May 13, 2026
This hands-on workshop introduces PhotoVoice as a participatory, arts-based teaching approach that invites students to use photography for storytelling, reflection, and dialogue.
Participants will explore how images can help learners document lived experience, examine social issues, and communicate perspectives through both visuals and text.
The session combines technical and conceptual elements. Participants will work with basic photographic principles and create cyanotype prints using a historic, non-toxic process. Through guided prompts and discussion, they will reflect on how visual practices can support student voice, perspective-taking, and meaningful classroom conversation.
From a pedagogical standpoint, PhotoVoice offers a flexible model for experiential learning, reflective practice, and inclusive teaching. The workshop is designed to show how this approach can be adapted across disciplines to build visual literacy, critical thinking, and dialogue-based learning.
This workshop will be facilitated by Andy Bale (Visiting Lecturer in Art and Art History at Dickinson College) and Jonathon Cox (Associate Professor of Art and Design at University of Delaware). It is open to faculty and staff. Lunch and collegial exchange will be provided. Please register for the workshop using this form: PhotoVoice for Community Engagement: Visual Storytelling, Reflection, and Dialogue – Fill out form
Hosted by CTLA.
Further information
- Location: Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship; lower level of the library
- Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Cost: Free