Show Class

Show Class? If I'm good enough to be in a show, what do I need a class for?

Photo: Marcus Maddox

What we say around here is, "If you come to class once a week for class and once a week for lab, in nine months you'll be on the WithInSight Gallery Walls." Part of the nine months is the 14 week Show Class.

Our goal for our students is that after nine months of classes they know how to mount a Show. As you become a photographer and start sharing your work with others you might get a request to display your work. Our goal is for you to know how to do that. If you want to "Show" (display) your work at a local pub, coffee house, restaurant or even a library, we want you to know the "what and how" goes into doing it. Richard has over 40 years experience hanging exhibits in every conceivable environment and he shares his expertise.

We talk about picking which photographs you are going to display and how to print them for the light they're going to be shown in. We want you to know how to "mount" the work and how to cut "mats" and put together the "frames". We want you to know how to "prepare the wall surface", how to "compose" and "hang" the Show, how to "light" the Photographs. After your show is over we want you to know how to return the walls to the way they were when you found them.

The show class will teach you all of those skills and much more. Under the tutelage of LeJean Easley you will make the best "display prints" of your life. The shows are juried by all of the other students in the show. Everyone is working for the benefit of everyone else. You will get the feedback of your fellow exhibitors and give feedback as well. You will be engaged in an exhilarating process, producing and finishing your work to a professional level. You will continue to develop your critical eye for composition, color, shape and form. All of this happens in a nurturing, supportive environment.

Our exhibitions are displayed in our WithInSight Gallery as well as our connecting classroom space located at Withinsight Hall. We introduce our exhibitors to the community at large with a free Friday night party as well as a Sunday afternoon opening for families. The Exhibit opening is held over two or three days. Food is offered as well as wine and soft drinks. We ask our student community to make dishes (sort of like a "Pot Luck") for both times. We hold a drawing of framed Prints. Each exhibitor provides a framed 11'x14" archival print for the drawing. Hundreds of people attend and many of the photographs are sold. The proceeds of sales go directly to the exhibitor; there is no commission given to RSCPC or anyone else.

Throughout the 14 week Journey,
Laughter Is Heard & Learning Occurs  ;-)