Summer 2026 Class Offerings:
Alternative Printing:
Cyanotype & Anthotype Workshop
Sunday | June 7 | 12 – 4 p.m.
Explore alternative photographic printing by creating Cyanotype and Anthotype images on watercolor paper. Cyanotypes and Anthotypes are both three-step contact printing techniques: making the emulsion, coating the paper, and exposing to UV light. No photography or darkroom experience necessary. All supplies included.
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC
Polaroid Emulsion Lift Workshop
SOLD OUT!!!
Sunday | June 28 | 12 – 3 p.m.
Take your instant photography to the next level! We’ll print your high contrast iPhone photos onto Polaroid instant film with a Polaroid Lab, then gently separate the image from the film frame and transfer it onto watercolor paper. The new image is translucent and very surreal, often with wrinkles or tears. No photography or darkroom experience necessary, all supplies.
Register here. SOLD OUT! Join waitlist.
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC
Digital Photography: Getting Started
SOLD OUT!!!
Wednesdays | July 8 – 29
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
The digital camera… so much capability that so few people fully comprehend! From learning the various camera controls to exercising the options of how and when they are best used, in this nuts-and-bolts class you will gain the confidence needed to capture that perfect instant. Learn to use your own digital camera or use one of the Crafts Center’s Nikon D3000 loaners to get the most out of this series of hands-on discussions and photo shoots.
Register here. SOLD OUT! Join waitlist.
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC
Fall 2026 Class Offerings:
Digital Photography: Getting Started
Mondays | Aug 17 – Sep 14 (Skip Sep 7)
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
The digital camera… so much capability that so few people fully comprehend! From learning the various camera controls to exercising the options of how and when they are best used, in this nuts-and-bolts class you will gain the confidence needed to capture that perfect instant. Learn to use your own digital camera or use one of the Crafts Center’s Nikon D3000 loaners to get the most out of this series of hands-on discussions and photo shoots.
Registration opens mid-summer 2026
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC
The Magic of Lensless Photography
a.k.a. The Experimental Darkroom
Wednesdays | Sep 9 – 30
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Explore alternative process photography and create stunning, unconventional images on light-sensitive paper without a lens! You will build pinhole cameras for use outside of class, then return to the darkroom where the magic will begin. You will also learn the chemical processes needed to develop paper negatives from your pinhole camera and the procedures for creating shadow-like photograms and abstract chemigrams. All supplies included and no previous darkroom experience required.
Registration opens mid-summer 2026
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC
Abstract Printing in the Darkroom
Wednesdays | Oct 7 – 21
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Learn to think outside of traditional darkroom methods to create unique and one of a kind prints. In this class we will explore liquid emulsion, air brush applications, and photogram elements. Students are required to bring their own developed negatives [any format] to class.
Registration opens mid-summer 2026
NCSU Crafts Center
210 Jensen Drive
Raleigh, NC