Introduction to Experimental Darkroom Photography with Kimberly Schneider - Canceled

Introduction to Experimental Darkroom Photography: Photograms Made Sans Enlarger (No Darkroom Needed)

This class will introduce participants to a variety of methods for making unique darkroom prints without the use of an enlarger (or a proper darkroom) – from the comfort of your home. 

The magic of photograms is that once you understand how your paper and chemistry will respond to your materials and light source(s), there is almost no wrong way to make one. There is a freedom to this type of printing that encourages playing in the (makeshift) darkroom; while you will be learning a lot, you’ll also have a lot of fun. 

Working with materials found in your kitchen, backyard, or local grocery store/flower shop, students will learn to make beautiful one-of-a-kind silver gelatin prints with handheld light sources. This course is an excellent introduction to the darkroom for new printers. 

It will also remind more seasoned printers of the joy they first felt when learning to print in the darkroom. [In many ways, these processes are a return to innocence in the darkroom.]

Participants do not need a proper darkroom to take this class; the instructor will guide them on how to set up makeshift darkrooms in their homes (or perhaps sheds/garages) inexpensively. Those who wish to observe the course are also welcome. 

Cost: $450.00 non-members $430.00 members $420.00 student and senior members. Find promo code here.

Minimum of five students and a maximum of eight students

Kimberly Schneider

Kimberly Schneider is a visual artist, master printer, and educator who has been dedicated to the art of the handmade (darkroom) print for the past 20+ years; She not only prints all of her own work by hand but also teaches as well as prints for other film-based artists and enthusiasts.

Specializing in true infrared film, spiritual landscapes, and experimental photograms, she holds a BFA in photography (and a minor in philosophy) from Colorado State University; while both are deeply intertwined, she identifies as a printer more than anything else. 

Schneider’s silver gelatin prints have been exhibited domestically at Scott Nichols Gallery, The Camera Obscura Gallery, San Diego Art Institute, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Stonehenge Gallery, Art Intersection, ZIA Gallery, Photo Méthode Gallery, among other art galleries.

Image © Karen Vierbuchen