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June 2011 Archives
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We are starting the search for the next AS220 Printshop Manager. Morgan Calderini has been serving as the Manager since September 2007, just shy of four years. She is excited to shift roles and become a member of the Printshop and a continued supported. In late 2010, the Printshop moved from its 500 square foot incubator space in the Dreyfus to a spot six times that size in the adjacent Mercantile Block Building on Martha Street. This relocation permitted the Printshop to provide a stage for several long-stored and storied presses, including the RISD-donated Takach Etching press with a bed measuring a whopping 4.5 x 10.5 feet. The shop available for print-makers from all over the country.
Interested in trying to walk a mile in Morgan's shoes - i.e. run AS220's Community Printshop? We are taking applications from now until July 15th.
Click Read More for details on whats entailed and what we are looking for in our future Shop Manager and if you think you've got what it takes, apply!
If you still have questions about this position or the hiring process after you "Read More," please direct them to: jobs@as220.org
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!
AS220 Youth alumni, Kia Davis, first dug her claws into the studios back in 2006, when she was looking for a rigorous art program to build her college portfolio. Her desire to make sense of her changing world and her ever changing set of interests took root in the Paul Krot Darkroom where she made full use of the alchemy provided and created some amazing black and white images. Her work paid off, and she is now entering her third year as photography student at Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, New York.
Kia has also been working on writing, acting, and photographing for an independent film company based in NYC and Providence. Currently, she is working on a production of Soft in the Head, a screenplay that is somewhere between a film adaptation of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" and a documentary about the film's creation. Kia says that it blurs the lines between what is made-up and what is not and that it is "must-see craziness".
Check out Kia's studio portfolio and read more about (and maybe even think about supporting) her latest project.
Watch this video and be inspired!
We are AS220's art program for youth 14-21!
Come visit us at 115 Empire Street 2nd Floor
AS220 Youth employs and engages Rhode Island youth in art making workshops, with an emphasis on those recently released from the state's juvenile detention facility or in the care of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
www.as220.org/youth
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Stop motion animation created by UCAP students in an animation class taught by Gianna Rodriguez, Visuals Coordinator at AS220 Youth.
APOCA-LITE is the result of a collaboration between Visuals and Fabratory that took place in the Spring of 2011. We teamed up to teach a workshop at the Rhode Island Training school over the span of one week. Each morning a different set of students joined us to learn how to build a circuit using wire, conductive dough, LEDs and coin batteries. After learning how circuits work, students built a world with laser-cut drawings of city life, collaged medieval monsters, conductive dough and LEDs. They then animated their worlds, which were strung together to create this animated short.
Violence breeds violence. In a society with a history as violent and intentionally disproportioned as ours, its no surprise that our community faces the challenges that it does. Robberies, weapons, drugs, unequal opportunity, an over representation of minority men in prison and an under representation of minority men enrolled in college are just a few to mention. Though movies, music, art and literature act only as a reflection of the current state of our society, they sometimes help add fuel and glorification to the already searing flames of our fire.
"Enter The Zu" comes to you from young people whose lives have been partly determined by the consequences of Americas wrong doings, the medias fixation on money sex and drugs, their families struggle to reach the American dream and the extreme lack of resources in this so called land of opportunity.
The name "Enter The Zu" was created as an ode to the our fore fathers, debut 1993 album "Enter The Wu-Tang". Wu-Tang Clan has influenced and paved the way for today's Hip Hop game, our selves included. The name also warns the listener that once inside the mind of the Zu, there's no going back.
Though every song on the album has potent concepts, the feel and sound is something that people can still rock out to. For example "Rain Dance" is song asking the Lord, Allah, The Supreme one or whatever greater force you believe in, to make it rain and wash away our sins. The beat however, sounds like a mixture of Swiss Beatz and Bollywood music. We wanted to make music that is true to us and conceptual but at the same time create something that will appeal to people everywhere. Nobody wants to be preached to, but they love to be sung to. J
"Enter The Zu" is set to drop the first week of July. ZUKREWE!!
Here is a sneak peak of the album cover in process!
This session at the Training School, The Fabratory has been working on creating a panel mural meant to hang in the school cafeteria during graduation. For the last six weeks, we have been taking blind contour drawings of peoples faces and making them into digital prints. These self portraits are scanned into the and computer manipulated with Photoshop. We focused on building a composition through layering images and making dynamic color adjustments. The prints are mounted on a background that were vinyl cut in AS220 Labs. Check out some of our work in progress!
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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!
Upcoming Monitor Trainings:
Monitor Training will cover all aspects of studio maintenance and care as well as answering frequently asked questions that you may be asked while monitoring. All mediums in the studio will be covered; do not be worried if you are only familiar with one area of the shop. Wear your shop clothes and be ready to help keep our shop looking clean and pristine! Please sign up in advance, by clicking on the date you would like to attend. Please sign up in advance by clicking on the links below to be transported to the AS220 Online SHOP.
Tuesday, Tuesday, July 12th, 6-10pm
