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!

March Forum Night Out!

Another night on the town and another great time had by all! This time at Noodles in Cameron Village.

Forum members enjoy another night on the town!
Photo by a really great member of the wait staff!

Thanks to all who came out and travelled far and wide to join the group and enjoy each others' company. And, as always, special thanks to John for finding another great place to gather!

Photographers Forum Meeting Night!

Thanks to everyone who attended tonight's 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, April 6th at VAE (7:00pm 309 W. Martin Street, Raleigh). Come down, see some great work, join the conversation and get inspired!

And don't forget, this Friday is First Friday in Raleigh. Be sure to come out and support other artists like ourselves. We all appreciate it!

(c) Stuart Klipper

This month's Guest Artist in Absentia was Stuart Klipper. To learn more about Stuart and see more of his work, go to his website: www.stuartklipper.com. 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.

Stay tuned! There's much more to come...

Christer Berg Picks Up More Awards!

Our own Christer Berg is now the proud recipient of not one, but TWO Addie Awards at the recent American Advertising Awards ceremony! Christer won for the work he did on the recent ad campaign for the Carolina Ballet Company.

Christer with both awards!

If you have attended any of our meetings earlier this year, you would have seen some of the work he created. (If you didn't, where were you???) It was fantastic! So don't miss out seeing some of the best photography being created in the Triangle. Come to the VAE on the first Wednesday of each month and see what you've been missing.

Congratulations Christer for a well-deserved award!

Modern Landscape B&W Photography Contest Now Open!

Reynolda House and Modern Automotive announce: The Modern B&W Photography Contest. In conjunction with the Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light exhibit (more on this later!) photographers are invited to submit one B&W landscape image to be considered for display during the Adams exhibit.

This is a B&W seascape. It will not be on display, but yours could be!
(c) Ray Pfeiffer

From all entries a Jury will select three (3) finalists and announce their names on April 1st. The selected photographs will be on display April 2 - May 13. The public will vote on the order of First, Second, and Third place. All three finalists will be introduced and winner announced Wednesday, May 18.

For more information and to enter go here. Entries are due by March 10th. so don't delay!

Forum Artists Show At 2016 VAE Gala!

Tonight was the 32nd annual For The Love of Art Auction and Gala and the Photographers Forum was well represented! Both Eric Saunders and Ray Pfeiffer had images up for the silent auction and both did very well, raising over $500! Each artist watched as the bidding time drew to a close as both images were in a bidding war The winner as always, of course was the VAE!

Eric Saunders (L) and Ray Pfeiffer (R) pose in front of Eric's entry to this years VAE Gala

Over 450 people attend this years Gala and a great time was had by all. All proceeds from the event go toward continuing the outstanding programming we all look forward to. We look forward to participating in next years event.