Aperture On Sight
Teaching visual literacy through photography
Coming Soon: A ten-year refresh of the original Aperture On Sight curriculum!
Welcome to Aperture On Sight!
Aperture On Sight is designed to teach visual literacy through working with photography and creating photobooks. The curriculum combines art, visual and media literacy, and technology lessons. Learn more about how to get started.
A workbook for students to accompany the Aperture On Sight curriculum and encourage open dialogue and reflection.
Curriculum
Lesson 13
In lesson thirteen, students brainstorm themes and create mind maps for their final projects. A mind map is a visual thinking tool that allows students…
Lesson 14
In lesson fourteen, students engage in an open discussion surrounding the works of Gillian Laub and LaToya Ruby Frazier, two artists who make different artistic…
Lesson 15
By lesson fifteen, students should be pursuing their book projects and how to develop their themes further. The class considers the work of Richard Renaldi…
Lesson 16
In lesson sixteen, students are asked to consider context and audience, and how these two elements impact meaning. Gordon Parks’s first photo-essay featured in Life…
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Aperture offers consulting and workshops for schools and educators seeking to engage with Aperture’s twenty-session visual literacy and photography curriculum.
Novice and experienced arts educators become comfortable leading groups of students through interpreting and creating meaningful images with the coaching of an Aperture On Sight visual literacy trainer—a professional photographer and trained arts educator.
Aperture teaching artists, who helped to write, develop, and test the Aperture On Sight curriculum, are available to provide direct educational services to schools, camps, museums or after- school/weekend programs. Our teaching artists are trained to teach the program in a variety of environments as well as work with partners to meet organizations’ needs.
About Aperture
Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.
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