigious public exam schools. It was founded in 1878,
and is currently one of the most diverse secondary schools in the country.
Students from the BLA Photography Club and from Ms. Marshall’s 7th grade
English Language Arts class participated in this project.
The Boston Latin Academy Photography Club was founded in 2020 by
a group of high school students. We aim to encourage middle and high school
students to pursue photography and to build connections between photographers
at BLA. Student leaders formulate lessons and provide education on topics
within the field of photography. We challenge ourselves to dive deep into the
meaning behind each photo through interactive discussions, examination, and
more. Our overall goals are to educate student photographers who range from beginner
to expert about the significance of photography, advance their photographic
skills, and to create a meaningful community.
Contact: Ms. Daphne François,
Faculty Advisor - dfrancois@bostonpublicschools.org
Cynthia D.
Keep Going
Chatting in the Sky
Jessica N.
An Evening Drive
Lexica T.
Umbrella
Melinda F.
Blurred Out
Simple
Nayerie R. J.
Golden River
Circular
Sadye
C.
Tangerine
Clouds
Mission Hill Women’s Writing Group
The Mission Hill Women’s Writing Group (MHWWG)
brings together a racially and ethnically diverse group of older women to share
and reflect upon their decades of personal life experiences through the medium
of writing. Drawing from Mission Hill and surrounding Boston neighborhoods, the
MHWWG engages older women to honestly communicate their
stories and perspectives in a safe and respectful space. The MHWWG is
committed to cultivating ways of sharing their stories and writing
process with friends, neighbors and the broader community. We are pleased
to partner with the Boston Camera Club in "The Focused Eye: Our Unique
Views" to respond to photos as a writing prompt and bring our work to a
new audience!
Contact: Jen Lewis - jenadlewis@gmail.com
Nancy Ahmadifar
From a Distance--Cranberry Memories
Milkweed Fantasy
Workday Musings
Amy Dwyer
Watching
Tolle Graham
Garlic
Pandemic Theatre
Transit Woman
RED RED
Joyce Harvey
Decisions (I)
Decisions
(II)
Introspection
Musings of a Hardworking Person
Jen Lewis
Earth Essence
Resilience
Reunion
Poetry in Motion
Roberta Logan
Conversation on a Sunday Afternoon
The Invitation
Sandra Neves
Stage of Life
Life Journey
Hope of Finding Answers
Diana Sabella
Plant or Animal?
Never Too Late to Be a Poet is a poetry
workshop for people 62 and over that was initiated in 2015 by then Boston Poet
Laureate Danielle Legros Georges. Workshop participants have included residents
of the Jamaica Plain area and residents of Mount Pleasant Home in Jamaica
Plain. Mount Pleasant Home first hosted and later also became the sponsor of
the workshop led by Sandra Storey. The workshop has continued virtually
and is run collaboratively by the participants during the pandemic. Every week
members read, discuss, and write about a different topic. Topics have ranged
from breakfast to betrayal and beyond. Group members have written poems about
individual pieces of visual art, called “ekphrastic” poetry, on several
occasions. Now members are happy to write about Boston Camera Club photographic
art for this project: “The Focused Eye: Our Unique Views.”
Contact: Phyllis Bluhm - artinbluhm@gmail.com
Elsa Bengel
The Scout
Phyllis Bluhm
3 Haikus and a Quatrain
Time and Memory
In The Atlas Mountains
Phragmipedium
Rebirth
The young Diva
Jane Bowers
Rusted Memories
Handsome Young Man
Norma Elliott
Longing
Cecelia Estrada Vaughan/iti kafi
day July Fourth
Hand-picked Stones
Looking for Work
On the Blackest Night
Chair I Am
Janell Fiarman
October Afternoon
Milkweed Haiku
Waiting for Their Turn
Lia Graceffa
The Story of the Fledgling
The Church in the Woods
Marsha Kaminsky
Morning Meditation
Sky Light
Corvus
Animalia
In Prayer
Halloween
Connie Nelson
Miter Gears
Tomorrow We Fly
Kilroy Was Here
Tapestry
Sandra Storey
Choir
haiku
Third Floor Ornithology
Epiphanies
Sonnet
Pamela Trosino
At Watch
Geraniums ~ Haiku
Armistice ~ A Sonnet
To the Sea
Rehearsal for Life uses theater as a tool for
social change and justice. Our mission is to strengthen young people’s social
and emotional skills for every stage in life, through dialogue, creativity, and
performance. We do this through our programs Urban Improv, Youth Unscripted,
Reaction Assemblies, and Freelance Players. Our vision to empower youth
building diverse and inclusive communities where all voices are heard. As an
organization working toward a socially just and equitable society through youth
enrichment and empowerment, we uphold these values: Creativity, Empathy,
Respect, Cooperation, Empowered Self-Expression, Diversity & Inclusion, and
Positive Social Change.
Contact: Kristen Sherman, Managing Director - ksherman@rehearsalforlife.org
Choice M.
The Sea Song
Jideofor I.
Open the Door for Imagination
Joy to the World, Peace & Harmony to the Communities
Phyls E.
The Trees That Walk Among Us
Unique
Seeing Again
Lillianis R.
World Wide Change
Zumix is an East Boston based cultural
organization, amplifying youth voices since 1991. We empower young people to
build successful futures for themselves, transforming lives and community
through music, technology and creative employment.
Contact: Brittany Thomas - brittany.thomas@zumix.org
Brittany T.
Man in Front Soundscape
Wendyam E.
Lone Tree of Wanaka Soundscape
Isaac M.
Crowing About the Rain Soundscape
Julian J.
Desert River Soundscape
Kiran M.
Passage II Soundscape
Nicolas H.
Night Fishing Soundscape
Samantha A.
A Glimpse of Light Soundscape
