JAM LAB


On May 7, the Jamboree for Arts & Music held its first JAM LAB at Manhattan’s Brick Space studio. At the day-long photography and portraiture workshop, thirty teenagers came together to work with photographer Garance Doré, model Claudia Masson, designers Jeff Halmos of Shipley & Halmos and Lisa Mayock of Vena Cava, and performance artist Ryan McNamara to create their own photo shoots. The pumping soundtrack was provided by students learning how to DJ from spinners Orazio Rispo and Jus Ske.

San Francisco-based nonprofit Nuvana launched JAM in March to show the world “what sustainable arts education looks like.” Participants were selected from six local public high schools that have incorporated the JAM program into their curriculum. The inventive roster of young professionals from the music, art, and fashion worlds was gathered together by Lily Kwong, who helped spearhead the event. The mentors were there to inspire students and lend an expert hand—that is until everyone saw the creative energy the kids possessed. As Kwong herself admits, “It was the students who were the experts on Saturday.”

For more information on JAM and Nuvana, visit www.jam4art.org or www.nuvana.org.

Photography by Olivia Barad.

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