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Community Darkroom Facilities

Advanced reservation is required. Please call us to make an appointment. You must be a member of the Genesee Center for the Arts to access the facilities.

- Digital Lab
Five eMac computers
Adobe Indesign, Photoshop CS2, Dreamweaver MX
Epson 1280 & R800 printers
2 - Epson 2450 scanners
Wacom drawing tablets
Iomega Zip drives
CD-RW Burners

Black and White Darkrooms
Process film from 35mm to 4 × 5 inches
Prints (either RC or fiber) up to 16 × 20 inches
Large group room; two private rooms
Twelve enlargers (condenser and cold light)

Lighting Studio
650 Square Feet Studio - additional 700sq.ft. space available
Six Lowel tungsten lamps
Six White Lightning strobes
Black, white, grey backdrops
Various umbrellas, softboxes, diffusion screens, grids,
meters, and tripods.

Finishing Area
Dexter and Alto mat cutters
Seal dry mount press, 16 × 20 size

Copy Stand
Kinex copy stand with polarized lights
35mm Nikon camera and macro lens
Polaroid MP-4 copy stand (4 × 5 format)


- Rental Costs
Darkroom rental
Friend membership level: $8 per hour
Individual or higher membership level: $6 per hour
Chemistry Included for film processing or up to 8x10 trays.
$5 extra for 11x14 trays
$10 extra for 16x20 trays

Lighting studio rental
Friend membership level: $25 per hour
Individual or higher membership level: $20 per hour

Finishing Area
Friend membership level: $4 per hour
Individual or higher membership level: $5 per hour

Copy Stand
Friend membership level: $10 per hour
Individual or higher membership level: $8 per hour

Group Rates
Please call for availability and pricing.

Also Available
One-on-one tutoring available in some areas. Please call 271-5920
Darkroom, studio and digital imaging classes
Locker rental
One of our darkrooms One of our three darkrooms

Lighting studio Lighting studio
Genesee Pottery
585 - 271 - 5183
pottery[at]geneseearts.org
Genesee Center for the Arts & Education
Main Office
713 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Community Darkroom
585 - 271 - 5920
darkroom[at]geneseearts.org
Printing and Book Arts
585 - 244 - 9312
bookarts[at]geneseearts.org
585 - 244 -1730
gcae[at]geneseearts.org
Development Office
585 - 244 - 1730
development[at]geneseearts.org
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