"A Sense of Community" featured in the Los Angeles Times

dnj Gallery's exhibit "A Sense of Community" was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times. 

Students From Harvard-Westlake have collaborated with students from the Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT), a Public high school in East L.A., for "A Sense of Community", an exploration of place through documentary photography.

This collaboration is directed by Joe Medina, photography teacher at Harvard-Westlake, and Joan Dooley, Photography teacher at HAAT.

The exhibit is now open here at dnj Gallery through June 20th.

For the full story from the Los Angeles Times, click here.

Upcoming Exhibition - A Sense of Community

Harvard-Westlake Students

AND

Humanitas Academy of Art & Technology Students

A Sense of Community

Exploring Place Through Documentary Photography

May 16 - June 20, 2015

Julian Alvarez, Virgen de Guadalupe

Opening Reception: May 16, 6 - 8 pm

A Sense of Community: Exploring Place Through Documentary Photography

A Collaborative Book and Gallery Exhibit Between Suburban Prep and Urban Public High Schools

Photography students have joined forces to tell an important story about the tale of their two diametrically divergent communities. Students from the private prep school, Harvard-Westlake, are collaborating with students from the Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT), a public high school in East LA, to make a 21st century, vibrant documentary portrait of where “we” live - covering a wide range of territory from wealthy suburbs to urban blue-collar and under-privileged neighborhoods.

The project will culminate in a gallery exhibit and the publication of a hardcover book. This collaboration is being directed by Joe Medina, photography teacher at Harvard Westlake and Joan Dooley, photography teacher at the Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT).

The exhibit will open at the DNJ Gallery at Bergamot Station (Santa Monica) on Saturday, May 16, 2015 and remain on view for a month.

The project is inspired by a belief in the power of photography as an educational tool, and a desire to help people communicate the way they see their lives and their communities. The project also aims at encouraging students to respond to artistic challenges that will push their creative and technical boundaries.

dnj gallery

2525 michigan avenue, suite J1

santa monica, california 90404

310.315.3551

office@dnjgallery.net.

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dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out!

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Upcoming Exhibition - A Sense of Community

Harvard-Westlake Students

&

Humanitas Academy of Art & Technology Students

A Sense of Community:

Exploring place through Documentary Photography

Kate Von Mende

May 16 - June 20, 2015

Opening Reception: May 16, 6 - 8 pm

A Sense of Community: Exploring place through Documentary Photography

A Collaborative Book and Gallery Exhibit Between Suburban Prep and Urban Public High Schools

Photography students have joined forces to tell an important story about the tale of their two diametrically divergent communities. Students from the private prep school, Harvard-Westlake, are collaborating with students from the Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT), a public high school in East LA, to make a 21st century, vibrant documentary portrait of where “we” live - covering a wide range of territory from wealthy suburbs to urban blue-collar and under-privileged neighborhoods.

The project will culminate in a gallery exhibit and the publication of a hardcover book. This collaboration is being directed by Joe Medina, photography teacher at Harvard Westlake and Joan Dooley, photography teacher at the Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT).

The exhibit will open at the dnj Gallery at Bergamot Station (Santa Monica) on Saturday, May 16, 2015 and remain on view for a month.

The project is inspired by a belief in the power of photography as an educational tool, and a desire to help people communicate the way they see their lives and their communities. The project also aims at encouraging students to respond to artistic challenges that will push their creative and technical boundaries.

dnj gallery

2525 michigan avenue, suite J1

santa monica, california 90404

310.315.3551

office@dnjgallery.net.

For directions to our gallery, please click here.

dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out!

dnj Gallery is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Harvard-Westlake: One Moment, One Meal, One Photograph

The photo students at Harvard-Westlake School have kicked off their 2014-2015 academic year with a photo project focusing on connecting with others and inspiring a feeling of community, regardless of geographic location and cultural boundaries.

HW PHOTO

One Moment - One Meal - One Photograph

On September 4th at 12pm , students from around L.A. sat down for a bite in unison and captured a shared experience at the exact same time by taking a photograph and sharing their meal and lunch experience that day.

These simultaneous still life snapshots – self-portraits of people and their foods – have been posted online to share.  To see all of the images that were submitted, please check out Harvard-Westlake Photo's Tumblr.

Photographer:  Hector Velasquez

Location: Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology , East LA

Photographer: Oliver Loshitzer

Location: Harvard Westlake School, Los Angeles , CA

Photographer: Antonio Cue

Location: Mountain Gate, Los Angeles

dnj Gallery annually holds an exhibition for the photography students of Harvard-Westlake in the spring. For more information, please refer to dnj Gallery's website.

Harvard-Westlake School Opening Reception "What Remains"

Last weekend dnj Gallery held an opening reception for Harvard-Westlake photography students. In their exhibition entitled "What Remains" these middle and high school students explore a multitude of directions in their digital and analogue images. 

"What Remains" will be on view at dnj Gallery through June 21, 2014.

Upcoming Exhibition Harvard-Westlake School "What Remains"

Harvard-Westlake Students

"What Remains"

June 7 - June 21, 2014

Opening Reception: June 7, 6 - 8 pm

Veronica Crow, Haley, 2014, Selective developing, scanned and digitally manipulated, 16" x 20"

"What Remains"

dnj Gallery is pleased to announce its next upcoming exhibition with Harvard-Westlake photography students. They present a show entitled “What Remains” which will run from June 7 through June 21, 2014.  The students explore a multitude of directions in their digital, as well as analogue images.

Please contact us for more information.

dnj gallery

2525 michigan avenue, suite J1

santa monica, california 90404

310.315.3551

office@dnjgallery.net

For directions to our gallery, please click here

dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out!

dnj Gallery is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Photos from Dan Shepherd's Harvard-Westlake Viewing

Yesterday evening, dnj Gallery held a private viewing for participants from the Harvard-Westlake community. Local photographer, Dan Shepherd, held a lively lecture and discussion for his current exhibition, "Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection".

Dan Shepherd discussing his current exhibition "Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection"

Our guests taking a close look at Dan Shepherd's photographs printed on his own hand-made paper.

Please join us at dnj Gallery this Saturday, on April 12th at 2pm when Dan Shepherd will have a public artist talk to discuss his current exhibition. Come and listen to Shepherd share his science-inspired artistic adventures that will have you looking at trees and nature in a whole new way and hear from the artist himself about how he melds his scientific background, portraying distinct gestures and characteristics of the trees, in creating his beautiful and unique works of art.

Please contact us for questions about the artist talk, or if you are interested in purchasing work by Dan Shepherd.

Opening reception of "Adventure Travel Series" by dnj Artists and "The Figure in Photography" by Harvard-Westlake Students