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High School Studio WorkshopsPhotographer Gordon Parks: The Power of the PictureNational Gallery of Art | 2018 – 2019
High School Studio WorkshopsPhotographer Gordon Parks: The Power of the PictureHigh school, grades 9 – 12 or equivalent
High School Studio Workshops combine an in-depth look
at works of art in the galleries with behind-the-scenes access
to the Education Studio, where students will create a related
art project.
Photographer Gordon Parks: The Power of the Picture
Learn about pioneering African American photographer
Gordon Parks and how he made his name representing
social injustices: racism, poverty, and economic inequality.
Create a work of art related to social justice issues, inspired
by current or historical events.
Workshops take place in December 2018 and January –
February 2019. Register online at nga.gov/highschool.
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front: Gordon Parks, Washington, D.C. Government charwoman, July 1942, Prints and Photographs Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. © Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph
left: Gordon Parks, Boys Looking in Car Window, Harlem, August 1943, Photographs and Prints Division,
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden
Foundations. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation | right: Gordon Parks, Life
Magazine, Fur Jacket, Life, October 18, 1948, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art