FALL 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
DIGITAL POST PRODUCTION
CONSTRUCTED IMAGE (10 Students)
Instructor: Rafael Ochoa
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 6-9pm
Cost: $90/ $80 (members)
This workshop introduces the basic and intermediate Photoshop skills necessary for seamless post-production image construction. Emerging artist/photographer Raffy Ochoa shares his expertise with demonstration and discussion, and participants will have the chance to work with their own images in Photoshop CS4 on laptops provided. Info offered on image compositing, digital lighting, localized luminance and color adjustments and more. Prerequisite: basic Photoshop knowledge.
Raffy Ochoa's Bio
Born in 1983 in Toronto. Raffy's photographic work examines the fantastical reality of the contemporary experience. His practice explores the phenomena of subjective experience, projections of reality and cultural myth within the ever-changing contemporary landscape. Raffy Ochoa is currently completing his BFA at the Ontario College of Art and Design and is the recipient of the Mark McCain Award 2008 and the Stephen Bulger Gallery Scholarship 2008.
GOING DIGITAL I (10 Students)
Instructor: Erin Seaman
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-9pm
Cost: $90/ $80 (members)
Our most requested seminar-based workshop will introduce participants to the IMACON and EPSON scanning stations at Gallery 44. Offering tips, tricks, information and guidance, this workshop is for those who are experienced with analog photography yet are new and a little unsure about digital imaging. Demonstrations, handouts and discussion on scanning basics, basic Photoshop, file preparation and color management in preparation for digital printing will be covered.
Erin Seaman's Bio
Erin is a graduate for the Ontario College of Art and Design. She currently works as a Digital Technician at the University and shoots on a regular basis for Calvin Klein, Home Dec and Costco. Erin has been working in the photography industry for over 10 years, owning her own studio and various photography businesses along the way. Erin enjoys teaching others about digital photography and has taken every opportunity to share her knowledge with other artists' and photographers.
BASIC BLACK & WHITE (10 Students)
Instructor: Ruth Kaplan
3 Sessions, Saturdays, Oct. 17, 24, 31, 10am - 2pm
Cost: $420/ $400 (members)
Leave your digital camera & Photoshop at home and experience the thrill of watching a photograph emerge from blank paper to image. Traditional black and white photography has volumes to teach photographers about the basics of what makes an excellent photograph including; the relationship between light and image, seeing qualities of light, developing an eye for composition, and learning to control print quality. Learn from artist Ruth Kaplan how to shoot, develop and print B&W photographs. This course is designed for beginners, as well as those interested in brushing up on their skills. Students are required to bring a working manual 35mm film camera.
Ruth Kaplan's Bio
Ruth Kaplan is a Toronto-based photographer whose work explores a variety of themes such as bathers in communal hot springs and participants in rituals of spirituality. Documentary-based, her images are subjective offering a highly personal interpretation of social behaviour. She has exhibited widely over the past twenty years and is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery.
Kaplan's editorial work can be found in major Canadian and international publications. She has received numerous National Magazine Awards, Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council grants. She is a photography instructor at schools including Ryerson University, OCAD and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She is currently enrolled in an MFA program at Ryerson University School of Image Arts, in Documentary Media.
www.ruthkaplanphoto.com
www.bulgergallery.com
PUSHING DIGITAL SLR INTENSIVE (10 Students)
Instructor: Erin Seaman
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6-9pm
Cost: $90/ $80 (members)
Designed as a how-to workshop for the DSLR novice, this workshops gets to the nitty gritty of working with a digital SLR camera. Erin Seaman will decode the functions of these cameras and assist artists in making optimal use of their gear. Topics covered include: menus, modes, color spaces, flash sync, raw, metering, focus points and dedicated accessories.
Erin Seaman's Bio (see above)
PINHOLE (6 Students)
Instructor: Dave Kemp
Sunday, Nov. 15, 10am - 5pm
Cost: $180/ $160 (members)
Pinhole Photography: low-tech, high-science ...and a little bit of math. The ultimate in camera hacking, pinhole photography allows you to make cameras out of just about anything and frees you from the limitations (and costs) inherent in using a manufactured camera. This workshop will concentrate on the physics behind pinhole photography and present some simple methods to calculate the parameters of one's camera and properly determine exposure in order to achieve your goals while still leaving room for experimentation and unexpected surprises. Materials to make your own pinhole camera will be provided, but students are also welcome to bring their own light-tight containers to make cameras from.
Dave Kemp's Bio
Dave Kemp is a visual artist currently living in Toronto, Canada whose art practice looks at the intersections and interactions between art, science and technology - particularly at how these fields shape our perception and understanding of the world. Recent activities include exhibitions at the Modern Fuel Gallery (Kingston), IPO Gallery (Ottawa), !deas Gallery (in the Ontario Science Centre, Toronto) and Interaccess Media Arts Centre (Toronto). Dave is a graduate from the Master of Visual Studies program at the University of Toronto where he also completed the Collaborative program in Knowledge Media Design. Prior to this, he earned an Image Arts (photography) BFA from Ryerson University and his BScE in Mechanical Engineering at Queen's University.
