Be part of the Seattle Chinese Garden’s first photography workshop and first juried mixed-media show June 24 through 26.

Participants will photograph the new Knowing the Spring Courtyard and adjacent pavilion with exclusive early morning and evening access before and after public hours when the light is prime.

For part of each day, your results will be critiqued with a focus on improving your composition and on selecting your best images for a final, juried show.

You will also learn how to produce and price framed prints.

A panel will jury the selected images and each participant will have at least one framed print in the final show, which opens August 11, as part of the West Seattle ArtWalk.

The workshop takes place over a single weekend:

Friday, 6-9pm, Saturday, 5am-9pm, and Sunday, 5am-4pm
Tuition: $220 (Garden members $200) Materials Fee: $20

For all visual artists, from photographers of all levels of experience, beginners to aspiring amateurs, shooting with any digital camera, point and shoot to advanced dSLR, to painters/print makers/collage artists shooting photographs for artist reference for later rending in your own medium, whether this show will be your first or your 50th.

The only requirements are an interest in art, a love of gardens and architecture, and a desire to improve and to do more with your photography and your art whatever your medium.

Space is limited. To register for the workshop, contact the Garden at 206-764-5219 or info@seattlechinesegarden.org

For more information about the workshop, contact Ray at pfortner@centurytel.net