The Art Photo School Group Work Membership is a facilitated journey in experimental and alternative processes.
Designed to help you grow your creative practice using analogue, cameraless, and expanded photographic techniques.
Join a live community of like-minded artists working with photography and participate in live group calls and technical tutorials.
Helping you move forward with motivation, support and accountability in your art practice.
this is not a content library you move through alone
It is a living practice, shaped through dialogue, critique, accountability and making with others.
the membership includes:
01.
Live Group Sessions
Accountability & Monthly Structure
Group critique, Q&A's, experiments & troubleshooting.
You share your progress and get feedback.
Join artists who are interested in similar things.
Facilitated group sessions are offered across three time zones.
Join when you can.
All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
02.
Practical Workshops & Guest Speakers
photographic inspiration & UPskilling
Focused on experimental processes. Alternative, analogue and expanded fields of photography.
Make a request for a workshop or guest and we will take it into planning consideration.
All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
03.
APS Community Discussion Forum
Support & Connection
Connect, share, and get accountability from a private community of like-minded artists. Exchange ideas, ask questions, and celebrate little wins so you’re never alone in your practice.
04.
Short Course
the foundations of group work
This pre-recorded short course is designed to support artists who may not have worked in a sustained peer group before, and to establish shared language and expectations around sharing in a group.
05.
Monthly Prompt
somewhere to start
Each month begins with a set of open-ended parameters.
You have just over a month to respond, then share your outcomes with the group in the private community discussion forum.
This is not about completion, but about staying in motion.
Bonus Content
06.
FAQ & Resource Library
Included in the membership is a growing library of:
Short recorded answers to common questions
Edited excerpts from past group sessions
This library supports independent study alongside the live group sessions.
Join a community of artists committed to experimental analogue processes, expanded photography, critical thinking, and moving from experimentation to resolved bodies of work.
The Group Work Membership
has a few core elements:
A structured rhythm of live group sessions, so you’re developing work in real time, not in isolation.
(Recordings included if you can’t attend live.)
A private APS Community Discussion Forum where dialogue, feedback, and long-form thinking continue between sessions.
A short orientation course so you understand how to work within the group, how to give feedback, receive critique, and use the space well.
A timeline framework that supports the movement from early ideas to resolved bodies of work or helps you map out what it will take to achieve a goal.
Selected readings, workbooks, and reference materials that deepen your conceptual and critical thinking.
The FAQ Library with technical and process questions from previous group calls. Helps you catch up on previous group conversations and feel less alone.
01. CONTEXT
So you can locate your work within contemporary photographic practice.
Develop clarity through shared frameworks, readings, videos, and a process that links research, thinking, and making.
02. PRACTICE
Accountability and motivation, so you can stay with the work and see it evolve.
Move ideas forward through live technique workshops and technical support.
03. COMMUNITY
So you can grow in dialogue rather than isolation.
Work alongside a committed group of artists offering feedback, accountability, and care.
Accountability & Monthly Structure
01. Group Sessions
Facilitated group sessions are offered across three time zones.
Each session has two parts:
Experiments & Troubleshooting
(10 minutes per person with pre-submitted questions)
Quick-form projects, tests, unresolved work, process questions, and material experiments.
Project Portfolio Review & Group Critique
(30 minutes per person - advance sign-up)
Deeper feedback for sustained projects, accountability, and long-term thinking.
You are encouraged to book a portfolio critique every 3–4 months.
All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
Bonus Content
06. FAQ & Resource Library
Included in the membership is a growing library of:
Short recorded answers to common questions
Edited excerpts from past group sessions
This library supports independent study alongside the live group sessions.
How Sign-Ups Work
Experiments & Troubleshooting
First-in, first-served
Join by messaging in the APS Community Discussion Forum
Come with a clear question
Upload work in advance or screen share
Portfolio Review & Critique
Sign up in advance in the APS Community Discussion Forum
Recommended once every 3–4 months
Supports sustained project development
How Sign-Ups Work
Experiments & Troubleshooting
First-in, first-served
Join by messaging in the forum
Come with a clear question
Upload work in advance or screen share
Portfolio Review & Critique
Sign up in advance
Recommended once every 3–4 months
Supports sustained project development
A sustained practice isn’t
built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
Who is this Group Work Membership for?
Artists who:
Want accountability and structure without rigid outcomes
Are working with photography as a conceptual or material practice
Are developing longer-form projects
Want thoughtful, process-led feedback
Are interested in learning through dialogue and making
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
Who this Group Work Membership is for
Artists who:
Want accountability and structure without rigid outcomes
Are working with photography as a conceptual or material practice
Are developing longer-form projects
Want thoughtful, process-led feedback
Are interested in learning through dialogue and making
You do not need to be “finished,” polished, or professional. You only need to be committed to showing up to your practice.
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
A sustained practice isn’t built alone.
It’s built through showing up, sharing, and staying with the work.
Live Group Session Times
Choose the times that best fit your location to join.
