Lab / Education
As a Light Work Lab member, we want you to get the most from our facility and staff. We are proud to offer a variety of classes and workshops. Our goal is to give you the opportunity to go deeper with your photography, learn from professionals in the field, and meet fellow members.
DIY Bookbinding
When: Wednesday 4/22, from 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center
Cost: $40 [Materials Included]
REGISTER HERE!
Open to members and non-members!
Try your hand in Light Work’s DIY bookbinding space! For this course guided by Light Work’s director, Dan Boardman, we will focus on the craft of bookbinding in its most basic form, through assembling blank-page journals to take home. After organizing and trimming down sheets of paper on our guillotine cutter, we will run through the steps of using Light Work’s Perfect Binder for a hot-glued bound book, and then our Spiral Binder for more of a notebook-style bind. Please note these tutorials will serve as a rudimentary bookbinding intro but will not include time for incorporating photos or artwork into the journals. It is a great fit for those looking to simply get familiar with bookbinding!
Compensation for participants who cancel will not be available.
Digitizing Your Artwork
When: Tuesday 5/26 from 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center
Cost: $40
REGISTER HERE!
Open to members and non-members!
Come learn about digitizing your photographs, paintings, and illustrations at Light Work in this single evening workshop! Led by lab manager, Becky Marris, this workshop will teach beginner-friendly scanning and retouching techniques, and is a great tool for painters, illustrators, and photographers alike. We will discuss best practices for scanning your artwork, stitching scans together for larger pieces, and color-matching scans to the originals. Each participant may bring one 2D artwork under 20×24” to digitally archive! See below requirements for original artwork:
- Must be two-dimensional
- No larger than 20×24”
- Non-reflective materials (acrylic & oil paintings are generally OK but may produce minor spectral highlights in scans)
- Fixing graphite drawings is encouraged to avoid damaging media
Compensation for participants who cancel will not be available.
B&W Film Development
When: Thursday 6/18, from 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center
Cost: $25
REGISTER HERE!
Open to members and non-members!
Join us at the lab for an evening of black and white film developing with Light Work’s lab coordinator, Koz! In this workshop we will go through all of the steps for film loading and developing (as a group, so please make sure to arrive promptly and on time). Chemistry and developing tanks will be provided to you; all you need to bring is an undeveloped roll of either 35mm film or 120mm film. At the end of the workshop, everyone will leave with one roll of developed film, and film sleeves will be provided for transport.
*Please make sure the film you bring with you is black and white as we do not have the facilities for color film processing*
Compensation for participants who cancel will not be available.