Come With Me...

Established nearly a decade ago, the West End School is a free, private, college-preparatory elementary and middle school for young men. Among the many dynamic programs that contribute to the students’ growth, their art therapy program, with its guiding principle “There is no right or wrong way to make art!,” is particularly valuable. In collaboration with Wall Together, the Come With Me photographic exhibition is a personal expression of the young men’s experiences at the West End School. Members of the Speed Museum staff spent five weeks working with the middle school youngsters as they learned about composition, visual storytelling, and photographic techniques, a process that culminated in students using Holga cameras to document their perspectives of campus life. Once their photo project was complete, students traded the image for the word and wrote poetry to accompany their visual narratives.

The results range from serious to playful, candid to reflective – all of them as thoughtful and unique as the artists that composed them. Come with them on their journey and they’ll show you…

View more photos of Wall Together and West End School collaboration on Facebook.