ICP at THE POINT: Eyes of Hope
LOCATION: Van Cortlandt Park – 5930 Broadway – The Bronx
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ICP at THE POINT: Eyes of Hope is an exhibition of photographs by students from ICP at THE POINT. Based in the South Bronx and launched in 1997, the program is a year-round collaboration that teaches analog and digital photography, critical thinking, writing, and public speaking with the goal of fostering self-esteem, community development, and social change.
The program includes weekly after-school classes for preteens and teens that take place in both a physical and virtual classroom/studio/darkroom as well as a gallery space. This exhibition celebrates young, local voices picturing this unprecedented time in our lives and the hope for a brighter future.
ICP at THE POINT is made possible with generous support from The Richard Avedon Foundation, Keith Haring Foundation, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, and Bender-Fishbein Foundation.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
PARTNER BIO
THE POINT Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) dedicated to youth development, and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. THE POINT works with their neighbors to celebrate the life and art of the community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools, and substandard housing. They believe the area’s residents, their talents and aspirations, are THE POINT’s greatest assets.
The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to champion “concerned photography”—socially and politically minded images that can educate and change the world. Through our exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image.