OUR MISSION

To foster the arts and crafts by providing a wide range of instruction for adults and children. Castle Hill holds exhibitions, lectures, forums, concerts and other similar activities in order to promote social interaction among artists, craftsmen, laymen, and the community at large.

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SUMMER 2009 WORKSHOPS - PHOTOGRAPHY

Martin R. Anderson

Summer 2009

Painting

Drawing

Clay

Printmaking/
Book Arts

Performance - Yoga - Music

Teens

Kids

Peter Madden, Valentine

Christine Breslin

Regula Franz

Photography & Video 09

Intro. to Basic Photography Dana Dunham

June 29 - July 3
mon - fri
9am - noon
5 sessions $375
castle hill
For academic
credit $450

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This workshop will explain camera basics and usage. We will learn how the camera works and discuss exposure, focusing and composition. You will learn how to develop film, print contact sheets and make 8x10 prints. This workshop will work with individual on different levels and help guide each student on their on photographic vision. Students are expected to supply their own film. 35mm manual camera required with normal lens.

Dana Dunham is an accomplished photographer, paratrooper and teller of tall tales. He has graduated with degrees in literature and photography from various institutions of higher learning in the state of Massachusetts. www.danadunhamphotography.com

The Alternative Image: Exploring Low-Tech Photography

David Ellis

July 6 - 10
Mon - Fri
9am -noon
5 sessions $375 + 90 materials fee
castle hill
For academic
credit $450 + materials fee

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Discover the essence, poetics and visual potential of the photographic image
through the use of unconventional low-tech approaches such as home made
pinhole cameras constructed from ordinary materials like cookie tins and canisters or by adapting old or obsolete film and Polaroid cameras. This workshop is for those who love experimentation, pushing the limits, and welcome chance as an important element in their creativity. In addition to constructing pinhole cameras and learning darkroom printing, students will learn how to convert a variety of cameras into pinhole and experiment with combining obsolete vintage cameras with "deconstructed" Polaroid cameras to produce exciting and unusual new images. Each day includes demonstration, personal shooting time, processing and printing plus individual and group review. Open to all experience levels.

David Ellis’ education includes the Art Institute of Boston, the University of Mexico National Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Students League of New York (Sound of Shape and Design Project). He currently works out of Cape Cod and Providence RI exploring alternative image capture techniques, pinhole photography and experimental video. He has taught photography at Rhode Island School of Design as well as lectures and workshops at Castle Hill, UMass Dartmouth, As220 Providence ,RI, Cambridge Art Association and works as a freelance photographer. He has been the recipient of various grants and awards including the National Endowment for the Arts, the University of Texas Hogg Foundation and the State of New Mexico. He has exhibited widely and his work is held in many public, private, corporate and notable museum collections, including the Getty Collection, Los Angeles, the City of Austin, Texas, the State of New Mexico, the National Museum of Fine Arts, Mexico City, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Patzcuaro, Mexico and he was selected for the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Artists, Washington DC.

Illuminating Pixels - Creating and Developing Original Websites Tracey Anderson

July 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5, 12, 19, 26
Weds
7 - 9pm
8 Sessions $375
pamet crossing
For academic
credit $450

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This class will practice acreative approach to conceptualizing and building a website. Our goal is to bypass generic, website design in order to translate our unique vision into an effective online presence. The class will be structured around an overall willingness to leave the rulebook behind. . Students who wish to work with a personal project should e-mail the instructor prior to the class to establish what materials they will need to bring. Knowledge of Dreamweaver software is not required but general computer skills are recommended. Tracey can be e-mailed directly at unit1966@verizon.net

Creating the Digital Collage Fran Forman

July 27 - 31
Mon - Fri
1 - 4pm
5 Sessions $375
pamet crossing
For academic
credit $450
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The photographic digital collage technique is perfectly suited to portray the imagined world of idea, memory, and emotion. In this hands-on workshop, students will explore the multi-faceted art of the photographic composite. Our explorations will incorporate visual materials into existing images to create dream-like and surreal montages. Students will explore Photoshop's capabilities for image layering and learn new techniques and technical shortcuts. Intermediate level - familiarity with Photoshop a must! Students should bring their own laptops, loaded with Photoshop CS (they can down-load a trial version for 30 days, free), a mouse and mousepad, or a Wacom tablet and stylus.

Fran Foman studied art and sociology at Brandeis University and an MFA at Boston University's School of Fine Arts. She has held a succession of positions in the field of illustration and graphic design. Between her professional life and raising two daughters, Fran continued to create her personal art, combining her illustrative and photographic skills with a passion for surrealism, paradox, illusion, assemblage, the non-human world, and the dislocations of time and place. Fran is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and a recent recipient of several grants. Her work has been published and exhibited widely and has received many awards and honors. Both the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston have included her work in their collections. www.franforman.com

Digital Darkroom Jennifer Moller

August 10 - 14
Mon - Fri
9am - noon
5 sessions $375
P amet Crossing
For academic
credit $450

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This course is for those with previous experience with digital imaging and/or computers, who are interested in getting to know some of the creative features of Photoshop CS3. We will create photographs on the computer using fine art techniques associated with analog darkroom; split-tone, duo-tone, cross process, montage, digital illustration, and image enhancement. I will also make animations from our photographs to be used for the web application. We will work with adjustment layers, color correction, blending and collage, merging with multiple image layers, mastering layers, filters, and work flow profile calibration. We will primarily use the most current software; Adobe Bridge, Photoshop CS3.

