With support from the California Arts Council, Sixth Street Photography Workshop will produce Personal Images, 6 photography exhibitions. Free workshops for adults in chronic poverty and veterans with PTSD will produce the artwork. Venue is SSPW’s 6th On 7th Gallery in SOMA. Workshops to be held at SOMArts Cultural Center and the Gallery. Receptions held monthly for the gallery’s audience, the neighborhood, SRO residents, members of the low-income and arts communities, the public and veterans.
Traditional darkroom instructional workshop is held every Wednesday from 11- 2PM. We use the darkroom at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, in South of Market. The facility consists of a seven station black and white darkroom, a seperate film developing/ print washing room and a classroom. Film-based photography is popular. The developing and printing program is the original foundation of Sixth Street Photography Workshop. Participants learn to make exhibition quality prints.
6th On 7th Gallery, 105 Seventh Street (at Mission) in South of Market is our primary site. We have a full gallery operation showing photographs from current members and our print archive. The collection dates to 1992 and contains images of the neighborhood in transformation. We feature accomplished Guest Artists in a section of the Gallery, thereby expanding our community and discourse. Digital classes are held Fridays. Photographers have access to computers and staff when the Gallery is open.