PHOTOS: Meeting of the creative minds at NewBridge Cleveland

Bob Perkoski Thursday, September 14, 2017
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Summer may be fading, but the skills and experiences Creative Minds summer camp participants received will stay vivid for a very long time.

A new six-week program at NewBridge Cleveland, the Creative Minds camp offered 30 local middle schoolers the chance to learn ceramics, photography, and graphic design in two-week rotations. Instructors included cinematographer Robert Banks, ceramicist Billy Ritter (of Billy Ritter 77), and artist Natalie Eddy, and former NewBridge students (like Isaiah Kancler) came on board as studio techs in the same discipline they studied at NewBridge. See the creative sparks fly in our photo roundup by Fresh Water managing photographer Bob Perkoski.

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks
<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Graphics Arts class with instructor Natalie Eddy</span>Graphics Arts class with instructor Natalie Eddy

<span class="content-image-text">Graphics Arts Instructor Natalie Eddy</span>Graphics Arts Instructor Natalie Eddy
Bob Perkoski
Bob Perkoski

About the Author: Bob Perkoski

In addition to his work for Fresh Water, Bob Perkoski is the official photographer for LAND studio and Cleveland Burlesque. He recently published a book of his photos Rust Belt Burlesque. He's had work published in other books like LGBTQ Cleveland by Ken Schneck, Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, Rust Belt Chic: The Pittsburgh Anthology and Moon Cleveland by Douglas Trattner. Previously he was co-founder/art director for Balanced Living Magazine. His substantial portfolio includes news coverage, portraiture, commercial imagery and fine art. Perkoski's first solo show, These Walks of Life premiered in December 2016 in Negative Space Gallery. Visit Perkoski Photography for complete profile information.
 
Originally from Conneaut, Ohio, Perkoski now lives close to the city in Parma. He has been Fresh Water's managing photographer since the publication's September 2010 inception.

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