The Art Organisation recognizes the importance of providing arts-related equipment and services for artist’s use in their production of new artwork.

Wherever possible we intend to source equipment that can be recycled and put back to use. Quite often many traditional techniques make way for modern adaptations, and the equipment that produce them lie abandoned and forgotten, sometimes broken.

We work closely with our residents to understand the services they have to offer and network into the community.

THE MONOCHROME DARKROOM
The basement darkroom at 21 Station Street offers access to traditional hand-printing black and white facilities with:

• film processing abd film developing
• seven, different, table top-enlargers , catering for 35mm, and medium format and with colour or b/w heads, filters
• experimental large scale printing with two specialist enlargers (floor to ceiling/ horizontal) accepting large sheet film
• wet tray and trough printing and developing
• bath tub to wash off
• experimental hand processing and printing

Selective photographic materials are available through our arts supplies and contacts.

From 2010 the darkroom and its equipment are open monday - saturday 9am - 6pm
to use by the community either by half day / daily rent, following an initial induction,
or to resident members as part of our annual or six monthly studio rents.

Specialist classes to introduce you to the darkroom and black and white photography are also being introduced for 2010