Photography & Digital Media

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Summer

SMARTPHONE VIDEOGRAPHY

Kiah McMeekkan / Computer Lab
Thu 7/10–7/31
6-8pm / 4 weeks
$125 / Members: $105

Whether you are a business owner looking to boost your customer engagement or a creative looking to expand your clientele's awareness, video production is the solution! Learn how to capture fun and professional-looking videos with your smartphone. Discover how video editing and adding trending sounds will elevate your videos to encourage engagement with your content!

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ILLUSTRATE WITH PROCREATE

Rynita McGuire / Studio 2
Sat 6/14-8/2
1-3:30pm / 8 weeks
Prerequisite: iPad with Procreate and an iPencil or stylus
$240 / Members: $220

Discover the world of digital illustration with Procreate, a drawing, painting, and illustration app for the iPad. Learn how to use its tools and gestures as a fine art medium and explore the limitless techniques it has to offer. This class will also cover how Procreate layers can be used as a printmaking tool.

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COLOR FILM PROCESSING & SCANNING

Dan Selvidge / Darkroom and Computer lab
Sat 6/14–7/5
10am-12:30pm / 4 weeks
$150 / Members: $130

Discover the fundamentals of color film processing and scanning in this hands-on course. Learn how to develop your own color negatives and prepare them for both digital and print formats. You'll gain practical experience using our fully equipped darkroom, mastering the key steps of processing color film—where temperature control is critical for achieving high-quality results. In addition to film development, we’ll cover scanning techniques that ensure your images are optimized for web sharing or professional-grade printing. Whether you're a beginner looking to dive into color film or an experienced photographer wanting to refine your skills, this course provides all the guidance and tools you need to bring your film photography to life.

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FRAMING WORKSHOP

Mary Whalen / Studio 6
Wed 6/18-6/25
6:30-8:30pm / Two Days
$80 / Members: $60

Learn to make your own simple frames for paintings, prints, and drawings using accessible materials and methods that can be replicated at home! Some basic woodworking skills will be covered as well as tips and tricks for upcycling thrifted frames.

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BOTANICAL CYANOTYPES WITH ENCAUSTICS

Laurie Pruitt / Darkroom and Studio 6
Sat 7/5–7/26
1 – 4pm / 4 weeks
$190 / Members: $170

Combine two historic processes–the 19th-century photo process of cyanotype and the ancient craft of beeswax and resin of encaustic–to make a one-of-a-kind, work of art. Arrange grasses, ferns, or flowers to be placed on hand-coated watercolor paper and exposed in the sun. Dried prints will be prepped and worked on in the encaustic studio, layering wax, and hand-coloring to create a dimensional dreamlike image.

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CREATIVE FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

Mary Jo Asmus / Multi-Purpose Classroom
Mon 6/16–7/21
6-8:30pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: Familiarity with your camera that is capable of manual exposure and a tripod
$190 / Members: $170

Learn to creatively photograph flowers using depth of field and lighting to capture the beauty of your subject matter. Discuss how composition, camera settings, and background choice can produce beautiful fine art photographs. Students will set-up and photograph indoors and will then move outdoors as weather permits. A DSLR or mirrorless camera with a macro lens and tripod are recommended, but not required. Camera phone users are welcome.

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PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY

Dan Selvidge / Darkroom and Computer lab
Sat 6/21–7/26
1-3pm / 6 weeks
$170 / Members: $150

Explore photography through a pinhole, the physics and the simplicity of making images using this simple device! You’ll learn how to build your own pinhole camera, capture images, and print the results in our traditional black and white darkroom.

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IPHONE PHOTO POSSIBILITIES!

Mary Jo Asmus / Photography Studio
Wed 6/11–7/2
1-3pm / 4 weeks
$115 / Members: $95

Using the camera phone as your photographic tool, students will learn to effectively capture and edit with various apps. We will explore the creative possibilities of the iPhone as a camera! Please bring your iPhone fully charged to the first class.

