Picture from the last workshop (Spring 2022)

About: 

In partnership with Youth in Focus, the Seattle Japanese Garden is pleased to host our second youth photography workshops in the garden. Young photographers (from grades 8 through 12), come and learn about the Japanese stroll garden, tea ceremony, and create inspiring images for our community. 

With the instructor, Bryn Mooney from Youth in Focus, you will expand your knowledge of DSLR cameras, composition, and storytelling through taking photographs in the garden. 

At the end of the workshop, you will submit one picture to be printed and framed. Your framed print will be showcased at our community room at the Seattle Japanese Garden.   

Instructor: bryn mooney (she/her)

Instructor: bryn mooney

bryn is a passionate arts educator who has been working in community for 15+ years. She has taught/mentored internationally and locally with orgs like Coyote Central, Powerful Voices, and Kirkland Arts Center, but her journey began at Youth in Focus as a classroom mentor ages ago. She couldn’t be more excited to be back!

bryn see’s photography as a profound tool for community building. Through images we share stories, communicating in another language, one that can be more accessible than words. Her goal is to help foster the space to explore vulnerability and creativity while providing new tools for youth to amplify their own voice.

bryn loves salty snacks, surprises, the magic of shadows in the evening light. Always in motion, you can catch her bike commuting, in the high mountains, or diving for a frisbee.

Qualification to attend: 

• You are a student from Grade 8 through Grade 12

• You have a love of and are interested in photography 

• You want to learn about Japanese garden and culture 

The workshop includes: 

• Admission to the Garden 

• Tea ceremony demonstration by a Seattle based tea practitioner 

• Guided tour by our volunteer guide 

• A camera will be provided for use by the Youth in Focus

• The link to download your digital images  

• One framed print will be created after the workshop for a summer exhibition at our community room in the garden 

Tuition: 

The tuition is a donation-based. We appreciate you paying what you can.

Participants:

Maximum 12

Registration: Please click the button to proceed the registration page.

Picture from the last workshop: Garden Tour (Spring 2022)

Picture from the last workshop: Way of Tea (Spring 2022)