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Revelation: Photography by Youth (Hong Kong): This week, Joanne and I walked the historic Hong Kong district of Wanchai, following an art walk map that guided us to seven venues—historic buildings, bookshops, malls, art centers—featuring photographic works by youth. Titled "Revelation," the exhibit marks the culmination of the 2011–12 iteration of Through Our Eyes (TOE), a program created by the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation. It is wonderful to be here, celebrating with the Foundation, its Teaching Artists and students, and reflecting on how TOE has grown over the last several years that Venice Arts has been providing consultation, artist training, and curriculum development, as well as curating an exhibit at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2011. We are also in Hong Kong to plan the artist training for 2012 and a new project that will link young in Hong Kong and Los Angeles through their images and words (and, of course, to eat Dim Sum). Our colleagues, Jenny, Leon, and Tin Pui will be traveling to Venice in May to see our culminating exhibit and to put the finishing touches on the HK-LA youth collaboration. We will start sharing work from the project later this year, but you can check out past work here.