Community darkroom

[bojanfurst]

Hi all,

I have been toying with the idea of starting a community darkroom in town I live with and was wondering if anybody here has done something like that. Do you use or run a community darkroom? How does it work where you are?

I would really appreciate if folks would share their experiences.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ibcrewin]

Serve coffee for starters

 

[bojanfurst]

Coffee is a given...

 

[ibcrewin]

Here are some cool places.

http://www.geneseearts.org/community-darkroom/About-Community-Darkroom.php

http://communitydarkrooms.syr.edu/

also, you're going to need some money.. Check this out.. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1625786883/current-space-community-darkroom-0

 

[bojanfurst]

Thanks. These are great examples. I did find a couple of more. Again, I would love to hear more about peoples' experience with using/belonging to/running community darkrooms. What worked? What didn't?

 

[jordanstarr]

Hey...shoot me an email sometime at jordan@jordanstarrphotography dot com and we should chat. I do social enterprise development in rural Ontario for a living and (for free) could help you brainstorm the idea and develop the business plan for this. I always liked the idea of a non-profit co-operative model for community darkrooms and artist-run galleries/arts centres -it would also help with memberships, fundraisers, donations and accessing government grants.

 

[jordanstarr]

Since you're on the East Coast, it might be worth getting in touch with View Point Gallery in Halifax as they operate a gallery as a co-operative model and it works VERY well from my understanding.

 

[jordanstarr]

....also, great landscape shots of NFLD on your site! I gotta get to work, but will check them out more over the weekend.