Seminars

KenAllenStudios is pleased to announce the first in a series of free seminars in their new studios:

THE $5,000 Do It Yourself DIGITIZATION PROJECT

Digitizing a museum’s collection is usually presented as a large and expensive project, entailing the purchasing of expensive equipment and the hiring of appropriate technically-oriented staff. However, much can be accomplished on a smaller scale with a limited budget.

Small digitization projects develop institutional knowledge and provide use cases to promote as well as procure funding for additional projects or expansion of a digital library.

This workshop will demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of the small, low-impact digitization project. Learn about the advantages, limitations, ideal applications, and benefits of the $5,000 digitization project; understand the process of digitization and how to manage your project.

For: Curators, Collections Managers, Rights and Reproduction Staff

What: Photographic collections that contain:

• Daguerreotypes • Collodion Images (e.g., tintypes, ambrotypes) •

• Cartes de Visite • Cabinet Cards • Lantern Slides • Glass Negatives •

• Stereographs • Postcards • Small Prints (8×10 or smaller) •

The seminar will include demonstrations on typical equipment and information on do-it-yourself projects.

The solutions demonstrated in this seminar are NOT ideal for objects larger than 8×10 inches or for preservation quality scans of modern film or large prints, this last will be covered in a future seminar.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008 – 9 AM – 3 PM

8:30 AM Coffee and Tea

Noon Light lunch

RSVP: 917 8530592 or

info@kenallenstudios.com

KenAllenStudios

50 South 1st Street

Brooklyn, NY 11211

Directions at www.kenallenstudios.com

NEW Location!!!

March 27, 2008

After a year and a half of planning, we are finally in our new studio space, around the corner from our old space, on 50 South 1st Street. With a single, unified space we now have a:

• Multi-light print viewing area so prints can be viewed under tungsten, fluorescent, or daylight-balanced HMI light
• Electrostatic air cleaner
• Central image management system with dual gigabyte ethernet available to all workstations
• New daylight balance viewing booth
• Space for our new seminar series. On April 18th, 2008, we will be offering our first free seminar: The Small-Scale Digitization Project.

Coming soon:

High-speed digital scanning camera system to enable the us to create files of the highest possible resolution for free-standing and larger objects

Epson Stylus Pro 11880 Colorburst printer with these features:

• High density pigment inks which allow for a wider color gamut
• Superior sepia tone printing; improved color accuracy of neutral and dark colors
• Matte and Photo Black cartridges, which switch automatically depending on the surface of the support
• Border-free roll prints from 10” to 64” wide
• Optimized for pigment ink technology (more on pigment ink printing next week)

Every effort was made to utilize the principles of green construction in our new space, including LED lights, bamboo floors, geothermal heating and cooling systems, and recycled paper-batting insulation. And the roof is a Green Roof – we will be posting images of our garden throughout the year, so check in regularly.

-ken