Terrific opportunities at the Bakery Collective…
Living in Maine, there’s nothing worse than the next inhospitable month of weather. In 21 years we’ve only had two nice ones. But keep reading, take action and you won’t even notice that cold muddy mess going on outside.
If you stepped inside the recent exhibit at the University of New England “Going Forward, Looking Back – Practicing Historic Photographic Proceses in the 21st Century” you know that your heartbeat picked up immediately. Who knew so much incredible work was going on in New England studios? The exhibit stimulated a huge interest in historic processes – exactly what it was designed to do – and many viewers and artists returned again and again to study the works.
In fact the demand to understand these processes was so great that the Bakery Collective in Westbrook took action of its own. Coming up are the three remaining courses taught by highly accomplished Maine artists and you need to sign up and get your hands dirty. (Wet Collodion with Keliy Anderson-Staley was held Feb. 20-21, but will repeat May 8/9 and Pinhole Photography with Jack Nordby took place 2/27)
Mt. Mitchell © David Wolfe, 2009 (10″x16″)
On March 20, you can spend the day with VoxPhotographs artist David Wolfe to learn how platinum/palladium prints are made and make one yourself. David has had two shows at VoxPhotographs. He operates Wolfe Editions in Portland. He knows what he is doing.
Disembark © David Wolfe, 2007 (8″x10″)
Then on April 3, Brenton Hamilton will give you an opportunity to learn about cyan and bichromate prints. Brenton has been a fixture at the Maine Media Workshops for 20 years and in fact, the “Going Forward, Looking Back…” exhibit ends up there this fall after two venues in MA. At MMW the exhibit opens on October 22, 5-8.
Poet of Levitation © Brenton Hamilton
Brenton is a renaissance man. He was a guest artist at VoxPhotographs in October 2008 and the show was edgy, brilliant and totally original.
There’s no guarantee early May will be hospitable either, so plan on spending May 8 and 9 learning about Wet Collodion with Keliy Anderson-Staley.
Tintype © Keliy Anderson-Staley
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One of the best things Maine has going for it (besides September) is how many opportunities there are to learn about photography and meet the shakers and movers of it all. So, if you live here and have to put up with our miserable spring, you deserve to give yourself total relief at the Bakery Collective workshops.
