Photographing from the Senses with Kim Ort: An Asynchronous Practice Group
Starting Jan 14th, 2024
Asynchronous Practice Group on Kinship Circle-
We’ll begin this first season of Between Bodies with a 12-week, asynchronous exploration of what it means to photograph from the body, using all of your senses, open to the whole community. Beginning Sunday, January 14th, Kim Manley Ort will provide a reflection and prompts every two weeks in the Circle space. Together, we’ll explore the question, “What does it mean to photograph from the body?”
Pacing and Perseverance: Bodies of Work over the Long Haul with Anna G Norton and Eric William Carroll
Starts March 7th, 2023, meets monthly
First Thursday, 6 - 8 pm ET (9-months)
What defines a body of work? What holds it together? When is it complete? This monthly practice group will be led by Anna Gage Norton and Eric William Carroll.
Beauty and Brokenness with Trebbe Johnson
Six Weeks, starting August 24th, Thursdays 7 - 8:30 pm ET on Zoom
What happens when a photographer brings their artistic consciousness to a place that is damaged, toxic, or in some way tragic? In this practice groups we focus on the relationship between what is beautiful and what is broken. Together we will explore how impressions shape images and the contradictions (or balances) between the beautiful and the ugly, the broken and the whole.
Mining Photographic Archives with Eric William Carroll
Six Weeks, starting July 18th, Tuesday’s 6:30 - 8 pm ET on Zoom
During this six week practice group artist and photographer Eric William Carroll will walk you through his experience collaborating with archivists & archives and will offer up his advice and prompts to guide you through the process of collaborating with image archives. This practice group will be sure to touch on hot-button topics such as copyright, image quality, and transformation.
Seeing Beauty: Photography and the Sublime
Tuesday’s, September 27th - November 1st, 7 pm - 8:30 pm ET
During this six-week practice group, we will explore the intimate power of beauty and the wilder edges of the sublime through simple contemplative photography practices, personal sharing, and supportive group reflection. Photographers of all levels are welcome.
Reconciling Extremes with Dale Rio
Thursday’s, September 29th - November 3rd, 6 pm - 9 pm ET
Are you struggling to reconcile the opposing extremes of our current climate reality in your photographic work?... The beauty of the natural world and the devastation that can result from human behavior. Let’s work through it all together in this supportive and immersive, critique-based conversation!
Embracing Chaos with Erik Mace
Monday’s, September 26th - October 24th, 12 pm - 1:30 pm ET
The old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” doesn’t apply here: let’s break some things. Experimentation and iteration will help us understand our motivations behind our projects and how our work can take on new dimensions.
Combining Text and Image to Tell a Story with Neil Kramer
Monday’s, October 3rd - November 7th, 2022, 7 pm - 8:30 pm ET
Join Neil Kramer for six weekly conversations that will explore how to combine text and images to tell a more complex story.
Magic of the Mundane with Frances Bukovsky
Sunday’s, October 16th - November 20th, 2022, 1 pm - 2:30 pm ET
Through thoughtful conversation and question asking, this six-week practice group will encourage us to sink into the mundane to find the magic that exists there.
Combining Text and Image, an experimental practice group with artists Liz Titone and Morgain Bailey.
Six Mondays: July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 21, 28., 4-5:30 PM Eastern Time (NY)
You are invited to join artists Liz Titone and Morgain Bailey for a dynamic and experimental practice group this summer. This six-week online group (limited to 8 members) will playfully combine text with images while working in the physical world with prints. Liz and Morgain will offer five thought-provoking exercises, one per week, alongside short slideshows of examples from artists who have done work similar to the exercises. Participants can look forward to robust conversations about the creative process and helpful, friendly feedback on individual work. The last week, everyone will share the work they made over the course of the practice group.