June 2-26, 2010

Etch-A-Sketch

A project by SoEx’s Youth Advisory Board

On View: June 2 – June 26th, 2010 at SoEx

Lead Teaching Artist: Monica Martinez

Assistant Teaching Artist: Meg Escude

Artist Intern: Veronica Graham

Community Partners: Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) and the Mayors Youth Education Employment Program (MYEEP).

Youth Advisory Board Members:  Essence Alexander, Pedro Aquino, Andrea Bautista, Angela Hernandez, Daniel Lemus, Paris Malone, Christian Mejia, Samuel Polanco, Benito Rodriguez, Katerin Romero, Lucy Thrupp, Julio Soria, Sophia Singleton, Tristan Vranizan, Natalie Rios, Genesis Ramirez, Stephanie Lopez and Dennis Vargas.

Southern Exposure’s Youth Advisory Board presents Etch-A-Sketch, the exciting culmination of 19 weeks of building, planning, researching, and going out into the city to conduct interviews with local business owners. YAB has created mobile display units that enable them to share ideas, objects and products they developed and conceived with the public. Inspired by markets of exchange, students investigated contemporary artists whose work in influenced by bartering, skill sharing, and trade-economies; and researched artwork influenced by the aesthetics of underground economies. Join us for an event of interactive bartering, live musical performances by YAB and their friends, refreshments and snacks!