The First Weekend of Citywide Community Portrait Workshops!

What an incredible two days of community connections we just had as we launched our first Winston-Salem Portrait Project Workshops!!

This past weekend, half of the selected participants from all around the city came together at UNCSA and learned more about each other’s lives and communities. They were given the opportunity to form deeper and more long-lasting relationships across city divides and through their storytelling, create meaningful portraits of each other.

We were blown away by the incredible bonds that were formed in a matter of hours by just challenging these wonderful Winston-Salem residents to think about how to capture their partner’s story within a single photographic portrait.

We set up four, professional portrait studios for each pair and then took portraits of the pair together after they had formed their new found friendships. All portraits will be exhibited with the unveiling of the permanent sculpture next year!

Looking forward to the third and fourth rounds of workshops this coming weekend and witnessing the blossoming of many more connections across the city!

Thank you to our photographer Christian Green & Studio assistant, Bryce Johnson for capturing the day for us!