About this Event
Workshop Description
No camera? No problem! Learn how to use the sun to create your own photographs with artist Ron M. Saunders. In this introductory workshop, participants will get inspired by every corner of the SCRAP Depot and use various materials to create stunning images. Ron will show you how accessible and versatile this artform is and you'll print your images on paper and fabric!
This workshop is open to all ages. Minors must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult.
Please note we have a sliding scale for tickets for this event! The break down is as follows:
General Admission #1: Covers the cost of workshop and materials
General Admission #2: Covers cost of workshop, materials, and supports the instructor
General Admission #3: Covers cost of workshop, materials, supports the instructor, and helps keep our workshops more accessible
About Ron M. Saunders
Ron Moultrie Saunders,a co-founding member of the 3.9 Art Collective, is a photographic artist and landscape architect. Originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York, he currently lives in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. He creates photograms: photographs that are made without the use of a camera. His artwork is in the San Francisco Arts Commission Civic Art Collection for projects he completed for the San Francisco Library, Linda Brooks-Burton Bayview Branch, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital, and Public Utilities Commission New Headquarters in San Francisco. He was commissioned to create works for VM Ware, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA and Dallas, TX and, for The San Francisco Travel Association (formerly SF Convention and Visitors Bureau) new offices. His art has been exhibited throughout the US including “The Secret Life of Plants”, solo shows (San Francisco International Airport and CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, CA), and group shows "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows" at Ruth's Table, San Francisco, California (2020),“Self:Scape” at Middlesex County College, New Jersey(2012), “Exposed: Today’s Photography/Yesterday’s Technology” (San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art), “Measure of Time”(Oakland Museum of California at City Center). His work is published in several books including “Self Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait” and “From Art to Landscape”. He was an an artist-in-residence at Recology aka The Dump in San Francisco, CA during the summer of 2024.. His studio is located at Minnesota Street Project Studio in the Dogpatch area of San Francisco.
About SCRAP
We at SCRAP breathe new life into old arts & crafts supplies and reduce waste by diverting over 200 tons of materials heading to landfill every year. To learn more about SCRAP and our mission to make art materials & education more accessible to all, please visit our website at www.scrap-sf.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SCRAP, 2150 Newcomb Avenue, San Francisco, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 60.54
