This spring, Texas gets a close-up look at Pasadena, a Houston suburb, through the eyes of its students. Inspired by a visit from Texas Highways magazine photographer Griff Smith, the Pasadena Memorial High School Mavericks set out to document their local culture: people, places and events that define their community.

 

The exhibit comprises 30 works of photography and 10 pieces of art, selected from a school-wide competition. Accompanying captions and prose discuss how the photographs illustrate cultural concepts and manifestations such as language, religion, land use, educational systems, or customs. (more)

 

This student-produced video was created by Pasadena Memorial High School’s Principles of Audio/Visual Technology classes to explain and accompany the artwork of A Maverick’s Texas.