The 9-10-3 Project, which combines photography and
creative writing, recently received Honorable Mention for the Houston
Center of Photography 2003 Fellowship Award, and will be featured in the
2004 Summer Exhibition.
Founders:
Jennifer Warren
Jennifer Warren, co-coordinator for the 9-10-3 Project with the Gu-Chu-Sum
Tibetan Ex-Political Prisoners Association in Dharamsala, India, works
extensively on international collaborative arts projects as a photographer
and an arts educator. She has photographed for Amnesty
International USA and London, Project
Concern International, Cultural
Survival, and the United
States Tibet Committee, among others. As a Peace Corps special education
volunteer in Jordan, Warren coordinated and taught an art program for
adults with mental disabilities, culminating in a gallery exhibition in
Amman, in spring 2003. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography
from The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), has taught photography courses
at Citizen Schools, the Perkins School, and AIB. She is currently working
as an assistant for National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry, and
is an associate artistic director for The Salon of Living Arts Media,
an interdisciplinary arts organization.
Tara Plochocki
Tara Plochocki, Co-Coordinator for The 9-10-3 Project with the Gu
Chu Sum Tibetan Ex-Political Prisoners’ Association in Dharamsala,
India, has spent the last three years focusing on current issues facing
the Tibetan people. She has published numerous reports on human rights
conditions in Tibet for the Tibetan
Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala; and while on
the Board of Directors for the United
States Tibet Committee, Plochocki organized awareness-generating events
such as films, art shows, and nonviolent political action. As an NGO Development
Worker for Peace
Corps Jordan, she carried her passions into the Palestinian arena
by conducting human rights, activism, and creative writing workshops for
Jordanian and Palestinian youth. Tara Plochocki holds a Bachelor of Arts
in Political Science and Philosophy from Barnard College of Columbia University.
She is currently the Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor for Emory
University’s Tibetan Studies Program in Dharamsala, India.
design: Dustin Ross