Sunday

July 12

10 AM - 5 PM

Class Size Max: 4

Learn how to make your own black and white silver gelatin prints in this one day workshop!

In this hands-on class, participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of black and white silver gelatin printing. Topics will include: scale, contrast, tone, paper selection, archival practices. Beginner and intermediate students will learn all the components of the enlarger and how to effectively make contact sheets and enlargements in the darkroom. By the end of the workshop, each participant will leave with multiple prints and the foundational skills to make silver gelatin prints on their own.

Tuition includes RC paper. Students are required to bring their own 35mm or medium format black and white negatives to print. No experience in the darkroom is necessary. This class is a great follow up to Developing 35mm film.

Tuition includes a $60 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.

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Sophie Joseph Schwartz is an artist and educator living between Brooklyn, NY and Cleveland, OH. Their practice positions collaboration as an entry point to explore grief, memory, and queer connection. Schwartz earned an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2023 where they were awarded the Richard Benson Prize and the Harvey Geiger Travel Fellowship, following a BA in Modern Culture + Media from Brown University in 2017. They’ve been a recent artist in residence at Visual Studies Workshop, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, Flower City Arts Center, Penumbra Foundation, and Haystack. In 2023, Schwartz published their debut book, With and For, through Tall Poppy Press in Melbourne. They have previously taught at Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Art, Yale Norfolk School of Art, and currently serve on the faculty at New York University, Steinhardt and Penumbra Foundation. Schwartz is the director of Rubylith Darkroom in Brooklyn, NY.

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