Aspen Institute’s Cultural Diplomacy Forum Featuring Founding Directors of IPE
November 4, 2008
Dr. Neal Baer and Lynn Warshafsky, from Venice Arts and founding directors of IPE, are presenting on participant-produced work at the Aspen Institute’s Cultural Diplomacy Forum in Paris, November 13-15th. The theme of the forum is “Culture in Conflict/Culture on the Move”. Neal will be presenting on how television and film can contribute positively to the cultural landscape, while Lynn will be presenting on Venice Arts’ work in using documentary photography, locally and internationally, to communicate across communities and cultures.
Read More
Misguided ‘Shooting Back’ Puts Palestinian Kids in Danger
September 24, 2008
The first fundamental rule when working with children is their safety. They are to be protected at all costs and especially in high-risk situations. They are not pawns in the socio-political spheres of adults. Read more
The House Is Small But the Welcome Is Big at Exit Art Gallery in NYC
September 4, 2008
Photographs by African Women and Children Affected by AIDS
September 20 - October 18, 2008
Over the past two years an unlikely group of amateur photographers has documented the life and death struggle of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Eighteen children from Maputo, Mozambique, orphaned by AIDS, and 15 HIV-positive women in Cape Town, South Africa, pointed cameras at images in their communities to tell the uncensored story of their lives. Read more
Maximum Exposure Project: IPE partners with CCL and Huffington Post
August 22, 2008
HuffPost’s OffTheBus Maximum Exposure page, which is being produced in partnership with the USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment, Read more
Connect with IPE on Facebook
July 22, 2008
Looking for more ways to connect to the Institute? You can now join us on Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking site, to track all IPE news, updates and events. Follow the link below, or CLICK HERE to visit IPE’s Facebook page.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Institute-For-Photographic-Empowerment/14986231023
