PHOTOS: Meeting of the creative minds at NewBridge Cleveland

Summer may be fading, but the skills and experiences Creative Minds summer camp participants received will stay vivid for a very long time.

A new six-week program at NewBridge Cleveland, the Creative Minds camp offered 30 local middle schoolers the chance to learn ceramics, photography, and graphic design in two-week rotations. Instructors included cinematographer Robert Banks, ceramicist Billy Ritter (of Billy Ritter 77), and artist Natalie Eddy, and former NewBridge students (like Isaiah Kancler) came on board as studio techs in the same discipline they studied at NewBridge. See the creative sparks fly in our photo roundup by Fresh Water managing photographer Bob Perkoski.

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks
<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Photography class with instructor Robert Banks</span>Photography class with instructor Robert Banks

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter</span>Ceramics class with instructor Billy Ritter

<span class="content-image-text">Graphics Arts class with instructor Natalie Eddy</span>Graphics Arts class with instructor Natalie Eddy

<span class="content-image-text">Graphics Arts Instructor Natalie Eddy</span>Graphics Arts Instructor Natalie Eddy

Bob Perkoski
Bob Perkoski

About the Author: Bob Perkoski

Bob is managing photographer with FreshWater as well as a Cleveland freelance photographer. His photographic approach is rooted in the art of storytelling. Whether freezing the energy of an event, encapsulating the magic of a performance, or astutely anticipating the decisive moments, his work displays an innate ability to distill the essence of any scene or subject into a single frame or series of work. In addition, Bob is the official photographer for LAND studio and Holden Forest and Gardens and has worked with various Cleveland organizations. In 2019 he published a book of his photos Rust Belt Burlesque. He's had work published in other books like LGBTQ Cleveland by Ken Schneck, Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, Rust Belt Chic: The Pittsburgh Anthology and Moon Cleveland by Douglas Trattner. Previously he was co-founder/art director for Balanced Living Magazine. You can view his versatile portfolio of work, which includes news coverage, portraiture, architectural and fine art at Perkoski Photography. Originally from Conneaut, Ohio, Perkoski now lives close to the city in Parma. He has been Fresh Water's managing photographer since the publication's September 2010 inception.