Workshops, Classes and Events

This Sunday, Nov.20th AS220 PHOTO invites you to join the conversation for our first Open Critique and Photo Discussion Group! We know there are a lot of photographers out there looking for a place to share and show their work and gain feedback from fellow shutter snappers and lens lookers, and we're excited to provide a supportive and diverse environment for photographers at all levels.


At AS220 Photo, it is our mission and goal to offer opportunities and resources to all artists, and a vibrant and varied community is just one of those resources we can provide! Our hope is that though these monthly, free discussion groups, we can continue to build that community and create connections among local photographers working towards different goals and to gain a better understanding of all the different ways artists use photography to express their ideas.

Join the conversation this Sunday from 1-4pm at AS220 Photo in Mercantile Block studio 207 on 131 Washington St. Ring "207" on the call box. Bring work, bring friends and bring an open mind! We can't wait to see you and learn more about all the amazing art you are making!


In the meantime, AS220 Photo also has a slew of classes coming up this winter. This is just a sample, but visit AS220's online store for class details and descriptions or contact photo@as220.org for more info.

Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011
1-4pm / FREE
Open Photo Critique / Discussion Group
One Session Workshop

Wednesday, Nov.23, 2011
7-10pm/ $45
Alternative Process Vol.3: Gum Bichromate
One Session Workshop

Wednesday, Nov.30, 2011
6-9pm / $50
Photo Restoration
One Session Workshop

Sunday, Dec.4, 2011
12-4pm / $40
Digital SLR Workshop
One Session Workshop

Thursday, Dec.8, 2011
7-10pm / $50
Introduction to the 35mm Camera
Workshop Session 1 of 2

Saturday, Dec.10, 2011
12-4pm / $50
Introduction to Studio Lighting
One Session Workshop

Saturday, Dec.10, 2011
5-8pm / $75
Introduction to the Black and White Darkroom
Workshop Session 1 of 2

Sunday, Dec.18, 2011
1-4pm / FREE
Open Photo Critique / Discussion Group
One Session Workshop

Greetings Glass Negative Fans!

Can you believe it's been a full year since we first debuted prints from the glass negative collection at Providence City Hall?! Since then, "REDISCOVERED" has traveled all over Providence, into Boston, through the Photo Lottery and is landing for it's first birthday at the Sandywoods Arts and Agriculture Co-Op in Tiverton, RI.


You may remember the story behind this incredible project; the countless hours we photo nerds spent in the Providence Public Library Special Collections dusting glass plate negatives, meticulously assigning each it's own, special catalog number, photographing them and nestling them in their new, archival grade envelopes and padded boxes, and of course the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities grant that made it all possible.....

You may have seen one or two of our public exhibitions, or perhaps you've perused the online gallery, where all 1200 images are now digitally available to admire and to purchase! That's right. Any image in the collection can be made into a real-life, genuine sliver gelatin print, made lovingly by one of our Key Members right here in the Paul Krot Community Darkroom.


We are so proud of this project and are incredibly excited to be showing NEW prints from the collection (along with some fan favorites) at the Sandywoods Co-Op Gallery this Saturday, Oct.8th from 5-8pm. Please join us and see the beautiful space the Sandywoods group has built from the ground up, meet photo Key Members and learn more about this fascinating collection from Rhode Island Historical Society Graphics Archivist and Glass Negative Project Humanities Scholar James DaMico, who will be giving a special talk at 6:30.

Contact photo@as220.org for more info, or visit the Glass Negative Project website to learn more! Browse the gallery and find your favorites, then come on down to Tiverton and join us for an old fashioned photographic birthday party like no other!

The zero hour is upon us, i.e. September 24th., 6pm, when the doors to AS220's 5th Biennial Photo Lottery at 115 Empire St. finally open & the photo frenzy begins.

You got your skinny jeans on, cargo shorts or a dress/skirt/pants, whatever, your hands grubby & somewhat moist in anticipation, clutching either a short stack of crumpled/freshly minted US currency, a limber credit/debit card, a folded personal check or (for you) preferably an ID ready to show and claim your advance purchased ticket for this year's latest & greatest version of the Photo Lottery fundraiser!

If you've done this before, then you KNOW what it's about & how it goes, if not, prepare yourself! Sharpen those elbows (just kidding) & that eyesight & dash to the stage area, where you come up for a ticket, once you've gone through the gantlet & your head swims, turning this way & that way, trying to make sense of all the photos on the wall, hung salon style, varying in size, style and content & yes, one of them will be yours!




Can you stand it?

Will it be the one and only King, during his G.I. days?
Lawdamercy!
Or that of the Mother of Punk, the goddess herself, Patti Smith, shot and donated by Richard McCaffrey?
Or how about an image by one of my favorite photographers & role models: Jock Sturges!
Perhaps an image by AS220 Photo's Patron Saint: Paul Krot?
Or Henry Hornstein, the inimitable Mr. Hornstein, photo geek extraordinaire!
Or Jessica Lange! She's a movie star & a photographer too!

And lest we forget, NAN GOLDIN...no big deal. Wait. YES IT IS!!

Have you bought your ticket yet?

C'mon! Do it! Free yourself from the pack, remember, how George W. Bush said that our obligation as citizens was to go shopping, well, shop for a ticket. Now!

Pardon my gushing, but, it's for a really good cause & the generosity that photographers have clearly exhibited (pun intended) doth warm the cockles of one's heart & renders lachrymose peepers & I can't help but feel grateful/honored to be part of this event/blog post this year. For full disclosure, I'd been wanting to do this for a while, having arrived in Providence about six years ago. This time, I initially donated a small print, one of my favorite images from my first photo shoot w/ model, then, feeling further inspired by the work of others, donated two additional prints & am really glad that they're catalysts too now for a good cause.

As Washington cuts off support for the arts as a tribute to The Gipper, we've got Reaganomics in effect & not the 'trickle down economics' kind, but the one where government is taken off of (the) people's back by it cutting off (their) benefits, it's inspiring and humbling to see the people rise to the occasion and support endeavours such as this one, funds for which will enable AS220's Photo Dept. to continue serving the community.

So, buy that ticket, now, tell your friends, borrow the $ from your mortgage, kid's piggy bank, credit/debit card, partner or parent if you must. It's for a good cause & it will look really good on your wall.

Post written by AS220 Photo Member and Empire St. resident Davyde X. Photos by AS220 Photo Members Bryant Moscote and Krystal Grow.

AS220's Photo Lottery always brings in some big names in photography, and sometimes those big names come with a dose of controversy and a story that challenges our interpretation of what art truly is.

AS220 has always been a haven for the controversial, and as an Unjuried, Uncensored art space, we couldn't be happier to have the work of photographer Jock Sturges included in the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery, happening this Saturday, Sept.24th from 6-9pm at AS220's Main Gallery at 115 Empire Street in Providence. Sturges has been a long time supporter of our egalitarian approach to art and has donated work to past Photo Lotteries and we are incredibly grateful to have his support this time around too.

An original print from Jock Sturges is on it's way to AS220 and we cannot wait to see what he has chosen to send us, and what YOU could win this Saturday at the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery!

Sturges has honed his skills for over thirty years and has ruffled plenty of feathers along the way. His "controversial" style of capturing an abundance of nude women and children has been compared to and denounced in a similar manner to the work of Sally Mann. Despite an FBI raid of his studio and seizure of his negatives, prints and photographic equipment in the 1990's, Sturges work has gained a notoriety and widespread recognition for not only his subject matter, but for the beauty and sensitivity his images portray, a quality the FBI clearly missed among absurd allegations of child pornography.

Sturges mainly shoots with a large format 8x10 view camera, creating lush black and white or color portraits gracefully depicting humans as naturally as possible. He is certainly right to hold true to his vision in investigating bodies which are at their peak point of change. For many of his shoots, Sturges traveled to naturalist colonies and nudist camps where his models and subjects were truly comfortable with themselves and their environment, giving his photos a serenity and a calmness that has come to define his work far more than his haphazard brush with the authorities.

This Saturday, Sept. 24th, AS220 Photo will be proudly displaying one of Jock Sturges beautiful photographs. Tickets are on sale here! Buy your tickets now for your chance to take home a Sturges original or one of over 150 other fabulous pieces in this year's Photo Lottery!

We can not contain our excitement!

We have just gotten confirmation that a very well known artist, no, living MASTER has donated work to this years Photo Lottery!

Are you ready?

Nan Goldin!

That's right!

Goldin's work is held by private collectors, museums and galleries all over the world. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, in the late 70s, and quickly became one of photographic history's very important people. Her intimate portraits of her circle of friends illustrate a world of both pain and loss, beauty and joy.

Her work is often more intimate when viewed in person, and is frequently shown in the format of a slide show, set to the music of the Velvet Underground. Common themes in Goldin's work are: love, gender, domesticity, abuse, drug use, and sexuality. Her usage of intimate subject matter is universal and shows the simple struggle of humanity that we all readily relate to.


She was presented the 2007 Hasselblad Award and is represented in America by Matthew Marks Gallery since 1992 and Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris. Nan Goldin splits her time, living and working in both New York and in Paris France.

We would show you the piece that is available in the Photo Lottery, but we don't know which one it will be yet! Goldin herself is selecting the piece she wants to contribute to the Photo Lottery and it is being shipped directly to AS220 Photo! We will save a place on the gallery wall for her piece, and if you draw the lucky number we will either send you the piece as soon as it arrives, or, if you're lucky enough to be local AND win an original Nan Goldin print, we will alert you when it arrives and you can come down to AS220, pick it up and take it home!

We're absolutely ELATED to include a piece from Nan Goldin, in the 2011 Photo Lottery. For a single $125 ticket you could win her print or one of over 150 other spectacular works in this year's show! Purchase tickets to the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery online or at the AS220 gallery on the day of the event, this Saturday Sept. 24th 6-9pm. Come down and mingle with Providence's photo community, party and support AS220 Photo!

Every ticket is a winner, and this year, you could WIN BIG!

Henry Horenstein quite literally wrote the book on photography. His "Black and White Photography" book is still used in most introductory photo classes today, including AS220 Photo's own Intro to the 35mm Camera and Intro to the Darkroom classes. He's published more than a dozen other books for bodies of work he has produced over the last three decades of his photography career.



Horenstein studied and still works as a photo professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been showcased across the country and around the world, and has covered subjects such as sea life, dogs, friends and family, country music, the nude, horse races and burlesque.

