1:1 Teaching

While I have many years of experience in practice, learning, and teaching, this is the first time I’m offering 1:1 teaching as an ongoing and facet of my art practice. We can meet in your home or studio, or at the Working Image space listed on this website. I have a set hourly rate for my time which can be discussed at time of inquiry, and in some cases I am open to equipment, art supplies, and skill trades.

Still and Motion Image:

Do you have a 16mm, Double 8mm, or Super8 camera you’ve been wanting to learn how to film with? Or maybe you just want to see if celluloid filmmaking is for you before you invest in your own camera? Do you have an analog Point and Shoot/SLR/TLR/Toy film camera, etc. that has been the next step in your creative practice, but need some guidance?

I have been actively working with cameras for the majority of life, from fun savers and polaroids to sound sync 16mm cameras. I am an active teaching artist with the rare trifecta of an AFA, BFA, and MFA. I’m currently, Fall 2026, teaching 16mm analog filmmaking at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Art and making my own films. My photography has been featured at The Institute of Photography, Falmouth University in Cornwall, UK, and my films have been selected for NYC Film Diary (2026), Motivate Film Festival (2026), and moving image art has been installed at Visual Studies Workshop, as well as the Chicago Cultural Center with the art Collective, Yah Yah.

Learning objectives can be tailored to your needs and hopes for your personal work. We can set a goal for what you would like to know and work toward that goal with your schedule in mind. Facilities and and Equipment are available to learn with:

How to operate Cameras (list of cameras available if you don’t have your own camera yet):

  1. Bolex H16 Reflex 16mm cameras with 26mm 1.1, 25mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4, and 75mm 2.8 (2)

  2. Bell and Howell DL70 with 4 lenses

  3. Canon Electric AutoZoom Super8 (1)

  4. Bolex H8 Rex 4 Double 8 (1)

  5. Various Bell and Howell Double 8 cameras.

  6. Canon AE-1 35mm SLR Cameras (3)

  7. Holga 120mm (2)

  8. 4x5 Press Cameras (2)

Understanding Film:

  1. The Exposure Triangle (Or is it a Rectangle?)

  2. Light metering, incidental and reflective practices

  3. Contrast, film stocks, what each does how to get what you want from your film stocks.

  4. Expired film practices

Black and White Film Developing:

ECN-2 developers being researched to see if there can be eco friendly color processing alternatives.

  1. How to load a Patterson Tank

  2. How to load a Lomo Tank

  3. How to use film rewinds

  4. Mixing your own Caffenol and experimenting with your own Botanically toned films, or Phenol/Tannin rich developers.

  5. Neutral Fixers and Eco Salt Water Fixing

  6. Film Drying

  7. Preparing your film after it has dried

    1. archival sheets for still image

    2. preparing your film for projection film leader

Film Scanning and Projection:

Ilford FP4 processed with Seaweed Developer in Ramsgate, UK

  1. For photo there WIA arts has an Epson V800 and the VueScan app

  2. Telecine is currently being built, and many alternately creative ways to digitize Motion Image.

  3. 8mm, super8, and 16mm projecting of your films in the space.

Black and White Darkroom Photo Printing:

The WIA darkroom sink inside of the temporary darkroom tent


  1. WIA has a Bessler 45 enlarger and options to work with Caffenol developers and more!

  2. Paper is available for purchase on site

  3. Learn about filters, experimenting with timed exposures

  4. salt water fixing

  5. and much more!

Anthotype, Cyanotype, and Solarfast Printing:

  1. Monochrome to multiple tone prints

    1. experimental approaches

  2. Fabric, Handmade Paper, Objects

Digital Photography and Filmmaking + Post Production:

  1. Do you have an up to date digital camera that you need some support with?

  2. Do you have an “obsolete” camera, like a vintage digital point and shoot, or Video8, MiniDV, VHS camcorder?

  3. Do you have a cinema camera and are looking to understand how it works?

  4. Need lessons on non-AI workflows using apps like Photoshop, Premiere, and Davinci Resolve

Mentoring and Studio Visits:

  1. Have an upcoming art show and need some feedback?

  2. Are you looking for some support in how you can shift your practice or is your work is stuck in a holding pattern?

  3. Need some new inspiration?

  4. mentoring and studio visits can be tailored to your needs in your practice.

More possibilities:

Drawing, Zine Making, Collage, Animation, Instrument/Voice Performance, Sculpture, Sound and Field Recording, Microphone Building, Installation, Performance Art, Site Specific strategies, and more!

I would love to work with you! Please reach out via the form on the Contact page of this website!