We partner with organizations, schools and individuals to help refugees and immigrants capture, create and share their stories. We have worked with various ages from kids, teens, adults and the elderly. Our partners involvement range from connecting us to participants to occasionally cofacilitating or funding a program.
Where I'm From (2024-Ongoing)
Portraits and poetry of people from 35 different countries now living in Fort Collins. Some are newcomers and some have been here a long while. The goal is to celebrate the diversity present in Fort Collins that is not often realized on the surface… to fill a room with people from all over the world that make our city an even more vibrant and interesting place. At our reception, you will see these amazing people on the gallery wall and also meet them in person. You can read their incredible poetry (embedded in their portraits) about where they come from and what has made them who they are. This project will continue beyond the exhibit and may eventually become a book.
Querida Familia (2023-2024)
Five families originally from Mexico, that now call Fort Collins home, chose a small handful of photographs from pivitol moments in their lives, and wrote to their family members about these moments. The photographs and writing are presented in an exhibit and online. These families are important leaders in an immigrant advocacy organization in Fort Collins called ISAAC (Interfaith Solidarity & Accompaniment Coalition) and this project was a collaboration of ISAAC and PMH.
Culture Dish 2019-Ongoing
Women gather to share their stories and traditions around their favorite meal. Each woman hosts a dinner where she cooks the dish and the group shares the meal. Each step and dinner is documented. A beautiful book featuring each woman's story, recipe and dinner is designed and printed for every Culture Dish project.
Picture Me Here Fellowship (2017-2018)
With generous support from Arts In Society, we are facilitating a year long fellowship in Creative Media for New Americans, focused on creative writing, audio storytelling, video, photography, animation and professional development. In July 2018 (reception July 27), we will have an exhibit at Colorado Photographic Arts Center and another in September at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Participants share stories on how the travel ban has impacted them
Sponsor/Partner: PMH Volunteers
New Americans contribute their photographs and creative writing to Write Denver, a city wide project
Logistics Partner: Lighthouse Writers Workshop / Write Denver & Emily Griffith Technical College
Remembering and Rebuilding (2016)
New Americans sharing their history and hopes for the future
Logistics Parter: Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
Sponsor/Grant: City of Denver Arts and Venues Imagine 2020 / Denver's Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Mini Grant
A kites and and cyanotype workshop
Logistics and Program Partner: Colorado Photographic Arts Center & Airworks Studios
Sponsor/Grant: City of Denver Arts and Venues Imagine 2020
Langtang Photo Album (2015 - ongoing)
Photographic stories from those that lost their village, community and family members in the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
Logistics and Program Partner: Rasuwa Relief & Langtang Management and Reconstruction Committee
Sponsors: Robert and Vera Bonnet of the Falcon Fund / Individual Donors
English Students at Emily Griffith Technical College (2014)
Photographic storytelling with New Americans
Logistics Partner: Emily Griffith Technical College
Sponsor/Grant: PBS/CPT12
Bhutanese Refugees document their last days in a refugee camp, their long journey to America and first impressions of life in Colorado
Logistics Partner: United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), International Organization for Migration and Caritas Nepal
Sponsors: Individual Donors
Home Country to America (2014)
Young refugees and immigrants share their memories and hopes for the future in an animation
Logistics partner and Sponsor: Lutheran Family Services / English Express Camp & Crawford Elementary
Youth from African Community Center capture their lives in photographs and share them via wheatpasting in Aurora
Logistics Partner and Sponsor: African Community Center
Teens at New America School (2014 - ongoing)
Photo storytelling classes with youth at an alternative high school in Aurora
Logistics Partner and Sponsor: New America School
Southeast Asian Youth and Moms (2013)
Intergenerational photo storytelling at Mercy Housing
Logistics Partner: Mercy Housing
Sponsor: Individual donors
Bhutanese Women's Group (2012)
Photo storytelling with recently resettled Bhutanese women
Logistics Partner: Lutheran Family Services
Sponsor: PMH Volunteers