We're ecstatic to include a piece from an artist as diverse as Henry Horenstein in the 2011 Photo Lottery. For a single $125 ticket you could win a print of your own! Purchase tickets to the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery online or at the AS220 gallery on the day of the event, this Saturday Sept. 24th 6-9pm. Come on down, support AS220 photo and bring home your own piece of photo history!

Since 1995, the Paul Krot Community Darkroom has been providing affordable access to traditional black and white photo facilities, offering photographers at all levels of skill, interest and experience the chance to behold the magic of the darkroom.

Needless to say, we wouldn't be anywhere without Paul Krot and his groundbreaking chemistry, Sprint Systems . As a photography instructor/mad scientist, Krot had a reputation as an eccentric and incredibly talented artist, teacher, inventor and arts advocate. He believed in the power of art to transform lives, and the idea that access was key to that inspiration and transition.

This year, AS220 Photo is proud to include the work of the one and only Paul Krot in the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery.



This is the first time we have EVER had original artwork from Paul Krot in the Photo Lottery, and we are thrilled that this year one lucky winner will take home this beautiful image from the patron saint of AS220 Photo.

Like most people that knew Paul Krot knew that he was not your average photographer, and this photo comes to the 2011 Photo Lottery by extraordinary means. Current Sprint Systems President Marlaine Noel presented us with a challenge: two black and white 35mm direct positives, taken by Krot himself. If we could find a way to turn positives into a print, we could have them for the lottery.

So your favorite photo nerds got to work, first transforming the positives into negatives by contact printing the two tiny frames onto one sheet of Ortho film, then enlarging that 4x5 negative into one 11x14 print on archival, fiber based paper.

This is the piece that YOU could win on Saturday, Sept.24th. An original image taken by Paul Krot, reinvented and recreated in the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220. This is a truly special piece that sums up the true spirit of AS220 Photo, inspired by one of the most exceptional and extraordinary photographers and photo-advocates of our time.

We couldn't be more honored to have Paul Krot's work gracing our gallery walls this year, and to offer YOU the chance to win this important piece and support the program that Paul Krot himself inspired, in the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery.

Tickets are on sale now, so get yours while they last! Advanced ticket buyers get first dibs on the lottery drawing! Tickets will be available at the door, but don't wait until Saturday to draw your ticket and walk away with one of over 150 pieces of original photography and know that you dd your part to keep AS220 Photo and the Paul Krot Community Darkroom up and running for years to come.

See you Saturday!

Sometimes you think you know someone...but then realize they are really more spectacular than you had ever imagined. Case in point: Jessica Lange.

You may remember the actress from her roles in such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Tootsie, Cape Fear and Tim Burton's Big Fish, but did you know that this Hollywood high roller is also a talented photographer?



That's right photo fans! In a mere 6 days you could win this very photo, taken by THE Jessica Lange, in the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery!

We are incredibly honored to have this photo in this year's Photo Lottery and are pleased to introduce you to Lange's work as a photographer. Having recently published a book of her photography and showing a collection of work at the Eastman Kodak House, Lange is showing the world how she sees things behind the camera, after a virtual lifetime in front of it.

Her book, 50 Photographs, is a collection of black and white photos taken mostly during her travels as a movie star and some of her family and friends. As a college student in Minnesota in the 60's, Lange became interested in photography, but the hobby slipped away from her in the midst of international stardom. Now, she is returning to the comparitively quite and uncomplicated world of still photography, and we are more than thrilled to have this piece as one of over 150 pieces YOU could at the 2011 Photo Lottery this Saturday, Sept.24th from 6-9pm.

Tickets are on sale now, so be sure to get yours while they last! Advanced ticket buyers get the first crack at the lottery drawing, so don't wait until Saturday to take your chance at winning this and other pieces of exceptional, original work and to support AS220 Photo!

Stay tuned for features on other great artists and artworks up for grabs at the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery!! See you Saturday!

Here at AS220 we are proud to announce that this year's Photo Lottery will feature a donation by Richard McCaffrey, critically-acclaimed freelance photographer of the music industry since 1971. McCaffrey's photographic donation, a portrait of world-famous singer-songwriter Patti Smith, is a clever visual reference, a tribute to an older portrait taken of Smith by himself the same year.



Richard McCaffrey has been featured in such publications as Rolling Stone, People, Blender, Playboy, Billboard, Look, Cream, Circus, Guitar Player, TV Guide, The Providence Phoenix, Providence Journal, San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune, Boston Globe, New York Daily News, and has been featured in the following books:
Bob Dylan: The Illustrated Record (Alan Rinzler) Harmony Books); Linda Ronstadt (Vivian Claire, Flash Books); The Official Book of the Deadheads (Paul Grushkin, William Morrow & Co.); Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip (Dorling Kindersley Ltd.); Phil Lesh: My life with the Grateful Dead (Little Brown); San Francisco Rock (Jack McDonough, Chronicle Books); Talking Heads (David Gans, Avon Books) and others.

McCaffrey is represented by Getty Images and currently lives in Providence, RI where he is a news and entertainment photographer for The Providence/Boston Phoenix.

This is just one of the incredible prints YOU could win this year at the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery, coming up on Sept.24th! Buy your tickets here and get them soon! Photo Lottery is usually a sell out, so get yours while they last!

Every ticket sold directly supports the public access photo program at AS220 and helps us keep our classes cheap, our spaces open and our resources available, accessible and affordable.
For more info visit the Photo Lottery website or contact photolottery@as220.org.

Greetings From Photo Land!


The Photo Lottery is fast approaching, and for the first time in it's history is up in the gallery and on display for the entire month of September! We have a few events to officially invite you all to so you can mix and mingle with other photographers, learn more about the ever expanding world of AS220 Photo and bask in the glory of the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery!

This Friday, Sept.9th from 6-8pm in the AS220 Main Gallery at 115 Empire St. we are pleased to be hosting a meet and greet with the New England chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Rhode Island branch of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Both of these organizations help foster community and support innovation in photography and graphic design, and we are thrilled to welcome them to AS220! Please join us for an evening of casual conversation and brief slideshow presentations from AS220 Photo and Photographic Memory. Admission is free, so come join the fun and geek out with fellow photographers and graphic artists and get a sneak peek at the current Photo Lottery exhibition!

On Sunday, Sept.11 from 4-7pm is the official Photo Lottery Gallery Opening! Come to 115 Empire Street and see this constantly growing collection of photography from local artists, professional photographers, members of our public access photo program and youth photography program and nationally recognized artists! Scope out some of the incredible pieces up for grabs in the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery and chat with AS220 Photo Staff and Key Members who have been working for months to pull this epic fundraising event together. Get pumped for the main Photo Lottery event on Sept.24th by stopping by the Main Gallery this Sunday evening and take in one of the most diverse and exciting photography exhibitions in Providence!


And, of course, we cordially invite all of you to the Main Event: The 5th Biennial Photo Lottery! On Sept.24th from 6-9pm, join the photo frenzy and take your chance at winning one (or more) spectacular works of photography as we again host the most exciting photo-fundraiser in the biggest little! Every ticket is a winner and all ticket sales directly support Rhode Island's only publicly accessibly black and white darkroom, digital photo lab and community lighting studio. A single $125 ticket could win you the work of Jock Sturges, Richard McCaffery, Jessica Lange or a piece from one of your favorite local artists and helps keep our ever expanding photo classes affordable and our photographic resources accessible to interested artists at any level of skill or experience. Join in the fun while supporting your favorite local photo program and winning amazing artwork! It's a win/win/win scenario!

Last but certainly not least, we will be throwing a Photo Lottery After Party immediately following the main lottery event on Sept.24th. We have four awesome, semi-local bands slated to blow your mind as we shake loose and celebrate the epic undertaking that is the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery. Bands start at 9:30 and admission is a $3-$6 sliding scale donation that supports AS220 Photo. Come see Boston-based rock n' roll three piece On The Fence (my little brother's band!), photo nerd metal heads Predator Drone, one man music mutant Dying is the Only Way to Fame and headliners Downtown Boys!


For more information about the Photo Lottery, visit our website! Tickets are on sale now through the AS220 Online Store, so get yours while they last! The Photo Lottery typically sells out, so make sure to get yours before it's too late!

Celebrate Photo Lottery all month long with AS220 Photo! See you soon!

In our various travels, we here at AS220PHOTO run into weird, wild and fascinating photographers all the time. In a recent trip to Baltimore, MD we met Daniel Temkin, who was exhibiting a software program he created for the legendary Commodore 64 computer console at Artscape, the largest free public arts festival in the country! Come to find out, Daniel is not only a talented programmer/hacker/maker, but is also an incredible photographer working towards his MFA at the acclaimed International Center of Photography in New York City!

Not wanting to miss this opportunity to delve deeper into the mind of a multi-media artist with a penchant for photography, we asked Daniel to donate a piece to the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery, and here is what he gave us:

Naturally, we all wanted to know more about Daniel and his work after seeing this amazing print, and thought you might like to know a bit more about one of the amazing pieces YOU could win on Sept.24 at the Photo Lottery!

Tell us a bit about yourself and your artwork:

I make photos and new media work. I'm studying at the International Center of Photography in NY.

You do a lot of (for lack of a better term) digital and computer based artwork, but your photography has a more traditional, nostalgic feel. Can you tell us what role technology plays in your photography and perhaps what kind of photo equipment you use?

Although I used to work in an analog process -- medium format & color darkroom -- my workflow is entirely digital now. The traditional feel to my images is actually due partly to digitally altered color. 
I've always been drawn to the look of three-strip Technicolor films (Suspiria, Wizard of Oz, etc). In my Metro Postcard series, I based the look on this palette. In context, it's read as the cheap printing used on mid-Century postcards -- but I chose Technicolor specifically to give them a mediated, cinematic sense.
The color palette of Mutator 1 came from the fading image of green bean stir-fry on a backlit menu at a local Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood. I was editing my Mutator 1 images but something didn't seem quite right, and it hit me that the color of the menu was evocative of Budapest for me. Using that palette completely shifted the contrast of my images, highlighting the lines in the faces, and revealing elements in the photos that were nearly invisible before. It gave them a brown and purple sheen that further isolated the solitary figures without overly dramatizing them. It made the images look more like how it actually felt to be there.

You've donated a beautiful print to our Photo Lottery from your "Mutator 1" series. Can you tell us more about this project and is there a "Mutator 2" in the future?