Jennifer Moller is an accomplished photographer and video artist. She has worked as a freelance editorial and advertising photographer. Her education includes an MFA from Maine College of Art in 2003. She divides her time between Cape Cod and Boston, MA, where she teaches digital video and sequential image making at the Art Institute of Boston. She has conducted photography workshops at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Cape Cod Photographic Workshops, and the Provincetown Art Association. She also creates video installations and manages a yearly video festival at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Moller has been selected for several awards and grants. For more about Jennifer and her work visit www.jennmoller.com

Photographic Exploration Joel Meyerowitz

August 15
Saturday
10am - 3om
1 Sessions $250
off-site, meet at Castle Hill

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Bring your camera, your photographs and lunch, and meet at Castle Hill for five hours of taking pictures and talking about taking pictures with Joel Meyerowitz.

Joel Meyerowitz, photographer and author of twelve books including Cape Light, A Summer¹s Day, Redheads, and Bay/Sky, made the award-winning film Pop, which was aired on PBS. He is currently documenting the aftermath of 9/11 as a photographic archive for the Museum of the City of New York.

Pinhole for All Ages Martin R. Anderson

August 17 - 21
Mon – Fri
9am - noon
5 Sessions $375+ $15 lab fee
castle hill
For academic
credit $450 + lab fee

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A fun photography class for all ages! Cameras created from everyday objects like tin cans will be loaded with photographic paper on which to record images which will come to life using basic darkroom techniques. This is a simple, hands-on way to understand photography that can produce surprisingly dynamic and beautiful images. No previous photographic experience is necessary (although experienced photographers may relish the opportunity to explore and play outside the usual boundaries.) An ideal class for parents and kids to take together.

Martin R. Anderson has worked extensively with alternative photography over the past seven years, with over 40 pinhole cameras of his own making. In July of 2005, Martin received a fellowship for a three-week Artist-In-Residency at C-Scape dune shack in Provincetown where he created a portfolio of pinhole landscapes and self-portraits. In 2006, his pinhole photograph, "Paris, Tulieries: Alexandre combatant" won First Place in Art & Antiques Magazine's annual photography contest. During the year he leads classes in Pinhole Photography at the Brookline Center for Adult & Community Education www.martinranderson.com

Digital Landscape: Judy G. Rolfe

August 31 - Sept 4
Mon - Fri, 3 - 6 pm
5 Sessions

$375 + $85 Dune tour & Clam Bake

A fun, digitally-energizing, photography workshop for those with previous experience with digital cameras, and computers, who are interested in creating dynamic and beautiful images of Truro in conjunction with Truro's Tercentennial. In addition we will get to know some of the basic digital workflow features of Adobe Photoshop CS3. Photography locations include the beaches of Truro, Highland Light and hikes on Pamet Harbor or Railroad Right of Way, Bearberry Hill and Cranberry Bog Trail, weather and time permitting. A dune tour out to the Peaked Hill Bar and shacks is a optional part of the workshop. The workshop begins with a presentation that covers digital basis's like, mode, white balance, image quality and why we use them plus touches on composition. We shoot (with the pro leaders help) til we get nice sun lit images. Then come back to our classroom, for a demo and handouts on how to download your images, resize and get selects ready for uploading for class and instructor critique. Note: downloading will be done on Macs using CS3. If you dont have Photoshop CS3 Castle Hill has several Mac laptops available for use.
Shooting workshops will be scheduled for best morning and afternoon light.

A former USA Today photo editor, Judy G. Rolfe has established herself as a well-known freelance photographer in the Washington, D.C. and Delmarva areas. In 1992, she decided to leave her steady career as a photo editor and attempt to make a living looking through a camera lens rather than a photo loupe. Judy received her first camera from her parents at age 14 and has been shooting pictures ever since. Her leap into freelance photography was the realization of a life-long dream. Her photography career is now a way of life, taking her on jobs all over the United States and, most recently, to China, Indonesia, Central and South America, the Balkans, and West Africa.

Impossible to imagine her life without a camera in it Judy is excited by the many doors the digital age is opening for her, for example digital photography workshops. She has lead workshops for Shutterbug Magazine and currently leads local and regional workshops where she is based in Coastal Delaware. Her photos reflect her peripatetic lifestyle and home on the East Coast, but also the early influences of growing up on a farm, surrounded by animals, and later moving to the Delaware Coast where she developed a love for the ocean and its environs.

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