CREATIVE LEARNING & LEARNING TO CREATE

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Ace’Awnah Greene, 16

We are excited to present the 2014 Institute of Sound and Style (ISS) Magazine. In the following pages you’ll find the artwork, activities and reflections of this years Institute

participants that explores Syracuse life. The Institute of Sound and Style, developed by Carrie Mae Weems is the merger of her passion for Art with her commitment to local communities and youth empowerment, by offering a small and talented group of youth the opportunity to develop a creative toolbox and expand their horizon. Our 6-week intensive program started in late June and ran through mid August. Held in a state of the art media lab at Syracuse University, ISS has exposed the youth to exciting career opportunities in the fields of art, music and fashion. It’s a

hip and innovative way to encourage social engagement, out of the box thinking and the pursuit of goals they didn’t realize they could accomplish. To learn more about ISS check out our

website: www.soundandstyle.org or Tumblr: www.ISS101.tumblr.com.

We also invite all our readers/supporters to participate in the ISS experience whether via donations, online and/or social media engagement, letters of support and the sharing of artistic

skill. What makes our program unique is that our kids receive a weekly paycheck based oncurrent minimum wage standards—so that they are earning while they learn.

Your support and generosity helps to make this program a success. If you would be willing to make a tax-deductible contribution of $200, $500, $1000 –or any other amount? It would mean

the world to all involved in the ISS experience.

Your Tax Deductible contribution should be made to: Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Inc.

Mail to: Institute of Sound & Style

Carr ie Mae Weems501 W. Fayette Street Studio 242

Syracuse, NY 13204

We are happy to continue our partnerships this year with Syracuse Model Neighborhood, Syracuse University, Southwest Community Center and CNY Works. And give special thanks to the many organizations and individuals that helped this year be a success: Camp Talooli, SoundDog Productions, The Redhouse Art Center, Johnson Museum of Art, our donors, our

families and our friends. We would like to thank our staff: Patrick Sopko, Michael Widger and Shorty Greene; our youth: Kyle Lane, Kahlil Williams, Sierra Belt, Nyzira Coleman, Shianna Berrios, Ace’Awnah Greene, Ashli’ana Daniels, Jasmine Turner, Cha’Deysiah Paige, Seaira

Hunter; and Carrie Mae Weems.

Welcome

C O N T R I B U T O R S

Jasmine Turner, 16

Ashli’ana Daniels, 16

Seaira Hunter, 14

Shianna Berrios, 17

Kyle Lane, 16

Nyzira Coleman, 17

Ace’Awnah Greene, 16

Sierra Belt, 16

Cha’Deysiah Paige, 16

Kahlil Williams, 17

Photo Team

Video Team

Design Team

D o It Yo u r s e l f

3 Steps To

Change Your Style!

BEFORE

AFTER

Step 1 : Cut off Your Collar And Sleeves With Your Stcissors

Step 2 : Start Cutting Fringes At The Bottom All The Way With Your Scissors.

Make It Your Own!

Done!

1 Tool: Scissors

Step 3: WEAR

HAVE FUN in the sun @

520 county route 54 Pennellville, NY 13132Phone (315)695-5932

Make new friends Meetnew people

Try the megadog!!

Sleep in our roomy cabins

Come swim in our fascinating lake

Jan has been working at Camp Talooli for 30 years currently as Executive Director. She loves her job and plans to be back next year for another round. Living near the camp makes traveling to work very easy. She did not attend Camp Talooli when she was young but she says she still belonged to the program.

Tom has been attending Camp Talooli for 13 years. He first started at 7 years old. He’s been working for 4 years as camp staff. Tom loves to watch the kids grow and have fun. He believes they are all special in their own way. This will be Tom’s last year as a staff member because he has to get an internship.

Sun, Bugs and FunISS visits Camp Talooli. We talk with campers and

staff while connecting with nature.Interviewed & Photographed by Ashli’ana & Seirra

Jenn is 19 years old, she has been attending Camp Talooli since she was 9 years old. She started working as camp staff at 16. Her favorite things to do are sing songs with the kids and make art.

13 year old Noah enjoys swim-ming and hanging out with his friends. He is in his first year of training to become a staff member at Camp Talooli. He loves everything about the camp,except the Bees!

Abby and Sage are best friends! They both like art, archery and cooking. They both like to make new friends and they both hate bugs. Abby (green shirt) is 11 years old and has been coming to Camp Talooli for 3 years. Sage (white shirt) is 10 years old. This is Sage’s first year. They both want to work at the camp when they get older, because they love the positive and encouraging place.

Keith is 11 years old, he has been attending Camp Talooli for 3 years straight. He is looking forward to becoming a staff member at the camp because everyone knows him. All the kids going to the camp are encouraged to take on leader-ship roles and train to be camp counselor or staff. His favorite thing to do is participate in all the games and help cook the megadogs.

F O O D

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Want to eat food?

Rice on the side?

NO

Sea food?

Red Lobster.

YES

Desert?

YES

Jerk Hut.

NODIE!!!

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With beans?

