check with Christopher James at Lesley College... he will know just the right person for you
----- Original Message ----- From: "ragowaring" <ragowar...@btinternet.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] WWPD in Boston > on 7/1/02 5:04 pm, R Duarte at ra...@rahji.com wrote: > > > hey, i'd like to get something going in boston for wwpd 2002. i think i > > might possibly have enough pinhole/darkroom experience to conduct a one-day > > or two-day thing at one of the adult ed centers here, but generally i think > > i know just enough to be dangerous. i've proposed classes and teach at the > > cambridge and brookline adult ed centers so i would know who to contact > > about getting something going for the spring term (if it's not too late - > > i'm not sure). anyway, i like to be a real expert on a topic before i play > > an instructor role - like i said, i could probably do okay, but i think it > > would be better if someone else wanted to get involved too - either as > > co-facilitators or with me as their assistant or something. i'd like to do > > something targeted toward kids but maybe the whole process of making prints > > in the darkroom is just too much (read: boring) for little kids.. maybe > > teens or something. if anyone's interested or has any other ideas, let me > > know. > > thanks.. > > rob > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > Rob > > My experience is that it is not boring at all for any age group. I have > given a number of workshops and courses and am at the moment in a residency > with 17 and 18 year old. I have just finished preparing and curating an > exhibition at the Usher Gallery in Lincoln (museum). I was in charge of 30 > students for several weeks. > My experience is that at first it is difficult to gauge enthusiasm simply > because you are probably overbriming with excitment. But that is just it, > this is contagious and soon you find that most are converts. > Remember to not get too technical and that attention span is short. > Everything seems to be going along just find and then, when the first > photographs magically appear, then even the most hard bitten cynic becomes > enthralled. > The secret is to not overplan but to keep it simple. And remember that you > are learning with them. It is rewarding and well worth doing. > > One of the outcomes of the residency is my building a giant walk-un pinhole > camera on wheels that can be moved about? > > I shall soon be posting an exhibition of the students' work and the giant > pinhole in a website I am constructing. > > Go for it Rob, it will also inform your own work. > > Alexis > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
