Image: Sunset in Orlando, Florida by 2020 SURA student Mahmoud Makled

Introductory Course: 4-7:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 15, 2022

Intermediate Course: 4-7:30 p.m. ET Mondays + Thursdays, Oct. 10 – Nov. 10, 2022

Registration deadline extended: 5 p.m. ET Monday, Oct. 3, 2022

Museum Members: $125
General Public: $150
Scholarships available based on financial need + availability. SURA scholarship application

See the world through the lens of photography this autumn!

Explore the world around you through your camera lens in the Arab American National Museum’s award-winning SURA Arts Academy photography program. SURA helps youth learn and understand the art of photography as a tool of self expression and storytelling. This year’s theme focuses on cultivation, environmentalism, nature and growth. Students’ work will be celebrated in the annual SURA Student Photography Exhibition in 2023. 

• Introductory Course: 4-7:30 p.m. ET Tuesdays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 15, 2022

  It is recommended that participants be 13 years or older. If you feel you are a good candidate to join the program but you are outside of the recommended age range, please email [email protected]. Students must have a smart phone to join the program.
  REGISTER FOR INTRODUCTORY COURSE

• Intermediate Course: 4-7:30 p.m. ET Mondays + Thursdays, Oct. 10 – Nov. 10, 2022

  You should have taken our first-level course or have basic knowledge about photography to join. It is recommended that participants be of high school aged. If you feel you are a good candidate to join the program but you are outside of the recommended age range, please email [email protected]. AANM can supply digital cameras for participants. Folks are also welcome to bring their own cameras in.
  REGISTER FOR INTERMEDIATE COURSE

All AANM guests are required to remain masked and fill out a health screening form upon check-in in order to attend this event.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ahmed Badr has specialized in photography for nearly two decades and throughout several countries. He is proud to have fought against the stereotype of going into engineering or dentistry, instead following his passion of photography. For Badr, photography is a beautiful artform that allows one the freedom of expressing passions and love of the world, while opening up the mind and finding beauty in things one traditionally would not; and blasting our mundane world with light and color. Badr’s style is a combination of photojournalism and fine-art photography, with a touch of fashion and creative lighting. His photos are inspired by light, color and techniques from black and white processing, vintage photos, creative perspective, and most importantly, the personalities of the people he photographs. Badr has been the photography instructor for AANM’s SURA Arts Academy since 2018, with his passion for photography driving him to want to share it with his community and the next generation of young artists. He believes that empowering young people with the tools of art is one of the best ways to create a better future.

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