Queens Community House-led video and photography
exhibition to be displayed at Center of Maple Grove
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“rooted in colors,”
which explores the
process of self-awareness
by learning composition
and lighting
through the lens of a
digital camera.
“Through these photographs,
the young
women build an appreciation
of their world
and who they are and
how they contribute to
society,” SVP Program
Coordinator Taylor Faiella
said. “These images
have biome pieces of
who these individuals
are, and these pieces
come together to bring
their roots of colors
into their lives.”
The exhibition is
open to the public at the
Center of Maple Grove
located inside the
cemetery at 127-15 Kew
Gardens Road.
“I was so proud to
see my daughter’s photographs
on display
at Maple Grove,” said
Meghan Geraci, parent
of SVP program
participant Lauren
Ramirez. “She looked
forward to seeing her
friends and counselors
each week for SVP and
came home with a story
every time.”
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by e-mail at
bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
BY BILL PARRY
The historic Maple
Grove Cemetery in the
heart of Kew Gardens
is hosting a special
visual arts exhibition
beginning Monday,
Aug. 23.
Queens Community
House (QCH), one of
the largest social service
organizations in
the borough, partnered
with the nonprofit
Friends of Maple Grove
to host QCH’s summer
video and photography
(SVP) program for
young women exhibition
at the sprawling
65-acre cemetery until
Sept. 20.
“The SVP program
gives young women
another avenue for creative
expression,” QCH
Executive Director Ben
Thomases said. “Having
their photographs
on display for the public
at Maple Grove Cemetery
is a great way to
acknowledge everything
they learned this
summer about photography,
the Queens community
and, most importantly,
themselves.”
The SVP program
provides young women
ages 13 to 18 with basic
photography skills and
offers opportunities
to take photographs
while exploring different
neighborhoods in
Queens.
This year, the program
collaborated with
the Josephine Herrick
Project and welcomed a
professional photographer
to teach enhanced
photography skills to
the participants.
“I thoroughly enjoyed
my time in the
SVP program and
learned a lot about photography
techniques,
such as ‘frame within
a frame’ and using lead
lines,” SVP program
participant Isabella
Chow said.
This summer, the
five-week-long program
had 22 participants,
and each young
woman was able to display
three of their own
photographs at the exhibition.
At the start of the
program each year,
the young women get
to choose the theme for
their summer work.
This year’s theme was
Queens Community House is presenting a photo
exhibition of its young women’s summer program at
Maple Grove Cemetery. Photo courtesy of QCH
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