Drkroom rental in portland oregon

[paulbarden]

Robert, they were closed for a week for maintenance, that's all.

[neil poulsen]

Good heavens -- I felt the ground shake beneath me for a moment there.

[robert lyons]

actually go to their main page if you can get on it...it seems that one is unable to access it...and in the previous days it stated they were closed until further notice???

[Paul Cunningham]

Yes, the official news is that they are officially closed in a permanent way.

[Peter Gomena]

Yes, we're closed for good.

[paulbarden]

Yes, we're closed for good.

How? Why? What happened? I was just there for a class a few days ago!

[Peter Gomena]

Facilities rentals, class enrollment, and memberships have declined steadily for the past 4-5 years. Summer has been our worst season for a long time, and we ran out of money. Simple as that.

I think you must add in that our rental facilities and equipment were getting pretty shabby. In the three years I worked there, we never had a dime for equipment replacement, maintenance, or even freaking light bulbs sometimes. It produced a reputation of unreliability in some cases.

Regardless of all that, Newspace was the center of a large photographic community that now will go unserved. It's a shame, but in it's last few years Newspace has been unsustainable. It's over and done and time to move on. The community we created may well try to resurrect a photography cooperative of some kind that will serve in Newspace's place. I hope they succeed.

Peter Gomena
(former) Facilities Manager
Newspace Center for Photography.

[Louis Pacilla]

Facilities rentals, class enrollment, and memberships have declined steadily for the past 4-5 years. Summer has been our worst season for a long time, and we ran out of money. Simple as that.

I think you must add in that our rental facilities and equipment were getting pretty shabby. In the three years I worked there, we never had a dime for equipment replacement, maintenance, or even freaking light bulbs sometimes. It produced a reputation of unreliability in some cases.

Regardless of all that, Newspace was the center of a large photographic community that now will go unserved. It's a shame, but in it's last few years Newspace has been unsustainable. It's over and done and time to move on. The community we created may well try to resurrect a photography cooperative of some kind that will serve in Newspace's place. I hope they succeed.

Peter Gomena
(former) Facilities Manager
Newspace Center for Photography.

That's just downright sad

[paulbarden]

Facilities rentals, class enrollment, and memberships have declined steadily for the past 4-5 years. Summer has been our worst season for a long time, and we ran out of money. Simple as that.

Peter Gomena
(former) Facilities Manager
Newspace Center for Photography.

I took Ray Bidegain's Tintype Workshop recently and it was the first of what was going to be many workshops offered through NewSpace. I am very sad to see this unique resource disappear from the Portland artscape.

[Paul Cunningham]

Ray will still be around of course. If you haven't already, you can contact him and get on his mailing list at www.raybidegain.com.

I took Ray Bidegain's Tintype Workshop recently and it was the first of what was going to be many workshops offered through NewSpace. I am very sad to see this unique resource disappear from the Portland artscape.