The Big Show is an exhibition featuring the work of youth photographers who participated in Studio 678 during the Spring of 2021. We would like to give special recognition to their hard work and creativity!
If you are interested in donating to the program please call the Photography Department @ 585-271-5920. Any donations of $30 or more may receive a copy of the collaborative book of photographs and writing created by the talented young artists featured here.
Nayyir Jaalis Ortiz
Muriel Gastel
Jadaly Montalvo
Millenium Schmidt
Ni-Yana Ortiz-Billins
Wynter Smith
Myaliz Perez Rosario
Kingston Hedman
Maya Kelley
Alexander Dimock
Studio 678 is an after-school photography and writing program conducted by Flower City Arts Center. Free to students, the club is funded by donations and grants. Photographers from Flower City Arts Center provide instruction in partnership with local poets and volunteers in small groups of students.
Studio 678 puts a professional 35 mm film camera into the hands of middle school students and involves them in the entire creative process – from taking the pictures to making their own black & white prints in a darkroom to matting and framing their prints for exhibition. They also write poems or stories to accompany their images and create a collaborative book of their writing and photographs.
Using photography and writing as the tools, Studio 678 empowers youth to express their vision and voice, build life skills, connect with the community, apply school subjects in a practical way, utilize teamwork skills, and develop mentoring relationships with their lead teacher and community volunteers.
If you are interested in donating to the program please call the Photography Department @ 585-271-5920. Any donations of $30 or more may receive a copy of the collaborative book of photographs and writing created by the talented young artists featured above.