Launched by CPAC and our partners in August 2017, the Veterans Workshop Series is a unique program that provides advanced photographic education to Denver-area Veterans at no cost to them. Over five months, participants learn to refine technical skills, hone ideas into a body of work, create a portfolio, write about their work, and present their projects to the community in a public exhibition at CPAC’s gallery.

Workshops are led by Frank Varney, Assistant Professor at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and an accomplished artist and instructor with 30 years of teaching experience. Other instructors include Patti Hallock and Paul Weinrauch who are brought in to teach specialized workshops. The program also includes one-on-one mentoring provided by Samantha Johnston, Executive Director & Curator of CPAC.