THE STUDIO
Located in Central Baltimore’s Station North/Greenmount neighborhood, Blue Light Junction operates as an alternative color lab, educational facility, and gathering space.
We center our practice in global traditions and knowledge bearers of craft and natural dye. focused on growing, processing, and preserving natural dyes through their histories, traditions, enhancements, and use in everyday objects.
We offer education-based workshops and events, knowledge transfer through apprenticeships and classes, and sustained research and experimentation through the Ibura Art and Research Residency.
The Indigo Apprenticeship Program
A collaborative effort between Blue Light Junction and Rosa Sung Ji Chang (장성지) from the Indigo Shade Map Project
Rosa Sung Ji Chang & Blue Light Junction are launching their first Indigo Apprenticeship and Study Group Program this summer. The goal of the program is to offer hands-on, experiential training in the cultivation, harvest, and pigment-making process of Polygonum tinctorium (jjok, 쪽). In addition to learning practical skills, cultural stories, we’ll explore how this work can support community, sustainability, and personal resilience.
Over the past five years, Rosa has been developing and refining the pigment extraction process using indigo plants grown at Blue Light Junction. Now, she invites participants to join her in this inaugural program, which focuses on hands-on practice, learning, and shared labor.
Learn more about this program and follow their journey at the Indigo Shade Map blog
Follow our Journey
The inaugural Indigo Apprenticeship Program, in collaboration with Rosa Chang from Indigo Shade Map, was officially launched on July 15, 2025. Launching the apprenticeship with Kenya Miles + Rosa Chang marks a huge milestone— after five years of cultivating the dye garden together.
Follow the Indigo pigment extraction process through these beautiful pictures that the apprentices took to share with everyone.
