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Thinking Outside the Box

with Susan Burnstine

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Course Description

Pablo Picasso famously said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Creativity is inherent within us, but as artists, we can become blocked by drawing within the lines and stifling the flow of inspiration. 

For those striving to bridge new gaps or fuel fresh perspectives in their image-making, this new online workshop with Susan Burnstine provides creative tools to inspire new pathways forward in your work, enabling us to actualize ideas to make them a reality.  

Whether you are a new, emerging, or established photographer, this workshop introduces creative strategies that are sure open-up new possibilities through exercises designed to stretch the imagination in helping to answer the core creative question – “what if?” Together, we discover fresh ways to reimagine the world around us through unique weekly assignments, presentations, group critiques, and discussions with invited guests who have transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary.  

Over the course of our five weeks together, you acquire the tools necessary to regain the freedom to create from your core and feel confident producing images that reach beyond the conventional, reconnecting you to your unique, personal vision.

Additional Information

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Amateurs, Advanced Amateurs
What You Should Know:

Participants must be able to select and organize images using image editing software for class sessions.

Policies:

View Withdrawal and Transfer Policies for online programs.

For workshops with Susan Burnstine, recordings of the image critiques are posted privately following each class session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down one month after the final session to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.

Categories
Creative Vision, Fine Art
about
Susan Burnstine

Susan Burnstine is an award-winning fine art and commercial photographer originally from Chicago now based in Los Angeles. Susan is represented in galleries across the world, widely published, teaches workshops internationally, and has also written for several photography magazines, including a monthly column for Black & White Photography Magazine (UK).

A popular workshop instructor, Susan is also part of our Mentorship Program »

Get to know Susan in our Inspiration Series video »

Thinking Outside the Box

April 16 – May 14, 2024

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