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STUDIO PORTRAITURE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
Aaron Calero
Kaleb Juarez
Andrew Mejia
Tiffany Parker
Maya Hernandez
Lucciano Mejia
Nicholas Hernandez
Melanie Garcia Lopez
Andrea Hernandez
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DISPLACEMENT- Week 2
Rrrrriiiipppp! The sound of newspaper shredding fills the air at HOLA’s Public Art Residency as three large structures begin to take form. Arriving students are greeted by mountains of newsprint, powertools, stacks of scrap wood, 300 feet of chicken wire, and gallons of glue. Week 2 of Displacement is off to a monumental start!
We begin the day with another inspiring guest speaker, Trinidad Ruiz. He is a visual artist, community organizer, and educator working at the intersection of creativity, community, and tenant activism. Currently, he makes a difference in his positions at we.LA and the Love House. He shared his story of how collective action stopped displacement in his neighborhood.
Soon, the students divide into teams supported by Michael and Alyse. In one corner of the room staple guns punctuate the air as chicken wire and boxes are assembled. A small group of students listen carefully in the back as they learn to operate the saw. On the side, a whiteboard begins to fill as a group debates title ideas. Everywhere, students are mixing glue, water, and newspaper to create larger than life sculptures.
Before our eyes emerge the bones of the structures we choose as a group: a suitcase, a duck, and a tree. Next week, special guest artists will help students bring these pieces to life. Stay tuned for more!
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selenagomez: @heartoflosangeles you do amazing things for the children of Los Angeles. Thank you for letting me stop by!
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#Repost @sashaalexander ・・・ Sunday family fun w/ @rene.jones @annaaschafer supporting @heartoflosangeles @unitedtalentagency @utafoundation #UTAxHOLA
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a beautiful memory! always a blessing to work with the youth, get your hands in the dirt and bring some new life to mother earth. when you grow what you eat, you know what you eat. #noGMOs #repost @heartoflosangeles ・・・ Our students show the 🌎 a little love! Celebrate #EarthDayLA! HOLA students found so much joy when they got to plant in our small community garden, spending more time in nature after being in class, with @ziggymarley, who visited. #throwbackthursday #tbt #tgw
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Flash back Friday .. This is part of a portrait project I did in collaboration with @heartoflosangeles and the @ypafoundation I love teaching kids photography! The picture on the left was taken by the student on the right. Her portrait was inspired by her image. . . . . . . . . #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #photography #teachingkids #photostudent #shootfilm #filmisnotdead #teach #phototeacher #portraits #cat #student #light #shadow #lookingup #flashback #flashbackfriday #fbf (at Los Angeles, California)
#nonprofitorganization#filmisnotdead#phototeacher#nonprofit#shadow#flashback#teach#teachingkids#photography#photostudent#flashbackfriday#shootfilm#student#fbf#portraits#light#cat#lookingup
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#hola #heartoflosangeles #hispanicowned @hola_co
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SHUTTER DRAG WITH STROBE LESSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
AARON CALERO
MATTHEW BARRERA
KALEB JUAREZ
ANDREW MEJIA
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HOME SWEET STREET- Week 5
Ready, set, paint! Week 5 of HOLA’s public art residency is a burst of sound and color. Alyse Emdur kicks off the final days by singing some tenants rights songs for the group and soon the whole room fills with students’ voices.
“We, we, we shall not be moved
We, we, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree, standing by the water
We shall not be moved
No, no, no nos moverán.
No, no, no nos moverán.
Como un árbol, firme junto al río,
No nos moverán.”
In smaller groups we discuss chants, rhymes, and verses. Which ones speak to the vision of the project? How will we present the work to the public? The students receive some instruction from Michael and Alyse about color before dedicating themselves to painting our ambitious pieces. Some cultivate paper mache lemons and invent their own currency to adorn the lemon tree. Others plant shades of brown, green, and pink onto the trunk. A group by the door becomes a giant pop of yellow as the biggest rubber duck I’ve seen brightens the room. At the suitcases, students engage in a debate about the hierarchy of wealth and decide to show this by painting designer handbags.
Throughout the process chants break out sporadically. As the final minutes tick by, paint continues to fly onto the sculptures. A student sits on the floor, his white socks now splattered with color, intently lettering “Home Sweet Street” on the side of the duck. We are ready. Are you?
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"The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better—to fight for a better living." #ziggymarleyquotes @ziggymarley #ziggymarley #wednesdaywisdom @heartoflosangeles #heartoflosangeles #tgw
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OVERPOWERING DAYLIGHT WITH PORTABLE STROBE KIT
photography by:
Melanie Garcia Lopez
TIffany Parker
Kaitlyn Perez
Rhen Colocho
Ashley Chilel
Maya Hernandez
Helen Hernandez
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The Ideal X- Week 4
Watersheds, containers, and coded messages kept us busy during Week 4 of The Ideal X! Students focused on creating their individual shipping containers, using a combination of pencils, paints, paper, and glue to tell unique stories. Their designs tackle gender equality, ocean pollution, identity, and more. Although every piece is different, they share common inspiration in the complexity of shipping containers.
After a productive session with our containers, LA Water Keeper joined us for a special presentation and hands-on workshop. We learned about pollution in the Los Angeles watersheds and advocacy efforts like the Creeks to Coast program that protect our water. In groups we built our own mini watersheds out of foil, then polluted them with “oil,” “toxins,” and “feces” (represented by various delicious sauces!) to see how the movement of water affects our environment.
Finally, we came together to answer an important question: what is The Ideal X’s message to the community? Students nominated short phrases that could be translated into maritime flag code on our giant banner. Eventually two front runners emerged: DO SOMETHING and STAY ALIVE. After several heated rounds of voting, we had a winner-STAY ALIVE.
Stay tuned to learn more about The Ideal X’s message of learning to survive, take action, and thrive.
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1/26/23
The big fire....a diverted lesson on photojournalism.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
Ibeth Bernal
Ashley Chilel
Melanie Garcia Lopez
Maya Hernandez
Kaitlyn Perez
Rhen Colocho
Aaron Calero
Kaleb Juarez
Andrew Mejia
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STUDIO PRODUCT SHOOT
Photography by:
Dalton Cantor
Wendy Garcia
Lucciano Mejia
Tiffany Parker
Kaitlyn Perez
Violet Zepeda
Ashley Chilel
Nicholas Hernandez
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PORTRAITURE WITH STUDIO LIGHTING
Photography by:
Dalton Cantor
Wendy Garcia
Diego Gonzalez
Kaitlyn Perez
Violet Zepeda
Esther Chavez
Ashley Chilen
Nicholas Hernandez
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PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
Can you see what the HOLA photographers needed to spell out?
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