View Full Version : Weston's Open New Community Darkroom near Monterey, CA
Merg Ross
11-Dec-2018, 08:43
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover_collections/the-weston-collective-s-new-community-darkroom-aims-to-bring/article_9cd9cf38-f367-11e8-a09b-27a1c42471c8.html
bloodhoundbob
11-Dec-2018, 08:57
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover_collections/the-weston-collective-s-new-community-darkroom-aims-to-bring/article_9cd9cf38-f367-11e8-a09b-27a1c42471c8.html
That is indeed great news. Thanks for sharing, Merg!
Tin Can
11-Dec-2018, 09:47
Great news!
Both the HS and College close to me have teaching darkrooms.
Southern Illinois!
Joe O'Hara
11-Dec-2018, 14:35
Thinking of SIU Carbondale, Randy? I attended there in the early 70's but decided it wasn't the right place for me.
They had a heck of a nice darkroom at the time.
I agree that that's great news about the Weston Collective, for sure.
Thom Bennett
11-Dec-2018, 15:11
Very cool!
Tin Can
11-Dec-2018, 15:31
Joe,
Yes SIUC. I first saw campus in 1968. Started classes in 1969, which we never finished after all Hell broke loose 1 week after Kent State. Martial Law, National Guard in Barb Wire Jeeps and 6 to 6 curfew. Very nasty, I didn't go back until recently. I like Shawnee National Forest and Giant City.
SIUC is losing ground and asked for unpaid help from retired Professors. I volunteered with the photography department, but got nowhere. Except an email that just passed the buck. I have an MFA and most likely more gear than they do...I'll try again as I am gaining contacts at the school, but in the Theater Dept!
It was also the wrong school for me...
As for the politics of the day, SIUC was a Vietnam Vet Rehab Center and students helped where we could. I have some strange but interesting tales from that era...
Thinking of SIU Carbondale, Randy? I attended there in the early 70's but decided it wasn't the right place for me.
They had a heck of a nice darkroom at the time.
I agree that that's great news about the Weston Collective, for sure.
Joe O'Hara
11-Dec-2018, 16:06
Small world.
The State of Illinois is teetering on the edge financially, perhaps it is not surprising that the school struggles today. Even when I was there (1973), they felt that upstate schools got first dibs on the State money.
Anyway, go Salukis!
bloodhoundbob
11-Dec-2018, 16:56
Small world.
The State of Illinois is teetering on the edge financially, perhaps it is not surprising that the school struggles today. Even when I was there (1973), they felt that upstate schools got first dibs on the State money.
Anyway, go Salukis!
It's a little more complicated than that. SIUC is floundering while SIUE is thriving. There is a lot of racial tension at SIUC and in Carbondale in general, which doesn't help recruiting, obviously. Combine that with rising tuition costs makes for a bleak outlook, unfortunately. They would do well to accept Randy's offer to help!
Ron McElroy
11-Dec-2018, 21:48
Small world.
The State of Illinois is teetering on the edge financially, perhaps it is not surprising that the school struggles today. Even when I was there (1973), they felt that upstate schools got first dibs on the State money.
Anyway, go Salukis!
Was Lawrence Jasud there when you attended?
Joe O'Hara
12-Dec-2018, 16:57
Ron, I don't recall any instructors there with that name (there was a commercial and a fine-art track; I was
in the latter).
I remember instructors David Gilmore and Charles Swedlund. I don't recall the name of the head of the department, though.
Merg Ross
12-Dec-2018, 21:49
Ron, I don't recall any instructors there with that name (there was a commercial and a fine-art track; I was
in the latter).
I remember instructors David Gilmore and Charles Swedlund. I don't recall the name of the head of the department, though.
There's a blast from the past, Charles Swedlund! I exhibited with Charles in several group shows in the 60's, the most important being "Photography 63/ An International Exhibition" at George Eastman House. Charles was a student of Siskind and Callahan at the Institute of Design, Chicago. His early work was ahead of the time, experimental and done in-camera rather than darkroom manipulation. As noted, he became an instructor of photography until retirement from the school.
Tin Can
13-Dec-2018, 07:25
Daniel Overturf (https://mcma.siu.edu/people/faculty/cinemaphotography/overturf.html)a long time SIUC Photography Professor has a current 113 print exhibit at Cedarhurst (https://www.cedarhurst.org/MitchellMuseumMainGallery.html) our local big time museum.
I went to the opening. He exhibited a large range of mostly B&W prints, some contacts and a few color Inkjet. Of course the Cedarhurst link shows only Inkjet color.
Mr Overturf was surrounded by admirers and retired faculty, a poor time to introduce myself. So I did not.
Merg Ross
16-Dec-2018, 15:05
As an upate to my original post, the darkroom rental fees have been announced:
https://www.thewestoncollective.org/hourly-rates-memberships/
Andrew O'Neill
18-Dec-2018, 09:37
Very reasonable fees, I'd say.
Merg Ross
7-Jan-2019, 17:19
Darkroom Orientation, January 12, 2019 (Free)
https://www.thewestoncollective.org/fundraisingproducts/twc-darkroom-orientation
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