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I hope you weren't planning on resting up this weekend, because there is so very much to see and do this weekend with two exhibits opening, featuring the work of our very own Darkroom members!
First up, Saturday night presents the opening of the one night only "Rethinking Landscape: New Approaches to a Tradition" curated by Danny Floyd. Check it out!

Then, on Sunday, roll out of bed by 5:30 and head to White Electric for a cup of coffee and take a look at the visual myth created by Scott Alario and Marguerite Keyes. "Our Winter Fable" is the story of a fictional culture and their celebration of the winter solstice. Pretty magical, eh? Check this out!

Come see some art and support the work of your fellow photo comrades!

Don't know what to do with that old 35mm you're not sure how to fix? Have one too many lenses in your equipment closet or photo junk pile? Bring it all to AS220 this Monday, 7pm at 115 Empire Street for a special Swap and Fix Open House! Join a crew of photo geeks and gear heads for some inside advice on how to use that weird looking camera you found in the garage or trade your once loved camera apparatus for some new-to-you inspiration.

And if you're looking for a real fixer upper, come and help us shine up the Eastman Kodak Century Camera, seen above in it's first public appearance in over 100 years! Bring wood polish, glass cleaner and WD40...while still in near perfect condition, this marvel of pre-modern technology is in need of some serious cosmetic TLC. We ran a roll of film through the camera, affectionately know as the Jumbotron last week, and you may be surprised by the results. Come see history in the re-making!

Darkroom Open Houses are held every first Monday of the month, and is a great opportunity to come see the facilities and get to know the people who use them. Each month we discuss a different topic or hold a special event, so there's always a reason to show up, and this month is no exception! One photographer's trash is another's treasure, so don't ditch that old flash and dig up that defunct Polaroid, cause we're gonna Swix it!

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Intermediate Printing Class $250
Instructor: Stewart Martin
Six week course (18 hours)

This course is designed for those with some experience printing black & white looking to further hone their skills. Classes covered setting up a darkroom, mixing and tweaking chemistry, contrast control, dodging, burning, flashing, washing, toning, spotting, print finishing, breaking down a darkroom and exhibiting your work. The objective: to master the scientific in order to explore the creative.

Class instructor Stewart Martin is a professional printer and photographer working in the field of traditional photography for over twenty-five years. His early printing experience included edition printing for Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson and Larry Fink. Although events and portraits are the bulk of his commercial work, he also does a specialized type of photography of the eye for ophthalmologists. He lives and works in Providence with his wife and daughter.

DATES: Tuesdays, 6:30PM-9:30PM January 13th, 20th, 27th February 3rd, 10th, 17th COST: $250 (not including supplies)

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January 10th & 11th - Pinhole Photography workshop $100 Pinhole Photography Workshop Instructors: Scott Lapham & Stephanie Ewens

This low tech, lens-less, primitive approach to photography embraces the elements of chance and imperfection to make always interesting photographs. We will first make our own pinhole cameras from card board, tape and an aluminum can. Students are encouraged to bring in containers to be made into cameras or supplies will be available from which cameras can be made. We will then create paper negatives to be printed into pin hole photographs in our darkroom. Our downtown Providence location provides a fantastic environments for making pin hole photos inside or outside.

Stephanie is a documentary photographer who began her photographic career in California studying at San Francisco State University after receiving a B.A. in Economics from Santa Clara University. This spring she completed the graduate program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies for Photography. While living in California, she worked for two San Francisco Bay Area papers and since moving to Rhode Island in 2003, her images have appeared in many local publications including Providence Business News and Rhode Island Monthly.

Scott graduated Rhode Island School of Design in 1990 with a BFA in photography. He is an artist, teacher and freelance photographer. His work with AS220 started in 1995 with the co-founding of the AS220 Community Darkroom. In 2001 he founded Photographic Memory, a youth photography program engaging the under-served youth in the Rhode Island Training School (RI's juvenile detention facility), Group Homes and the wider youth community. Committed students from Photographic Memory learn to assist Scott on freelance photography jobs giving them valuable opportunities to experience professional photography work.

