Forum Artists Rock SCOPE Exhibit!!!

Forum artists Tricia McKeller and Ray Pfeiffer both snag Honorable Mentions for their entries in this years SCOPE exhibit now showing at VAE!

Tricia's work, 30 Beats of My Heart is an image installation with 30 small instant images grouped together. The overall effect is stunning!

30 Beats of My Heart (c) Tricia McKeller

 

Congratulations! An honor well deserved!

 

Tricia poses with her award winning work!

 

Ray's Honorable Mention is for his image Church of the First Born, which is from his Visual Anthropology series.

 

Church of the First Born (c) Ray Pfeiffer

 

If you haven't been to VAE to see this years SCOPE exhibit, you won't want to miss it!

 

 

 

 



 

Forum Artist Mike Aliff Images on Display Now!

Our own Mike Aliff has a solo exhibit now showing through June 30th at Wake Forest Art and Frame Gallery (139 S. White St. Wake Forest, NC 27587) http://www.wakeforestframeshop.com Opening night is June 10th from 6pm - 9pm during "Night on White Street". There will be live music and open containers are allowed. Stop down, join the fun, and help support one of our own artists friends!

 

Panel Wagon (c) Mike Aliff

Congratulations to Mike on his solo exhibit!!!

 

If you know of an event, exhibit, or otherwise interesting bit of photographic news, send it along so we can share it with the group. After all, that's what the group is all about. Together we all get better!

Photographers Forum Meeting Night!

Thanks to everyone who attended tonights meeting! As always we had some terrific images and great conversation. Extra thanks to those who brought refreshments! Be sure not to miss next months meeting, July 6th at VAE (7:00pm 309 W. Martin Street, Raleigh). Tricia will be doing a demonstration of her new instant camera, the Impossible I-1. You won't want to miss it! So come down, see some great work, join the conversation and get inspired!

And don't forget, this Friday is First Friday in Raleigh and our exhibit at the United Arts Council is opening. The exhibit looks great. Thanks to everyone who submitted work! And while you're downtown, don't miss the opening of the SCOPE exhibit at VAE. Both Tricia and I have images on display. You don't want to miss Tricia's installation. It's amazing! Besides, there will be wine and snacks. Who doesn't love wine and snacks?

Image (c) Helmut Hirler

This months Guest Artist in Absentia (if I had remembered my laptop) would have been Helmut Hirler. To learn more about Helmut and see more of his work, go to his website: http://helmut-hirler.de/. We may have more Guest Artists in the future. If you would like to recommend someone just send me their name and I will add them to our list.

As always, stay tuned! There's much more to come....

 

 

 

Forum Member Michael Ligett Exhibit Opens May 1st

Photographers Forum member Michael Ligett's latest exhibit will be opening May 1st at the Fred G. Bond Metro Park Community Center in Cary. Titled: Imagine an Island, the exhibit will feature work from his Bald Head Island project. The exhibit will run through June 30th with an artists reception on June 24th from 6-8pm.

We've all been privileged to see Michael's images and book from the project and we know they're stunning. So lets show some support and be sure to attend his reception on June 24th!

Fearrington Village Artist Walk Preview A Huge Success!

Sunday, April 3rd, was the Second Annual Fearrington Village Artist Walk Preview, and by all accounts, was a smashing success!

The Preview Night allows art lovers a chance to see a sampling of the work that will be on display during the Open Studio Tour to be held this weekend, April 9th and 10th. The open hours will be 10am to 5pm on Saturday, April 9th. And 12pm to 5pm on Sunday, April 10th.

An appreciative crowd of art lovers attends the 2nd Annual Fearrington Art Walk Preview
(c) Teresa Stephens

Our own Eric Saunders will have his photographic art on display as well. So check it out if you can. For all the details and information you will need, go to the Fearrington website here.

Eric posing proudly with samples of his work. But he could look happier!
Come on man! You do great work, and you have a beer!
(c) Teresa Stephens

Forum Member Eric Saunders Exhibit Opening April 25th!

April will be a busy month for Forum member Eric Saunders! In addition to his open studio tour, as a part of the Fearrington Village Art in the Village promotion (see previous post), he will be part of a 3 person show at the Hillsborough Gallery of Art.

Siler City, 2016 (c) Eric Saumders
Eric won't say if this image will be in the exhibit. You'll have to go and find out for yourself!

In a show titled: Branching Out, Eric will be exhibiting along with artists Michael Salemi and Chris Graebner. The Show will run from April 25th through May 22nd. The Opening reception will be on April 29th from 6-9pm.

For more details go the Hillsborough Gallery website here. Lets all get up to Hillsborough and support a fellow Forum Artist. As we all know, Eric is a big supporter of everyone here at the Forum, and a fixture at art openings around the Triangle. So lets reciprocate some of that love and make a point of attending Eric's opening and see the show!

Second Annual Fearrington Village Studio Tour Preview

The 2nd Annual Fearrington Village Studio tour will take place Saturday and Sunday, April 9th and 10th. Saturday hours will be from 10am - 5pm, and Sunday from 12pm - 5pm. For directions and more information go to the artists website here.

If you really can't wait that long to see some art, there will be a Pre-tour Exhibit and Restaurant Menu Sampling at The Fearrington Barn this Sunday, April 3rd from 7-9pm.

Check out the art and be sure to see our own Eric Saunders!

Our own Eric Saunders will be exhibiting so let's all try and get out to support a fellow artist. There may also be snacks involved as well... not that we should need a bribe to get out there. But if that's what it takes, well, who are we to argue?

So mark your calendars and make it a point to go out, support Eric, and see a lot of other terrific art!