Since December, young 10th-graders at Locke High School in South LA have been working with 826LA and the J. Paul Getty Museum to learn about art and writing. They've gone through lessons on the formal principles and elements of art, toured the Getty with Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, taken photographs of their neighborhoods, and written artist statements explaining their work.

Everything comes together on April 12 at the Watts Coffee House, where the student photographs and artist statements will be presented to the public for the first time. For more information, send us an email.