SeeSaw Studio

SeeSaw Studios gives back to young locals

By Carl Kenney

February 3, 2011

By John Hamlin UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Shana Tucker didn’t just get an outstanding T-shirt design at SeeSaw Studio — she enabled senior Kimani Hall to bolster his application to N.C. State University. When the after-school design and entrepreneurship program marked its 12th year with a fundraiser, Tucker gladly lent her musical […]

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What I’m thankful for in Durham

By Carl Kenney

November 19, 2009

By Zenzele Barnes Teen Editor the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com The Thanksgiving holiday is coming up, and living in Durham has given me so many things to be thankful for. I am a youth designer at SeeSaw Studio. It is a non-profit after-school program for teens in downtown Durham. Going there has taught me so many […]

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Photo class teaches more than just photography

By Carl Kenney

October 21, 2009

by Zenzele Barnes Teen Editor-in-Chief the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com                     Last summer, SeeSaw Studios hosted a camp for aspiring young photographers. The workshops were held over two weeks, and five students attended under the instruction of Jock Lauterer, a photojournalism teacher and UNC-Chapel Hill. I was […]

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SeeSaw Studio gives voice to young artists

By Carl Kenney

October 20, 2009

By Claire Atwell UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Desiree Sanders, 15, doesn’t spend her weekday afternoons hanging out at the mall or watching television like many other high school students. Instead, Tuesdays through Thursdays she goes to SeeSaw Studio, a free afterschool program in Durham, to practice drawing and designing. “It’s really interesting […]

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Nneena Freelon’s concert benefits SeeSaw Studio

By Carl Kenney

October 8, 2009

by Zenzele Barnes Teen Editor-in-Chief the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Famous jazz singer Nneena Freelon performed at the Durham Arts Council Sept. 18th at a benefit concert for the local youth art studio, SeeSaw Studio. Nneena, a five-time Grammy nominee, performed with her band and provided the audience with soulful jazz music in a very intimate […]

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