SLT Library awarded grant to enable teens to explore local community through photography & writing

Project is part of statewide program for 21 California libraries

South Lake Tahoe Branch Library has been awarded a grant from the California Council for the Humanities to conduct a 10-week project this fall that will engage 10 to 15 local youth in exploring and investigating their community using digital cameras, direct observation, and resources of the library. The project, How I See It: My Place, is part of a statewide program of the Humanities Council under its California Stories initiative. A culminating exhibit of photographs and writing about the youths’ discoveries will be on view at the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library at the conclusion of the project.

The libraries will use a curriculum specially developed by the Council and Council-donated equipment and materials, including digital cameras, a color printer, and editing software. As part of the project, the youths at each library will curate an exhibit for the community and organize an opening event.

How I See It: My Place will begin at the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 3pm. For more information about the project, or how youth can get involved in it, contact Katharine at 530-573-3185. Space is limited, so sign up today!