Organizations

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  Ember Charter Schools For Mindful Education, Innovation, & Transformation

  Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation, and Transformation is a K–12 public charter school in Central Brooklyn dedicated to holistic human development. Ember’s mission is to ignite, empower, and transform young people of great promise into social entrepreneurs, engineers, and global leaders through an innovative and culturally grounded educational model.

  At Ember, learning extends beyond academics to include the development of self-efficacy, critical thinking, and social-emotional awareness. The school’s approach centers culturally relevant pedagogy, mindfulness, and student agency, creating environments where young people are encouraged to reflect, take ownership of their growth, and engage the world with intention.

  The photography club at Ember’s high school campus in DUMBO reflects this approach in practice. Students use photography as a tool for observation, storytelling, and self-definition, engaging in processes that emphasize reflection, dialogue, and care. Through image-making, writing, and critique, students learn to see themselves and one another with greater depth, developing both artistic skill and personal voice.

  Through this integrated model, Ember cultivates learners who are not only academically prepared, but also grounded, self-aware, and equipped to lead with purpose and impact.
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  Photoville

  Founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, NY, Photoville was built on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion, which we are always striving for, by ensuring that the artists we exhibit are diverse in gender, class, and race.

  In pursuit of its mission, Photoville produces an annual, city-wide open air photography festival in New York City, a wide range of free educational community initiatives, and a nationwide program of public art exhibitions.

  By activating public spaces, amplifying visual storytellers, and creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, we join the cause of nurturing a new lens of representation.

  Through creative partnerships with festivals, city agencies, and other nonprofit organizations, Photoville offers visual storytellers, educators, and students financial support, mentorship, and promotional & production resources, on a range of exhibition opportunities.

  For more information about Photoville visit, www.photoville.com
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  PhotoWings

  PhotoWings believes that photography has the power to influence the world. As such, we invest in strategic collaborations and programs that help make photography better understood, created, utilized, seen and saved. We also have a rich archive with hundreds of hours of original interviews and partner presentations from both within and outside the photo world, as well as curricula, tool kits, resources and community activities. We believe that meaningful engagement with photography can foster deep thinking, communication and help people better understand and navigate the world. 
  
  PhotoWings has been a proud partner of the Eddie Adams Workshop since 2015, and of Catchlight and Photoville since 2017.