Monday - Thursday

June 3 - June 6

10 AM - 4 PM

Class Size Max: 4

For beginning and intermediate photographers, this four-day workshop guides participants through the analog process of capturing images and creating prints in the darkroom. Through field trips, assignments, hands-on mentoring in the darkroom, and peer-to-peer critiques, participants will learn the mechanics of 35mm manual cameras, how to process their film, and how to make contact prints and enlargements in the darkroom. No prior photography experience is necessary, but a working knowledge of basic camera operations is an asset. Whether you are looking to be introduced to the magic of darkroom printing or refresh your knowledge, students will leave with the confidence to continue working in the darkroom independently. 

Tuition includes a $80 materials fee.

If your desired tuition option is unavailable, please email info@penumbrafoundation.org and we will do our best to accommodate you. If the entire class is sold out, we can add you to the waitlist.

Kate Schneider (b. 1980, Cleveland, Ohio) is an artist of settler ancestry living in Tkaronto (Toronto). As a life-long resident of the Great Lakes region, her artistic practice considers her personal and ethical relationship to her home and environment during a time of climate crisis.

She has received funding from the MacLaren Art Centre’s John Hartman Award (2020) and the Ontario Arts Council. Kate’s works have been shown extensively throughout North America in such galleries as the Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (Toronto), Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Spellerberg Projects (Texas), and the Great Plains Art Museum (Nebraska), and published in numerous books and publications, such as PDN’s Photo Annual, Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), and What Makes a Lake by Another Earth Press. Kate’s first book, How to Understand a Rock, was produced through the Penumbra Foundation’s Risograph Publication Residency (2023).

Images © Kate Schneider and past students

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