Between the digital and material worlds, we are faced with conflicting values: presence or convenience, endless possibility or creative limitation? Inundated with thousands of images a day, most of which are produced by AI, it’s harder than ever to know what’s real, to feel what’s real. We’re slowing down and remembering why we even reach for the camera in the […]
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Cleveland Print Room has some new “alternative process” workshop offerings this summer for those looking to expand their photography practices: In the darkroom at Cleveland State University’s Theatre and Arts Building, instructor Hadley K Conner will present the Manipulations Intensive series of workshops over four sessions in July. Students will explore a variety of creative techniques that can be applied […]
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Cleveland Print Room offers workshops to elevate your photography practice. Choose from hour-long workshops, weekend short courses, darkroom refreshers, tabletop critiques, and other unique offerings to suit your photography development and scheduling needs. Two Saturdays each month we offer our two-part Darkroom Basics courses on developing and printing film. These courses are flexible and individualized according to need, whether as […]
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Starting this spring, Camera Share program participants can borrow a film camera from Cleveland Print Room’s (CPR) collection for two weeks—just like checking out a book from a library. Each participant receives one color and one black-and-white roll of film. CPR handles the film processing, scanning, and archiving. Once your time is up, you’ll return the camera with a simple […]
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Take the river of data that maps 163,000 parcels comprising the built environment of Cleveland. Add layers of interpretation from entities like the City of Cleveland, the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, and the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Then introduce the shimmering catalyst of art to the mix, and explode the reality of place. Welcome to the Cleveland Print Room’s Property […]
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This January, Cleveland Print Room will be presenting special off-site exhibitions in two locations. Opening Friday, January 3 at Praxis Fiber Workshop, experimental analog photographer Mary Defer’s exhibition, Secret Family, is a photographic project using the discovery of a family secret as a springboard to explore social censorship, the region of Appalachia, and the “slow violence” (a term coined by […]
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This fall, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) begins a year-long project partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Property Inventory, a photography and data-visualization effort centered on Cleveland’s built environment, is inspired by the City of Cleveland Building & Housing Department’s partnership with Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s initiative to inventory 160,000 Cleveland properties to assess conditions and raise awareness […]
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During the transition to our new building at East 38th and Lexington, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) has formed a partnership with Cleveland State University to provide lab access for members and classes. While working in the Middough Building at 1901 East 13th Street in Room 221, our members have been enjoying our temporary new digs, which offer critique/presentation and classroom […]
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While we at Cleveland Print Room continue readying our new facility for future exhibitions, classes, and other events, we have ramped up our photography and darkroom offerings at Cleveland State University and Tri-C. The spacious, well-appointed darkroom at CSU’s Middough Building (1901 East 13th Street) is the site of our regular open darkroom hours, as well as the spring sessions […]
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As the Cleveland Print Room (CPR) continues to grow, we are happy to announce our first iteration of ⨏/2 (F-stop Two), a community-based pop-up project focused on deepening relationships with the community through exhibitions, educational workshops, partnerships, and experimental programs. ⨏/2, which opened this July, will be creating space for members of the community to engage with artists and photographers […]
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