Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is a museum dedicated to exhibiting important photographic art as central to contemporary life and culture. FMoPA collects, preserves, and exhibits historic and contemporary works by nationally and internationally known photographic artists. FMoPA

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In the fall of 2001, Cynthia L. Flowers began the museum’s first children’s outreach program. It involved under-served children at the USF/Patel Partnership Elementary School located at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

From this first program, the museum developed many ongoing community programs such as the free Children’s Literacy Through Photography Program for at-risk children, and fee based adult photography classes, workshops, and children’s summer camps. In the Children’s Literacy Through Photography Program, children are inspired through hands-on workshops and field trips where photographs are taken, printed and written about by the participants. An annual reception for the children was also held at the museum.

FMoPA also offers a variety of classes taught by highly validated professionals, exploring the technical aspects of photography, the creative potential residing in everyone, and the applications towards creative practice. All the workshops can be taken as single units of particular interest, or as a full concentration resulting in certificates of completion.

We look forward to a most productive and fruitful year with over 30 workshops that cover most aspects of photography and promote photography education. FMoPA also provides guided docent tours for groups and field trips!

FMoPA additionally has a program called Prodigy, which will effectively make a difference with children that would not otherwise have access to art programs, or museums. It is increasingly clear that changing lives is at the root of any art’s social responsibilities. Through this partnership and the medium of photography, we will provide children who are socioeconomically challenged, culturally displaced or recovering from the trauma of a refugee situation with an artistic outlet.

Prodigy program will provide children with a solid foundation of photographic education, providing guidance and knowledge of the technical aspects of photography, as well as the artistic applications. The program benefits more than just photographic skills; teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking will be applicable in all of the activities that children will participate in. Students attending the program are given the opportunity to be innovative by allowing them to create a narrative using photographs on many varied topics from current global environmental issues to local socio-economic challenges. These skills and applications will ultimately be applied to a brighter future.

FMoPA has a wide variety of tours, classes, and programs for children and is constantly looking to reach as many children as possible. So please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional information or educational opportunities!

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Storytelling through Photography

Program description

Do you have a story to tell? An experience to share of a unique perspective you want to show the world? The medium of photography makes it possible for you to express your perspective and make a change in the lives of others as well as your own.

In this workshop students will learn the art of telling a story through creating a visual narrative. Multiple images have the power of expressing

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FMoPA

8132212222

info@fmopa.org

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Program Detail

Program type: Field Trip, Professional Development, Student Workshops (out-of-school)

Artistic Discipline: Media (film, video), Storytelling, Visual Arts

Subject: FIne Arts: Visual Art, Media Arts, Social Emotional Learning

Population served: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Teachers, Educators

Bilingual: No

Available dates:

Open ended.

Available times:

Ongoing.

Max number of students: 40

Length of program: 2 hours

Space / technical requirements:

If possible to provide each child with a camera please do. If not we have about 20 digital cameras available for their use. Please call us to discuss. 813.221.2222

Location(s):

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

400 North Ashley Drive, Cube 200, Tampa, FL 33602

Fees / Ticketing:

Prices vary. Please check website for details or give us a call.

www.fmopa.org/learn

813.221.2222

CPALMS Standards

Visual Art:
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6-8
Grade 9-12

Qualifications

Has conducted educational programming for 2 or more years: Yes

Performs criminal background checks on staff with youth contact: Yes

Maintains general liability insurance: Yes

Provides tools to assess student learning (workshops and residencies): Yes

Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes

Cancellation Policy

In the event that you must withdraw from a course, the following policy will be in effect:

Refunds or withdrawal requests must be sent to education@fmopa.org

The date the request email is sent will determine refund eligibility. All approved refunds take at least four weeks to process. FMoPA cannot be responsible for providing refunds for classes or programs missed as a result of student illness, student emergencies, or events beyond FMoPA’s control.

A refund or class credit can only be issued if cancellation is up to three business days prior to the class start date. No refunds / class credits will be given after that time.
Refunds require a $55 processing fee (per workshop). Class credit allows the full 100% amount paid to go towards other classes.

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

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