The Martinez Street Women’s Center proudly presents the annual Girls with Cameras photography exhibit.
As part of the Center’s mission to empower young women in East and Southeast San Antonio, their afterschool Studio4FM program invited girls ages 9-14 to pick up a camera and document their community under the guidance of a professional photographer.
Girls learned the basics of photography as an art form and learned to be critical and conscious consumers of commercial photography in the media. Girls were then allowed to take cameras home to put into to practice all they learned! They photographed their families, traditions, holidays and community events, to
Please join us for the art exhibit opening!
Free and open to the public.
The Girls Empowerment Program is a comprehensive, community-based educational program for neighborhood girls between the ages of 9 to 14 at the Martinez Street Women’s Center. Employing culturally responsive enrichment activities and community mentorship, we create a nurturing environment for girls’ healthy expression and a place for their brilliant minds to grow. The goal of Studio4FM is to enhance academic potential, nurture high self esteem and build a girl-empowered community.
Martínez Street Women’s Center is a resource center for Women in East and Southeast San Antonio to support the active participation of women and girls in the pursuit of their own physical, emotional, and social well being. The Martínez Street Women’s Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and all donations to the Center are tax deductible.
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