No Excuses University

Last year when Dr. Matney found out about San Jacinto Elementary School and the No Excuses University program there, he decided that Amarillo College should adopt the entire school instead of just a classroom. Since then many students and teachers have become involved with the project. Here is what the Amarillo Globe had to say about the project that I worked on-

An art professor photographed students dressed in the uniform of their career aspirations and paired the pictures with the children's essays, creating an art exhibit for them and their parents at AC. The young students weren't shy about their ambitions, Matney said. One boy was dressed in a suit appropriate for the president of the United States.

It was a really fun project and I am working on a new concept for this year....

Teenagers with Cameras

A short article in the NYTimes about a program called Expanding the Walls at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The kids are given cameras and asked to photograph the world around them.

I have pitched a similar idea for a local project, and hope to get funding for cameras.....

Beautiful slide show of their work here.