CYANOTYPES (6 Students)
Instructor: Sally Ayre
Saturday, Nov. 21, 10-5pm
Cost: $180/ $160 (members)
Go back in time with this workshop and experience one of the earliest photographic printing processes. Cyanotype is a non-silver process that can be combined or used independently to create distinctive Blue toned imagery on natural materials such as silk or art papers. This hands-on workshop with Sally Ayre will teach proper coating, exposing, and developing techniques for Cyanotype.
Sally Ayre's Bio
Sally Ayre is a photo based installation artist living in Toronto. Sally works mainly with old photographic processes using a combination of photographic images and photograms on layers of silk. She draws her inspiration from nature and the wild landscape of Newfoundland where she was born and raised. She is an active member of Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography and the Tenth Muse Photo Collective. Sally is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and has been exhibiting her work since 1990.
STUDIO LIGHTING (10 Students)
Instructor: Toni Hafkenscheid
Sunday, Nov. 22, 10am-5pm
Cost: $135/ $125 (members)
Utilizing the newly renovated studio space in Gallery 44¹s production studios, artist, educator and photographer Toni Hafkensheid will lead participants on an adventure in lighting. Demonstrations using tungsten, strobe and other lighting sources will open up the possibilities for creativity in the studio. Participants are welcome to bring their own digital cameras and may have a small amount of time to set up their own lighting scenes and do test shots.
Toni Hafkenscheid's Bio
Toni Hafkenscheid is a Toronto based photographer who was born in 1959 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 1989, he graduated from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and shortly thereafter moved to Toronto. During the following six years he was active in the arts community in Toronto and received several Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council awards. In 1996 Toni moved back to the Netherlands to pursue a career as a commercial photographer and to teach photography at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 2002 Toni returned to Toronto, Canada. He is currently teaching at OCAD and Ryerson in Toronto. He is represented in Canada by the Birch Libralato Gallery in Toronto, Skew Gallery in Calgary and Gallery Jones in Vancouver and in the US by Packer Schopf, Chicago and George Billis Gallery in LA and NY and Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta. He has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout Canada, the U.S., Japan and Europe. His works reside in a number of important collections, including the Canadian Museum for Contemporary Photography (Ottawa), Foreign Affairs Canada, the University of Toronto, the Canada Council Art bank, The Royal Bank of Canada, The Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art (Buffalo, NY), Kodak France and Kodak Netherlands, and various private collections.
http://www.thphotos.com/index.html
GRANT WRITING/ ARTIST STATEMENTS (6 Students)
Instructor: Sara Angelucci
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 6-9pm
Cost: $70/ $60 (members)
Artist Sara Angelucci has extensive experience writing and receiving grants as well as serving on granting juries. A detailed look at the granting process, with a special focus on writing an artist statement, this workshop will assist participants in understanding what is expected for individual artist grant applications. With a special focus on photography, this course will help artists learn how to communicate their ideas to jurors clearly and effectively. Topics covered include writing artist statements, image selection and the application.
Note: Participants must bring a sample of an artist statement along with 10 jpeg images.
Sara Angelucci's Bio
Sara Angelucci is a photo and video artist living in Toronto. She completed her B.A. at the University of Guelph and her MFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She has exhibited her photography across Canada including exhibitions at Le Mois de la Photo in Montreal, Ace Art in Winnipeg, Vu in Quebec City, The Toronto Photographer's Workshop, the MacLaren Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Richmond Art Gallery. Her videos have been screened across Canada and have been included in festivals in Europe and Hong Kong. Sara has participated in artist residencies at NSCAD (Halifax), the Banff Centre and at Biz-Art in Shanghai, China. Sara's work is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery and V Tape in Toronto.
http://www.sara-angelucci.ca/
ALBUMEN (6 Students)
Instructor: Amanda Rataj
Saturday, Nov. 28, 10am 5pm
Cost: $180/ $160 (members)
Emerging artist Amanda Rataj takes participants back in time with the delicate and historical process of Albumen printing, a process that was popular in the late 1800s. This workshop includes a brief historical introduction to albumen, and opportunities to create your own albumen prints. Participants will leave the workshop confident to work with this process independently.
Amanda Rataj's Bio
Amanda Rataj is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Toronto, Ontario, who will be graduating from the photography program at OCAD in the Spring 2010. She combines the use of handmade paper and historical photographic processes to explore themes related to ephemera, the natural world & collections.
IMAGE: Dave Kemp, Pinhole Camera, 2003
For Additional Information, full course descriptions, material list and instructor info please visit www.gallery44.org
To register, contact us at: 416.979.3941 or sojin@gallery44.org
We accept cash, cheque and VISA. Fees include the cost of all or most materials. Participants must pay in advance to secure registration and must cancel 10 days before the workshop to receive a full refund (less a $25 admin fee).
Gallery 44 reserves the right to cancel or reschedule workshops with a full refund.
Anyone attending workshops involving photo chemistry must read our health & safety outline & sign a waiver prior to attending the workshop. Please note, Gallery 44 DOES NOT allow pregnant or breastfeeding women in workshops that involve photo chemistry.
Gallery 44 is located at: 401 Richmond St. W. Ste. 120 Toronto.
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is a non-profit artist-run centre committed to the advancement of photographic art. The centre is supported by its members and patrons, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council. Registered Charity #11927310RR0001
