Making an Eclipse Viewer
$35.00 – $65.00
A 1-Day Workshop
Friday March 29nd, 2024
6:00 – 8:30 PM
All ages
A 1-Day Photography Class for All Ages
Make your own eclipse viewer and connect with the history and science behind photography in this all ages workshop offered in anticipation of the total solar eclipse on April 8th.
This workshop will investigate how the camera obscura, the technology that preceded photography, was used for solar observation and the role it played in the discovery of photography. Students will learn how a camera obscura works, understand its role in photography through making pinhole photographs, then design and build their own camera obscura to use during the eclipse.
Students will leave class with a handful of pinhole photographs, a working camera obscura to view the eclipse with, an intro to basic wet darkroom work, and a bit more knowledge of photohistory.
The class will also look at Jason Lazarus, an artist working in the expanded field of photography. His upcoming project, “How to Watch a Solar Eclipse,” endeavors to become the world’s largest archive of used handmade solar eclipse viewers. The collection is designed to become a safety net for those who might otherwise toss their viewers in the trash, and a vehicle to consider “vision and visibility, poetry and poetics, art, history, science, intergenerational intimacy, and access.”
After the eclipse, participants are invited to return their viewers to CEPA. Each viewer will be titled with the name, age, and location then sent to Jason. All participants who donate a used solar eclipse viewer will get to be part of a public art project and receive a free signed artist thank-you print celebrating the eclipse!
More Information about Jason’s project can be found here: https://jasonlazarus.com/projects/how-to-watch-a-solar-eclipse/
All Materials and Supplies Included. Participants are encouraged to bring their own box.
Workshop Location
CEPA Gallery Learning Center
Limited Availability
This workshop is limited to 8 participants.
Date & Time
Friday, March 29, 2024
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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