9th-12th Grade: Darkroom Photography
Saturday Youth Class | This program is completed
In the Saturday Young Artists Program (SYAP), Fleisher offers low-cost classes for young people ages 5 to 18 designed to develop artistic skills, foster engagement with the arts, encourage self-expression, and build confidence as a creative person. Over 100 classes in a range of media are offered throughout the year, allowing children and youth to experience hands-on art-making in a supportive and enriching environment.
The Saturday Young Artists Program has a tiered program fee. Alongside the non-refundable $65 base program fee, please consider paying an additional amount (up to $130 total) during the registration process. Opting to pay the higher program fee allows the program's base fee to stay accessible to more Philadelphians. Payment is due at the time of registration. If you need to pay with cash or check, select the Pay Later option during checkout. If cost is a barrier, please email cy@fleisher.org.
Medium Description
Students will develop their photographic eye, and make images that tell stories while capturing their own point of view. Young artists will learn how to use a camera, how to load, shoot, and develop film, and how to create and develop prints in the darkroom.
SYAP Darkroom Photography classes are supported by the The Forman Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation.
Registration for the Saturday Young Artists Program takes place in two parts. First, currently enrolled students register for the upcoming term. Once this registration period is complete, remaining seats are made available to new students.
Registration Schedule
Current SYAP Student Registration for Fall 2024: May 18 – May 26, 2024
Public Registration for Fall 2024: June 3, 3024 – August 30, 2024
Read more about the Saturday Young Artists Program and view our Caregiver Handbook here.
Tamsen Wojtanowski
Tamsen Wojtanowski is a Philadelphia-based artist whose work explores the intersection of photography, painting, printmaking, and installation. Blending abstraction and representation, their work is rooted in themes of love, gender & identity, motherhood, heartache, failure, anger, and beauty. Rather than treating photography as a tool for fixed representation, Wojtanowski embraces it as a space for emotional and conceptual exploration, where images evolve through layers of memory, touch, and transformation.
https://tamsenwj.com/