Every family has a photograph, and every photograph contains a story.
The college is working with the St. Charles County Genealogical Society and others to encourage area residents to comb their own scrapbooks for old photos to submit for the exhibit. Faces of America is a project of the national Community College Humanities Association with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We hope that our efforts will bring families and the community together in appreciation of the arts and of our history here in St. Charles County. We anticipate that through this project, families will be inspired to build and preserve family photographs along with their personal history and the history of our community, Jones said. Through exhibitions, a photo contest, and accompanying presentations in the art of photography, family history, and other historical topics, the Faces of America project will encourage preservation, collection, and appreciation of family photographs and family history.