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In this hands-on workshop you’ll find the time and Andrea’s encouragement to concentrate on using photography to reveal people’s lives, stories, and worlds, for both literal and/or emotional and creative narratives. Combining portfolio review, discussions, and field work, you’ll learn how to feel comfortable while making the images of people you want to make - be it of family members, the life of an unknown (to you) community resident, or models. Photographing people can help reveal your own stories and open you up (to fears/differences/personalities), while forging new common grounds with your subject.

Over the course of our two days together, Andrea will engage you in meaningful reviews of your work and goals with discussions investigating fine art and editorial work, interpretation and style, and address ethical and legal issues pertaining to the use of portraits in publications and exhibitions. Field trips to make new work will take us into the colorful environs of Woodstock, where you’ll have an opportunity to photograph a multi-aged creative family and explore both traditional and non- traditional photographic approaches to environmental portraiture. This workshop is open to students at all levels. 

Andrea Modica works with an 8x10 camera to slow down the process of picture making and to create intimate dramas. One of her images taught her that, until that moment, she had been photographing like a tourist. Learning to contemplate the fictitious town of Treadwell in upstate NY, she made pictures that were mysterious and portrayed the anguish of adolescence and the idea of growing up. The photographer balances sadness with empathy and brings a spiritual dimension to her work. Modica’s images include photographs of a halfway house, a Catholic girls school, and a minor league baseball team. Andrea’s photographs have been compared to those of Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, and her friend, Sally Mann. A graduate of Yale University, her work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and International Center of Photography, among many prestigious venues. New York Times, Elle, New Yorker, American Photo, and Vanity Fair have featured her work and she has five monographs, Treadwell, Minor League, Real Indians, Barbara, and Human Being. The Edwynn Houk Gallery in NYC represents her work.

Please bring: your camera, film, 10 examples of recent personal work, and a reproduction of a portrait by a photographer you admire.
Class limit: 15  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295  
Model fee: $30  

Public Lecture: Saturday, October 3, 8 PM

Please Note: The Woodstock Film Festival is this weekend so booking lodging well in advance is strongly recommended.

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Fawn Potash & Danielle Correia: Advanced Open Studio: Emphasis on Photography & Encaustics

Tuesday - Friday, 
November 17-20

Seeking to take things to the next level? CPW and R&F Handmade Paints are excited to offer this 5-day advanced workshop. This session is intended for artists who are experienced with photography and encaustic, but seek to take things to the next level.

Participants will work intensively within a small group of peers, enhancing their technical knowledge and benefiting from the guidance of two accomplished instructors. The first two days will be spent utilizing the traditional and digital darkroom facilities at CPW, with unlimited access to print, scan and prepare photographic works to be combined with the encaustic process. The following three days will be spent in the studio at R&F, with access to the complete range of encaustic paints and tools. This creative atmosphere will be the perfect place to bring your individual projects to fruition, while fueling exciting discussions, critiques and demonstrations.

Participants will have access to state-of-the-art photographic equipment including large-format printers, scanners and SLR cameras. Participants can choose to go on location if they are interested in photographing and printing a body of work. The workshop will include class critiques and discussion about projects so that participants can bounce ideas off of one another, helping them to find direction for their work.  Fawn Potash and Danielle Correia will be there as moderators, assisting participants with their projects, guiding them through the processes, and allowing for spontaneity and creative expression.

An application for admission into this workshop is required and due by August 31. It will be reviewed by CPW and R&F staff. Application Requirements:
two paragraph proposal including: project description, clarification of how you would utilize both CPW and R&F facilities, instructors, and other participants, as well as your expectations of the workshop.
5-10 digital images of work on disk (work does not have to correspond to the proposal)

All applicants will be notified via email by mid-September.

Class limit: 7
Tuition: $730* / CPW members: $700*

*The cost includes material use for up to five 20x24” digital prints, unlimited digital scans & use of the wet-darkroom at CPW; unlimited use of paints and equipment at R&F. There will be a materials fee for additional prints.

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