About CEPA

The Community Darkroom

$6/hour | $4/hour for CEPA Members
Monday–Saturday
See calendar for hours

$6/hour | $4/hour for CEPA Members

Book Time at our CEPA Artist Facility

The CEPA black-and-white darkroom features:

• 12 workstations
• Black-and-white film developing reels and tanks, both metal and plastic
• Enlargers, carriers, and lenses for 35mm, 120mm and 4×5 film formats
• A large sink with the capacity to make prints up to 20×24
• Kodak D-76 film developer
• ECO PRO developer and fix for paper
• An excellent ventilation system

CEPA also has equipment for Alt-Process/Hybrid work:

• 40 x 60″ Nuarc style exposure unit w/ vacum lid.
• Ability to print digital negatives up to 17″ onsite.
• Capacity for large 44″ digital negatives through special order.
• Various contact printing frames, brushes, coating rods.
• Cyanotype chemistry.

Hours & Rates

The darkroom is available to book Monday–Saturday, at a rate of $6/hour for the general public and a CEPA member rate of $4/hour. Hours are variable as we need to work around scheduled classes. Click on a date to see the available times.

If booking less than 24 hrs ahead of time, call the office or email nate@cepagallery.org to schedule time. 

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