by Diana Byers

Cyanotype Workshop with Diana Byers

Date: Saturday. March 3, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Members Cost: $60, ($35 tuition, $25 materials fee)

Non-Members: $65

Where: K Space Contemporary, 415D Starr Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

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In conjunction with the exhibition on view March 2-30, 2012:

March 2, 5:30 to 9 pm – Opening in the Hot Spot Gallery inside K Space Art Studios

Antecedent - cyanotypes by Diana Byers

FMI: call 887-6834

Corpus Christi, TX:  As photography becomes increasingly digital, many photographers are turning to techniques and processes from the dawn of the medium to reinvent their image making. This workshop is an investigation into the expressive possibilities of the Cyanotype process, which involves an iron-based chemical formula that creates a light sensitive emulsion. This emulsion is painted onto paper or alternative surfaces and then exposed by placing a negative (or object) on the emulsion and making a contact print with a UV light source. This workshop will cover and demonstrate the techniques and procedures used for creating photograms, pinhole cyanotypes and the use of digital negatives. Different chemistry formulas, emulsions, coating methods and paper choices will be discussed. Students should be prepared to bring in several of their own images in negative form such as B&W negatives, paper and acetate negatives and digital negatives for this workshop. Small objects may be used for the photogram process. Come prepared to play, experiment, and explore these fascinating alternative processes. Limited to 10 participants.

No prior photographic knowledge is required.

What you come away with: Each artist will take home at least 3 final cyanotype prints, along with an information packet on how to continue making cyanotypes at home.

Sign up for the workshop and pay tuition below:

Workshop Rates

Non-Member $65.00 USD Member $60.00 USD

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Your place . . . your community – a Collaborative Workshop

Be a part of a permanent public work of art to be installed at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center!

When: Saturday, October 15, 10 am to 1 pm

Where: Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center - 2021 Agnes

Cost: Free!

FMI: call 887-6834

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Corpus Christi, TX:  K Space Contemporary and Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center is hosting Your Place. . .your community, a Collaborative Workshop with artist, Lesli Robertson. The community is invited to create mixed media collages that will become part of a larger artwork. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore their artistic voice as they work with concrete, textiles, and learn about mold making. The works created by each individual will be combined into a large work of art, which will be included in an exhibition at K Space Contemporary (Jan. 6 – Feb. 24, 2012) and later permanently displayed at the Garcia Center.  The workshop will be open to students, teachers and community members and is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Michelle Smythe at 361-887-6834.

Lesli Robertson is a fiber artist and lecturer at the University of North Texas. She holds an MFA in Fibers from the University of North Texas and a BFA in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. In her creative process she often combines materials like concrete, silk, and journaling with fibers. Robertson is a recent recipient of The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund from the Dallas Museum of Art, and was an Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellow, both of which supported her travel to Uganda for research. She was most recently Visiting Artist at the Dallas Museum of Art Center for Creative Connections where she developed a Community Partner Response artwork and installation.

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Special Thanks to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation for providing funding for this project as part of their “Spring for the Arts!” campaign!