14th Annual DocuWeeks
August 5, 2010
Los Angeles and New York City are hosting week-long documentary screenings in August as part of the 14th Annual International Documentary Association DocuWeeks. Screening as one of— if not the only — participant-produced films in the festival is Mozambique, a short movie by African teenager Alcides Soares for the Venice Arts-IPE project, The House is Small but the Welcome is Big. The documentary short will screen August 13-19 at the Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles.
For more information about DocuWeeks, click here.
USC Micro-Seminar: How User-Generated Photography Can Change the World
July 23, 2010
IPE Co-founder Jim Hubbard and Andrew Lakoff will present their micro-seminar, How User-Generated Photography Can Change the World, through USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism on August 19-20 (times TBA). This seminar will explore how cameras are being used in Los Angeles and around the world as well as discuss relevant issues in the participant photography field. Visit the USC micro-seminar 2010 page for more information.
Shooting Back from Palestine
July 9, 2010
IPE co-founder Jim Hubbard and a team from Venice Arts are working in Jericho, Jerusalem, the West Bank and other areas of the Middle East this summer on a documentary project with Palestinian youth, sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation (PGF). The project includes a hands-on training component for local university students interested in sustaining a program after Jim leaves. Subscribe to IPE or check back later for more information about the project.
![Jim Hubbard and kids participate in the photography project, Shooting Back from Palestine, in Qalandia Refugee Camp next to the Jerusalem entrance [Shooting Back from Palestine is sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation]](http://joinipe.org/welcome/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSC_0270-e1279916144860.jpg "DSC_0270")
![Jim (at left) and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff at Bil'in peace protest near Israeli fences outside Ramallah [Shooting Back from Palestine is sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation]](http://joinipe.org/welcome/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSC0272-e1279916129545.jpg "_DSC0272")
![Jim teaches Azeel, 17, how to use a long lens at peace protest site in Bil'in [Shooting Back from Palestine is sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation]](http://joinipe.org/welcome/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSC0290-e1279916109521.jpg "_DSC0290")
![While working with kids at an international peace protest, Jim captured the violence that erupted in Bil'in— a Palestinian village [Shooting Back from Palestine is sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation]](http://joinipe.org/welcome/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/MG_7773-e1279916086304.jpg "_MG_7773")
![Jim's legendary photo model Shooting Back on wall in Palestine [Shooting Back from Palestine is sponsored by PalTel Group Foundation]](http://joinipe.org/welcome/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/DSC_0019-e1279916058642.jpg "DSC_0019")
Training and Consultation in Hong Kong
May 12, 2010
IPE co-founder Lynn Warshafsky and a team from Venice Arts are consulting with a Hong Kong-based foundation on developing their photography programs for Hong Kong youth. After an initial meeting in March, the team returns to Hong Kong this summer to train the foundation’s teaching artists and consult with them as they launch a photo camp for youth and an academic year program.
