
Creative Practices
The Creative Practices Program embraces a diverse range of photographic approaches for innovative expression in an atmosphere of cooperative learning.
Creative Practices
The Creative Practices Program embraces a diverse range of photographic approaches for innovative expression in an atmosphere of cooperative learning. Students are not only encouraged to explore and define their own goals, but also challenged to situate their work within the broader context of the cultural, artistic, sociopolitical, and psychological use of images.
Featuring an accelerated investigation into the history of photography, contemporary theory, and craft, the curriculum also boasts a large selection of electives.
Through these varied offerings, students can let their curiosity and passions lead them in new directions, ranging from nontraditional documentary narrative to experimental image production to other media, including video, sound, performance, and installation. By solidifying each student’s technical skills and broadening their vision, we build a foundation for ongoing, meaningful, and content-driven individual and collective practice.

Courses and Workshops
Fall Courses
Creative Practices Seminar
One Analog Technical Seminar
Technical Seminar in Black-and-White Photography
Technical Seminar in Color Photography
Alternative Processes: Non-Silver Printing
Digital Workflows
Photoshop & Printing
The History of Photography
Three Ten-Week Electives
The Experience of Place
Social Photography
Light and Shadow
The Hand and The Machine
Still Life for Real Life
A Study in Strobes
Two Five-Week Electives
Bright Moments: Illuminating Your Stories
Digital Video Projects
Introduction to Experimental Film and Video
Large-Format Photography
Old Media, New Media: Archives and the Documentarian
The Loom: Weaving Media
Two Weekend Workshops
Views from Home
Intimacy and Distance
Music Over Truth: A Street Photography Workshop
DIY Film Scanning
Spring Courses
Creative Practices Seminar
Digital Production Seminar
Technical Seminar in Black and White
Two Ten-Week Electives
Technical Seminar in Color Photography
Photography and Performance Art
The Art and Science of Experimental Photography
The Surreal Self
Light and Shadow
Recent Histories: A Survey of Contemporary Photo-Based Art
A Study in Strobes
Editorial Concepts
Two Five-Week Electives
Critical Writing for Artists
Stereo Views (Online)
Large-Format
Digital Video Projects
Writing About Your Practice
Issues in Contemporary Video
The Death of Analog: Life Cycles of Photography
Stories and Style: A Narrative Approach
Two Weekend Workshops
Making a Zine in In-Design
Performance for the Camera
There are Other Worlds: Images, Editing, and Ambiguity
Exhibiting Photography: Possibilities and Challenges
The Art of Photographic Bookmaking
Bringing Home the Bacon: Experimental Food Photography
Writing to Images
How to Make Friends & Use the Internet