I went to Budapest for an artist's residency. I shot the images I needed for the project I was working on in the first few days. But I was entranced by the city and continued to spend all the daylight hours wandering the streets, shooting, for the next few weeks. At that point, I was no longer thinking in terms of a project, but just exploring, getting a feel for the character of the city.
Mutator 1 came together a year later. Looking through the enormous catalog of photos, I became very interested in the expressions the older generation wore when they were out in public. They carried a sense of isolation that I didn't see among the younger people of Budapest -- something that spoke about the political history of the city and how it manifested in their personal stories.
The title came from the image of an old rotary electrical switch, sitting along with other mid-Century generators and electrical equipment behind the Hungarian Electrical Engineering Museum. It must have once said Commutator 1 and the first few letters had fallen off. I saw it as quasi-sci-fi Cold War mythology (and a lurking nuclear anxiety), a reference to the years under Communism. As for doing a follow-up, I would love the opportunity to go back to Central Europe and shoot more work!

You are based out of New York, but your work seems to come from a variety of geographic locales. Tell us where you've been traveling lately and some of the projects that have come out of those travels.

My photographic work is often tied to a sense of place, so I travel whenever I can. I went to Southern Italy on a residency last year, but have not yet edited those images into a series. It seems to take me a year before I can get a sense of what I have. So if I follow the same pattern as Budapest, I should work these into a project soon! 
In September, I'll be in Liverpool to present a paper on programming languages as art (esolangs) to the Rewire 2011 conference (Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology). Esolangs are a form that's been around since the 70's but are not widely understood -- something I would like to change by writing and presenting on it. I'm sure I'll take a lot of time in Liverpool to do street shooting.

So if you're not from Providence, how did you find out about AS220? What made you want to donate work to the Photo Lottery?

I'd heard about AS220, and was thrilled to connect at Artscape in Baltimore this summer. Having grown up outside of Boston, I've been to Providence a number of times -- I'd love to spend more time there and see more of what is happening in the Providence art scene.

We're hoping to bring Daniel to Providence soon as an Artist-in-Residence at AS220, but in the meantime, check out his website and buy your Photo Lottery ticket for your chance to win Daniel's awesome print!

Contact photolottery@as220.org for more info.

Summer is drawing to a close, but you can still learn the best way to capture those last days of sunshine and the early days of fall by signing up for a photography class at AS220! Students, looking for a yearbook photo that doesn't suck? Sign up for our Portrait Photography class and save yourself the epic embarrassment of an awful yearbook photo! Looking for a new hobby to fill the days you used to spend in school? Pick up a medium format camera and and learn about life in a square frame! Embarking on a new journey and looking for the tools and the knowledge to document your every step? We've got you covered. A whole plethora of photo know-how awaits you this Fall. Check it out!

SEPTEMBER

Intro to the 35mm Camera

Thursday, Sept. 6th &13th / 7-10pm / $50 / At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block
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! Students will learn to develop their own film in the darkroom, and learn the basics of shooting with traditional 35mm black and white film. 

Alternative Process Series Vol.1 Cyanotype

Wednesday, Sept. 28th / 7-10pm / $40 / At Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Cyanotype is the oldest printing process still in use today and is the foundation of architectural blueprints. Come learn about his historic printing process and see your photos in a whole new light! All chemicals and supplies are included in the cost of this one night class.

Intro to Studio Lighting

Saturday, Sept. 10th / 12-4pm / $50 / At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block
In this one day course, students will learn the basics of studio lighting using a studio strobe kit. Learn foundations of lighting and understand how to manipulate light to produce high quality images of artwork, people and three dimensional objects. Students should bring their own digital of film camera to class.

Intro to the Digital SLR

Sunday, Sept. 18th / 1-4pm / $40 / At AS220 Photo in the Mercantile Block
In this one day workshop, students will learn how traditional photographic principals apply to a digital world. Come equip with your camera and the manual, if you still have it, and we'll explore how the basic foundations of film photography can help you capture a better digital image.

Intro to the Black and White Darkroom

Tuesday, Sept. 20th & 27th / 7-10pm / $75 / At Paul Krot Community Darkroom
In this two week workshop, students will learn their way around the darkroom, from mixing chemicals to understanding enlargers, students will gain a hands on introduction to traditional black and white photo printing. Paper for test strips will be provided, but students are encouraged to bring their own paper and negatives to print from.

Photo Restoration

Friday, Sept. 30th / 6-9pm / $50 / At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block
Learn how to scan and retouch scratched and faded photos and film to restore family photos! Students will learn how to edit their images, how to prepare their files to print.

OCTOBER

The JOBO and Film Scanning

Wednesday, Oct. 5th & 12th / 6-9pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block
Learn to use our JOBO film processing tank to develop film outside the darkroom! Learn how to load film using a film changing bag, how to control time and temperature and safe handling of film and photo chemistry outside the traditional darkroom setting. Students will also get a basic introduction to film scanning in our digital photo lab once they have successfully processed their film.

Intermediate Darkroom

Thursday, Oct. 13th, 20th & 27th / 7-10pm / $100 / Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
In this mixed level class, students with a foundational knowledge of the black and white darkroom will go into further detail and gain a better understanding of printing practices and expand on their knowledge of photo chemistry, paper types and film formats.

Medium Format Photography

Tuesday, Oct. 4th & 11th / 7-10pm / $75 / Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Learn about the world of medium format photography and medium format films and experiment with Twin Lens Reflex cameras. Students will have access to our collection of cameras for the duration of the class, and will learn how compose photos in a square frame. Students should bring two rolls of 120 size black and white darkroom film to class. 

Photographing Artwork

Saturday, Oct. 8th & 15th / 12-4pm / $75 / AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Use our studio strobe kit to learn how to take high quality photography or yours or your friends artwork! Classes will cover flat and three dimentional artwork and students will leave class with up to 5 digital images of their work to include in their websites, portfolios or resumes.

Alternative Process Series Vol.2 Van Dyke Brown

Wednesday, Oct. 26th / 7-10pm / $40 / Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Van Dyke Brown prints have been used since 1895. Van Dyke Brown can be used to give photos and "antique" look and feel, like they came straight from Grandma's attic. All supplies and chemicals are included in this one night class.

NOVEMBER

Large Format Photography

Saturday, Nov. 5th / 1-4pm ; Thursday, Nov. 10th & 17th / 7-10pm / $150 / AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
A view camera works on the most basic camera principals and yields an impressive 4x5 (or larger) negative. These negatives can be contact printed or enlarged to epic proportions in the darkroom. The detail and precision from a view camera makes it the prefect camera for many artistic applications.

Advanced Darkroom

Monday, Nov. 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th / 7-10pm / $175 / Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
This course is designed for experienced darkroom users looking to perfect their printing skills and master the darkroom to create professional quality prints suitable for gallery exhibitions, professional portfolios or commissioned work.

Digital Editing and Printing

Sunday, Nov. 13th & 20th / 12-4pm / $100 / AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Students will build upon concepts of digital editing and printing using Adobe CS3 editing programs. Students will learn color correction, enlarging, cropping, creating color profiles, RGB and CMYK color settings, contrast and greyscale settings and digital manipulation and will have the opportunity to make professional grade digital prints.

Portrait Photography

Saturday, Nov. 12th & 19th / 12 - 4pm / $75 / AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Learn to use AS220 Photo's strobe kit and hot lights to create a appropriate and attractive lighting for studio grade portraits. In two class sessions, students will learn how to set up different lighting scenarios to highlight different traits and features, measure lighting using a light meter, and how to properly expose for film or digital.

Alternative Process Series Vol.3 Gum Bichromate

Wednesday, Nov. 23rd / 7-10pm / $45 / Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Gum Bichromate printing is a fun and highly experimental process that produced the first color photographs. Gum Bichromate printing was popular around the turn of the century and were used to make color separations similar to modern newspaper and magazine photo printing. All chemicals and supplies are included in this one night workshop.

Photo Restoration

Tuesday, Nov. 29th / 6 - 9pm / $50 / AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
In this one session course students will scan old, damaged and faded photos and learn how to retouch and restore the images with digital editing software. Students will also learn how to prepare their files for print.

Sign up soon or contact photo@as220.org for more info. And don't forget, AS220PHOTO will process your film, photograph your artwork and print your digital photos. Check out our photographic services or stop by our new digs in Mercantile Studio 207 for more info.

Today, Aug.16 is the 34th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, affectionately known as the King of Rock and Roll. We realize that in a place as hip and edgy as Providence, Elvis might not have the same stature he once did, but he did have an undeniable influence on music and popular culture and we are proud to have two prints of the one we call the King up for grabs in this year's Photo Lottery!



A few months back a gentleman named Jim Drew came to AS220 Photo with an interesting request. Seems Mr.Drew had acquired an original set of 127 medium format negatives with images of, you guessed it, Elvis Presley.

At first we were skeptical, but Jim needed a darkroom, and we needed to see these negatives, so we did what any good Camera Head would do and we helped Jim Drew make prints of what was undoubtedly the King!



In the true spirit of Rock n Roll and as a gesture of gratitude, Jim Drew was kind enough to donate a set of these prints to this year's Photo Lottery! That's right folks! You could win one of two prints that depict the one and only Elvis Presly in his military days, still posing with fans and signing autographs.

Tickets for the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery are on sale NOW! This event is always a sell out, so grab your tickets early and take a chance to win these or other fabulous photographic works on Sept.24 right here at AS220!

For more information on the 2011 Photo Lottery, visit the website or e-mail photolottery@as220.org.

Last week AS220PHOTO brought the Glass Negatives to Jamaica Plain, MA for a First Thursday opening that drew a huge crowd to the Aviary Gallery.

You may remember "Rediscovered: Glass Negatives from the Providence Public Library Special Collections printed in the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220," from our multiple exhibitions in Providence, but this month marks the first time these prints have been shown outside the Ocean State, and the response was amazing!

AS220PHOTO keymembers had a chance to talk with photographers, historians, librarians and collectors about the Glass Negative Project and our plans for a one year anniversary show coming up this October.


Thanks to everyone at the Aviary for hosting the show and for introducing AS220 and the Glass Negatives to Boston! "Rediscovered" will be on display through the month of August, so take a trip to JP and tell them Camera Head sent you!

The Photo Frenzy Returns! Prepare yourself for a display of photo madness the likes of which have never been seen! This September marks the triumphant return of the Photo Lottery, AS220PHOTO's biennial celebration of the art and practice of photography.


