The Shared Agency of Photography in Gallery Education: Open Eye Gallery Discusses Its Rethinking of Gallery Education, through the Role of Photography as a Tool for Co‐Authorship and Co‐Production

Wewiora, Elizabeth

Abstract

This article describes a current project by Liverpool organisations Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), Whitby High School (Ellesmere Port), recent partners Liverpool Hope University and Curious Minds. The school is in an area of high socio-economic deprivation and low level of cultural engagement. The project seeks to support students’ photographic and digital skills, using co-authored approaches to learning to raise young people’s overall aspiration levels. This article addresses conflicts / ethics of photography, social media and the digital in creative education today but ultimately seeks to champion photography as a tool for increased visual literacy when co-authored between both school and cultural organisation.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 25, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Deposit Date: Jun 27, 2023
• Journal: International Journal of Art & Design Education
• Print ISSN: 1476-8062
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-8070
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 747-756
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12257
• Keywords: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Education
• Additional Information: An accompanying co-written public publication of this project once the work had been completed was also made available via issu: https://issuu.com/openeyegallery/docs/belonging_-_final_design_-_single_pages