Live Group Session 01
First week of each month
Q&A’s, Progress & Group Crits
Region
New Zealand
Australia (Sydney/Melbourne)
UK
Europe
US East
US West
Local time
6:00 PM Wednesday (NZDT)
4:00 PM Wednesday (AEDT)
5:00 AM Wednesday(GMT)
6:00 AM Wednesday (CET)
1:00 AM Wednesday (EDT)
10:00 PM Tuesday (PDT)
Live Group Session 02
Second week of each month
Q&A’s, Progress & Group Crits
Region
New Zealand
Australia (Sydney/Melbourne)
UK
Europe
US East
US West
Local time
12:00 PM Wednesday (NZDT)
10:00 AM Wednesday (AEDT)
11:00 PM Tuesday (GMT)
12:00 AM Wednesday (CET)
6:00 PM Tuesday (EDT)
3:00 PM Tuesday (PDT)
Live Group Session 03
Third week of each month
Q&A’s, Progress & Group Crits
Region
New Zealand
Australia (Sydney/Melbourne)
UK
Europe
US East
US West
Local time
7:00 AM Monday (NZDT)
5:00 AM Monday (AEDT)
6:00 PM Sunday (GMT)
7:00 PM Sunday (CET)
2:00 PM Sunday (EDT)
11:00 AM Sunday (PDT)
Guest Artist or Workshop
Live Group Session 04
Fourth week of each month
(Live + recorded)
These times will shift depending on the time zone and availability of the guest and will be advertised in the APS Community page.
If you have speakers, topics, or processes you’re longing to explore, let us know.
We are always programming new content.
Accountability & Monthly Structure
01. Group Sessions
Facilitated group sessions are offered across three time zones.
Each session has two parts:
Experiments & Troubleshooting
(10 minutes per person with pre-submitted questions via the APS Community Discussion Forum page)
Quick-form projects, tests, unresolved work, process questions, and material experiments.
Project Portfolio Review & Group Critique
(30 minutes per person - advance sign-up via the APS Community Discussion Forum)
Deeper feedback for sustained projects, accountability, and long-term thinking.
You are encouraged to book a portfolio critique every 3–4 months.
All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
Accountability & Monthly Structure
01. Group Sessions
Facilitated group sessions are offered across three time zones.
Each session has two parts:
Experiments & Troubleshooting
(10 minutes per person with pre-submitted questions via the APS Community Discussion Forum page)
Quick-form projects, tests, unresolved work, process questions, and material experiments.
Project Portfolio Review & Group Critique
(30 minutes per person - advance sign-up via the APS Community Discussion Forum)
Deeper feedback for sustained projects, accountability, and long-term thinking.
You are encouraged to book a portfolio critique every 3–4 months.
All sessions are recorded if you cannot attend live.
Inspiration and technical UPskilling
02. Guest Artist or Technical Workshop
Each month includes a live technical or material-based session, or a guest artist talk. These rotate and respond to the interests of the group.
Expect on the fourth week of the month
(Live + recorded)
These times will shift depending on the time zone and availability of the guest and will be advertised in the APS Community Discussion Forum.
If you have speakers, topics, or processes you’re longing to explore, let us know. We are always programming new content.
somewhere to start
03. Monthly Prompt
Each month begins with a set of (optional) open-ended parameters.
You have just over a month to respond, then share your outcomes with the group. This is not about completion, but about staying in motion.
relationship building
04. Community Discussion Forum
You shouldn’t have to grow your practice on your own. Our private community will be the place to go for connection + support through every step of the journey!
Foundations
05. Short Course
Working Within Group Practice
This pre-recorded course is included with membership
It covers:
How to give and receive feedback
The APS Project planning tools
Reading lists and references
Developing ideas over time
Using workbooks, readings, and reflective tools
This course is designed to support artists who may not have worked in a peer group before, and to establish shared language and expectations around sharing in a group.
words from current members:
“I’ve felt encouraged to go deeper with both my thinking and my practice, and to trust myself and the process along the way. Seeing others in similar positions, navigating lots of ideas and time pressures, validated my experience and motivated me to give my practice more attention.
The community has been fantastic. Sharing book recommendations, struggles, artist tips, ideas, techniques, and obstacles created such a generative and enriching experience."
- Anne B.
"Watching and learning from others, seeing what their practice looks like, and being pushed to think about my own, it’s been so energising. It’s made me step up, talk about my work, and actually think about what it means to be an artist.
Who else can you do that with? Most people don’t get it. But here, it’s like you’re talking to your tribe, people who really understand.”
- Chrissie L.
“It’s been so good being part of this community and being able to talk about really specific things that not many people understand or can relate to. It honestly feels like my jam.
Knowing there are other people like me makes me feel less like, ‘what am I even doing?’ and more like I actually belong. I’ve done other art classes before where I felt totally lost, but here I really get what everyone’s talking about.
I’ve loved it so much and am definitely keen to continue next year.”
- Abbie C.
Join the next intake when doors open:
Monthly Membership
USD 47/Month
Three live group work sessions per month across different time zones, including critique, troubleshooting, and progress sharing.
One monthly technical workshop or guest artist talk, focused on experimental and analogue processes (recorded if you can’t attend live).
Private online community space for questions, feedback, references, and accountability.
Bonus: Access to the growing FAQ & Resource Library with recorded answers and session excerpts.
6 Months Membership
USD 247/6 Months
Three live group work sessions per month across different time zones, including critique, troubleshooting, and progress sharing.
One monthly technical workshop or guest artist talk, focused on experimental and analogue processes (recorded if you can’t attend live).
Private online community space for questions, feedback, references, and accountability.
Bonus: Access to the growing FAQ & Resource Library with recorded answers and session excerpts.
“Like a gym membership for your art practice but cheaper than your actual gym membership”
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