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THE NATURAL LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT

Amelia Falk / Photo Studio
Mon 7/7-7/28
6:30-9pm / 4 weeks
Prerequisite: A camera capable of manual exposure and familiarity with the camera controls
$145 / Members: $125

Using natural light and learning how to make the most of it when making a portrait! The instructor will demonstrate various techniques to simplify a portrait session while utilizing the beauty of the summer evening light. Students will have hands-on experience in photographing various subjects.

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CAMERA BASICS: MOVING PAST AUTO MODE

Amelia Falk / Multi-Purpose Classroom
Tue 6/17-7/22
6:30-9pm / 6 weeks
Prerequisite: A camera capable of manual exposure
$195 / Members: $175

Taking your camera out of auto can be intimidating but full freedom from that mode is achievable. This technical course takes you through your camera's manual and teaches you the fundamentals of how ISO, shutter speed, and F-stop work together for understandable, predictable, and repeatable results. Participants need to provide their own cameras that have user controls for shutter speed and lens opening. Please bring your owner’s manual to the first class.

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TRADITIONAL BLACK AND WHITE FILM AND PRINTING

Mary Whalen / Darkroom
(B) Tue 6/10-7/29
6:30-9pm / 8 weeks
$255 / Members: $235

Develop your black and white film and print! Through demonstrations and supervised printing sessions, participants will learn film and print development, how to control print contrast, and special darkroom techniques. This class is a perfect opportunity to print your special black and white negatives from the family archives. Students must provide their own film and paper for the class. Darkroom chemicals and equipment are provided.

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TRADITIONAL BLACK AND WHITE FILM AND PRINTING

Mary Whalen / Darkroom
(A) Tue 6/10-7/29
11am-1:30pm / 8 weeks
$255 / Members: $235

Develop your black and white film and print! Through demonstrations and supervised printing sessions, participants will learn film and print development, how to control print contrast, and special darkroom techniques. This class is a perfect opportunity to print your special black and white negatives from the family archives. Students must provide their own film and paper for the class. Darkroom chemicals and equipment are provided.

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HANDMADE PHOTO BOOK

Laurie Pruitt and Mary Whalen / Computer Lab
Fri 7/11 & 7/18
10am–4pm *lunch 12-1pm / Two Days
Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of Photoshop or Lightroom is helpful
$165 / Members: $145

Select, edit, print, and bind your photos into a handmade book while viewing and handling a selection of artist-made books to serve as inspiration for your own. The first day will be devoted to the editing, sequencing, and printing of images. The following session will be committed to folding, stitching, and binding into a hardcover book. Instructors will email instructions to enrollees for images to be used.

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CYANOTYPE ON FABRIC

Amelia Volwiler-Stanley / Computer Lab & Darkroom
Wed 7/9–7/30
6-8:30pm / 4 weeks
Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of Photoshop is helpful.
$150 / Members: $130

The process of cyanotype, an analogue photo process that results in a beautiful blue image. You will learn to prepare fabric for best results and hand coat the prepared fabric with the light sensitive cyanotype chemistry. The objects, botanicals, and drawings you bring will culminate in your one-of-a-kind pieces of sun-printed fabric that could be used in a quilt, patch or other fabric project.

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VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP THE PERFECT MARRIAGE: PAINT & COLLAGE

Holly Roberts / Multi-Purpose Classroom
Fri-Sun 6/13-6/15
10am-4pm / Three Days
$270 / Members: $250

In this workshop students will learn how to build a collage using their own abstract paintings as a foundation for the different materials they will build their images with. They will start by learning to paint expressively, creating a surface that they can then began to make their images on, combining found materials with their own photographs to build unique mixed media works. In the process students will learn not only different painting techniques, but how to do transfers and how to correctly adhere the different materials onto their substrates. They are encouraged to use their own drawings, photographs, and prints or just about any collage material they can come up with. Techniques taught will include polymer transfers, the use of water-based paints, correct gluing techniques, the use of contact paper transfers, building substrates, and composing and building an image. This visiting artist workshop is generously supported by the Harold Hope Memorial Fund.

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