Teen Academy - Photography and Mixed Media

Photography does not end when the shutter closes. In this hands-on mixed-media course, students will expand the photographic image beyond traditional printing by experimenting with collage, image transfer, cyanotypes, and zine-making. Using both personal photographs and found imagery, students will explore how photographs can be transformed through cutting, layering, tearing, transferring and reassembling. Through demonstrations, artist presentations, group critiques, and studio experimentation, students will learn how artists use mixed-media processes to investigate memory, identity, place, and storytelling. Throughout the course, students will create a series of experimental works while developing an understanding of the possibilities of working beyond the photographic print. The class will culminate in a final mixed-media portfolio and an informal exhibition of completed projects.

Need-based scholarships are available for all Teen Academy classes. To apply, please visit: https://www.icp.org/school/teen-academy.

Course Level/Prerequisite: Open to all skill levels. No prior photography experience is needed for these foundation courses.

Note: A camera is not required for this course, but students will be asked to bring in their own digital photographs, photographic prints, or found imagery to scan and incorporate into projects.

Program Description: ICP’s Teen Academy program welcomes teenagers ages 14–19 from across the country and around the world to develop their skills as leaders and visual storytellers in a range of in-person and online classes. All curricula are youth-centered and include: photographic and writing assignments, open lab time, visual presentations, discussions, critiques, a guest artist visit, a field trip, and a culminating presentation for family and friends celebrating the students’ achievements.

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