{"id":118988,"date":"2023-05-31T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118988"},"modified":"2023-05-31T20:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T00:00:54","slug":"gedp-overtown-media-arts-team-up-to-unveil-kids-banners-at-the-west-ward-market-during-a-special-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118988","title":{"rendered":"GEDP &#038; Overtown Media + Arts Team Up to Unveil Kids\u2019 Banners at the West Ward Market During a Special Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funded by the West Ward Community initiative (GEDP), has been working with Overton Media + Arts to support the cost of printing for a special children\u2019s photography project that encompasses (14) 4X4 banners. The banners will feature the children\u2019s creative images as they will be hung on the chain link fence surrounding Cottingham Stadium. The official installation and unveiling of these symbolic pieces of art\u00a0 was\u00a0 Wednesday, May 31<sup>st<\/sup>, at 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-118992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image.png 906w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Inside Outside World<\/em>\u00a0is a series of images made by young artists in a photography workshop at the Easton Area Community Center. Workshop participants learned about the history of portrait photography, and looked at work by contemporary artists working in portraiture to inspire their own portraits and self-portraits while learning techniques of composition, staging, lighting and color.<br \/>\nIn our selfie-saturated world, the young artists investigated ways that intentional and thoughtful images can create meaning and reflect both how we feel on the inside and how we want to be represented to the outside. Combining images made with digital cameras and black and white Polaroid film the artists identified some themes running through their work, including themes of nature, reflection, and \u201cinside\/outside\u201d framing that led them to design the title of the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see this as the first of many projects aimed at engaging the children of the West Ward.\u00a0In the West Ward, children ages 5-17 make up more than 23% of the population so\u00a0we look forward to future photo projects\u00a0designed where we help them develop a sense of pride in their neighborhood.\u00a0\u00a0We see the West Ward Market as a gathering space for all members of the community, and especially children who are so involved in our other programming like the YMCA, Community Bike Works, Easton Garden Works, POP and more.\u201d insights Tanya,\u00a0Manager of West Ward Community Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The West Ward Market is open 3 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m. Wednesdays through September<\/p>\n<p>The West Ward Market (<a href=\"https:\/\/westwardmarket.com\/\">https:\/\/westwardmarket.com\/<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0is a collaboration between the Easton Market District and the West Ward Community Initiative. The Market provides fresh, high-quality food products directly to consumers and strives to support local agriculture as well as West Ward businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-118991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OMAC_15_Title-Banner_sm-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221;\u00a0<strong>The Inside Outside World<\/strong>\u00a0project provides an opportunity for these young artists to celebrate their creativity and showcase their work to their peers and the public &#8211; including the ten thousand plus shoppers that will visit the market over the course of the season!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Megan McBride, Easton Market District Director.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nJessica Schirripa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eastonpartnership.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eastonpartnership.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funded by the West Ward Community initiative (GEDP), has been working with Overton Media + Arts to support the cost of printing for a special children\u2019s photography project that encompasses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118988\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GEDP &#038; Overtown Media + Arts Team Up to Unveil Kids\u2019 Banners at the West Ward Market During a Special Reception<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5718,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easton","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/inside-out-world.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}