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The Art Institute of Boston: SUMMER WORKSHOPS - 2010 ______________________________________________________ Santa Fe Workshops 2010 Week of June 20 - June 26, 2010 Week of June 27 - July 3, 2010 _____________________________________________________ Maine Media Workshops 2010 Week of July 18 - 24, 2010 Week of July 25 - July 31, 2010 Workshop Descriptions: Alternative Photographic Processes Participants in this hands-on, group learning experience will investigate and experiment with an extensive menu of alternative photographic process techniques. Christopher's alternative process workshops are always a lot of fun and are geared for creative people in all disciplines (especially those with a sense of humor) who wish to "jump start" their artistic energies or add to their artistic "tool-box." This workshop’s goal is to inspire new directions, new options, and new energy for each participant’s unique vision and artistic development. Among the processes students will work with are: cyanotype, cyanotype on fabrics, salted paper process, kallitype, argyrotype, albumen, platinum & palladium, Ziatype, gum bichromate, … as well as multi-process combinations and toning options. Other topics include: large format pinhole photography, digital negative separations for contact printing, hand- applied emulsions on alternative surfaces, and the Lazertran process. Students will also have a complete digital negative production set-up in the lab facility for producing contact negatives. While most printing will be done in the sun, UV exposure units will be available for printing on the rare cloudy or rainy day. This workshop is a lot of fun … so bring your work and your sense of humor. Christopher's new book, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes: 2nd Edition will be used as the text for the workshop and a letter with specific recommendations will be sent to all participants prior to the workshop. For those looking for a full alt pro experience, consider combining this workshop with the Advanced Alternative Processes Workshop the following week. The Workshops can put you in touch with Christopher for answers to any specific questions you may have. Advanced Alternative Photographic Processes This workshop offers photographers an additional week of processes, working time, dedicated working space, and materials with which to refine their skills and focus their energies on a specific project or technique. It is designed for visual artists who have attended one of Christopher’s alternative processes workshops or whose portfolios demonstrate a comfortable working knowledge of the subject. Christopher’s workshops provide a dynamic, hands-on, group experience in an energetic and supportive environment. Participants receive continual assistance and immediate feedback on works in progress, along with an open exchange of working concepts, ideas, history, and techniques. Individual process demonstrations are given on request, if there is a technique you’ve always wanted to learn, or if you need a refresher. Using Christopher’s The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, Second Edition as the workshop text, we cover a comprehensive range of processes, including wet plate collodion, calotype, platinum, palladium, salted paper, albumen, Van Dyke, kallitype, argyrotype, cyanotype, gum bichromate & gum combination techniques, Ziatype, carbon, and hand-applied emulsions. We also have a digital negative production set-up in the facility. While most of our printing is done in the sun, UV exposure units are available for printing at night or on rainy days. Christopher’s workshops are a lot of fun; bring your sense of humor. A letter, with specific recommendations on what to bring, will be sent to all participants prior to the workshop. The Workshop can put you in touch with Christopher for answers to specific questions. |
