ONSITE: Introduction to Digital Photography
Students should bring a digital camera with manual adjustment capacities (no phones). For storage and processing photos, students need to have access to a personal computer.
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ONSITE: Tintype Photography
Use one of the earliest forms of photography to create tintypes, which are direct positives printed on an aluminum sheet using large format cameras. Learn the basics of this 19th century process, including how to pour and sensitize collodion, properly expose and develop plates, and apply a protective varnish. Plan to walk away with two […]
read moreONLINE: Introduction to Digital Photography
Learn how to effectively and creatively use your digital camera and leave the auto button behind! You’ll learn the fundaments of photography and image capture, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and composition. We'll also cover tips and tricks like choosing the right lens for your image. Weekly assignments, critiques and discussions will help […]
read moreONSITE: Gum Printing: Colorful Photographic Printing (this class is only offered a few times a year)
Gum printing (aka Gum bichromate) is a painterly photographic pigment process stretching back to the 19th century. This class will introduce multi-layer contact printing techniques that utilize easily accessible analog and digital photographic technologies. Learn how to make your own digital negatives and safely prepare chemicals used. We'll discuss color theory and produce beautiful color […]
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Darkroom Photography
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: Lumen Prints
Explore photographic image making in a new way with lumen prints. Learn to use this analog process to create solar photograms: colorful, handmade images made with sunlight and light-sensitive darkroom paper. The process is experimental, serendipitous and playful – the results are often difficult to predict and totally beautiful. This class is great for both […]
read moreONSITE: Color Film Processing
Tired of sending your film to be processed? This course teaches you to chemically develop your color film negatives specifically for analog color film photography. Students will learn how to safely use chemicals, develop their rolls of color film, and digitize negatives.
read moreONSITE: Digital Photography + Photo Editing (Ages 9-11)
Learn how a digital camera works, how to import photos to computers and how to use Adobe Photoshop to edit. Go on field trips around the neighborhood to take photos, and enjoy demonstrations, hands-on practice and detailed overviews on composition and creative decision-making. Students must also have permission to go on walking field trips around […]
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photography Crash Course (A)
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Darkroom Photography (B)
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom. Enjoy lots of technical guidance and aesthetic feedback, whether you’re just getting started or expanding your portfolio and skill set.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Darkroom Photography (this class is only offered a few times a year)
For students with previous experience in the darkroom, this is an opportunity to explore more in-depth darkroom printing processes and gain new tools for experimentations and creativity. Students will cover a variety of skills, from how to fine-tune contrast in printing, mastering multiple exposure techniques, solarization, and more. Option to learn print toning, spotting, and […]
read moreA: Photogram Framable Art: Making Art with Light in the Darkroom with Jud Judson (Adults and Youth 9+ with Registered Adult)
Join artist Jud Judson and spend a night in the magical darkroom to create one-of-a-kind framable art using a simple yet exciting photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun way to create designs on light-sensitive paper by placing small objects (you can bring your own) on a piece of photo paper and blasting it with […]
read moreB: Photogram Framable Art: Making Art with Light in the Darkroom with Jud Judson (Adults and Youth 9+ with Registered Adult)
Join artist Jud Judson and spend a night in the magical darkroom to create one-of-a-kind framable art using a simple yet exciting photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun way to create designs on light-sensitive paper by placing small objects (you can bring your own) on a piece of photo paper and blasting it with […]
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Making Beautiful Blue Cyanotypes Using Nature + the Sun
Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Cyanotypes are a simple but fun photographic process involving light-sensitive paper, natural objects, and the Sun! We will walk around the neighborhood to gather objects, then come back to VisArts to […]
read moreONSITE: Family Studio: Pinhole Cameras: Taking Darkroom Photos with Everyday Objects
Come and make art side by side as a family. Families will explore a new medium each week and create a beautiful project together. Use a paint can or Oatmeal box to take actual photographs of you and your family! We will take photographic paper outside in our pinhole cameras, then develop them inside our […]
read moreONSITE: Anthotypes: Botanica + Photography
Students will learn the anthotype process, in which we print photographs using extracts from flowers and plants. Extracts will be provided and students will have the opportunity to forage and bring in their own materials if you like. We'll be printing on fabrics and paper both from transparency negatives and actual plant specimens.
read moreONSITE: Gum Printing: Colorful Photographic Printing- ONLY OFFERED A FEW TIMES A YEAR
Gum printing (aka Gum bichromate) is a painterly photographic pigment process stretching back to the 19th century. This class will introduce multi-layer contact printing techniques that utilize easily accessible analog and digital photographic technologies. Learn how to make your own digital negatives and safely prepare chemicals used. We'll discuss color theory and produce beautiful color […]
read moreONSITE: Color Film Processing
Tired of sending your film to be processed? This course teaches you to chemically develop your color film negatives specifically for analog color film photography. Students will learn how to safely use chemicals, develop their rolls of color film, and digitize negatives.
read moreONSITE: Photo Editing: Quick + Easy Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We will cover its most useful features like importing, making collections, fix exposure and color, applying local adjustments, using graduated filters, creating fun presets and converting images to black and white.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Darkroom Photography
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom. Enjoy lots of technical guidance and aesthetic feedback, whether you’re just getting started or expanding your portfolio and skill set.
read moreONSITE: Ethics of Portrait Photography
When entering any space with a camera to photograph other people, it is important for artists to understand and consider the complex history of photography. This ensures that the images being created are coming from an ethical and trauma-informed lens, do not perpetuate harmful ideas or stereotypes, and that both the subject and photographer feel […]
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Darkroom Photography
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Darkroom Photography
This class is a safe space for women, trans, and femme folks to learn introductory darkroom processes. Learn how to take photographs using 35mm film, process your own film, and print black and white photographs in a darkroom.
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photography Crash Course
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Digital Photography (B)
Learn what all the buttons on your digital camera actually do. You’ll learn about things like white balance, resolution and megapixels. We’ll discuss how to capture an image, ensure proper exposure and create an effective composition. Weekly assignments coupled with in-class discussions will help you troubleshoot problems and develop a creative eye.
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