Images by Toriana C., Juan D., Isabella A., Anita B., Dieumerci B., Gabriel C., Rina A., Husna A., Michael H.

This past school year, El Museo worked with a group of students at the International Preparatory School (PS 198) on Buffalo’s West Side in an after school program. Through photography, creative writing, and group activities led by teaching artists, they documented themselves, each other, and their world, culminating in this special exhibition.

This program was funded by a generous grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

Program Director

Craig Centrie, Ph.D

Program Coordinator

William Vogel

Buffalo Public Schools Host Teacher

Erin Kaminski

Teaching Artists

Sherry Robbins
George Campos
Cheng Yang Lee

Installation views

Press

“The photos are windows into the lives of people who might not have a voice at their age otherwise; the poems are an added layer of information helping viewers make connections between photographs and the stories they illustrate.”
—review by Becky Moda (The Public, June 14, 2017)