YES

Strong Hearts On The Hill.YES

Spicy?

Empire Buffet.

YES

With pastelillo?

Don Juan Cafe.

YES

Vegetarian?Strong Hearts Cafe719 east genesse st.

Jerk Hut440 south ave.

Don Juan Cafe102 grand ave.

Empire Buffet3179 erie

boulevard.

Red Lobster 2965 erie

boulevard.

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Try SomeThing new

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O p e n L e t t e r t o o u r C i t y

Dear Syracuse,

I am sick of the quiet racism in my community, and the self-segregation. It’s swept under the

rug because they say it was dealt with some time ago. Such things only seem to be acknowledged when someone famous says a racial slur.

I am tired of the parents who have kids for food stamps and because they were “In Love’’. They

seem not to care about their children. What of-ten happens is that boys take to the street looking for respect and girls take to the corners whoring themselves out searching desperately for “Love”. This becomes a never-ending cycle.

I am disappointed in the fact that some parents have to live the burden of burying their chil-

dren before they turn 20. I was raised to believe that I am suppose to burry my mother and father when they reach old age. That way they could see me graduate high school, go to college and live my life.

But most of all, I’m sick, tired and disappointed of the fact that all of these topics and many

others have people not living life. Unable to stop and smell the roses and most of all smile.

Sincerely, Me

Written and Photographed by: Jasmine

Don’t y’all miss Mattydale? So, Why not stop the Violence?

All the Fighting, Shooting, Child Abuse and Gang Banging?

There will be better opportunities in our community if all of the negativity stops. Why don’t parents care for their children as much as before? Why let the babies have babies instead of making them go to school and graduate, so the graduation rate will increase the gradua-tion rate so they can get a good job? No mother should have to bury their child or lose them to the streets. Syracuse will be a much better place if everyone makes better decisions. Stop following what everyone else is doing and be your-self. Be a role model to our younger generation. Once you prove to everyone that you can do it, others will realize that they can do it too. Everybody can be somebody. You have to try hard enough so you can get somewhere in life. Let’s make our community a safe beautiful place to live.

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Dear Community,

We have some problems that we need to adjust. One problem is young girls in the streets having chil-dren. They are barely old enough to drive and they are already pushing baby strollers. They have traded in parks and candy for parties and pot.

The problem is that we are not allowed to be children anymore. When parents are barely more than a child themselves how can they be expected to raise children? SLOW DOWN! Remember how to have fun. Drugs and sex should not be methods of entertainment. Lets learn to love, laugh, and live life.

Sincerely, A child at heart Sierra B.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the cigarette buds lying on the bumpy black concrete and the nice sized gray rocks on the ground in the parking lot.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the Water from the ice-skating rink in the Winter and What helps the Waterfall floW in the summer.

What is syracuse? syracuse is the centro bus that pulls in the hub every tWenty minutes.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the music We choose to share With one another.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the little fly in the air trying to find a safe place for landing.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the fast food restaurants With the tasty french fries.

What is syracuse?syracuse is the blue sky With the pretty White clouds.

What is syrcause?syracuse is the basketball team everyone screams loud for hoping that they Will Win by tWo.

What is syracuse?Poem by: Seaira H.

Theater of the Oppressed & Playground for Spirital Misfits. Activites to help open our inner self and connect to emotions we often repress.

i f y o u r e a l l y

k n e W ME...

Here i am. Walking down the road. I see. I dont like.

I think to myself. What did he do wrong? Was he being bad? Did he hurt some?

I hear her scream. I see him cry. “Can i get one?” Tears in his eyes. Only thing going thru my mind is What does he want?

Hes to young to go thru that. She doesn’t see it. He needs hugs & kisses. Play dates &Ice cream. A mother who loves him.

Created by: Shianna

Photograph by: Jasmine

Realize, your dark past can become a bright future.

- Seaira Hunter

What is life without basketball?

I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I just know for sure I’m going to keep playing basketball. - Kevin Durant.

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. - LeBron James.

Eat, Sleep, Breath, Basketball. -Unknown

Photography by: Seaira H.

JOHNSON MUSEUM

INTERVIEW • ISS: Where do you get the money to keep the art pieces? • HFJ: We do fund raising for some of the art and we also use

some of the donation money.

• ISS: Who donates?• HFJ: Mostly Cornell students & Alumni

• ISS: How much does it cost to do the exhibition? • HFJ: Hundreds and thousands of dollars because of shipping

• ISS: How did you start?• HFJ: Well I first went to school for art then I worked in Buffalo

until the position heret at the museum opened. I really wanted the job.

• ISS: Do you like your job?• HFJ: Yes! It’s like a dream job!

• ISS: Any artwork that you wanted in the past that you couldn’t receive?

• HFJ: Yes sometimes we don’t have enough funds or another museum gets the artwork before us.

OF ART

Written by: Char’ P.

