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Thursday, May 21st
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Ages 16+
In this 2 hour workshop, we will explore the relationship between text and photography. We will begin by looking at artists who use text and image in their work. Next, we will review different writing techniques and approaches. Every participant will have the chance to write about an image during the workshop, and share with the group if desired.
Every participant should bring images that they are excited to use in a short assignment during the workshop. These can be photographs you made yourself, vernacular photographs, news clippings, family photos, digital or printed, etc. You may also bring a computer or tablet to write with. Paper and pens will be provided.
This workshop is brought you by Andrea Wenglowskyj, who was generously funded by Art Services Inc. for her recent exhibition at CEPA, Anxiety of Amnesia.
Please call or email info@cepagallery.org if you have questions.
CEPA Learning Center
This class is limited to 10 participants.
Thursday, May 21st
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
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Andrea Wenglowskyj is a photo-based artist and commercial/editorial photographer based in Buffalo, N.Y. Her personal work focuses on how collective memory and community are shaped by war and authoritarianism in relation to her own Ukrainian-American experience. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant in Ukraine and her work has been exhibited internationally.
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Friday, May 30th
11:00am– 1:30pm
Ages 13+
Join CEPA for a guided photo walk at Old Fort Niagara. Connect with fellow creatives while capturing this historic landmark, and learn about the fort’s rich past from a historically accurate soldier.
Old Fort Niagara
Saturday, May 30th
11:00am – 1:30pm
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
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A 1-Day Class
Saturday, June 13th
12:30pm–3:30pm
Ages 16+
If you’re new to studio lighting, it is easy to get intimidated by the amount of stuff you have to learn. In this hands-on class, you’ll start to learn the complexities of controlling light in a controlled space. CEPA will provide studio space and equipment, introducing you to some of the most basic studio lighting equipment and terms you will need to navigate a photography studio.
A model will be on site for hands on experience working in a real studio setting.
Class is taught by one of CEPA’s veteran instructors – Piotr Meszynski (see more about Peter below). By the end of the lab session, you’ll have the skills to tackle any type of indoor shoot, whether it’s in a huge warehouse or your spare bedroom.
In this class you will learn how to:
· Set your ISO, shutter speed and aperture.
· Understand depth of field and shooting groups.
· Use all sorts of flashes, including strobes and hot shoe flashes, as well as modifiers.
· Build your studio and buy the right gear for the right price.
CEPA Education Center
Saturday, June 13th
12:30pm–3:30pm
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
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Check out the description below to learn more about the teaching artist for this workshop.
Saturday, May 9th
12:30pm – 3:30pm
Ages 16+
Join CEPA for a photo walk at the Richardson Olmsted Campus!
This is a unique opportunity to explore and document the historic buildings of the Richardson Olmsted Campus before redevelopment plans commence.
The Richardson Olmsted Campus in Buffalo, New York, United States, is one of the city’s most iconic buildings. The site was designed by the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson in concert with the famed landscape team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 1800s, incorporating a system of treatment for people with mental illness developed by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride known as the Kirkbride Plan.
Over the years, as mental health treatment changed and resources were diverted, the buildings and grounds slowly deteriorated. By 1974, the last patients were removed from the historic wards. On June 24, 1986, the former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane was added to the National Historic Landmark registry. In 2006, the Richardson Center Corporation was formed to restore the buildings.
Today, the Richardson Olmsted Campus is being converted, beginning with the now open Hotel Richardson within the Towers Building and two flanking buildings (about one-third of the Campus).
Future plans for the site include the construction of a new museum in Buffalo’s cultural corridor, known as the Lipsey Architecture Center Buffalo. The museum will focus on the city’s rich architectural history and collection of now-preserved buildings.
Please call or email info@cepagallery.org if you have questions.
Richardson Olmsted Campus
This class is limited to 14 participants. No more than 2 orders per customer.
Saturday, May 9th
12:30pm – 3:30pm
Membership starts as low as $40/year for individuals—and even lower for students at only $25/year!
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