The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography is a program for high school and early college students from the greater New Haven area.
The program supports students in exploring photography as an artistic practice, a way of engaging with works of art, and a tool for understanding their own perspectives and experiences. Through sustained engagement with original works of art in the YCBA’s collection as well as their own image-making, students build visual literacy, confidence, and a sense of connection to museums as places for reflection, creativity, and exchange.
Students work with YCBA educators and a teaching artist from the Yale School of Art photography program through workshops, discussions, and critiques. Using smartphones or personal digital devices, they learn fundamental principles of photography while developing their own creative voices.
The program culminates in a public exhibition of the students’ work.
Apply to “The View from Here”
Applications are now open. Deadline: Friday, September 11, at 11:59 pm ET.
Class 5
This year's exhibition highlights the work of nine student-photographers from Greater New Haven from fall 2025 and winter 2026. Inspired by “desire paths,” the informal routes formed when people move through spaces on their own terms, students charted visual pathways through their daily lives, histories, and communities.
Contact the Education department at
ycba.education@yale.edu | +1 203 432 2858