Walking up to this 60,000 square foot building absolutely took my breath away. When I stepped foot into the building I soon became speechless. The art was beyond beautiful. Once you get a grasp of the artwork and the concept you can pull a million stories from it. Alana Ryder is the Curatorial Coordinator of Academic Programs. She was our tour guide for the day and she was great! Alana kept us involved with many questions. ISS saw artwork from our very own Carrie Mae Weems. We looked at the full set of photographs from her series Not Manet’s Type. The work was made in 1997 but it was interesting seeing her in the art plus digging deeper into the mean-ing of it. The Johnson Museum Of Art has a diverse collection of art. From Asian and American Art to prints and drawings plus everything in between. The building was built by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners who recieved a commission to build the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell University campus. This was the third museum building the company created and was the most complex. You can visit and take tours for just $1.50! For more about the museum and cool facts visit their website: Museum.Cornell.edu

MonoprintingJOHNSON MUSEUM

OF ARTwith the

Monoprinting is a form of printmaking which a single impression of an image is made from a reprintable block.

ISS was encouraged to get their hands dirty and try this techinic.

Detail of a monoprint made with arclyic paint

Monoprints made by Jasmine

S y r a c u s e S u m m e r S t y l e

F a s h i o n

Stand out... Why not ?

- Photographs by Nyzira

Melissa Rodriguez 16’ Fowler High School

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ISS: What do you wanna be when you grow up?MR: I want to be a cop. ISS: What do you enjoy most about summer?MR: Traveling with friends ISS: Is there any place in particular you would like to travel too?MR: Yes, Jamaica and Puerto RicoISS: If you could change anything about Syracuse what would it be?MR: I would stop the violenceISS: What’s your favorite restaurant? MR: Olive Garden ISS: What are some pro-grams you were in-volved in this summer? MR: Syracuse University Summer classes

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

NaJahla Whitehead

17’ Henniger High SchoolSophomore

NW: I do more with my house and baby-sitting, I actually didn’t find out about CNY Works until today.ISS: What sports do you play?NW: Football.ISS: If you could travel anywhere where would you go?NW: Paris,Arizona & Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

ISS: How do you feel about Syracuse?NW: Its alright, I would change a couple of things.ISS: What would you change about Syracuse?NW: I wish we had more fun things to do, people are always ruining something.ISS: How have you been spending your summer so far?NW: Review classes, working and sports, otherwise I’ve been hanging out.ISS: Where do you work? Why don’t you work through CNY Works?

The Hurt

Someone ’s l i fe was taken r ight in f ront of h is brother ’ s house in the c i ty of Syracuse. This i sn ’ t the only death of a young black male and won ’ t be the last . The sad part about the k i l l ing of young black men is that we are hurt ing each other . One of these young men could have been anything when they got o lder and their voice could have made a di f ference in our community . -Kahl i l W.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. - Coco Chanel

Fashion is a great thing, it’s a way to express who you are. - Zendaya

E V E N I N GC H I C

Photography by: Sierra B.

F a m i l y WHEN YOUR LIVING IN HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE

EVEN THROUGH WE FACE HARD TIMESAT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER

WE ARE STILL FAMILY

Who ever said that diamonds are a girls best friend, never had a dog. - Unknown

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. - Evripides

The art of

Construction

Street Photography

Photography by: Seirra B.

The Redhouse offers various forms of educational programming from Rock Camp for young musician to an intense month long theatrical institute for actors.

ISS reviewed the world famous and tDisney classic: Tarzan. Plus got a chance to interview some of the actors/actresses. It was a beautiful performance along

Behind the Scenes @The Redhouse Arts Center

Tony, Sound Director

ISS - What is the best thing about your job? Tony - Seeing it all come together at the end and seeing the audience’s reaction.ISS - If Redhouse could improve on anything to make it better, what exactly would that be?Tony - We are always improving and learning. ISS - Did you think you would have this job as a child? Tony - As a child I always wanted to get a job in sound or music.ISS - Where do you work now? Tony - O.C.C Teaching Radio/Music. ISS - Have you ever made your own music? Tony - Sometimes we don’t have a correct sound so we make our own.ISS - Do you like your job ?Tony - I love it!ISS - How did you start? Tony - In school.

Max, Actor

ISS - What is your favorite thing to do at your job? Max - Just to jump around on stage. ISS - What is your interest?Max - Theater work. ISS - When did you start?Max - In the 8th grade

with the glorious cast and stage crew. The performance made it feel as if you were really there experiencing and participating. The singing was magnificent as well as the amazing directors and producers. The choreography was very well rehearsed. Overall the experience was enchanting and the café establishment made it a double threat.

#ThumbsUp #RedCafe #SyracusesFinest

ISS youth got a chance to expand on what they learned at the Johnson Museum and make monotypes. A monotype is a cross between a painting and a printing process. We worked with professor Dusty Herbig from the SU printmaking department. We painted on a non-porous surface such as a sheet of glass or a zinc plate with lithographic ink which is oil based. Afterwards it’s transferred to paper through the use of the printing press. After the paper has been printed on, the surface of the plate is re-manipulated and another print can be pulled from the plate. This is called working with “the ghost”. As a group we worked together to create a series of 9 plus a portfolio, each one unique in style.