Applications are now open for the 2025 LBM Workshop!
After the success of last year’s workshops we’re making the 2025 workshop longer, and we’re raising more money for scholarships. If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation to support scholarships, please visit our FUNDRAISING PAGE, or contact London King with specific donation questions: london@littlebrownmushroom.com
If you want to apply for the 2025 workshop please read the information below, and APPLY HERE.
The 2025 LBM Workshop
Join photographer Alec Soth, his family, staff, and guest critics for an intimate and intensive week long workshop focusing on personal projects. Through a series of presentations and creative exercises, participants will (a) develop and deepen their projects and (b) strategize ways their personal work can find an audience.
This workshop is open to any visual storytellers. Twelve to fourteen participants will be selected.
Participants will stay at Alec Soth’s historic home located blocks away from the Walker Art Center and downtown Minneapolis. After giving workshops around the globe, Alec Soth found that the most effective location is a shared, domestic space. Formal education is great, but profound learning often happens around a kitchen table. In the safe space of the home, artists can share deeply with each other and plan the best way to present their work to a broader audience.
We will also visit Alec’s studio and extensive photobook library in Saint Paul. While at the studio, participants will spend time in the library and also learn practical tips for making, organizing, and disseminating their work. Additionally, we are planning a group field trip and collaborative project with a final day public event and celebration.
Important Dates
The workshop is Sunday, July 13, 2025 to Sunday, July 20, 2025
Applications are due Sunday, March 30, 2025 at midnight central daylight time.
We will conduct interviews with scholarship finalists the week of April 7, 2025.
Applicants will be notified by April 11, 2025.
Details
- Tuition is $3,500. A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 is due by April 30, 2025.
- Multiple full scholarships are available (travel not included).
- All applicants will be considered for a scholarship, we will conduct interviews with scholarship finalists.
- Housing, breakfast, and a few dinners are included in tuition.
- Artists from all educational backgrounds and career stages are encouraged to apply.
Testimonials
“This was one of the best life experiences I’ve ever had. Nothing but gratitude and appreciation.” — Evgeniya Parfenova (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
“It was a very inspiring and cathartic experience, there was an instant feeling of warmth from Alec and his family and everyone involved. The workshop never felt uncomfortable or stagnant, it was a fun and joyous experience…I came away wanting to do the workshop all over again, it was that great.” — Jason Hynes (Middlesbrough, U.K.)
“Overall, it was one of the most helpful and surreal experiences I have had… I am still in shock about the artists who were selected, their stories, and how our work all communicated with one another- thematically, etc. I feel immense gratitude for being selected and cannot thank you all enough. It has provided the momentum I needed.” — Claire Daly (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
“One of the most interesting experience, I had in my life. I’d never been around photographers other than myself, it was so inspiring! So many books!!! I learned more in this 4 day workshop than in years alone.” — Pascal Puig (Yukon, Canada)
“The workshop changed my life, no exaggeration. Not only was it inspirational, I have made a wonderful new set of friends, for life.” — Mark Edwards (Norwich, U.K.)
“Alec invited me into his home to finish the final edits of my book amongst artists with a deep love for photography in a workshop that will never be forgotten.” — Chance DeVille (Providence, RI)
“The time with Alec, his team, and everyone involved still resonates with me. I’ve never felt such a warm, connected group dynamic. Beyond grateful to have been a part of it and so glad I took the leap and applied.” — Josefine Rauch (Frankfurt, Germany)
Questions?
For any questions related to the workshop, the application, housing, travel, etc. please email the studio manager, Ethan Jones: ethan@littlebrownmushroom.com
