2023 Medium Festival Schedule

Medium Festival of Photography, © Evan McGinnis

 


We welcome the return of in-person programming and a celebration of our 11th annual festival from April 1 to April 16

Join us for mind-expanding experiences, educational workshops, and southern California’s premier celebration of contemporary artists using photography.


All event times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (UTC -0800). All events have advance registration options required to confirm your space.

Thursday & Friday, March 30-31, 2023

9am-2pm - Medium Review - online

Saturday, April 1, 2023

11am- 4pm - community Pop-Up at bread & salt

2pm - Taking phone photography to the next level - bread & salt

4pm-6pm - black celebration Exhibition reception - San diego city college

7pm - Weegee: Two Truths & A Lie - san diego city college

Sunday, April 2, 2023

9am - Publishing artist books: a practical guide from a to z - bread & salt

11Am - Tour of Paris Photo / Aperture Photobook award exhibition - bread & salt

11am - Interconnectedness And Nature- Asli Narin artist talk - online

1:00PM - Studio Visit with Kim Stringfellow - online

1:30pm - Publishing Roundtable: funding artist book projects - bread & salt

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

4pm-6pm - Photographing Intimacy workshop- Jason Langer / Cheryle St. Onge - onLine

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

7pm- The Evolution of a Photographer- Will Gibson - san diego city college

Thursday, April 6, 2023

4pm-7pm - Size Matters exhibition reception - Mesa College art gallery

7pm-8pm - Artist talk with Anh-Thuy Nguyen - museum of contemporary art san diego

7Pm - GRAIN film screening - digital gym cinema

Friday, April 7, 2023

2pm - Tales of the Landscape and Dire Warnings - a Photographic Odyssey on Climate

Change by david freese - online

6:30pm - Keynote Conversation with Judith Joy Ross and Joshua Chuang - Museum of contemporary art san diego

Saturday, April 8, 2023

11am - Debi Cornwall film screening with michael trigilio - Museum of contemporary art san diego

1Pm - Cyanotype Workshop: Photography with the Sun and Sea - encinitas, ca

1-4Pm - demonstration of portraiture using wet plate collodion

process - photographer’s eye gallery, escondido, ca

7Pm - GRAIN film screening with talk back - digital gym cinema

Sunday, April 9, 2023

10am - Making Diptychs workshop - san diego city college

10am - Field Guide to a Crisis - online

Monday, April 10, 2023

10am - Tenam Studio performance - tenam studio in normal heights

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

10am - Tenam Studio performance - tenam studio in normal heights

4-6pm - Photographing Intimacy workshop- Jason Langer / Cheryle St. Onge - online

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

10am - Tenam Studio performance - tenam studio in normal heights

6-7pm - Annie Claflin artist talk and exhibition - Grossmont Health & Wellness Library

Thursday, April 13, 2023

10am - Tenam Studio performance - tenam studio in normal heights

4pm - In Search Of Thoreau's Flowers - san diego city college

5:00Pm - NORTHERN EXPOSURE OPENING RECEPTION - UABC CAMPUS, TIJUANA, MX

7:00Pm - Chip Thomas artist talk - online

Friday, April 14, 2023

10am - Tenam Studio performance - tenam studio in normal heights

11am - NORTHERN EXPOSURE ARTIST PANEL - UABC CAMPUS, TIJUANA, MX.

6-9pm - Taco Stand Vernacular | A pop up gallery- Marshall Williams Studio, bay park

7Pm - Weaving story of generations through art while raising awareness around mental

health- Twinkle Banerjee - online

Saturday, April 15, 2023

11am - 2pm - San Diego State: Photography MFA Studio Visits - san diego state university

12-4pm - Taco Stand Vernacular | A pop up gallery- Marshall Williams Studio, bay park

4pm - "X Marks the Spot"- A brief introduction to the history of Burlesque - san diego city

college

Sunday, April 16, 2023

12-4pm -Taco Stand Vernacular | A pop up gallery- Marshall Williams Studio, bay park

9am-5pm -Tijuana Bus Tour - ped west port of entry

Saturday, April 28, 2023

4-9pm - Finding the Light: A Waldorf High School Black & White Film Photography Showcase - pikku salon