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One group went to the 3CDC site at 1400 Vine Street and photographed the construction there while the other group returned to the Drop Inn Center to work with the writing group. Working in pairs with men from the group, they produced poems with the prompt "We are:" to accompany images. The poems sought to capture a collective voice that has been formed in dialogue between the students and the writing group participants.
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After meeting with Miami University students at the Center for Community Engagement and viewing the Hank Willis Thomas show at the Art Academy last week, we returned to 3CDC and the Drop Inn Center this week to photograph. While some students filmed poetry readings at the Drop Inn Center, others toured shops in the Gateway District.
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One group from the class returned to the Drop Inn Center this week. On the way there each student chose a poem written by one of the members of the Drop Inn Center's creative writing group and captured images on our walk to match the writing. The other group photographed at the Belmain, a newly renovated living space by 3CDC.
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The students had the opportunity to review their images in the computer lab this week and choose images that they wanted to display here. Some students edited their images, and others wrote captions and did creative writing to accompany the images that they chose.
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Building on our previous meeting with the men's writing group, SCPA students continued to develop their relationships with Drop Inn Center residents by working one on one to develop a series of creative portraits. Other memebers of the SCPA class visited a construction site on the 1400 block of Vine street which consists of several buildings being developed for mixed residential and retail use. This is one of many projects coordinated by 3CDC and is being managed by The Northpoint Group.

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Jim Burkhart from the Cincinnati Park Board met us in Washington Park and spoke to us about the park's history as a landmark in Over the Rhine. The students spent the remainder of the class photographing the park.

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A picture is a word, a song, a poem. Students translated stories and themes from their favorite songs and poems into photographs and discovered new methods of creative expression.

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We explored self-image by describing ourselves to others and then directing one another on how we wanted to be photographed.

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During the first class, we familiarized ourselves with the digital cameras and began to to explore new methods of viewing the world around us. We took pictures in and around Washington Park.