October 2009 Archives

So what are you doin' for Halloween? Before you get all hopped up on candy corn and apple cider, get into the Spirit (pun definitely intended!) with a super spooky portrait at our Spirit Photography Portrait Studio! Chose from a ghastly array of ghosts to pose with, and if you're not to scared, set up a time to come back and learn how to print your own photo! For a mere $20, you'll get the unparalleled experience that comes along with this historical photographic practice AND you'll gain the first-hand knowledge of the magical power of photo printing. If you are a scaredy cat, for $30 we'll develop you portrait and send it straight back to you. Show up in costume, or not, and get ready for a trip back to the early days of photography, when the fear of soul stealing cameras was VERY real....perhaps it still is. Find out for yourself this Saturday, Oct.31 from 1-4pm at the AS220 Performance Space at 115 Empire Street.

One million years ago when I was in art school if you were having trouble with an assignment the joke was " If you can't make it good make it huge, if it still sucks make it red." The work by Photographic Memory students ( AS220's Youth Photography Program) Ray Min, Arline Gould, Anthony Villavicencio, Kia Davis, Kourtnie Aileru, Courtney Mitchell, Miguel Rosario and Alan Martinez doesn't have to be huge or red, because it is great. See for yourself and help us celebrate. Our opening is Thursday Oct 22nd from 7-9 at City Hall. Come one come all. We hope to see you there.

Forget the Haunted House, we've got haunted cameras and they're searching for more souls to steal! This Halloween from 1-3pm, join us at AS220 for a special, extra spooky portrait event. The image above is just a sample of some of the images you'll be able to choose from when you enter our studios. We've captured the dearly departed on film and our ghost images will be on display so you can craft a truly unique portrait with the apparition of your choice. Our darkroom members have been practising the forgotten art of Spirit Photography all month, and are ready to share the secrets with you. Not only will you have the opportunity to have your portrait taken with ghosts, but you can schedule time with our members to come back to AS220 and learn how to develop your own print at the AS220 Darkroom. For a mere $20, you can unlock the mystery of this historic hoax and go home with a photo sure to frighten your friends and neighbours. Or, for the more faint of heart, have your photo developed and shipped to your door for only $10 more. Keep your eyes open for more information, or stop by 115 Empire Street on Monday nights at 7 for our weekly darkroom meetings to find out how you can get involved.

I am biased but i'm no softy. The new work by Photographic Memory youth students at City Hall for the month of October rocks. I have a challenge to the viewers. See this photography show and ask yourself " If I didn't know these photos were taken by teenagers, would I believe they were taken by teenagers." My feeling is you might not. The opening is Thurs Oct 22nd from 7-9pm at Providence City Hall. Come down, see the work , help us celebrate and meet the students whose work hangs on the walls.

The time is upon us! As Halloween draws near, we at the Paul Krot Community Darkroom are busy prepping for our super spooky Spirit Photography event, but don't fret, we haven't forgotten about you, the living, breathing members of our beloved darkroom. This Monday at 7pm, join us for an evening of all things photo as we plot and plan for Halloween, talk shop and examine some preliminary ghost negatives. If you ever wanted to know about the possibilities that exist in the AS220 Darkroom, this is that time. Meet our members and tour our facilities, and bask in the glow of our orange safelights, examine our membership options and harass our staffpersons. We love questions...especially nerdy camera questions, which we are all, to some extent, qualified to answer, or at least provide entertaining attempts to complicated questions. And FYI, while the Intro to the Darkroom class is SOLD OUT, there are still a few spots left in the Intro to 35mm Camera and Intermediate printing classes. Both start next week, so if you were putting it off, drop what your doing and sign up here! See you in the darkroom!