DATES: Saturday & Sunday January 10th & 11th 2009 12-4pm COST: $100 (not including supplies)

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January 17th & 18th - Lo Tech Photography for Young People $100.00 Lo Tech Photography for Young People (suggested ages 11-14) Instructors: Scott Lapham and Chandelle Wilson

In this instructive parent friendly workshop children will spend the weekend making photograms, a camera obscura and pinhole cameras. First students will be introduced to our traditional black and white darkroom where they will make Photograms by placing objects like coins, small stuffed animals and keys on light sensitive paper to make black white and grey toned silhouetted images. Next we will create a camera obscura by darkening our class room and creating a natural inside projection of the outside street scape. Finally we will make pinhole cameras to take our own pinhole photographs.

DATES: Saturday & Sunday January 17th & 18th 10am-2pm COST: $100 (not including supplies)

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January 19th, 26th & February 2nd - The Black and White Darkroom $150.00 Intro to Photo Workshop Two Instructor-Gail Porter

Students will learn to develop their own film and to print their own photographs in AS220's state of the art, well ventilated darkrooms. Being able to control the contrast of a print and to apply the simple techniques of burning and dodging can make a big difference in ones ability to create a print that sparkles as opposed to one that just shines. The course is geared toward those who use 35mm, or medium format cameras, (including Holgas).

DATES- Mondays 6:30-9:30 January 19th, 26th & Feb 2nd COST-$150 (not including supplies)

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January 31st - Alternative Photo Workshop $75.00 ALTERNATIVE PHOTO WORKSHOP Instructor: Olivia B. McCullough

Printing with Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Emulsions

In this workshop students are introduced to a number of non-camera generated imaging techniques: pinhole, cliche-verre, photograms, digital negatives; learned how to make photographic emulsions, and to coat papers and alternative surfaces. The workshop features 19th century techniques, including both Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown demonstrations and labs. A fun, yet challenging, alternative to traditional B&W, color and digital!

Olivia McCulllugh, a graduate of RISD, has taught alternative photography for over 20 years, including classes at the University of Connecticut, RISD, and most recently at Northeastern University. She has conducted both children and adult workshops and has received 3 grants from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts.

DATES: Saturday January 31st COST: $75 ( not including supplies)

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January 5th & 12th - 35mm Camera: Everything You Wanted to Know $100.00 Intro to Photo Workshop One Instructor-Gail Porter

Take the mystery out of the terms and usages of aperture sizes, f-stop numbers, shutter speeds, ISO numbers, focal length, synchronization speeds and any other aspect of the 35mm camera that you have ever wondered about We will take the camera off the automatic mode, and learn about the creative possibilities that exist once exposure is fully understood.

This is a non-darkroom class and is therefore open to anyone shooting black and white or color film. A 35mm camera with automatic override, and one roll of film and its processing will be required.

DATES- Mondays 6:30-9:30 January 5th & 12th COST-$100 (not including supplies)

This Friday, November 28th from 2pm to 5pm Providence's "BUY ART" campaign is hosting creative cookie design downtown at Tazza Caffe, 250 Westminster Street. AS220's Broad Street Youth will have original works of art displayed and for sale. Come by, show your support, eat cookies.

These images are triptychs printed from photographs by the students in the Photographic Memory program.

They are in editions of twenty and are currently available in two sizes:
7x18" = $30
16x40 = $600
other images available

Alternative Photo Workshop: Printing with Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Emulsions

Working with 19th century emulsions, students will be introduced to a number of non-camera generated imaging techniques, learn how to make photographic emulsions and coat their own paper. This hands-on approach enables the students to coat alternative surfaces and break from the constraints of manufactured photo products. Fun, yet challenging, this workshop is an alternative to traditional B&W, color and digital materials.

Morning session:

Introduction to the 19th century processes. Show work and slides. Discuss and demonstrate non-camera imaging methods: pinhole negs, cliche-verre, photograms, digital negatives. Cyanotype demonstration

Afternoon Session

Cyanotype Lab. Includes selective coating, toning cyanotypes and the use of alternative surfaces. Van Dyke Brown demonstration and lab. Workshop will include chemistry and a variety of alternative coating surfaces will be available.

Images that can be scanned or contact printed. These can include photographic prints, collage, or photogram materials, two 2or 3" foam brushes, wathercolor paper, not larger than 11x14" ( cold press for softer focus, hot press for sharper images.

Olivia B. McCullough, a graduate of RISD, has taught alternative photography for over 20 years, including classes at U. Conn, RISD, and most recently at Northeastern University. She has conducted both children and adult workshops and has received 3 grants from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts. Her work will be included in the upcoming exhibit, 'Photography Now', at the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. The exhibition runs from October 16th- Nov 19th.