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Circular Sees with Tammy McNary Photography

Brightness Box (photography exploration)
Time Frames
During School Day, After School, Summer
Formats
Residency, On Campus Program
Grades
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Talented/Gifted
Standards

Description
Do flowers bloom in concrete? Can clothes grow on trees? | |Brightness Box| is a hands-on art project that emphasizes students photographing objects in unexpected places around their familiar indoor and outdoor school surroundings. Young artists will use two styles of instant cameras and a digital/instant camera to photograph these juxtapositions, redirecting the way they see themselves and the world around them. Each class session culminates with students arranging their artworks salon-style on a tabletop and then making observations about what they see. Especially suited for second through fifth grade as a daytime, afterschool, or summer program. All cameras, films, printing papers, and props provided. Students will go home with artworks after each class session!

Students Will
  • Understand art technique as related to the medium of photography.
  • Explain the importance of light in photography.
  • Explore new ways of seeing by using instant and hybrid digital/instant cameras in combination with photographing props arranged in surprising places!
  • Literacy Connection: Photographs by Gabriel Orozco ISBN: 978-3-86521-020-3

Details
Dates: Available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
Times: 10 AM - 6 PM
Duration: Weekly: SIX 60-minute sessions or Weekly: FOUR 90-minute sessions. Classes may also be scheduled consecutively in the same week.
School Fee: $750 for 6 hours total. Includes use of digital and instant cameras and printed images.
Minimum Attendance: 5
Maximum Attendance: 15
Bilingual: No
Technical Needs: Use of cameras provided/supplies and film included. Any room with natural light is suitable- cafeteria, classroom, etc. A portion of the sessions will take place outdoors if weather permits.
Other Information:

Scheduling / Booking
Instructions: For more information or to schedule classes, please contact Tammy McNary at 214-543-2836 or [email protected]
Deadline: Please schedule at least two weeks in advance.
Cancellation Policy: Programs cancelled 14 days or less prior to program start date are liable for full payment. In the event of an official Dallas ISD closing, classes may be rescheduled subject to availability. For cancellations or for rescheduling requests, please contact Tammy McNary at 214-543-2836 with a text or phone call.
After School Policy: A school staff member must be present and available for participation and classroom supervision at all times during the program, including SYNCHRONOUS online programs. Artists (students) retain their own images (ARTWORKS). For privacy reasons, students are not permitted to take home images showing their faces or the faces of any class participants under the age of 18. In order to use loaned cameras, students need to be on campus and not learning from home. Dallas ISD Instructor and Teaching Artist will work together to ensure proper handling of loaned cameras, however, Tammy McNary Photography, DBA "Circular Sees" assumes ultimate responsibility. Student attendance and sign-out release to parents or guardians is the sole responsibility of the school staff. Please provide a representative's name, phone number, and email at the time of program confirmation. This representative will collect and sign for the cameras for borrowing purposes and will also be the person to release them back to the teaching artist. A text and/or email reminder of the upcoming program will be sent to the booking contact person one week prior to the scheduled class time.

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