Pride Portraits

Wed, June 12 & Thu, June 13!
5-9pm

Free for LGBTQIA+ individuals!

Pride Portraits is a two-day community event at Current Space that invites LGBTQIA+ individuals to collaborate with photographer Elena Volkova and create portraits using the wet plate collodion process.

Sessions are available on first come first serve basis.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
A tintype (or, wet plate collodion) is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with collodion and light-sensitive silver nitrate. During the sessions, each plate is hand-coated, exposed in camera, and developed instantly, with the process visible to the participants.

You are welcome to have any style of hair or clothing, however consider the fact that the wet plate process is not sensitive to the "warm" color spectrum, and will make colors that are yellow, orange, and red appear darker.

EYEWEAR: If you wear glasses with UV coating, wet plate collodion process will block the light from the eyes, and the photos will look like you are wearing sunglasses. If you have a pair of glasses without a UV coating, we suggest bringing those to the session. For people wearing glasses, the glasses add a strong element to their visual identity. Thus, we will not ask you to remove them for the photo, but it is up to you. If you have a pair of cheap, non-UV glasses, those work the best!

The process requires a powerful flash of strobes to produce an image. Please note that this process is not suitable for small children or animals.

The sitters will receive the tintypes within two weeks; pick up at Current space.

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More events at Current Space on June 12:
Mend Community Acupuncture
5-7pm

Enjoy a 30 minute custom acupuncture session in the Current Space garden. Sound by Amy Reid. Dress comfortably. Suggested donation $20. All proceeds benefit Baltimore Safe Haven.

&
Karaoke Forever with KJJK
7-11pm
Free!

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Also happening on June 13:
El Camino Screening & Celebration
7-11pm
Free!

Two documentary short screenings of the El Camino del Pan y el Mole film series plus drag performances by Pretty Boi Drag, Ervena Chloe, and special guest, Ivette Donnelly from New Orleans and music by Mariachi Garibaldi and DJ Patternist! Snacks provided by Taqueria Vargas.

Details: https://withfriends.co/event/20132413/el_camino_screening_and_celebration

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This outdoor event will be held in our rear courtyard. Enter through the alley at 421 Tyson Street. Rain or shine.
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Accessibility and Getting Here: https://www.currentspace.com/contact
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Consider becoming a sustaining member of Current Space – membership starts at just $5/month! Supporters ($10/month) get half price advance tickets and Benefactors ($25/month) get free advance tickets.

Current Space is an artist-run gallery, studio, outdoor performance space, and garden bar; nourishing an ongoing dialogue between artists, activists, performers, designers, curators, and thinkers. Operating since November 2004, we are committed to showcasing, developing, and broadening the reach of artists locally and internationally.

Thank You
Programs at Current Space are made possible in part by supporting members like you; the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation; The Creative Baltimore Fund, which is a grant program funded by the Mayor’s Office and the City of Baltimore; and The Rouse Family Foundation.