Photography
mentoring
Café Art’s Photography Mentoring Group is an extension of our MyLondon project/ competition and is run by volunteers of the Royal Photography Society (RPS) and uses digital cameras provided by Fujifilm UK.
Participants are taught how to use digital SLR cameras, composition, lighting as well as fortnightly photography tours. They have been successful in getting multiple paid commissions, including events at the Facility of Public Health and a commissioned set of photographs for the 171 rooms in the Corner Hotel.
If you are interested in joining the mentoring group, then please contact us!
Big thank you to the Santander Foundation who awarded us a grant of £5,000 for the development of the RPS Mentoring Group. This has helped us get a new computer, new software and the printing and framing for upcoming exhibitions!
Café Art ran an art mentoring programme with startup funding from OATH in 2018. Run by artist Geraldine Crimmins, who has experienced homelessness, the programme was run remotely in 2020 with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Through this programme Geraldine offered bespoke support, and one on one consultations to those wishing to pursue a career in the arts. We understand that there are many factors that can impact people’s ability to chase their artistic dreams so we work closely and holistically with each artist.
Geraldine now runs her own homeless art group at the Old Diorama Arts Centre in Drummond Street, London.
View photographs by our RPS mentoring group
