| LTP Teacher Night Coming Soon! |
DATE:Feb. 16, 2012
TIME: 6pm -8pm
LOCATION:
FotoFest International
1113 Vine Street
Houston TX 77002
LTP Teacher Nights are lively, informative evenings that are for both current LTP teachers and those interested in the program to gather together as a community, share ideas, and learn about different ways LTP is being used in classrooms across Houston to inspire student learning and creativity.
Visit our Facebook page to see pictures from the most recent LTP Teacher Night!
Upcoming Date: Apr. 19, 2012
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Students from Pomeroy Elementary in Pasadena ISD explore the digital camera. |
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Thank you to H-E-B, Houston Camera Exchange, Nikon Inc. and the generous donations received from the Houston community to help replace 36 stolen FotoFest cameras
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Forty students are able to work with their own cameras again. Three corporations, H-E-B, Houston Camera Exchange and Nikon Inc., matched donations by numerous individuals to replace 36 cameras stolen from 40 students working with FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program at Project Row Houses Summer Arts Education Program.
The children, ages 7 - 14, have been working with Houston photographer and Literacy Through Photography (LTP) cohort teacher Ben Tecumseh DeSoto. They are creating projects that explore the theme Framework for the Future. The LTP program utilizes photography and creative writing to help students in grades 3 - 12 learn to understand themselves, to honor their families and community, and to explore and share their dreams and goals for the future.
Replacing Student Cameras
Following the theft of 36 digital point-and-shoot cameras taken from teacher Ben Tecumseh DeSoto's car on June 22, 2011, the 40 students participating in the class have been sharing the four remaining cameras that were not taken. Despite the loss of the cameras, the students plan to move forward with the exhibition and make the most of their remaining resources.
Through a call for donations via Facebook and Twitter, Literacy Through Photography raised over $1,000 in the first 24 hours to help replace the stolen cameras. Local press coverage, particularly the television news story by ABC 13, a radio interview on 90.1 KPFT and blog postings on Glasstire.com and Houston Press's Hairballs helped raise another $982, totalling $1,982 to date. To replace all of FotoFest's 36 LTP digital cameras and memory cards used by students, an additional $2,000 needs to be raised to meet a total amount of $4,000.
The LTP- Project Row Houses students are offering to make their works on exhibit available for sale to raise the money to replace the cameras that future LTP students will use. Proceeds exceeding the $4,000 needed to replace FotoFest's LTP cameras will be used to purchase a set of cameras for permanent use by students at Project Row Houses.
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| Students take pictures using their new cameras for their Literacy Through Photography project. |
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| Reporter Miya Shay from KTRK-ABC 13 interviews a Literacy Through Photography student at Project Row Houses |
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FotoFence 2011
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FotoFence 2011
FotoFence is the year-end celebration of student work from FotoFest’s in-school education program, LTP, helping young people achieve better communication and writing skills using photography. This year over 900 students from 28 Houston area schools exhibited writing and photography, including traditional photographs, web-based photo blogs and digital collages. Six students were invited on stage to read in front of an audience of nearly 300 people, including fellow students, teachers, school administrators and board members.
The work exhibited at FotoFence is the culmination of participation by area students in the LTP program. It is a time to observe the success of Houston’s youth first-hand and witness the varying viewpoints they are able to express when given the tools that Literacy Through Photography provides.
At the opening, in addition to exploring the exhibition, students, their families and the public are invited to have a snack, enjoy a slushy and take a family photo in the green screen photo booth. This year food for FotoFence 2011 was generously donated by Laurenzo’s El Tiempo Cantina.
“Thank you for your wonderful program to help kids flourish in the classroom through art expression. This is the first time I had been to your event and it was very impressive. There was a lot of energy and enthusiasm that I could see it in the kids’ eyes, energy and demeanor – they are getting a lot out of your program. Thanks again for all you do to help the kids.”
- Venu Rao, Chief Information Officer, Spring Branch ISD
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Ticket to Adventure - FotoFun 2011 |
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Over 300 guests from the Houston community gathered at FotoFest on February 26th for Ticket to Adventure, the sixth annual FotoFun event, held in support of FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography program. This premier family event featured an array of hands-on crafts and activities, in addition to performances by local community partners, in celebration of diversity, culture and enthusiasm for adventure. Children enjoyed travelling to the 20 different activity stations, where they created rain sticks, castanets, safari animal masks and homemade snowglobes, among many other crafts. They boogied down to the tunes of DJ Bill, and had their portraits taken in crazy far-out places via the green screen photo booth.
FotoFun 2011 was made possible by generous donations from our sponsors, including:
  
Intermarine LLC, IBERIABANK, Equivalent Data, iOffice Inc., Amegy Bank, Copy.com, Inflated Events and Individual Contributors to FotoFun 2011
To view our full sponsor list, please click here.
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