Museum of Photographic Arts
The Price Family Charitable Fund (The Fund) provides grants to the Museum of Photographic Arts' (MoPA) education and public programs. MoPA's education programs serve more than 19,000 adults and youth annually.
The Fund grants in 2010 supported the Digi Lab, Exposure Program, School in the Park, and Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
The Digi Lab maintains equipment to give students hands on experiences in the latest technologies of still photography, video, and multimedia. Recent student projects include the creation of podcasts using flip video cameras and Macintosh laptop computers.
The Exposure Program brings photography to the classrooms of Title I schools for six, one and a half hour sessions. Students learn the basic elements of photography and teachers learn how to implement photographic activities in the classroom.
School in the Park broadens the educational experience of Rosa Parks Elementary and Hamilton Elementary school students through hands on learning experiences at Balboa Park cultural institutions.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival came to San Diego in September 2010 for the first time to showcase films exposing human rights issues around the world. The Museum of Photographic Arts hosted the two week event bringing filmmakers and Southern California residents together to discuss worldwide human rights abuses.