Oct 20: Auction Puts Photos by D.C. Youth Next to Pulitzer Prize Winners
Contact:
Alison Hanold
Phone: 202-745-3745 x14
Auction Puts Photos by D.C. Youth Next to Pulitzer Prize Winners
"Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment Through Photography" Set for October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Images by both inner-city D.C. students and world-class professional photographers, including Pulitzer Prize winners and contributors to National Geographic, will be on display at a silent auction on October 20th. Proceeds from the auction, hosted by Critical Exposure, will provide more low-income students with the opportunity and training to create social change through photography.
WHAT: Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment Through Photography, a reception and silent auction of professional photographs to benefit young artists and advocates.
WHEN: The event will be held on Thursday, October 20th, from 6:30-9:00pm.
HOW: Tickets can be purchased by going to www.criticalexposure.org/
WHERE: The DLA Piper Building Atrium, 500 8th St. NW (Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro).
ABOUT: Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment Through Photography is Critical Exposure's 4th annual reception and silent auction to provide opportunities for low-income youth to learn to use photography as an advocacy tool for school reform and social change. The auction will consist of images donated by world-class photographers, including Pulitzer Prize winners and contributors to National Geographic. All funds raised will be used to support Critical Exposure's programs.
Founded in 2004, Critical Exposure uses a unique approach to empower young people to improve their lives and address serious issues by combining art with advocacy. Students use photography to document challenges they face like inequities in education, poor school facilities, teen pregnancy, and youth homelessness. Students then learn to use their images and voices to build support for solutions. Critical Exposure has trained more than 1,000 students and helped secure more than $500 million of new funding for public schools in underserved communities.
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