Upcoming Classes and Workshops

Photo by Sanaya

We offer courses and workshops on assorted topics in photography, ranging from beginner to advanced!

While our courses are free to the public, we do have a $75 suggested donation for our one-day workshops, and a $150 suggested donation for our longer classes, to help cover the costs of our programming. This includes equipment and material costs as well as space rental. Some courses include lab fees to supply additional chemistry and equipment. In addition to course hours, this fee includes open lab hours on Sundays.

We don’t want anyone to feel like they can’t take a class or workshop due to costs, and scholarships and discounts are available to anyone who needs one. Please contact us with any questions at contact@tacomaphotocenter.org

Photogramming with Sanaya

This one day workshop is a great introduction to the darkroom as a space and learning about black and white darkroom printing. Bring some objects from home and create your own unique photogram designs. This course is open to 8 students per session. Please contact us with any questions at contact@tacomaphotocenter.org

  • January 12th, from 1 – 5 PM

  RA-4 Printing with Cormic  

This one-day workshop is an excellent introduction to a color darkroom practice. Learn how to make prints from your color negatives using the RA-4 process! Due to space concerns, this course is open to two students at a time. Please contact cormic@tacomaphotocenter.org with any questions.

  • Session 1: Course Full

  • Session 2: Course Full

 Zine Publishing with Sanaya 

Learn the fundamentals of self publishing and create your own zine through this one day workshop! Students will walk through the process of creating the first draft of their work  while learning information about the assembly, print, and distribution stages of publishing. Artmaking materials will be provided, but feel to bring any additional items to incorporate into your draft. This course is open to five students per session. Please contact us with any questions at contact@tacomaphotocenter.org

  • Course Full

Introduction to Darkroom Photography

This course will help you to learn how to use a camera to make an exposure on black and white film, as well as how to process that film and basic black and white printing techniques in the darkroom. This course is open to eight students. Please contact contact@tacomaphotocenter.org with any questions.

  • TBD

Our ongoing programming is primarily brought to you by a generous commitment from the Tacoma Office of Arts & Culture.