Below is a list of alt process workshops I teach (past workshops and upcoming).  And you can check out some of the prints below, made by students in my previous workshops.

SUMMER 2025: 

  • August 4-8, 2025: ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES UNLEASHED: CYANOTYPE AND GUM BICHROMATE (including organic toning of cyanotypes, and gum bichromate over cyanotype), Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado

  • July 28-August 1, 2025: THE HANDMADE ARTIST BOOK, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • July 13-25, 2025: GUM OVER PLATINUM/PALLADIUM Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina

  • June 23-27, 2025: LAYER BY LAYER: TRICOLOR GUM BICHROMATE Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine

  • June 3-8, 2025: THE HANDMADE ARTIST BOOK, NORDPhotography Workshops, Inderøy, Norway

Past Workshops:

  • June 23-25, 2023: Tricolor gum bichromate: Mountain Intaglio, Asheville NC You can read about the workshop and register here. THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL; CONTACT MOUNTAIN INTAGLIO TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST.

  • May 7-8, 2022: Tricolor gum bichromate: Light Art Space, 209 W. Broadway, Silver City, NM. *THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL; PLEASE CONTACT LIGHT ART SPACE FOR WAITING LIST.

  • September 18-19 : Tricolor gum bichromate: Light Art Space, Silver City, NM. *THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL; PLEASE CONTACT LIGHT ART SPACE FOR WAITING LIST.

  • *May 1-2 : Tricolor gum bichromate, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ. *THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL; PLEASE CONTACT ART INTERSECTION FOR WAITING LIST.

  • May 18-19, 2019: Tri-color gum bichromate, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona (FULL; contact AI for waitlist.)

  • May 4-5, 2019: Gum bichromate over platinum/palladium, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (FULL; contact TLF for waitlist)

  • October 27-28, 2018: Tri-color gum bichromate, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (FULL; call about wait list)

  • August 18-19, 2018: Gum bichromate over platinum/palladium, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (FULL)

  • April 7-8, 2018: Gum bichromate over platinum/palladium, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ *NOW FULL (Call for Waitlist)

  • August 26-27, 2017: Tri-color Gum Bichromate Workshop at The Light Factory, in Charlotte, NC: (FULL)

  • June 25-30 2017: Tri-color Gum Bichromate Workshop at Cullowhee Mtn Arts, Cullowhee, NC Read more about the workshop here.

  • June 11-12 2016: Gum bichromate Workshop at The Light Factory, in Charlotte, NC (FULL)

  • April 9-10, 2016: Gum Bichromate Workshop at Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona (FULL)

  • February 18, 2016, Gum Bichromate Workshop at Radford University Art/Photography Department, Radford, Virginia

  • October 3 & 4, 2015: Gum Bichromate Workshop at The Light Factory, in Charlotte, NC (FULL)

  • September 12 & 13, 2015: Gum Bichromate Workshop at Art Intersection, in Gilbert, Arizona. This workshop is during the opening weekend of Depth of Field. Check out all the details on my Gum Workshop here, and on Depth of Field here.

  • August 29 & 30, 2015: Gum Bichromate Workshop at The Light Factory, in Charlotte, NC. And you can read the details here.

Marina Bartolomeo brushing on a gum layer, Art Intersection

"Diana Bloomfield is such a talented Gum Bichromate photographer!

As a teacher she is clear, concise, and very giving of her time. Diana provided a personally developed perspective and approach. She is very generous in time spent with each student. Here is a wonderful workshop!"

                                                         - Mariana Bartolomeo

  Depth of Field, 2015 (Art Intersection)