The Center for Photographic Art perpetuates a long standing tradition of photographic education through its ongoing program of photography workshops and seminars. As CPA's educational opportunities continue to develop we will expand the scope and variety of our workshop program to include classes designed to address a diversity of photographic issues, ideas, and techniques— from pinholes to pixels.

Taught by some of the most prominent photographers and teachers currently working in the medium, CPA workshops are conducted in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, are reasonably priced, and are designed to foster creativity, inspiration, and a positive learning experience.

Become a part of the legacy. Sign up for a workshop today and expand your knowledge and enjoyment of photography through paticipation in a CPA workshop.

To learn about this year's workshop offerings, see the 2010 Workshop Listings, below.

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Finding Your Work: An Artists' Retreat Workshop
With David Bayles & Ted Orland

4 pm, Monday, September 13 to 1 pm, Thursday, September 16, 2010
St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, California


© David Bayles Hayden Valley Traffic, Yellowstone National Park          © Ted Orland Zero Visibility Possible

This workshop is structured in the rarest of formats: a true artists' retreat. For a few days at least, we'll leave our day-to-day worlds to share meals and simple accommodations at the secluded St. Francis Retreat Center, located in the foothills surrounding San Juan Bautista. The Center provides modern accommodations, meals, and well-equipped meeting rooms -- all surrounded by acres of meadows, tree groves, a small lake and many foot trails.

Our purpose there will be to engage the questions that really matter to artists: What is your work really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting there?

Over the course of three-plus days there will be time enough for some guided outdoor fieldwork and for undertaking a small personal project of your own, and more than enough time for a shared examination of your work and the experiences that have carried you to this point. This workshop is less about learning how to make photographs than about re-learning how to make your own photographs.

Instructors DAVID BAYLES and TED ORLAND are co-authors the best-selling book Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking. Each brings a distinctively different (but equally supportive) approach to workshop sessions with fellow artists, and this retreat draws upon a substantial part of their shared philosophy about the nature of artmaking.

Workshop fee: $400 CPA member, $445 non-member.
Plus room and board: $310 single occupancy room and board, or $255, shared room with board. Board includes from 4pm Monday to lunch Thursday. Note: it is required that students stay at the retreat center. Spouses and others are not encouraged to accompany students.

To register or for more information, call the Center for Photographic Art at 831-625-5181 or register below:

Membership Status / Occupancy

Member / Single Occupancy Room $710.00 Member / Shared Room $655.00 Non-Member / Single Occupancy Room $755.00 Non-Member / Shared Room $700.00

 

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