Dear Donna, Remember the day we went to the park up by the Zoo with the class? Remember when i took the picture of you blowing the dandelion? I’m really proud to inform you that i have edited that photo and now it will be the cover of the 2011 yearbook for Tigard high school. [...]
WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FOCUS ON YOUTH Contributions are fully tax deductible and will help expand photo workshops for underserved youth. FOY is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization You can help put cameras in the hands of low income disadvantaged youth by contributing to our scholarship fund. $1,000 pays for a ten week workshop [...]
Donate your used digital camera or laptop computer to Focus on Youth and get a tax write-off! Be the change you wish to see in the world….Support Focus on Youth today!
Want to see an exquisite photo exhibit get a peek at the auction items before everyone else? Join us to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and preview items to be featured at the Second Annual Focus on Youth Auction. Meet contributing local artists and enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the Q Center 4115 [...]
Upcoming Exhibits Q Center Exhibit Date: April 2011 Location: 4115 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR Blackfish Gallery Exhibit Date: May 1 to May 30, 2011 Location: 420 NW 9th Ave, Portland OR Gresham Visual Arts Gallery ”Color Explosion” Exhibit Date: January 1st – March 4th Location: Gresham City Hall, Public Safety & Schools Bldg., 1333 NW [...]
Please join us for a exquisite student photography exhibit “COLOR EXPLOSION” Artists Reception, Tuesday February 16, 2010 5:30 to 7 PM Gresham Visual Arts Gallery Public Safety & Schools Building 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham OR 97030 Exhibit will be held from January 15, 2010 to March 4, 2010Photography Exhibit Click here for a pdf
I was born in Liberia, Africa, and I am the third of seven children. My father was a fishermen and my mom sold fish at the market. My life with my family was good until the war. When I was seven years old the rebels waked my family up in the middle of the night. [...]
Focus on Youth Art Auction The auction will be held in September 2011. We need volunteers to help secure donated items for our auction. Past Auction items include framed prints from some of the field’s most acclaimed photographers locally and internationally, ocean front cabin getaways, sailboat and river raft trips, local wines, and relaxing spa [...]
Student Exhibits Gresham Visual Arts Gallery: 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham Oregon February 1, 2010 to March 4, 2010 Blue Sky Gallery: 122 NW 8th Ave Portland OR March 4, 2010 to April 1, 2010 The Portland Q Center: 4115 N Mississippi March 1, 2010 to April 1, 2010 Online Exhibit: Focus on Youth [...]
Our friend Tom Hubbard wrote this wonderful article in his website. We deeply appreciate his kind words, and hope you will read the full article on his website at Portland Metro Photographic News. The link is shown below this message from Tom. As someone interested in the enrichment of Portland’s photographic community, you’ll be [...]
Focus on Youth students will be exhibiting their images with the public for the month of June at Mayor Sam Adams office.
Winter Sessions began on January 7th and includes hands on instruction in digital photography and computer software. Our students learn professional tools to make a statement- a statement about their lives and about their communities and their world. Students are creating a cultural self-portrait that is surrounded by images expressing their own culture. The imagery [...]
