Workshops

alternative process photography

Workshop Overview

For those interested in learning about my practice or adopting a practice of your own in alt photography, I offer workshops and lectures scattered throughout the year.  Subscribe to my newsletter by emailing me at bgv8@uchicago.edu for more information on upcoming exhibitions, lectures, and workshops.

Upcoming Lectures

There are currently no upcoming lectures for the 2026 year.  You can keep an eye out here for upcoming lectures or shoot me an email if you'd like to be added to my seasonal newsletter which includes updates on upcoming exhibitions, lectures, and workshops.

Upcoming Workshops

 

​​​​​​From Garden to Gallery: Anthotype Printing at The University of Chicago
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

4:00pm - 5:00pm CST | Friday, April 3rd, 2026

  • As part of the University of Chicago's Chat About exhibition and workshop series, I am joined by Emily Slavin to teach a workshop on the Anthotype printing process.  Students will learn how to use plant matter to make photographic prints with only supplies that can be found in the kitchen.
  • RSVP Here

 

[Tentative] Bookbinding Workshop at the Ink Shop

The Ink Shop Printmaking Center

915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

4:00pm - 6:00pm EST | Friday, June 12th, 2026
10:00am - 2pm EST | Saturday & Sunday, June 13th & 14th, 2026

  • Over three days, participants will explore the craft of hand bookbinding from start to finish, creating a complete hardcover book to take home.  Bookbinding is a valuable skill that integrates craft and design into archival practice, empowering you to share your work in the intimate and durable format of the book.

  • Day One: We’ll begin by introducing the tools, materials, and terminology of the bookbinder’s practice.  Participants will learn the anatomy of a case-bound book, explore different binding styles, and prepare their text blocks for sewing.  At the end of the session, we will begin hands-on work using the introduced tools and techniques, continuing throughout the weekend.

  • Day Two: With text blocks prepared, participants will sew their books and begin constructing the outer cases.  Participants will personalize their books by selecting book cloth, endpapers, and decorative cover papers to work with, measuring and cutting their cases to the size of their textblocks.

  • Day Three: In the final session, participants will bring their books together by casing-in their text blocks, adding endpapers, and attaching head and tail bands.  Once assembled, books will rest in the press overnight to dry.  At the end of the course we will discuss finishing touches, care, and repair of handmade books.

PAST Lectures

Artist's Talk - IDLE FRONTIER

Lodi Whittier Public Library

8484 S Main St Lodi, NY 14860

12:00pm - 2:00pm | Saturday, November 22nd, 2025

  • Join us at the Lodi Whitter Library for a talk on the process of creating IDLE FRONTIER.  IDLE FRONTIER will be on view between November 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2025.  

PAST Workshops

GUM PRINTING AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Olive Tjaden Hall
810-815 University Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850

8:30am - 11:00am EST | Thursday & Tuesday September 4th & 9th, 2025

  • In September of 2025, I tought at private workshop on Gum Printing for Cornell Universitiy's Department of Art.  Interested students from Julianne Hunter's advanced printmaking course, Exposed and Impressed, learned the steps to produce duotone prints during this short, two-class workshop.  

 

GUM PRINTING AT THE SOIL FACTORY

The Soil Factory

142 Ithaca Beer Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850

7:00pm - 9:00pm EST | June 9th - June 13th, 2025

  • As part of the exhibition of IDLE FRONTIER, it was a pleasure and privelige to teach a week-long intensive workshop on sustainable printing using Gum Dichromate process.  The workshop was held at The Soil Factory, Ithaca's eco-arts center and community darkroom.  By the end of the workshop, each student learned the following:
    • Producing and editing separations from a color image
    • Printing transparency material for contact-printing
    • Choosing, shrinking, and sizing paper
    • Safely printing a layer using the gum dichromate process
    • Clearing and finishing the gum print