Pinhole Camera Making & Photography

This is a free workshop as part of the bi annual Moab Arts Reuse Residency. Participation will be limited to 8.

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to create a Pinhole Camera with materials including cardboard and tape. Participants will have the opportunity to make their camera, shoot photographs with the camera, and learn to develop them using eco-friendly methods. Participants will learn the entire process of creating a photograph, in doing so, will leave with a camera and photos they can take home.

Two Day Workshop: Saturday from 12-4 and Sunday 12-4

No experience necessary, all materials will be provided to shoot and develop film. Please come with ideas of what you’d like to photograph. Participants are  welcome to take their Cameras and developed images home with them.

Artist Statement: During my Moab Arts Re-Use Residency, I’ll be focused on using current eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable film development methodologies while developing new techniques through natural materials. I’ll be using material waste to create pinhole cameras which I’ll also be taking photos on and shooting with. The goal is to create both still and moving images using the environmentally friendly and sustainable film development practices, most importantly share them with community through workshops, and have fun making images!

Cole Forrest is an Anishinaabe Filmmaker, Writer, and Curator from Nipissing First Nation. Cole is a recipient of the Ken and Ann Watts Memorial Scholarship, imagineNATIVE Director’s Lab, and of the James Bartleman Indigenous Youth Creative Writing Award. They are the 2019 recipient of the imagineNATIVE + LIFT Film Mentorship and a 2020 Artist in Residence as a part of the Sundance Native Filmmakers Lab. Cole is a 2023 participant of the Reelworld E20 Program and the 2024 emerging curator-in-residence at Images Festival. This summer Cole will be a artist-in-residence with Moab Art’s Re-Use Residency. Cole has supported programming at festivals including TIFF, imagineNATIVE, VIFF, Santa Fe International Film Festival, and Pathways Indigenous Film Festival. Cole has been published in GRAIN Magazine, and released a debut co-authored poetry collection titled “Once The Smudge Is Lit” in 2024. Cole is currently developing new film and writing projects including their first feature film. They are grateful to represent their community in all artistic pursuits.

Please reach out to Moab Arts staff via email at marcadmin@moabcity.org or by phone at 435-259-6272 for more information or to be added to the waitlist.