Creative Self-Portraiture – Part 1 with Ken Merfeld (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
This isn’t about appearances—it’s about essence. Through conceptual prompts and theatrical expression, you’ll uncover the self-portrait as a portal to your most authentic, imaginative self.
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This workshop will explore the process of photographing your family and yourself—together or apart. “Family” may be interpreted as either relatives or chosen family; the focus will be on how we as individuals interact with people who shape our lives. Some artists make work about family to stop time, to commemorate everyday actions and emotions. Others make work to ask questions about what these moments mean and why families function the way that they do.
Through image making, critique, historical overview, and editing, this workshop will explore how to tell visual stories and form a cohesive narrative body of work that can be published.
This workshop will help demystify the fine art market with lectures on editions and pricing to presentation and installation. It will also be an honest look at how the roadmap to success has changed and the importance of taking charge of your career is critical. Most importantly, we will craft elevated written materials to accompany your work.
Strange and Beautiful: Surrealism Now with Jeanette Spicer (Online Learning – Six Sessions)
Surrealism continues to influence contemporary photography, offering a powerful lens through which to explore the strange, the dreamlike, and the unexpected. In this course, students will dive into the history and ongoing impact of Surrealist art, while creating their own photographs and collages that reflect their personal interpretation of this dynamic movement.
The Long-Term Documentary Project with Marissa Roth (Online Learning – Six Months)
This workshop focuses on how to produce a long-term documentary project, giving participants the skills needed to create images that are stylistically and thematically unified.
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Portrait Studio Lighting with F. Scott Schafer (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions
This one-day studio lighting course is designed as a basic introduction to lighting portraits in a controlled studio environment.
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Creative Studio Lighting with Hugh Kretschmer (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
In this workshop, students will elevate their studio lighting skills by exploring creative techniques and mastering complex setups in portraiture, fashion, and still life. Through hands-on experience with specialized equipment and lighting tools like tungsten and Kino Flo lights, participants will learn to manipulate light to shape mood, enhance texture, and create dramatic, cinematic imagery.
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This hands-on studio course explores the intersection of fashion and fine art through contemporary lighting techniques.
Introduction to Studio Lighting with Hugh Kretschmer (In-Person Learning – Six Sessions)
In this workshop, students will gain a solid foundation of studio lighting and practical knowledge of light. Working hands-on with the equipment, participants will learn how to select the proper light source for their subjects whether shooting portraits, still life or product.