Every two years, we ask photographers to donate one (or more) photo-based pieces to the Photo Lottery, and every two years those donated works are won, at random, by the people who buy a ticket to the main lottery event. This is an incredibly exciting event and is AS220PHOTO's major source of funding for the next two years. Every donation and every ticket sold helps us cover our operating costs, purchase supplies to keep classes affordable, offer teaching opportunities to local artists and support our staffing costs as we strive to build a full service, publicly accessible photo program right here in Providence.


The Photo Lottery is an epic event in the history of photography at AS220, and we hope you join us in a celebration of all things photographic this September. Visit the brand spankin' new Photo Lottery website to learn more about AS220PHOTO, the artists who have already contributed to the show, how you can donate work, buy tickets and be a part of the biggest photo party this town has ever seen!!

Look out for more Photo Lottery info coming soon, and make sure you find us at FOO FEST for a sneak peek at the photos you could win on Sept.24!

That's right. There's still a few spots left in this month's awesome and extraordinary classes at AS220PHOTO! Can't make it this month? Not to worry! A whole plethora of photo know-how awaits you in July and August. Check it out!

JUNE:

Intro to the Black and White Darkroom
$75.00
Thursday, June 23rd & 29th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Learn your way around our darkroom, from mixing chemicals to understanding enlargers, and gain a hands on introduction to traditional black and white photo printing.

Alternative Process Series Vol.1 Cyanotype
$40.00
Wednesday, June29th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom at on the 2nd Floor at 115 Empire Street
Cyanotype is the oldest printing process still in use today and is the foundation of architectural blueprints. Come learn about his historic printing process and see your photos in a whole new light!

Photo Restoration
$60.00
Wednesday, June 28th 6-9pm
Instructor: Scott Alario
Location: AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Learn how to scan and retouch scratched and faded photos and film to restore your most prized photos!

JULY:

Alternative Process Series Vol.2 Van Dyke Brown
$40.00
Wednesday, July 27th 7-10pm
Instructor: Sam Thompson
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Van Dyke Brown can be used to give photos and "antique" look and feel, like they came straight from Grandma's attic.

Intermediate Darkroom
$100.00
Thursday, July 7th, 14th & 21st 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
In this mixed level class, students with a foundational knowledge of the black and white darkroom will go into further detail and gain a better understanding of printing practices and expand on their knowledge of photo chemistry, paper types and film formats.

Medium Format Photography
$75.00
Tuesday, July 19th & 26th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Learn about the world of medium format photography and medium format films and experiment with Twin Lens Reflex cameras. Students will have access to our collection of cameras for the duration of the class, and will learn how compose photos in a square frame.
 
The JOBO and Film Scanning
$75.00
Wednesday, July 6th & 13th 6-9pm
Instructor: Norlan Olivo
Location: AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Learn to use our JOBO film processing tank to develop film outside the darkroom! Students will also get a basic introduction to film scanning in our digital photo lab once they have successfully processed their film.

Photographing Artwork
$75
Saturday, July 23rd & 30th 12-4pm
Instructor: Aaron McLaughlin
Location: AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Use our studio strobe kit to learn how to take high quality photography or yours or your friends artwork!

AUGUST:

Advanced Darkroom
$175.00
Monday, Aug. 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th
Instructor: Stewart Martin
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
This course is designed for experienced darkroom users looking to perfect their printing skills and master the darkroom to create professional quality prints suitable for gallery exhibitions, professional portfolios or commissioned work.

Alternative Process Series Vol.3 Gum Bichromate
$45.00
Wednesday, Aug. 31th 7-10pm
Instructor: Sam Thompson
Location: Paul Krot Community Darkroom on the 2nd Floor of 115 Empire Street
Gum Bichromate printing is a fun and highly experimental process that produced the first color photographs.

Large Format Photography
$100.00
Saturday, Aug. 6th 1-4pm, Friday Aug. 12th & 19th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario
Location: AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
A view camera works on the most basic camera principals and yields an impressive 4x5 (or larger) negative. The detail and precision from a view camera makes it the prefect camera for many artistic applications.

Portrait Photography
$75.00
Saturday, Aug. 20th & 27th
Instructor: Aaron McLaughlin
Location: AS220 Photo at the Mercantile
Learn to use AS220 Photo's strobe kit and hot lights to create a appropriate and attractive lighting for studio grade portraits.



What more could you ask for!! Sign up soon and get in on the Photo fun this summer at AS220!

That's right! Time for another thrilling Cottage Industries Open House! It's finally summer and we've got a ton of awesome and amazing things for you to fill those long summer days. Grab your camera, your soldering iron and your silkscreen squeegee, and get ready to go crazy, Cottage Industries style!



Join us tomorrow, June 7th for a tour of AS220 with founder and artistic director Bert Crenca, and learn the not-so-secret ways of Providence's favorite arts non-profit.
Come tour the illustrious Community Printshop, Photo Studio and Fab Lab and learn how you can get involved and take advantage of the amazing and affordable resources available to you!

And don't forget, AS220 Photo is hosting ANOTHER artist talk this month with professional photographer and American Society of Media Photographers New England chapter President Scott Indermaur!

A photo from Indermaur's portrait project "Revealed"

Indermaur will speak to the challenges of balancing personal, creative projects and paid/commissioned work, and the importance of having a creative outlet and business savvy as a professional photographer.

Be sure not to miss this special Open House and learn more about AS220, Summer Classes in the Cottage Industries and pretty much anything else you might want to know about art but were afraid to ask!

See you tomorrow!

Carspray by Stewart Martin

Get ready for the best summer photos EVER! AS220 Photo wants to show you how to make your vacation/summer adventure photos to the next level with three months worth of classes, from introductory to advanced level workshops in traditional and digital photography and alternative photo processes! Rediscover the world of analog with a black and white darkroom class, or get crazy and shoot some color medium format film them learn to scan and print your own photos right here at AS220!
Take your pick and start shooting!


JUNE:
Intro to the 35mm Camera
Photo Restoration Workshop
Lasercut a Pinhole Camera
Digital SLR Workshop
Intro to Studio Lighting
Intro to the Darkroom
Alternative Process Vol.1: Cyanotype


JULY:
Medium Format Photography
The JOBO and FIlm Scanning
Photographing Artwork
Intermediate Darkroom
Alternative Process Vol.2: Van Dyke Brown


AUGUST:
Large Format Photography
Advanced Darkroom Printing
Alternative Process Vol.3: Gum Bichromate
Digital Editing and Printing
Portrait Photography


Sign up online or contact krystal@as220.org for more info. See you soon!

Glass Negatives are back! Join us this Thursday night for a Gallery Night opening of the next installment of the Glass Negative Project! From 5-9pm we will be at the Cityside Gallery at RE/MAX Cityside at 300 South Main Street in Providence to again bask in the glory of glass negatives.

The volunteer members of AS220 Photo have put in a lot of work on these prints and will be on hand to share their work with you while we again display these images, printed from rare glass negatives from the Providence Public Library's Special Collections with support from a mini-grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities!

This is your last chance to see these prints on display, as next month we'll be swapping them out for a whole new series of never before seen photographic prints, all printed in the Paul Krot community Darkroom at AS220.

All the prints in the collection are available for purchase and directly support the PPL Special Collections and the public access photo program at AS220. Stop by tomorrow night and take a look, and maybe take home a piece of history! If you can't make it to the show, check out the online gallery here to see the entire collection and order custom prints for your own special collection of these incredible photographic works.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Sometimes, a 35mm frame just isn't enough. Sometimes even 120mm is still too small. So what's a photographer to do? Call in the view camera and step into the wide world of Large Format Photography. Take everything you know about photography, and make it BIGGER! Large format is beyond frame lines and film reels. Using sheet film from 4x5 to 8x10 and sometime larger, the possibilities of large format photography are virtually endless.

While the size of your average view camera can seem overwhelming at first, once you get to know this gentle giant of the photo world you'll be hooked! The size of the negatives mean remarkable images and a clarity that is still unmatched, even in the days of megapixels and digital editing.



Lucky for you we have a Large Format Class starting THIS SATURDAY, May 7th from 1-4pm right here at AS220! We've reduced the price of the class to give you even more bang for your photo buck in this 3 session, all inclusive class. That's right, for just $100 you get your own View Camera for the class, sheet film, shooting time, darkroom time, and of course, the always awesome instruction from AS220 Photo Key Member, Large Format aficionado and all around nice guy Scott Alario!

Don't miss your chance to learn the ways of the view camera and take your photo-know-how to the next level! Sign up soon and we'll see you this weekend!

Here at AS220 Photo we cross paths with amazing photographers and incredible photographs every single day. But it's not every day that we have an Artist-in-Residence like documentary photographer, educator, journalist, videographer and community activist Huascar Robles.

During his stay at AS220 as our Artist-in-Residence for the month of May, Robles will host a special Artist Talk this Tuesday, May 3rd at 7pm, right after our monthly Cottage Industries Open house and will teach our first ever Spanish Language Photography Class!

Robles will also be working on a photo project to document the cultural rituals and celebrations of Providence's Latino and Puerto Rican communities in an attempt to capture the sometimes spontaneous celebrations that often times go unnoticed beyond neighborhood backyards and family dinner tables.

We are incredibly excited to have Robles here for the month of May to share his skills, his ideas and his work with us, and we invite you to join us for the Artist Talk and Open House to learn more about how photography can be a powerful tool to inspire change, insight hope and expose beauty in the average truth and the unknown.



Hope to see you all next week! For more information on photo classes and the upcoming artist talk, contact:

AS220 Photo Manager Krystal Grow
krystal@as220.org
or
AS220 Assistant Managing Director and Robles' Artist-In-Residence Sponsor Sheyla Rivera
shey@as220.org.

There's black and white photography, there's color photography, and then there's a very special kind of photo processing that lies in between those two extremes; Alternative Processes.



Alternative, or Antique Photo Processing comes in many different forms. Above, we have an example of a Van Dyke Brown print by AS220 Photo Key Member and Alternative Process Instructor Danny Floyd. This process turns your black and white negative into a beautiful, sepia like brown and white print. Perfect for those negatives you found in the family photo album or for anything that needs an aged and old timey look.

Alternative Processes are not only an awesome way to give new life to an old image, but are also one of the many links between photography and printmaking. Most of these alternative techniques require hand coating a heavy grade printmaking paper with chemistry and then exposing that paper to light. The photograph, when developed, takes on a distinctive, printed look, with the chemistry soaking into the paper and changing color as it is exposed to UV light.



Here at AS220, we offer monthly classes in different Alternative Processes. In one, 3 hour class session you can learn how to transform your negatives into colorful, photo based prints! This month's featured process is Van Dyke Brown. Join us Apr.27 and every last Wednesday of the month for a fresh look at Antique and Alternative photo Processes!

