Drop Into the Blue - Printing with Cyanotype with Shane Powers — June 14th

Dates: June 14th, 2025
Times: Drop in hours 4-7 pm. This creative process takes 15-30 minutes to complete.
Level: All Levels
Price: 5” x 7” prints $15 and 8” x 10” prints $25 (pay on location)

Workshop Description:
Join us in a fun new artistic venture at the Mendocino Art Center and make a beautiful blue print of your very own in 15-30 minutes! The Cyanotype process was discovered in the 1840s, and is a great way to combine the soothing blue of the Mendocino coast ocean with the rich history of this place, while making art by hand from your favorite Mendocino memories.

This isn't a structured workshop -- just drop in anytime and make prints by hand from photos in your smart phone, or stencils, drawings or objects provided by the studio. The studio will provide all necessary materials and expertly guide you through the process -- ANYONE can make Cyanotype art.

This “Drop into the Blue” Art In Action event will be held in the Rogan Studio off of our studio courtyard.  Shane will be available to take payment on the spot, charging by the size of print you would like to make and then will guide you through this process using a photo from your phone. 

5” x 7” prints $15

8” x 10” prints $25

For Shane’s full two day workshop taking a deep dive into the making of Cyanotypes please see his workshop listing for Aug 16 & 17.

While you are at the MAC…don’t forget to enjoy our gallery for the Second Saturday Art Walk!

About the Instructor:
Shane began his photography career in Boise, Idaho in the late 1990's, through his desire to reveal the meaning inherent in relationships between people and places. From 2003 to 2005, Shane built a comprehensive, year-long photojournalism program for 80 students and 10 teachers in 6 Boise-area high schools, funded by the state of Idaho and featured in Photo District News Magazine. In 2005, Shane moved to San Francisco to pursue his Master of Fine Art degree from Academy of Art University, which he completed in 2008. It was during this time that he continued his Boise-born fascination with "old-world" traditions by beginning an ongoing photographic exploration of San Francisco's 150-year-old Dolphin Swimming & Boating Club. As part of that exploration, Shane began working with the cyanotype process, which he used to complete the first phase of that exploration, a 16-image collection entitled "Swimming With Ghosts".

Shane's photographic work has been displayed nationwide in galleries such as the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, The Vermont Photographic Workplace, and Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco. Shane's work has been selected by prestigious professionals such as Mary Ellen Mark, Andy Adams of Flak Photo Magazine and Cig Harvey. Shane also spent four months in Tamil Nadu, India, as a guest lecturer in India's premier private photography college, Light & Life Academy. From 2008-2014, Shane taught cyanotype, Photoshop, digital printing and other classes in San Francisco's Harvey Milk Photo Center, one of the oldest and largest community darkrooms in the nation. Shane is now the proud owner and operator of Cyan Art Studio, part of the Art Scene Collective in Downtown Fort Bragg, California.

Required Materials:
- None