Talking Eyes Media
Location: Montclair
Website: https://talkingeyesmedia.org/
Grant Round: Winter 2023
Award: Incubation / $15,000
Purpose: To develop an exhibition and live storytelling events using personal narratives captured through The Newark Story Bus, a mobile audio-recording and photography studio that collects oral histories and portraits of the people of Newark.
To develop an exhibition and live storytelling events using personal narratives captured through The Newark Story Bus, a mobile audio-recording and photography studio that collects oral histories and portraits of the people of Newark.
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