From the City of Fort Worth Employee Choir’s passionate performance to Arts Fort Worth’s Art Aid, our photojournalist at the Fort Worth Report captures the diversity of events through images of the week. If you have events or photo opportunities, contact community engagement journalist Cristian ArguetaSoto at cristian.arguetasoto@fortworthreport.org or on Twitter.

Former City of Fort Worth Employee Choir director Terri Swift-Gadsden plays the keyboard and sings on June 16 at Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas St. The City of Fort Worth hosted its Juneteenth celebration with dancers, a choir and presenters. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Dancers from the Tarrant County College Northwest Campus Mosaic Dance Project, the South Campus Continuum Dance Company and the Southeast Campus Fusion Dance Company performed alongside the City of Fort Worth Employee Choir on June 16 at Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
City of Fort Worth Employee Choir member Linda Miller, 63, sings at the City of Fort Worth’s Juneteenth Celebration on June 16 at Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas St. Miller grew up in southeast Fort Worth and retired from the city water department in August 2021. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
The City of Fort Worth Employee Choir performs on June 16 at Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas St. The choir has performed at Juneteenth and Martin Luther King jr. celebrations across the city since the early 1990s. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
City of Fort Worth Employee Choir member Terrence Hamilton performs a solo song on June 16. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Panelists speak at Art Aid on June 14 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. From left to right: Robert Long, exhibitions manager at Arts Fort Worth, Deedra Baker, executive director of Art Room, Elena Greer, communications manager at Arts Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Photographer Wesley Kirk listens and takes notes on June 14 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. Kirk is a founding member of art collective House of Iconoclasts and the chair of SteerFW’s Civic Engagement Committee. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Art Aid 2022 was broken up into multiple sessions on the first Tuesday of every month. Previously, the program was a one day expo where artists learned about taking their art business to the next level. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Arts Fort Worth Director of Advancement Wesley Gentle introduces panelists on June 14 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Artist and teacher Allester Vinteers takes notes on artist statements on June 14 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A donor waits outside of the Carter BloodCare mobile clinic on June 14 at Burnett Park, 501 W. 7th St. Carter BloodCare brought its mobile clinic downtown on World Blood Donor Day. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A resident asks about donating blood on June 14 at Burnett Park, 501 W. 7th St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A resident on her way to donate blood on June 14. Carter BloodCare hosted a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Burnett Park, 501 W. 7th St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Carter BloodCare, a nonprofit founded in 1951, tries to bring awareness of the importance of donating blood. Carter BloodCare hosts 25 blood drives every day and has 26 designated blood donation locations, James Black, the public relations specialist at Carter BloodCare, said. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Children participate in Art Room’s five-day summer camp on June 13. The summer camp is hosted in Arts Fort Worth’s gallery. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Muralist Katie Murray helps children create art on June 13 at Arts Fort Worth, 1300 Gendy St. Murray will teach her course until June 17 and again in late July. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Students make art at nonprofit Art Room’s five-day summer camp on June 13 at Arts Fort Worth, 1300 Gendy St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Materials sit on a table at nonprofit Art Room’s five-day summer camp on June 13 at Arts Fort Worth, 1300 Gendy St. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
District 7 council member Leonard Firestone reads a book on June 10 at the Fort Worth Public Library Golden Triangle Branch, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Children and their parents sing and dance on June 10 at the Fort Worth Public Library Golden Triangle Branch, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd. The Fort Worth Public Library’s Family Story Time is a year-round program where special guests read to children in different library branches. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
District 7 council member Leonard Firestone reads a book on June 10 at the Fort Worth Public Library Golden Triangle Branch, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
District 7 council member Leonard Firestone dances with children and library staff on June 10 at the Fort Worth Public Library Golden Triangle Branch, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
District 7 council member Leonard Firestone dances to children’s song “Baby Shark” on June 10 at the Fort Worth Public Library Golden Triangle Branch, 4264 Golden Triangle Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)

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Cristian ArguetaSoto

Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement journalist at the Fort Worth Report. He can be reached at cristian.arguetasoto@fortworthreport.org or (817) 317-6991.