CITY ARTS : The Eyes Have It
It’s partly a photo exhibit and partly a chronicle of a community framed through the eyes of six residents. “We want to show people who we are,” said Grace Campos, 17, one of six youths hired to document life in the Pico-Aliso housing project this summer for the “We Live Here! Nosotros Vivimos Aqui!” exhibit.
“We want to let the other part of society see that our community is the same or better. We want to show them how united we are and how good we are.”
Although many of the photos focus on gangs and their impact on the community, the spectrum of photos is as varied as the residents and includes poems and a video made by the six artists.
The project was put together by Proyecto Pastoral at the Dolores Mission Church.
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“We Live Here! Nosotros Vivimos Aqui!,” through Nov. 14 at Dolores Mission Church, 135 N. Mission Road, 3 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, free admission; (213) 881-0018 .
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