Keylight offers a variety of film and video-related workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area, serving the community’s differing needs and interests. Some expose participants to a specific topic and promote understanding of the subject, while others offer hands-on training in aspects of media production.
Our instructors are experienced artists and professionals. Each workshop description includes pertinent details including location, a link to the instructor’s bio, cost and any necessary background or equipment a participant should have.
Upcoming Workshops
The Flickering Truth: An Imprecise Survey of Avant-Garde Film
Presented with The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Mon, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 7:30pm-9:30pm
Harris Theater – 809 Liberty Ave
Screening and Discussion Workshop 18+
Instructor: Greg Pierce
Join Greg Pierce (custodian of The Orgone Archive / ex-Director of Film and Video at The Andy Warhol Museum) for four in-person screening / discussion sessions on avant-garde, experimental, underground, personal, etc. filmmaking.
A media mash-up awaits you as Pierce serves up an eclectic mix of moving image material from the past and present showcasing just a small sampling of the material, movement, colors, ideas, and attention to detail that visual artists working outside the mainstream have committed to celluloid.
Films by Arnold, Brakhage, Duchamp, Henson, Kren, Lowder, McLeod, Tscherkassky, and many others will be shown and pondered. It is our sincere hope that the films and accompanying chit chat will excite, enlighten, aggravate, confuse, and inspire all attending makers and onlookers. If you do not attend you will miss out.
Film Processing Party
Presented with Analog Liberation
Fri, Feb. 20 6:00-9:00pm
Analog Liberation – 115 Sedgewick Street
Black & White Photochemical Processing Workshop for Motion Picture & Still Film. 18+
Instructor: Ross Nugent
BYOB/W (& BYOB)! This hands-on workshop will provide a basic overview of photochemical processing for black-and-white film, followed by guided instruction while developing it. Participants are encouraged to bring exposed black-and-white film of almost any type (Super-8, 16mm, still 35mm, still 120mm) to process in the darkroom at Analog Liberation. As needed, exposed film can be provided for participants who need footage for the demonstration.
*Note: Small-gauge motion picture film will be processed to a negative using the “bucket method.” Artifacts and scratching to the film is expected.
Still photography rolls will be processed in traditional developing tanks.
Feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks (beer is allowed if over 21) to enjoy while learning.