We all love the darkroom. That's a given. In a perfect world we photo nerds would spend countless hours in the comfort of the safe lights developing film day in and day out. But alas, this world is far from perfect. Sometimes a camerhead has to make sacrifices and can't enjoy the fine art of good old fashioned darkroom processing. That's when you call in the JOBO.

Developed in Germany in the 1960's, the JOBO film system stands on the line between analog photography and modern engineering. This system makes it possible for you to develop film OUTSIDE THE DARKROOM. Crazy, I know, but it's true!

With only a film changing bag and the same Sprint chemistry you'd use in our own Paul Krot Community Darkroom, you can develop multiple rolls of film in a fraction of the time! The JOBO consists of a heated water bath and a rotating motor that agitates your film tank according to the speed you set. Heat your chemistry to exactly 68 degrees, mix as usual (remember 2 to 8 for film fixer!!), set the timer and let 'er rip!



The JOBO system we use at AS220 Photo has yet another fascinating feature, commonly known as the JOBO LIFT. What this means is that with the pull of a simple lever, all the chemistry in your film tank is poured directly into the sink without ever removing the tank itself from it's tracks in the heated water bath.



There are countless other fascinating features of the JOBO, far too many to list in a simple blog. The only way to find out is to take our class and learn how to use this awesome machine for yourself! Sign up now and look out for next week's photo feature, comin atcha courtesy of AS220 Photo!

In the world of Medium Format photography, there are two masters: Hasselblad and Rolleiflex. Each is the ruler of their domain; the Hassleblad owns the world of Single Lens Reflex Medium Format, while the Rollei is the leader of the Twin Lens Reflex (TLR).

But, like all great kingdoms, there are rebels and those that fly under the radar. This is where you will find the CiroFlex. The American made TLR was the first to compete with the German made Rolleiflex in the 1940's and 50's and it's affordability and rugged design made it a popular camera among young photographers and later in the world of advertising and product photography as a portable alternative to bulky studio cameras. It's incredibly rare to find a CiroFlex in working condition, as many that have made it through the past 50 years typically have sticky shutters, broken lenses and rusty gears, but our trusty CiroFlex is in perfect condition, and is available to you through our classes and camera rental program!

Like most twin lens cameras, the CiroFlex has a square format ground glass that provides excellent clarity and depth of field, but it does take a little getting used to if you've been shooting with 35mm viewfinders.


Those familiar with the rectangular 35mm film frames will find that the square format of 120 film presents an interesting challenge; no horizontal or vertical orientation or composition option! Composing shots in a square frame is not nearly as straight foward as you might think, making the CiroFlex and medium format photography a true challenge and a refreshing change of pace.



Think you might be the medium format type? Interested in learning the ways of the Twin Lens Reflex? Than sign up for our Medium Format Photography class! Students will have access to our collection of medium format TLR cameras for the duration of the class and will learn that thinking inside the box can be pretty a pretty radical mentality!

Kelly Phillips has been a Key Member at AS220 Photo for almost a full year now, contributing her time and talents to the Glass Negative Project, as our Digital SLR instructor and as our defacto events photographer. Kelly also volunteers her time as a volunteer for AS220's performance space! She's a real powerhouse and we're proud to support her thesis project and exhibition "Life as it Should Be: Images from Bakersfield," opening this Sunday, Mar.27th from 4-6pm at Providence College, 1 Cunningham Sq (Eaton St. entrance).

*Artist's Statement: *
Life as it Should Be: Images from Bakersfield
By Kelly Phillips

Over the last three years, I have spent a significant amount of time away from my hometown of Bakersfield, California. It is a suburban city, population 400,000, with no downtown high rises. With three major oil refineries, Bakersfield has a unique desert/industrial feel which conflicts with expansive suburban track home developments.

I began photographing my hometown in order to preserve it in my memory; quite simply, this project was born out of homesickness. I wanted my wall to be overwhelmed with Bakersfield. My nostalgia for this undesirable place comes through in the photographs, as does my critical eye on Bakersfield city planning. In one image, the viewer sees my reflection in my bedroom window, while another has the oil fields of Chevron in the distance. The juxtaposition of nostalgia and criticism overlaps with a 'yes, people actually do live here' feel.

These photos are meant to document the extreme suburban growth, visible every time I return home, that creates an uncanny mix of industrial and residential zones. Developments are started, then never finished , leaving bakersfield with whole streets of ghost homes. Fields were plowed, roads were paved, light posts were installed, but sometimes the homes were never built. Houses and shopping centers alike display an eerie monotony of tan stucco. Even churches are not more than corrugated steel boxes with the same tan stucco. It was not until I left Bakersfield, who's motto is "Life As It Should Be," that I realized just how bizarre it actually is.

For this project I have printed 1000 postcards, overwhelming the gallery and the viewer with Bakersfield as I see it - monochromatic, industrial, suburban, vacant. The prints are imperfect, mimicking the dirty landscape of Bakersfield. Black and white enhances the grittiness, and the monochrome, cookie cutter feel of the city. Postcards are nostalgic mementos a tourist sends to loved ones, often displaying images of city pride. My postcards show dirty areas of conflict; Postcards you would never want to receive.

We are incredibly proud of Kelly for the effort she has put into this project and to her work at AS220. See more of Kelly's awesome photography here, and don't miss your chance to see this fantastic exhibition from one of AS220 Photo's own!

So JayZ, beloved printshop mainstay, former AS220 VISTA and friend of AS220 Photo has an incredible solo show opening tonight at 6pm at R.K. Projects, 65 Eddy St. in Downtown Providence.

It's called "Our Sentry," and it's on display from Mar.10-26.



Jay is a super talented and insanely driven artist and we are happy to support his work. Not only is this show going to be totally stellar, but it's also an awesome opportunity to see what happens when print and photo collide. JayZ used AS220 Photo's Epson 9000 inkjet printer to make large format, four color separation films on clear acetate that he then used to expose screens for the silkscreen prints on display in this show. I won't give away the surprise, but seriously, come see how badass these prints are. For real.

If you don't already know JayZ for his multiple printed works, The New Sentry newspaper, as an instructor at AS220 and as an all around cool guy, learn more about his work here.

Press Release for "Our Sentry"

R.K. PROJECTS presents OUR SENTRY, an exhibition of new works/prints by Jay Zehngebot. The Providence- based artist has produced a suite of work that includes a series of self-developed screen-printing techniques that range from dual-stated screen-prints (different images become apparent depending on the direction by which the prints are lit), to a burnt-printing process (whereby detailed imagery is delicately burnt into the paper). This array of experimental printmaking attributes to the expansiveness of his subject matter - the frail boundaries between virtual and real arenas, sanctuaries and memorials. Zehngebot has intentionally obscured these boundaries via the processes of printmaking, pulling from a carefully culled archive of found images, documentation of digital spaces, video games, and various news sources

A few of his most recent prints incorporate screen captures from virtual environments that have been constructed with funding from the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command. These test-software simulations are designed to treat soldiers who have returned from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Virtual guides host some of these environments, and play both the roles of therapist and of a hyper-idealized warrior-mentor. His dual-stated image printing process mines the conflicts that arise from such a situation. During the day we see a depiction of the soldier/patient, and at night we see his potential perspective of his therapist/warrior-mentor while he is sitting in front of a screen.

In another set of prints, Jay Zehngebot utilizes personal documentation taken from in-game recordings, military documentaries, television programs and combat systems promotional material - searching for the instances where differences drop away. Popular video games titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops serve as a catalyst for Zehngebot's work, alongside other less known but similarly notable releases - including the American-made episodic first person shooter (FPS) titled Kuma War (which simulates contemporary US military history and proposes a ground invasion of Iran), the Hezbollah-funded Special Forces series, and the commercially available Arma2, cousin to Virtual Battlespace (VBS) - a high-end software and server suite developed to virtually train soldiers in the US, Canadan, and NATO Armed Forces.

For the duration of the exhibit, Zehngebot will also release an edition of his self-published newspaper, The New Sentry, every Saturday. Assembled entirely with a mobile phone, The New Sentry incorporates news from nearly 40 sources, and is organized under the broad categories: Security, Energy, Science/Technology, and Culture.

His work becomes not only the presentation of figurative, military archetypes - or the presentation of nuances in virtual simulation and what happens when they are re-presented and re-contextualized - but larger, encapsulating themes of conditioning, pace, perception, interconnection, and the memorialized abstraction of death.

We busted out the Polaroid film at our first Cottage Industries Open House last night and snapped these awesome shots of visitors and AS220 Photo Key Members! It was great fun and we can't wait for our next Open House on April 5! But in the meantime, check out what we've got for you!

Here at AS220 Photo we are happy to provide not only a home for photo nerds everywhere, but to offer the photographer-about-town time saving photographic resources and services the likes of which haven't been seen in at least the last decade!

Aside from our amazing array of Spring classes, which you can see here, affordable access to our traditional black and white darkroom and digital photo lab, which you can learn about here, we are pleased to offer the following photographic services:

Studio Strobe Lighting Kit Rentals
Artwork Photography
Black and White Film Processing
Camera Rentals

Stop by AS220 Photo in the Mercantile Block on Mondays between 12-6 to set up an appointment to rent our studio strobe kit or have your artwork photographed, rent a camera for the week or drop off a few rolls of film to be processed!

Follow the link above to learn more about how you can take advantage of these crazy good deals, or e-mail krystal@as220.org. We're looking forward to meeting you and making your photo fantasies reality!

