Feed your creativity with talks from renowned artists and photographers. Learn more about photography and hone your skills with lectures, events and workshops for every skill level and age group. Join our community of photographers, art educators, and photography enthusiasts for an array of exciting educational programming.
Adult Photography Classes at MOPA@SDMA
MOPA@SDMA offers photography classes for adults. Join in great conversations, engage with compelling topics, experiment with new techniques, and hone your image-making skills.
Past Programs:
The Art of Staging Photography: La mise-en-scène
Saturdays, August 26, September 2, 9, and 16
Suitable for all levels
Cameras are provided and you can bring your own – any digital image-making device will do, including phones!
Instructor: Verónica Aponte, MOPA Education Staff
Join us for a four-session, creative, interdisciplinary, hands-on course celebrating how the influence of painting, theater, motion pictures, and live action has elevated photography and other disciplines of art. Sessions will feature fun exercises, showcase the inspirational works of key artists and movements, and provide an opportunity to create unique and compelling theatrical staged images.
New Ways of Seeing: Photoplay with Color, Light, Filters and Obstructions
Suitable for all levels
Cameras are provided and you can bring your own – any digital image-making device will do, including phones!
Instructor: Verónica Aponte, MOPA Education Staff
Construct expressive images using playful interventions of color, light, filters, and obstructions. Be inspired through engaging discussions, and experiment with a variety of approaches in this hands-on workshop. There are so many innovative ways to explore your creativity through photography – don’t let “reality” stand in the way!
Conceptual Photography: Expressing Your Ideas Through Images
Suitable for all levels
BYOC (bring your own camera – any digital image-making device will do, including phones!)
Instructor: Verónica Aponte, MOPA Education Staff
Explore the world of conceptual photography through creative exercises and inspirational discussions. Learn fun, compelling strategies and put them to practice to create engaging images that tell a story. Forget technical perfection and traditional aesthetics – communicating your ideas effectively is the focus in this creative, hands-on course!
