[BHS etree] SENIORS: Prom Pictures

[bhs at idiom.com]

Do not reply to etree, contact Bayeté Ross Smith 
mailto:bayete at causecollective.com or 917-721-8899

Bay area artist and educator Bayeté Ross Smith 
will be taking pictures at this year's prom.   He 
would greatly appreciate your assistance by 
allowing him to photograph your kids for this 
project.

This is Free.  Students should go to D148 for 
more info and to sign up!  Spots are limited.

Pomp and Circumstance: First Time To Be Adults
Bayeté Ross Smith is a local artist and educator 
teaching at The California College of the Arts 
(CCA). He has exhibited his work locally in the 
Bay Area and internationally in places such as 
Europe and Africa. His most recent 
accomplishments include the video mosaic, Along 
the Way, which was an official selection for the 
2008 Sundance Film Festival; an exhibition of his 
work, Our Kind Of People, at City Hall in San 
Francisco; a fellowship at the Kala Arts 
Institute in Berkeley; a feature story about him 
in the Fall 2007 issue of Exposure, a 
twice-yearly publication from the Society for 
Photographic Education; and a commission from the 
Oakland Airport in conjunction with the Cause 
Collective in 2007.

Bayeté's current project is an exploration of 
high school proms as a rite of passage in 
American society. This tradition is often the 
first time teenagers have to as adults, with 
their communities complete consent and he is 
interested in this expression of identity at the 
start of adulthood. Also, within the greater 
genre of portraiture, Bayeté is interested in how 
the prom picture serves as a document of this 
identity and where it stands within our social 
history as a memorial

Berkeley High is an important institution in the 
Bay Area. It stands as one of the more diverse 
institutions in regards to racial and ethnic make 
up, but also in regards to thought and ideology. 
This project is a good opportunity for the 
students to be heard and recognized, both within 
and outside their communities in the Bay Area 
Bayeté has received permission from Vernon Walton 
and Chris Young and will be taking pictures at 
this year's prom. He would greatly appreciate 
your assistance by allowing him to photograph 
your kids for this project.

For any addtitonal information or any questions 
contact Bayeté Ross Smith at: 
bayete at causecollective.com or 917-721-8899


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