2007 Photography Workshop Schedule

January

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

February

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

March

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

April

Instant Dreams: The Polaroid Transfer

Often referred to as "crossover" art, Polaroid transfers blur the distinction between photography and watercolor, possessing an ethereal quality that transcends photographic rendition and plays on the viewer's imagination with dreamlike effects. Each image becomes a personal statement with a handmade, one-of-a-kind quality. They may be created as altars, triptychs, collages, encaustics, or books. Participants in this workshop will learn the Polaroid transfer process, transferring slides or printed images onto watercolor paper, and hand-coloring them. The emphasis will be on connecting image-making to internal process so that photography becomes a tool for awareness and self-growth. Movement, intuition, and play will all be vehicles for this journey. Please bring a 35mm camera (not a Polaroid) with which you are familiar, as well as a journal. The class will include the use of printers to create the transfers. A list of film and other necessary equipment will be supplied upon registration.

Week of April 22-27, 2007
Esalen Istitute
Cynthia & Daniel Bianchetta

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May

Photographing the Season’s of Big Sur

Big Sur abounds with natural beauty in every season. It is a land where the waves of the Pacific caress the rugged California coastline, where the sun and the fog perform their perennial dance through magical redwood forests and over grassy slopes.
Participants in this workshop will contemplate with a camera the beauty of Big Sur. On Friday night the group will meet to prepare for Saturday's photographic excursion by invoking the use of photography as a tool for meditation, healing, self-growth, and spiritual connection. Saturday will be a time for connecting with Big Sur in its late spring attire: the wildflowers, the sunsets, the misty panoramas. On Sunday morning the group will gather to share its creativity together.
No experience is necessary and all levels are welcome. Please bring a digital 35mm camera you are familiar with, a journal, and any existing photos you want to share with the group.

May 18-20
Esalen Istitute
Cynthia & Daniel Bianchetta

Register at Esalen Institute

June

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

July

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

August

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

September

Artists Equity Studio Tour
Sat. & Sun. September 8 & 9 10-5pm
in CJB’s downtown Carmel Studio

Opening at PG Art Center
Fri. Sept7 7-9pm

October

ARTWORKS MAGAZINE’S – ART IN THE PARK
CJB Gallery booth.
October 7 in Carmel Valley

November

Daylong workshop at the Big Sur or Carmel Studio
Please Contact: Cynthia

December

Holiday Open Studio
Please call for dates

Please Contact: Cynthia


For further information :

Please contact Cynthia by email. Some retreats and workshops are residential and are priced to include room & board. Where indicated please call the phone number listed for information. For dates, rates, and availability for Daylong Workshops please contact Cynthia.

Private sessions are available in beginning & advanced techniques, as well as 8x10 or 20x24 Polaroid Transfer instruction.

Cynthia has studios in Big Sur & Carmel and shows her work at the Lauryn Taylor Fine Art Gallery in Carmel.

Overnight accommodations can be arranged at Cynthia & Daniel’s Gallery Guesthouse B&B in Big Sur. Please phone: (831)667-2502 for rates and availability.

Cynthia Johnson Bianchetta's work spans over a twenty year period, exploring the mediums of B&W, Color, and Polaroid Transfer & Image Techniques. She is a creative Use Consultant for the Polaroid Corporation, a Trustee for the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, former Director of the Weston Gallery, and Assistant Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. She has her home & studio in Big Sur, with a new studio location in Carmel. She teaches for the Esalen Institute, The Taos Institute of Arts, Women's Creativity Retreats, and with her photographer husband, Daniel, Big Sur Photography Workshops.

Related Sites of interest:

Daniel Bianchetta

CJB Gallery

Esalen Institute