We've made it through the wilderness people! Now get outside and have some fun, but don't forget your camera! Shooting frame after frame after frame of snow can get a tad boring, no? We know just the trick to dig you out of that winter rut and get you thinking in 35, medium and large format mode!
With the opening of the new Mercantile Photo Lab, we have a slew of awesome new classes to offer for the Spring. Be a part of AS220 Photo history and sign up now! Just click on the class name and you're in!
And don't forget, the photo lab is now open for rentals! Come use our wide format Epson 9000 and Epson 2200 Photo printers! Frame and mat your finished work and use our four light copy stand for high quality images of your art. For more info about using the new photo lab or the darkroom, contact krystal@as220.org

MARCH

Intro to the 35mm Camera
$50.00
Tuesday, March 1st & 8th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

Alternative Process Series Vol.1 Cyanotype
$40.00
Wednesday, March 30th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Basic Studio Lighting
$50.00
Saturday, March 26th 12-4pm
Instructor: Aaron McLaughlin

Digital Camera Workshop
$40.00
Sunday, March 20th 3-6pm
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Introduction to the Black and White Darkroom
$75.00
Friday, March 18th & 25th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario


APRIL

Alternative Process Series Vol.2 Van Dyke Brown
$40.00
Wednesday, April 27th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Digital Photo Editing
$60.00
Sunday, April 3rd & 10th 3-6pm
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Intermediate Darkroom
$100.00
Thursday, April 7th, 14th & 21st
Instructor: Thom Barbour

Medium Format Photography
$75.00
Tuesday, April 5th, 17th & 19th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

The JOBO and Film Scanning
$75.00
Wednesday, April 13th & 20th 6-9pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

MAY


Advanced Darkroom
$175.00
Monday, May 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd
Instructor: Stewart Martin

Advanced Digital Editing and Printing
$75.00
Sunday, May 15th & 22nd
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Alternative Process Series Vol.3 Gum Bichromate
$45.00
Wednesday, May.25th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Large Format Photography
$150.00
Saturday, May 7th 1-4pm, Friday May 13th & 20th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario

Photographing Artwork
$85.00
Thursday, May 12th & 19th
Instructor: Krystal Grow

Thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday, Feb.5th to the Grand Opening party for AS220 Photo! It was truly incredible to welcome everyone into our new space and show you all what we can do.



We had SO MUCH FUN! Between the amazing photos on display, the tasty photo-themed cocktails and the super sweet super secret metal show, it might have been both the most awesome and nerdy photo party of all time!

The Developer (aka Cranberry Margarita) was a big hit!

Predator Drone, featuring staff/members of AS220 Photo.


Oh, and did we mention, MAYOR TAVERAS was here! Yup. AS220 Photo received an official Citation from the City to acknowledge our achievement for creating the city's first full service, affordable public access photo program. Go us!!


And, of course, Camerahead: The life of the Party!!



If, for some reason, you weren't able to make it to the party, fear not! We're still here and would love to meet you. Drop by AS220 Photo at the Mercantile, e-mail krystal@as220.org, or come to one of our weekly, open meetings, every Monday at 7pm with questions, comments, ideas, etc. Can't wait to hear from you!

*Thanks to AS220 Photo Key Member and Digital SLR Instructor Kelly Phillips for the awesome photos! See more here!

It's finally happening! The new year brings a new and improved photo program to AS220. Introducing: AS220 PHOTO!

Now located in the brand new Mercantile Block, AS220 Photo is the long awaited expansion of our traditional darkroom program. We are pleased to offer digital printing and scanning, studio lighting, photo framing, mating and finishing as well as black and white film processing with the help of our Jobo processing system!



This is an incredibly exciting time to be a part of the photo program at AS220, as both our wildly popular youth program, Photographic Memory and the revitalized Public Access program are both expanding to offer more resources than ever before to photo lovers of all varieties.



Be a part of something special! Join us Saturday, Feb.5th from 7-10pm for the Grand Opening of AS220 Photo! Darkroom-themed cocktail concoctions, special musical guests, demos of our new equipment and photo-ops galore! Hope to see you then!

We here at AS220 Photo are lucky to work with amazing photographers every single day, and have cultivated a community of such talented core members that we are literally bursting at the seams with truly stunning photography. Case in point: Scott Alario.



This Sunday, Jan. 9th from 4-7pm, please join us at the AS220 Main Gallery at 115 Empire Street to celebrate Scott's newest work, "Our Fable," a series of black and white photos that bring a beautiful story to life.



Scott has been a keymember in the photo program at AS220 for two years, and in that time has been an integral part of projects that include the rebuild of the Century Camera, the Glass Negative Project, and as an instructor for our Large Format and Intro to the Darkroom classes. His dedication to our program, to his photography, and to his family is genuine and inspiring, and we are lucky to have him on our team.



Come support the work of one of our biggest supporters this weekend, or, join us on Feb.5th for the AS220 Photo grand opening party from 7-10 pm. Details to follow, but we hope to see you all there!

Hello Out There!

Don't forget to stop by the Providence Public Library tonight from 6-8pm for a very special talk with local historian, humanities scholar and Rhode Island Historical Society Graphics Archivist Jim Damico who will be sharing his research into the Glass Negative Collection.


If you've seen the show at City Hall, make sure you get to the library tonight to hear Jim tell us more about the history behind these incredible images and the theory and practice of glass plate and collodion photography. It's going to be a great show folks, and it's completely free!!

Below is the "official" press release, with more info than you probably need, but just enough to whet your appetite for the massive amounts of historical information sure to follow at the talk this evening. Hope to see you all there! 6pm in the 2nd floor conference room outside the Special Collections room.

See you tonight!!


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Infinite History

Lecture on the Archival Project by Scholar, James DaMico & the Launch of the Glass Negative Collection Online

Monday, October 25th, 6-8pm
Providence Public Library, Special Collections Exhibition Hall
150 Empire Street, Providence RI 02903

On October 25th, Rhode Island Historical Society Graphic Archivist and Humanities Scholar, James Damico, will host a talk on his research on the Providence Public Library's glass negative collection. Damico, who has been collaborating with the volunteer archivists of AS220's Paul Krot Community Darkroom, will discuss the local historical significance of these remarkable images and how they came to be a part of the Library's Special Collections Department. The plates represent a wide range of topics including portraits of wealthy Rhode Island families, interiors of textile factories, and landscapes of New England.

Volunteer members of the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220 began working with Providence Public Library Special Collections Director Rick Ring to unearth the fragile glass negative collection since December 2009. By organizing, cataloging and storing these pieces of history in archival boxes and envelopes, volunteers have halted the degradation of the negatives and increased public awareness of their existence. The public can now begin to appreciate the enormous value of the Library's sizable glass negative collection through the exhibition of prints currently on display at Providence City Hall; an opportunity generously funded by a Rhode Island Council for the Humanities grant.

Approximately 1,200 glass plate negatives have now been cataloged and digitally captured to create an online gallery of these artifacts with the aim that they will not only be preserved but also accesible to the public during the years to come. The Glass Negative exhibition is on display at Providence City Hall until the end of October and the full collection can now be viewed in the online gallery and database. The Special Collections and AS220 Darkrooms hope sales of the photographs printed from these negatives will help provide long-term financial support for their archival storage as well as support for future initiatives of AS220's Community Darkrooms, the only public B&W facilities in Rhode Island.

James DaMico holds a Master's of Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video Production from the Rochester Institute of Technology. James is the Graphics Project Archivist at the Rhode Island Historical Society Library (RIHS) where he is surveying and creating core catalog records of the entire Graphics Collection. James is responsible for compiling accurate data on the scope of the collection, setting preservation and disaster recovery priorities, appraising items to ensure they fit the collection policy of the Society and assessing the preservation and conservation needs of the collection as well as re-housing items. In addition, James is cataloging the 16mm newsreel footage of former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci. James is interested in the preservation and making accessible photographic and moving image material to the public. James also teaches workshops and lectures on the history of photographic technology and the care and identification of audio-visual and photographic material, including courses at The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Prior to becoming an Archivist, James worked as an Audio-Visual Technician for Microsoft and professionally in the film and video field as a cameraman, editor, soundperson, and lighting technician.

The mission of the Paul Krot Community Darkroom, Rhode Islands only publicly accessible B&W photo facilities, includes accessibility for all artists, affordable space, and providing low and no-cost educational opportunities.

The Special Collections department houses over 40,000 books, posters, pamphlets, photographs, broadsides, manuscripts, and other artifacts in an attempt to preserve, augment, and provide public access to these collections.

For more information on the Glass Negative Preservation Project, visit here or contact the Project Manager Krystal Grow.

Krystal Grow
Glass Negative Project Manager
AS220 Cottage Industries Coordinator
krystal@as220.org
401-831-9327 (x112)

Richard J. Ring
Special Collections Librarian
401-455-8021
rring@provlib.org

James DaMico
Graphics Project Archivist
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
james.damico@gmail.com

Step right up and be the first to own a piece of photo history and support your favorite community darkroom and the local treasure trove that is the Providence Public Library Special Collections!

At this very moment, in the heart of downtown Providence, hang 30 framed, archival grade photos from rare glass negatives printed by volunteer members of the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220.


You have until October 29th to buy one (or more) of the 30 framed prints on display at Providence City Hall. $100 for a contact print on 8x10 fiber based paper and $300 for a framed enlargement. That's a real steal people! Don't miss your chance to own a piece of this project. Contact Paul Brooks by calling the Mayor's Office at 401-421-2489.


But, if for some reason you can't make it to City Hall to buy a print or see the show, we are pleased to announce the launch of our online visual database of the entire collection! In one simple system you can browse through all 1,200 images and chose your favorites. See something at City Hall but want it as a 16x20 enlargement? Did the print you wanted sell before you had a chance to get it? This is your chance to own a piece of this incredible collection and support the public access photo program at AS220 and the PPL Special Collections.


Contact Cottage Industries Coordinator and Project Manager Krystal Grow for more info: krystal@as220.org/401-831-9327

Join us this very evening at Providence City Hall from 5-7pm for the opening of "Rediscovered: Glass Negatives from the Special Collections printed at the AS220 Darkroom"



We are proud to present this collection to the public with support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and with the hard work and dedication of our talented roster of darkroom members. Many thanks to Rick Ring at the PPL Special Collections for bringing these incredible images to our attention, and to Rhode Island Historical Society Graphics Archivist Jim Damico, for helping us place these photos in their appropriate and accurate historical context.

When we first started working on this project back in December, this is what we had to work with.

Through a mix of modern technology and good old fashioned photo-know how, we turned them into digital positives that will be compiled into an online visual database and archival grade darkroom prints, like this:



Witness history in the re-making! Many of these prints have never been printed and shown publicly before, so make sure you get down to City Hall and be a part of the unveiling of this incredible collection.

For more Info, click here

With less than two weeks before the opening of our show at the City Hall Gallery, we're getting all our prints framed up and ready for display, and they are looking AMAZING!! We have almost all our contact prints done, and have started on the four 20x24 enlargements that will be part of this very special exhibition.

"Rediscovered: Glass Negatives from the Special Collections printed at the AS220 Darkroom" will open on October 4th from 5-7pm, and will be on display at the Gallery at Providence City Hall for the entire month. This show is the culmination of almost one full year of work that we have done in collaboration with the Special Collections at the Providence Public Library to catalog and preserve these rare and beautiful photographic negatives and make them available to the public.



