Free to all! Open Portfolio Night is one of the best opportunities VCP offers to connect with other local photo-talent and share some of your work!...
Salt printing, invented in the 1830s by Englishman Henry Fox Talbot, is the original method for making photographs on paper. The process is deceptively simple but yields wonderful prints. One begins by soaking paper in a solution of salt. The dried salted paper is then coated with a solution of silver nitrate, thereby forming silver chloride in situ. The paper is dried a second time and then exposed to ultraviolet light through a negative. Salt...
Once a month, VCP hosts C-41 Night — a hands-on evening dedicated to photographers who love the look and process of shooting color negative (C-41) film. Whether you’re brand new to color developing or simply looking for a supportive place to process your film alongside others, this monthly gathering is a chance to learn, connect, and get hands-on in the lab. Our inaugural session in September was a great success, with participants developing film together,...
Join us at VCP for a talk with photographer Scott Offen on his recent book Grace, a seven-year collaborative project made with his partner. Offen will walk us through how the work came together: photographing Grace not as a subject but as a co-creator, developing a staged and often dreamlike visual language, and building a method where disagreements over a photograph were resolved through sequencing rather than exclusion....
Tap into the playful fun of creating photo transfers through non-toxic gel plate printing. Over three hours, participants will explore the expressive potential of combining photographic images with color and texture, exploring composition, surfaces, and layering techniques to create original works of art. No previous printmaking experience is required. This class is designed for photographers and creative people working in any medium. This is a beginner class that requires no previous experience. We’ll begin with a...
Saturday, October 31st 2026, 5 to 7pm @ DBA Offices, 22 High Street, Brattleboro Bring your boos and best costumes to VCP’s BrattleBOO Costume Portrait Pop-Up! On Halloween night (Oct 31st) from 5–7pm, we’re turning our space at 10 Green Street into a family-friendly photo set for free professional costume portraits. Superheroes, witches, pumpkins, pets, and parents are all welcome—come strike a spooky (or silly) pose! No appointment needed, just drop in! Your high-quality digital files will be available for free download by...
Join us for a private, guided walkthrough of Dona Ann McAdams' exhibition Troubleshooting at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, led by Dona herself. Limited to just 12 guests, this small-group tour offers a rare chance to hear directly from the artist about her photographic process, the decisions behind selecting and sequencing the work, and what it took to bring this exhibition together...
Join us for an artist talk with photographer Peter Moriarty, exploring the work behind his book Warm Room: Photographs from Historic Greenhouses. Moriarty will share images from historic greenhouses across the US, UK, Belgium, and France, alongside architectural drawings and the proper Latin names for the plants captured within. He'll also bring silver prints from his personal archive to enrich the conversation. Copies of Warm Room will be available for purchase and signing at the reception...
In this lecture, gallerist and publisher Sasha Wolf draws on years of working closely with the artists of Sasha Wolf Projects to examine and discuss what gives a body of work genuine depth: the difference between photographs that lead and photographs that look, the role of recurring motifs in building a visual language, and the kind of sustained attention that allows poetry to emerge. A talk for photographers thinking seriously about project development and the...
