PSfA's mission is to serve and support culturally underserved photography students and instructors nationwide through traveling curated portfolio boxes.
Print Study for All provides educators who serve culturally underserved populations, both rural and urban, with curated photography portfolios. Thematically organized sets include work from celebrated artists, participating institutional collections, and juried portfolios. As pedagogical tools, the portfolios will enable students to engage photographic prints through direct physical interaction.
Print Study for All addresses access issues by providing prints and accompanying materials - artist statements, curatorial or juror statements, educational guides, and reading lists - that instructors can use to build or fortify existing lesson plans. Students will have ample opportunities to handle prints over the two-week access period, and, in doing so, engage in robust conversations about contemporary photographic practice.
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Project Timeline:
2024 - Data Collection via Surveys
March 22 - St. Louis Print Study Room Tour, SPE Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO
March 23 - Print Study Room, Study Hall, Print Study for All – A Pedagogical Tool Kit - Panel Discussion at the, 2024 SPE Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO
2024/2025 Academic Year - Pilot Program Begins