The Faces of Summerspace

Summerspace is a community artist program started by Mike Elsass.

Francine Riley brought her summer program kids to the space to see how artists work and the kids got the chance to tour the space, paint with their feet, and listen to some inspiring work about art.

I am officially an "artist in cahoots" for this project, per Mike. Which really means I help out a little. But one thing I can say for Mike - other than being great at giving people titles, he is amazing at making something out of nothing. Go Big Mike with your Big Ideas!

I had the opportunity to take photos of some of the kids...amazing faces, with amazing stories. Some of the posed, some of them smiled, some of them didn't. But you can see their soul in their eyes. Just...amazing.

To find out more about summerspace and the artists who work there visit http://www.summerspacedayton.blogspot.com/ or contact Mike Elsass at ville777@aol.com











































Amanda - one of the faculty photographers at Summerspace







































Francine reading to the kids