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Group Work combines structured learning, creative assignments, feedback, and accountability.

Each month includes:

- A live workshop focused on a specific theme or process

- A monthly assignment

- A live project development and feedback session

Access to resources and pre-recorded material

Workshops are recorded for members who can't attend live.

No. The assignments are designed to support your learning, but participation is flexible.

Some members enjoy working through the monthly process-based assignments, while others prefer to focus on their own projects. Both approaches are welcome.

You can choose the self-directed pathway.

Instead of completing the monthly technical assignment, you'll share information about your project, including its background, goals, technical approach, and direction. Feedback sessions can then focus on helping you develop that work further.

That's completely fine.

APS is designed to support photographers and artists at a range of experience levels. For newer members, workshops and assignments provide structure and technical guidance, while more experienced members can use the program to deepen existing projects and receive feedback.

Themes change throughout the year and may include:

Lumen Printing

Phytograms

Chemigrams

Film Souping

Cliché Verre

Cyanotypes

Colour Film Development

Digital Negatives

Plant-Based Developers

Polaroid Emulsion Lifts

Liquid Emulsion

Pinhole Photography

Experimental Darkroom Techniques

Alongside technical processes, we also explore project development, research, critique, and creative practice.

Feedback sessions are a space to share work, discuss ideas, ask questions, and receive constructive critique.

Members can present finished work, works in progress, technical experiments, or developing projects. The sessions are designed to help you gain clarity, build momentum, and learn from the experiences of other artists and photographers.

No.

While sharing your work is encouraged, there is no pressure to present immediately. Many new members choose to attend a session first and get a feel for the group before sharing their own work.

It sits somewhere between the two.

There is a structured monthly program, but the focus is on supporting your individual goals rather than moving everyone through the same curriculum. The experience becomes increasingly tailored as I get to know your practice and understand what you're working towards.

Yes.

As I become familiar with your work, I'll help identify areas that could benefit from further development. This may include suggested readings, exercises, resources, technical challenges, or project-based tasks tailored to your interests and goals. This will be delivered in the Group Project Development Feedback Sessions with follow up links posted in the APS Community Discussion Forum

All workshops are recorded and added to the resource library so you can work through the material in your own time.

The goal is not simply to learn new techniques.

Group Work is designed to help you develop a sustainable creative practice, build confidence, strengthen technical and contextual skills, receive meaningful feedback, and make consistent progress towards your own artistic goals.

The time commitment depends largely on what you're hoping to achieve in your practice and how quickly you'd like to progress towards your goals.

Members join APS from a wide range of backgrounds and stages of practice. Some are developing technical skills, while others are already confident photographers and are looking for support with conceptual development, critical feedback, exhibition planning, and professional practice.

For many members, the most valuable part of the membership is the monthly 2-hour Practice Development Feedback Session.

These sessions provide the opportunity to discuss work in progress, receive constructive feedback, and develop ideas within a supportive community of artists and photographers.

Outside of the live sessions, you'll work on a tailored set of goals and tasks designed to move your practice forward. These might include studio projects, exhibition preparation, writing artist statements, updating your CV, documenting work, or developing a portfolio. The amount of time you spend on these activities is flexible and can be adapted to fit around work, family, and other commitments.

Many APS members have full-time jobs, family responsibilities, and busy schedules. The membership is designed to support a sustainable creative practice, helping you make meaningful progress with the time you have available.

- Accountability,

- Feedback,

- Community,

- Tailored guidance,

and support for developing a body of work rather than just learning techniques.

Yes. All APS workshops and group sessions are held online via Zoom, making it possible to participate from anywhere.

Technical Workshop

First Wednesday of each month
6:00pm NZT

Each month you'll receive a live workshop focused on a specific photographic process, technique, or creative approach. Workshops may cover analogue photography, cameraless processes, darkroom techniques, artist case studies, professional practice topics, or experimental approaches to image-making.

If you can't attend live, the workshop will be recorded and available to watch throughout the month.

Project Development Session

Last Wednesday of each month
6:00pm NZT

The Project Development Session is a live feedback and discussion group where members can share work, ask questions, and receive constructive feedback on projects in progress.

Priority is given to members presenting work, whether they are developing ideas for an exhibition, publication, funding application, artist talk, portfolio review, or simply working through creative challenges in their practice. These sessions are designed to provide the kind of critical dialogue and peer feedback often found in art school environments, offering a supportive space to test ideas and develop confidence before sharing work publicly.