SNAP North York
April 2011

Pixelated Communal Portraits

By SNAP North York Staff

Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY) celebrated a community sharing event for their Pixelated Communal Portraits program, which helps young people in high-priority neighbourhoods celebrate creativity and diversity through digital portraiture. They invited Brookview Middle School residents in North York to participate in a community portrait by having their picture taken in a Snapz portable photo booth that AFCY placed on site at the school. Inviting the community to participate in a photo booth day created an opportunity for everyone to come together and explore their creative potential. These pictures will be used by the youth in the Pixelated Communal Portraits program to create a large-scale digital portrait of their community.