Co-hosted with Wider Skies Magazine

(100% of registration fees will go to support Unidos.)

*Workshop full, registration closed.

Class Description:

Do you love the look of analog photography but don’t have a camera or experience using one? Join us for Simple Film Camera Basics, a beginner-friendly introduction to film photography with disposable and automatic analog cameras.

This workshop covers the basics of film photography, including an overview of film and camera types, tips for photographing effectively with a disposable camera, and an understanding of the limitations and quirks of automatic analog cameras. We’ll also walk through what happens after you photograph, from development to digital scans.

Your registration includes a disposable camera, film development, and digital scans of your negatives. All photographs made during the workshop will be eligible for submission to the inaugural issue of Wider Skies Magazine.

16 student limit.

*Workshop full, registration closed.

Registration fee: $20

100% of registration fees will go to support Unidos.

Important Notes

1. This IS photography 101. All are welcome regardless of analog photography experience.

2. After the workshop you will have approximately one week to finish photographing the roll of film in your disposable camera.

3. You will be given a day/time to meet with Drew Arrieta, founder of Wider Skies Magazine, to drop off your camera for film development and scanning.

Instructor:  Reilly Miller

*Bonus: Reilly develops film at Basement Lab and sees ALL the ups and downs of disposable camera use.

Wider Skies is a risograph film photography magazine imagining near futures shaped by care, repair, and shared responsibility. The first issue will be published in May 2026.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

drkrm

An intro to plant-based developers

Class Description:

Learn how to develop black and white film at home without a darkroom, using environmentally and personally safe ingredients. The class will cover an overview of film development, usage of introductory development hardware, and factors to consider when making experimental developers. In the process of covering this information, everyone in the class will develop a roll of black and white 35mm film using a caffenol developer through hands-on instruction, using techniques accessible and replicable in a home environment. 

This event has ended.

Instructor:  Matthew King

Class Structure

• Class and Instructor Introduction (30 minutes)

• Development Process and Equipment (60 minutes)
  Walkthrough of tools and techniques that will be used

• Practical Development Session (120 minutes)
  Guided hands-on film development, from out of the camera to the drying rack

• Lunch break(30 minutes)

  Bring lunch or order tacos from Centro down the street

• Development Theory and Examples (60 minutes)
  What is film, what happens when it is developed? After, a showcase of some examples of experimental development.

• Conclusion (30 minutes)
  Review, questions, and wrap-up
  
  

Important Notes

1. This is not photography 101. Students should have prior knowledge of their camera.

2. Bring an exposed roll of B&W, 400 ISO, 35mm film to be developed, understanding that experimental development carries inherent risks. 

3. An unexposed roll of black and white 35mm film will be provided for all students as well. This can be used to make images, using your own camera, if you’re unable to bring a pre-exposed roll.

4. All participants will receive a take-home guide on experimental film development with tips for future experimentation.

This event has ended.

DRKRM

Experimental films

16mm/Super8 projection

• Fire Fly EYE, by Kerry Laitala

• Windows onto Montebello Rd, by Paul Turano

• Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary, by Sky Hopinka 

• Blätter im Herbst (Leaves in Autumn), by Markus Maicher

• Flapping Things, by Janis Crystal Lipzin

• The Snowman, by Phil Solomon

• Shenandoah Cherry Pie, by Anna Clowser 

$15 suggested

NOTAFLOF !

+piesale

Programming by Reilly Miller and Monroe Chumklang

Hosted atMirrorLab

Tickets in advance or at the door

Join us to dream about the future of DRKRM. What do you want in an analog community?

This meal will be prepared by Reilly, Sarah, and Matthew, and provided to you at no cost. Your presence is a gift. Our dream for this evening is to facilitate a conversation between fellow artists and organizers, to include you, to dream together about the future of DRKRM, and to nourish y/our bodies. 

Do you have any dietary needs or requests?

Dinner will be held in the community room on the first floor.

• Please park in the street - the lots are for the businesses next door.

• The easiest way to enter is through the doors on the south side of the building next to the playground.

• Or type 501 into the keypad and we’ll buzz you in. Take the stairs or elevator to the first floor, turn left down the hall next to the elevator and you’ll see the community room.

Register here.

drkrm

An intro to plant-based developers

Class Description:

Learn how to develop black and white film at home without a darkroom, using environmentally and personally safe ingredients. The class will cover an overview of film development, usage of introductory development hardware, and factors to consider when making experimental developers. In the process of covering this information, everyone in the class will develop a roll of black and white 35mm film using a caffenol developer through hands-on instruction, using techniques accessible and replicable in a home environment. 

This event has ended.

Instructor:  Matthew King

Class Structure

• Class and Instructor Introduction (30 minutes)

• Development Process and Equipment (60 minutes)
  Walkthrough of tools and techniques that will be used

• Practical Development Session (120 minutes)
  Guided hands-on film development, from out of the camera to the drying rack

• Lunch break(30 minutes)

  Bring lunch or order tacos from Centro down the street

• Development Theory and Examples (60 minutes)
  What is film, what happens when it is developed? After, a showcase of some examples of experimental development.

• Conclusion (30 minutes)
  Review, questions, and wrap-up
  
  

Important Notes

1. This is not photography 101. Students should have prior knowledge of their camera.

2. Bring an exposed roll of B&W, 400 ISO, 35mm film to be developed, understanding that experimental development carries inherent risks. 

3. An unexposed roll of black and white 35mm film will be provided for all students as well. This can be used to make images, using your own camera, if you’re unable to bring a pre-exposed roll.

4. All participants will receive a take-home guide on experimental film development with tips for future experimentation.

This event has ended.