Many of these images have never been printed before, and this is the first time in their lifetime that they have ever been enlarged, as glass negatives were typically meant to be contact printed. The image above, of fabled historian and archivist James Arnold, who compiled the first series of vital records in Rhode Island and took many of the images in the glass negative collection, is one of the four prints that will be enlarged and on display at City Hall this October.



Don't miss this incredible exhibit, made possible by support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, The Providence Public Library Special Collections, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the hard work and dedication of our talented darkroom members.

For more information on this project, click here

See you at City Hall!!

That's right! The Century Camera is close to ready for FOO FEST!! With less than two weeks left until the big day, we've been working hard on the retrofitting of our 100 year old camera with a polariod style film back to take INSTANT PORTRAITS during our day-long block party!
The Eastman Kodak Century Camera was build in the early 1900's and was the grand standard of studio portrait cameras back in the day. We were given this massive beast of a machine last year, and with the help of our team of photophiles and top shelf professional assistance from master retrofitter Paul Clancy, we're this close to having picture perfect prints for you to take home as your very own Foo Fest documentary souvenier!



We've got one more week to get this down to a science, but, as you can see from our test prints, we're pretty damn close!! Now put yourself in that frame, at Foo Fest, and you've got one hell of a sweet addition to the family photo album. Bring the kids, bring your pets, bring some props, or just bring yourself! This is no average portrait studio. It's cheaper, it's way more fun, and you'll be traversing 100 years of photo history in a single frame! Plus, you'll get to meet our dedicated and absolutely awesome darkroom members and learn more about how you can get involved with the Paul Krot Community Darkroom and play with beautiful old cameras like this:



See you at FOO!!!! Aug.14 from 1pm-1am.

In place of our regularly scheduled darkroom meeting, this Monday, June 28th at 7pm the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220 will be hosting a very special Pot Luck Dinner and Open House! Yum!
Stop by and meet our friends, teachers and members, see our darkroom, see our work, and enjoy some tasty snacks! We promise, the secret ingredient isn't Fixer.
Totally free and open to all! Bring your friends! Bring a snack! Bring some work! Bring some questions. Bring it ON!!!
See you in the darkroom!

Because we know last month's Open House with Denny Moers totally rocked your world, we give you this:

Alternative Process Series Vol.4-Print Like Denny Moers!Only $65!!

Sign up soon! This special, one night workshop is limited to 4 students. Class starts Thursday, June 24 at 7pm.
And don't forget about our other classes and workshops this summer!
Intro to the 35mm Camera $50
Large Format Photography starts THIS WEEKEND!! $125
Laser cut a Pinhole Camera! $50
Alternative Process Series Vol.2 $40
Alternative Process Series Vol.1 $40
Intro to the Black and White Darkroom $75

Contact krystal@as220.org for more info.
See you in the Darkroom!

You heard right! In a mere four hours Denny Moers will be here, live, in the darkroom to show us how he does stuff like this:



and this:



And as if that weren't enough, after the demo Denny has some slides to show us. That's right, an ACTUAL COLOR SLIDESHOW!!!!
This is gonna be huge! Don't miss is, because I promise, you'll regret it. Plus, how could we possibly describe in words what Denny does with photos and chemicals and light? Not possible folks.
So get down to the AS220 Darkroom at 6:30pm. It's* totally free!* No excuses! Be there!!

That's right folks-Denny Moers will be in house giving a live demo of his photo printing technique that is responsible for the astounding images before you. Impressive, right? "How does he DO that?" you may wonder. Well, this is your chance to find out!



This Monday, May 24 at 6:30pm, Moers will provide a live darkroom demo followed by a slide presentation of more of his incredible and vivid work for our May Open House Event, which is, as always totally FREE and open to the public.

Denny's Bio:

Denny Moers is known for his highly imaginative, technically innovative monoprints created by controlling the action of light on the chemical-sensitized photographic paper during the print developing process, giving his black and white photographs an extraordinary range of tonalities. He has photographed subject matter as diverse as New England architecture, medieval wall frescoes and tomb reliefs, contemporary constructions sites and western landscapes and dwellings.



Denny Moers received his MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop. During the 1980's he worked as Aaron Siskind's first assistant and printer. He is currently on the faculty of Roger Williams University. He received a RI Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2003.

His photographic monoprints are included in over 30 public and private collections throughout the world including the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Ma., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art; The Huston Museum of Art, the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City.


Recent publications include the portfolio: Between Now & Then-A selection of book covers with a foreword by CD Wright published in 2006 and COMPOSITION BY FIELD: An Olson Portfolio celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American poet, Charles Olson published by BoxKite Press, Australia in 2010.

His artwork is represented by the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA., June Bateman Gallery, NY, NY and Thomas Meyer Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.

Prepare yourself for total photo awesomeness! See you in the Darkroom!

Like what you see?? Well come see it happen! On May 24, Photographer Denny Moers will give a live darkroom demonstration of his mind-blowing printing techniques. The image above began as a humble black and white print, but after Denny was done became the multi-colored, richly toned masterpiece before you.

Moers, who has covered topics from traditional New England architecture to sweeping landscapes has concieved a printing technique he calls "The Fluidity of Accidents," which evolves from the natural chemical reactions of metal toners to the silver in photographic paper. Using bright flashes of light and splashes of chemicals, Moers has created a truly unique pallet for traditional black and white prints.

Learn more about Denny Moers here!

The Paul Krot Darkroom at AS220 is pleased to have Denny in house for a live demo of this incredible technique and to offer it to you 100% FREE! That's right, we've got the goods and we're givin' it away...again!! That's Monday, May 24th at 6:30pm.

Hope to see you there!!

That's right friends of the photographic arts. Spring is right around the corner, and what better time to boost your photo knowledge and prepare for all the picturesque glory the springtime has in store. Want to capture the beauty of the outdoors in a new-old-fashioned way? Sign up for an one of our Antique Printing Workshops. Inspired by the panoramic glory of a post-daylight savings sunset? Perhaps the next Large Format class is for you. Or, maybe you're making some vacation plans and need a refresher course on your digital camera to make sure you get those perfect travel pics. We've got you covered there too, with monthly Digital Camera Workshops. And we still have our solid line-up of intro-level 35mm and Darkroom courses running all through the spring, so make sure you snag your spot before it's too late! Take a gander at the list below, then sign up here!

MARCH
6th 3pm-6pm: Digital Camera Workshop
16th & 23rd 7pm-10pm: Intro to the 35mm Camera
20th & 27th 1pm-4pm: Lasercut a Pinhole Camera
31st 7pm-10pm: Antique Printing Class-Cyanotype

APRIL
3rd 3pm-6pm: Digital Camera Workshop
8th, 15th & 23rd 7pm-10pm: Intro to the Black and White Darkroom
17th & 24th 10am-2pm, 21st 7pm-10pm: Large Format Photography
28th 7pm-10pm: Antique Printing Class-Van Dyke Brown

MAY
1st 3pm-6pm: Digital Camera Workshop
4th, 11th, 18th & 25th 7pm-10pm: Intermediate Black and White Printing
12th 7pm-10pm: Antique Printing Class: Gum Bichromate

Questions, Comments, Class Ideas? Contact krystal@as220.org
See you in the Darkroom!

We've got a host of new classes to whet your photographic pallet this winter in the Paul Krot Community Darkroom. This winter, we've let our talented darkroom members take the reigns to come up with a curriculum to meet all kinds of interests. Take a gander at what we have to offer. Click here to sign up!

Alternative Printing Workshops
Dec.9th 7p-10p $50 Cyanotype
Dec.16th 7p-10p $50 Van Dyke Brown
Jan.6th 7p-10p $50 Gum Bichromate
Learn the secrets of these antique and alternative methods and create truly unique photos for you personal collection! RISD Grad and Darkroom Member Danny Floyd will take students through the printing process in these one day workshops.

Darkroom to Digital Theory
Jan. 16, 23 12p-4p $35
Now that you finally have a shiny new digital camera, what are you gonna do with it? In this two week course, SBI Camera Expert and Darkroom Member Phylis Ollari will show you how to use all those crazy settings to create beautiful, print worthy digital images.

Large Format Photography
Feb.6, 20 1p-5p, Feb 11, 18 7p-10p $125
In four weeks, you'll get a hands on introduction to large format photography. Using AS220's collection of cameras from our Camera Rental Program, Darkroom Member and Large Format Master Scott Alario will take students through the entire large format process, from operating the cameras and learning their settings, to developing 4x5 film and making prints. A real steal for a class of this calibur!

All supplies are included in these classes (except the digital class. You gotta bring your own for that one, but no chemicals or computers are required). If you want to make extra prints, or have a preference of papers, feel free to bring your own. For more information on classes, contact Krystal Grow at 401-831-9327x112 or krystal@as220.org

In the back to school spirit? Looking for a fun place to learn some cool new skills and make some art? Well you're in luck because new classes have been scheduled in the Darkroom with a few of our classic courses ready to roll this fall. Check out intro and intermediate printing classes and learn your way around AS220's facilities with our helpful and knowledgeable staff, keymembers and instructors. For more information, contact krystal@as220.org

The Black and White Darkroom $100.00 (three student minimum) Intro to Photo Workshop Two Instructor-Gail Porter * Oct 21, 28 & Nov 4th from 7-10pm* 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).

Intro to 35mm Camera: Everything You Wanted to Know $50.00 (two student minimum) Intro to Photo Workshop One Instructor-Gail Porter- * Oct 7th & 14th from 7-10pm* 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.

Intermediate Printing Class $200 (three student minimum) Instructor: Stewart Martin Oct 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, Nov 3rd, 10th from 7-10pm. 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

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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)

Many of our instructors will be offering workshops again this coming January. Stay tuned for an update in the next one to two weeks for upcoming classes, times, pricing and all other necessary info. Get in touch if there is something you would like to see offered, we would love to hear from you!

ALTERNATIVE PHOTO WORKSHOP

Printing with Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Emulsions

In this workshop students were 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 featured 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!

PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT BY: Olivia B. McCullough

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.

DARKROOM INTERMEDIATE PRINTING

This course was designed for those with 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.

PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT BY: Stewart Martin

Stewart Martin is a professional printer and photographer who 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.

INTRO TO PHOTO

The basics of 35mm photography were covered in this first level traditional photography course. Beginning with a comprehensive examination and understanding of the camera and light meter, students learned to develop film, make contact prints, and to enlarge prints using variable contrast filters to improve print quality. The course included slide presentations of both historic and contemporary photographers, critiques and class discussions to help students to improve their ability to talk about photographs, define their own interests in photography, and to improve composition.

PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT BY: Gail Porter

PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY

Pinhole photography is the capture of an image using a tiny pin sized hole in a thin sheet of metal allowing a ray of light to enter a container projecting the image onto light sensitive material creating the negative. This primitive process is the origin of modern-day photography, rooted in the camera obscura or "darkened room" novelty of the 15th century. This fun and exciting "low-tech" approach frees us from our need to control outcome, loosen our imaginations and explore new avenues of seeing.

This always-popular two-day workshop taught students how to construct pinhole cameras, create paper negatives and print these in our darkrooms. Students left this workshop with the knowledge of how to create new cameras from ordinary household containers!

PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT BY: Scott Lapham & Stephanie Ewens David Ellis

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.

Contact Scott Lapham at Scott@AS220.org or (401) 274-1299 to sign up to any of the following workshops in the AS220 darkroom:

Intro to Photo
- Starting Sept 22nd-Oct 27th 6:30-9:30pm running for six weeks
- Cost is $250 not including supplies
- Instructor Gail Porter

Intermediate Printing
- Starting Sept 23rd from 6:30-9:30 running for six weeks
- Cost is $250 not including supplies
- Instructor Stewart Martin

Pinhole Photography
- Held Oct 24-25th.
- Cost $100 not including supplies.
- Instructor Scott Lapham & Stephanie Ewens

Alternative Process
-Held November 14th.
-Cost is $100 not including supplies.
-Olivia McCullough

Instructor: Stewart Martin

If you have working experience printing black & white and want to hone you skills further, this course is for you. We will cover in depth the following; 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.

Black and white printing is an interesting mix of the scientific and creative. It's also a lot of fun and very satisfying. If you're interested in consistent results, it's necessary for you to ground your printing skills in the scientific first. This is the best way to obtain repeatable results. Then the creative comes.

Our small class size affords us much one-to-one time so we can go into great detail to help you get what you want from your prints. Chemistry is provided. Please bring paper. Also, please bring two photographs you printed and the corresponding negatives to our first class.

Where? AS220
When?
How much? $250.

BIO for Stewart Martin

Stewart Martin is a professional printer and photographer who has worked in the field of traditional photography for twenty five years. His early printing experience involved edition printing for Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson and Larry Fink. His archival B&W darkroom is equipped to print up to 20x24 inches. 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.

The basics of 35mm photography will be covered in this first level traditional photography course with instructor Gail Porter. Beginning with a comprehensive examination and understanding of the camera and light meter, students will learn to develop film, make contact prints , and to enlarge prints using variable contrast filters to improve print quality.

Slide presentations of both historic and contemporary photographers will accompany each asssignment as students learn to control depths of field and interpret motion in still photography. Frequent critiques and class discussions will help students to improve their ability to talk about photographs, to define their interests in photography, and to improve composition.

The six-week class is held on Mondays from 7-10pm from October 8th to November 12th 2007. The cost for the workshop is $250 not including supplies. Interested people can contact Scott Lapham at 401-274-1299 or scott@as220.org.

The basics of 35mm photography will be covered in this first level traditional photography course, led by instructor Gail Porter. Beginning with a comprehensive examination and understanding of the camera and light meter, students will learn to develop film, make contact prints, and to enlarge prints using variable contrast filters to improve print quality. Frequent critiques and class discussions will help students to improve their ability to talk about photographs, to define their interests in photographs, to define their interests in photography, and to improve composition.

Where? AS220

When? Wednesdays, April 25-May 30 2007, 7-10 PM

How much? $250, not including supplies.

If you are interested, please contact Scott Lapham at 401-274-1299 or scott@as220.org

Join Pinhole Photography instructor David Ellis in a two-day workshop as you learn to construct pinhole cameras made from ordinary containers, take photographs using photographic paper to create paper negatives and use the darkroom to make prints.

Pinhole photography is the capture of an image using a tiny pin sized hole in a thin sheet of metal allowing a ray of light to enter a container projecting the image onto light sensitive material creating the negative. This primitive process is the origin of modern-day photography, rooted in the camera obscura or "darkened room" novelty of the 15th century.

Today, there is a growing interest in pinhole photography, which focuses more on the essence of, and less on the fact of a moment. This fun and exciting "low-tech" approach allows us to accept chance while freeing us from our need to control outcome. It is an excellent opportunity for any artist as well as beginner or seasoned photographers to loosen up their imaginations and explore new avenues of seeing.

During this two day workshop, we construct cameras made from ordinary containers, take photographs using photographic paper to create paper negatives and use the darkroom to make prints. On the first day, we construct our cameras, take photographs, explore exposure times, learn darkroom processing and create negatives. On day two we use the darkroom to create positive prints. Prior photographic experience is helpful but not necessary. Open to artists from all mediums. Throughout, emphasis is placed on experimentation and process with individual coaching and a final group critique.

Two days- Sat. & Sun., April 29th & 30th, 9:30am-4:30pm each day.

Price: $100 plus a $35 Lab Fee (includes photographic paper), made payable to the instructor, David Ellis.

E-mail Scott Lapham or call him at 401-274-1299 for more information or to sign up!

MATERIALS LIST:
The following is a list of materials we will be using to construct cameras and take photographs in this workshop. They can be found at most craft supply and hardware stores. Michael's Craft Stores usually have the glass head pins in their sewing section and Wal-Mart also carries sewing and hardware supplies.

Photographic paper will be supplied, but I have listed it here for your future reference. Ilford Multigrade RC (resin coated) Satin paper works best as it is the only paper without its name watermarked on the back, making it ideal for paper negatives and contact printing from them and the Satin surface makes it less reflective and more suitable for making paper negatives. Fibered papers require more rinsing and drying time and the Ilford dries quickly and flat.

-Bring a small selection of containers that can be easily made to be "light tight": cookie or candy tins, old flour or sugar canisters, any old tins from junk shops with tight lids, shoe boxes, old style oatmeal boxes with the cardboard lids (the newer ones won't work as well), small hat boxes, any size or shape container that can be made leak-proof to light. Metal containers tend to work better as plastic ones or plastic lids are still translucent. Be imaginative and open to experimentation!

-Scissors, Exacto knife, metal ruler, fine point Sharpie pen, roll of white artist's tape or masking tape, small notebook or sketch book.

-Small aluminum pie pan (EZ-Foil 9" pie pans are best and usually come in a 3 pack at the supermarket. The larger pans are sometimes heavier gauge and I find that the thinner gauge is better.)

-Small package of glass head pins (size/No. 22 about 1- 3/8" long, some will list guage of pin on rear of package- Extra-Fine .5mm Shaft is ideal). Pushpins will also work if you don't find the glass head pins.

-Small can of flat black spray paint. (A paper dust mask is helpful if you want to avoid breathing the spray. We will be spraying outdoors!)

-Emory cloth or paper- 400 or 600 grit (1 sheet will be enough).

-Several rolls of black plastic electrical tape.

-Large newsprint pad.

Join Pinhole Photography instructor David Ellis in a two-day workshop as you learn to construct pinhole cameras made from ordinary containers, take photographs using photographic paper to create paper negatives and use the darkroom to make prints.

Pinhole photography is the capture of an image using a tiny pin sized hole in a thin sheet of metal allowing a ray of light to enter a container projecting the image onto light sensitive material creating the negative. This primitive process is the origin of modern-day photography, rooted in the camera obscura or "darkened room" novelty of the 15th century.

Today, there is a growing interest in pinhole photography, which focuses more on the essence of, and less on the fact of a moment. This fun and exciting "low-tech" approach allows us to accept chance while freeing us from our need to control outcome. It is an excellent opportunity for any artist as well as beginner or seasoned photographers to loosen up their imaginations and explore new avenues of seeing.

During this two day workshop, we construct cameras made from ordinary containers, take photographs using photographic paper to create paper negatives and use the darkroom to make prints. On the first day, we construct our cameras, take photographs, explore exposure times, learn darkroom processing and create negatives. On day two we use the darkroom to create positive prints. Prior photographic experience is helpful but not necessary. Open to artists from all mediums. Throughout, emphasis is placed on experimentation and process with individual coaching and a final group critique.

Hours

Two days- Sat. & Sun., October 8 + 9, 2005, 9:30am-4:30pm each day.
Price: $100 plus a $35 Lab Fee (includes photographic paper), made payable to the instructor, David Ellis.
E-mail Scott Lapham for more information or to sign up!

Materials List

The following is a list of materials we will be using to construct cameras and take photographs in this workshop. They can be found at most craft supply and hardware stores. Michael's Craft Stores usually have the glass head pins in their sewing section and Wal-Mart also carries sewing and hardware supplies.

Photographic paper will be supplied, but I have listed it here for your future reference. Ilford Multigrade RC(resin coated) Satin paper works best as it is the only paper without its name watermarked on the back, making it ideal for paper negatives and contact printing from them and the Satin surface makes it less reflective and more suitable for making paper negatives. Fibered papers require more rinsing and drying time and the Ilford dries quickly and flat.

-Bring a small selection of containers that can be easily made to be Òlight tightÓ: cookie or candy tins, old flour or sugar canisters, any old tins from junk shops with tight lids, shoe boxes, old style oatmeal boxes with the cardboard lids (the newer ones wonÕt work as well), small hat boxes, any size or shape container that can be made leak-proof to light. Metal containers tend to work better as plastic ones or plastic lids are still translucent. Be imaginative and open to experimentation!

-Scissors, Exacto knife, metal ruler, fine point Sharpie pen, roll of white artist's tape or masking tape, small notebook or sketch book.

-Small aluminum pie pan (EZ-Foil 9Ó pie pans are best and usually come in a 3 pack at the supermarket. The larger pans are sometimes heavier gauge and I find that the thinner gauge is better.)

-Small package of glass head pins (size/No. 22 about 1- 3/8Ó long, some will list guage of pin on rear of package- Extra-Fine .5mm Shaft is ideal). Pushpins will also work if you donÕt find the glass head pins.

-Small can of flat black spray paint. (A paper dust mask is helpful if you want to avoid breathing the spray. We will be spraying outdoors!)

-Emory cloth or paper- 400 or 600 grit (1 sheet will be enough).

-Several rolls of black plastic electrical tape.

-Large newsprint pad.

-Optional: Itoya Presentation Display Book/ Portfolio either 81/2x11 or 9x12 available at Utrecht Art Supply is ideal, with its clear sleeves, is great for organizing and protecting negatives and prints.