Tag: The AjA Project

  • AjA Students Spearhead Recycling Initiative

    By Julia Richardson Over the course of the fall semester, Monroe Clark Middle School students in The AjA Project’s PhotoCity program were busy learning about recycling and creating a brochure that outlines a new recycling initiative at the school. The students took a trip to Urban Corps to learn about California’s CRV program, which lets…

  • National Endowment for the Arts Awards Grant to The AJA Project

    Asha, 17, took this photo during an AjA Project class. The AjA Project helps refugees like Asha and other youth explore their identities and communities through photography. By Julia Richardson City Heights nonprofit The AjA Project was recommended by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive funding for its PhotoCity program. The NEA awarded…

  • Monroe Clark Students Learn Photography Techniques

    By Julia Richardson Monroe Clark Middle School students have been exploring photo techniques such as repetition, rule of thirds, silhouettes and documentary photography through The AjA Project’s PhotoCity class. Students voted on their favorite photos to share with their peers and the local community. “Warrior Pose” by Angelita, age 11. “This picture shows my classmate,…

  • Monroe Clark Middle Goes Green With Campus Garden

    A new community garden at Monroe Clark already is bearing fruit…er, vegetables.| Photo Credit: Christina Chomut By Julia Richardson Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español At first glance, photography and gardening may not appear to have much in common. But at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights, an effort aimed at having students…

  • story+LINES: Tracing San Diego’s Collective Journey Through Art

    Photo transfer portraits will be used to construct a satellite-like sculpture. The piece will “project the community’s voices into the world.” By Julia Richardson As The AjA Project team unloaded square panels of wood, acrylic medium, tables and brushes from a parked SUV and began to set-up shop at the City Heights Farmers Market on…