A group of giggling teenage girls anxiously awaited, hoping a crowd would push through the drizzle, in order to see their best work last Thursday at Central Square Library on Pearl Street.

Their best work was a digital photography exhibit called Was.Am.Be and those presenting it were five young ladies in the Girls Group from the (TMP) Teen Media Program at the Community Art Center (CAC) in Area 4 Cambridge. “This exhibit is a culmination of the Girls’ Group winter session.”, said Elena Belle White program director . White feels, “It is an important step to go outside of your comfortable closed community and present to strangers you don’t know.”

The TMP girls who displayed their photos were: Amatullah Mervin, Skye Brooks-Dunkley, Akeira Parker, Nakia Clergeau, & Rose Merry

Digital art, celebratory lights, and TMP’s girls welcomed a swell of citizens & family, and board members who came out to support them. They explained their goal with the project then presented an appreciation award to Raina Matar, a female photographer who advised the ladies on their project.

“You have to let the kids know that they have a voice and someone wants to hear it” said Saquora Lowe. Lowe and lifelong friend Tania Valverde supported the Was.Am.Be exhibit. They both currently sit on the board of the Community Art Center - a place they attended throughout their youth.

Valverde too feels that the young ladies deserve to be supported. She is proud of her current position as the only female at her construction project site and says that her bold confidence is “because of how I was raised with my family and at the Art Center.”

The TMP female photo exhibition will be on display at the Central Square Library through the end of March 2010 which is Women’s History Month. If you want to see more Girls Group work call the Community Arts Center (617) 868-7100