CORE WORKSHOP:
LONGFORM PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Tacet Eye’s core workshop is our principal offering: structured as a year-long community of practice, consisting of two immersive sessions with small group coaching and individualized check-ins scheduled in between.
Longform documentary work demands deep commitment, creativity, experimentation, persistence, planning, and strategy. Emphasizing process, poetics, and ethics, we cover practical steps for navigating long-form projects and challenging environments, including building networks that support economic, communal, and mental well-being. Workshop participants will leave with new ideas, actionable strategies, mutual support, and a refreshed vision for their creative practice and project development.
All skill levels are welcome. Those wanting to pursue longform projects and/or those interested in delving deeper into personal creative work are best suited for this workshop.
Instructors & Guest Speakers:
Sarah Blesener, Brian L. Frank, and Jenny Jacklin Stratton
September Dawn Bottoms (2021 & 2022)
Justin Maxon (2020 & 2023)
Talia Herman (2020)
Kholood Eid (2024)
Camille Farrah Lenain (2025)
Tuition and scholarships:
In an effort to make the workshop as accessible as possible, for every 8 workshop registrants we are able to offer a scholarship.
REGISTRATION OPEN SPRING 2026
Florence Middleton: Workshop Alumni, 2020
The workshop far exceeded my expectations. It was such a positive and open learning environment. The instructors and speakers were incredibly supportive and knowledgeable. I walked away feeling like I had a stronger vision for my work, ways I can make it better, and ways to move forward.
Zaydee Sanchez: Workshop Participant, 2024
We don't speak about this in other workshops. The spiritual connection to the work is left out often. Therefore, we lose the feeling of it. Here, it brought to life again, feeling, allowing yourself to feel without judgment.
Billy Hickey: Workshop Participant, 2024
This workshop was incredibly refreshing. It was a needed look past and through the lens of cameras into our hearts. Writing assignments that flowed into our process presentations were beautiful magic. Tacet Eye is an open and honest space for connections, creativity and personal voice to blossom.
TESTIMONIALS
Olivia Fernandez: Workshop Alumni, 2020
It felt so refreshing to have a new vision on my work and constructive feedback. It came at a perfect time and I feel much more confident now to continue the work. I was surprised by the diversity of work presented and talent of everyone, unfolding throughout the workshop. This has been a great refresher of everything I’ve missed from being in a community and working with other students.
This was an opening to new ways of seeing work and approaching my project, more specifically tailored to long term work. A lot of what was said resonated with my own experience -where I felt I was navigating in the dark, so it was incredibly helpful to realize that this is the process and we are all going through the same hurdles.
Jinki Cambronero: Workshop Alumni, 2023
For years, I’ve felt stuck. Unable to funnel my experience, thinking and aspirations into meaningful action, without overwhelm. The workshop has given me the tools to break it down, go deeper, and bring it all together. To both simplify and expand.
It felt so refreshing to have a new vision on my work and constructive feedback. It came at a perfect time and I feel much more confident now to continue the work. I was surprised by the diversity of work presented and talent of everyone, unfolding throughout the workshop. This has been a great refresher of everything I’ve missed from being in a community and working with other students.
This was an opening to new ways of seeing work and approaching my project, more specifically tailored to long term work. A lot of what was said resonated with my own experience -where I felt I was navigating in the dark, so it was incredibly helpful to realize that this is the process and we are all going through the same hurdles.
Jinki Cambronero: Workshop Alumni, 2023
For years, I’ve felt stuck. Unable to funnel my experience, thinking and aspirations into meaningful action, without overwhelm. The workshop has given me the tools to break it down, go deeper, and bring it all together. To both simplify and expand.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS & RESOURCES
In addition to Tacet Eye’s core workshop model, we offer topic-based workshops, resources and gatherings.See what’s next and sign up for our mailing list here.