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MISSION
Working with Artists provides quality photographic education and encourage individual expression for all levels of photographers & arts enthusiasts.  We offer programs and exhibitions in the Rocky Mountain region to give members in our community the opportunity to explore the photographic arts, develop technical proficiency and realize their creative potential.

WWA PROVIDES:

ADULT PROGRAMS THAT:
• Help photographic artists & aspiring artists achieve their goals.
• Offer workshops on creative, practical and thought provoking topics.
• Promote exhibition of work.
• Provide interactive public programs with workshop participants and instructors.
• Provide an open and inviting community for the exchange of ideas.

YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT:
• Provide young people the opportunity to explore the art of photography at little to no cost.
• Offer fun and informative classes that invite creative thought.
• Develop the use of practical skills (logic, math, science, literacy).
• Advance interpersonal skills and encourage self esteem.
• Encourage the use of photography as communication and free expression.

GUIDING IDEA
Passion is contagious.

RESULTS
Increased motivation, the acquisition of new techniques and approaches, and a deeper understanding and appreciation of the photographic medium.

Expanded artists’ opportunities to teach and introduce their individual approach to their peers, artists working in all parts of the world, and to aspiring fine art students.

Promote understanding and appreciation for the work of contemporary fine artists, centered around the work of instructors and participants.

If you would like to support our mission in arts education, please consider making a donation or becoming a Working with Artists Member today! Part or all of your contribution will be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. WWA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

HISTORY & ONGOING ACTIVITIES

• Working with Artists is a nonprofit art school offering programs focused in the photographic arts. Workshops and classes are offered year-round in our professional studio and digital classroom. WWA is located in Block 7 at Belmar, a contemporary arts and design community in Lakewood, Colorado. Back country and international workshops in Europe, Indonesia and Australia are also offered through our Travels with Artists program. Each Travels with Artists program features a cultural exchange and opportunities to work with regional artists in their home countries.

• Established as a Colorado corporation by Marsea Wynne and Ursula Holloway in August of 2001, Working with Artists has been running year-round programs in fine art photography continuously since its inception. The school received nonprofit status as an educational organization in January 2002. That same year Valerie Photogoddess joined the organization as a part time volunteer and was hired in 2005 as Associate Director/Gallery Manager. Working with Artists contracts with local fine artists and also invites celebrated artists from other parts of the world to teach a variety of programs to a diverse student body, from all walks of life, teenagers to retirees. International programs in Spain, France, Australia and Indonesia involve the participation of artists native to those countries, creating a true cultural exchange between instructors and participants, during workshops and beyond.

• Changing gallery exhibits, daily teatime gatherings, a Photo Book Club, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, and annual Workshop Sample Days are held free of charge to encourage the exchange of ideas and provide an opportunity for photographers to get input from their peers about their works in progress.

• Youth programs have been completed for numerous schools, museums and through community arts organizations, including Aurora Public Schools, Jeffco Public Schools, Denver Public Library and it's branches, Artstreet, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Art Students League of Denver and more. Ongoing youth programs include First Saturday 1-day classes at WWA and 2-hour - 9 week versatile programs on location for requesting institutions. Want to learn more about our KIDS PROGRAMS? Or email valerie@workingwithartists.org

• Working with Artists’' ideals are steeped in concepts from Denver's original fine art photography school, Denver Center for Fine Photography and creators of that program now advise WWA as Board members. In that original program, participants experienced the inspiration that comes from taking workshops with artists who have achieved an extraordinary level of quality and passion in their work. This was a place for artists and workshop participants to gather, share ideas and learn from each other. After DCFP closed its doors, the need remained for workshops that would motivate and inspire photographers to intensify their involvements in photographic arts, and Working with Artists was created to meet this need.

•Instructors for Working with Artists are chosen for their teaching skills and their work as fine artists. Most create work which is widely exhibited by commercial and public fine art galleries and collected by major arts institutions including museums and arts centers. Their work is known and collected regionally, nationally and internationally.

Programs are developed by our Executive Director, Instructors, Board of Directors and Advisors to meet our missions as stated ABOVE.