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Landscape of the Lens and Beyond: Portrait Photography Mini Course 
Session Series with photography experts Francis Ford and Jim Seder
February 21, February 23 & February 28, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

The Europeans, which recently opened at CoPA Sponsor the Haggerty Museum of Art, provides an intimate look at wealthy Europeans at home through the eyes of American photographer Tina Barney.

Member photographer Ben Stuart will be CoPA's Featured Artist at the next ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Friday, March 9, 7 to 11 pm at Milwaukee's City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street.

Photographers Mark Weller and John Rummel will talk about their journey to Lake Superior's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in pursuit of the photographof the Milky Way.
Learn about their quest at the March 13 CoPA Schmooze, beginning at 6 p.m., Libiamo Restaurant, 221 W. Galena St., Milwaukee.

This exhibition features 70 images from The Museum Set, a rare portfolio of photographs hand-printed by the artist and considered by him to be the best of his life's work. On view now through January 8 at the Lake County Discovery Museum. 

The first Gallery Night and Day of 2012 arrives in Milwaukee on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21. Photographs by CoPA members will be on view all over town, including work by Cindy Lesky, Linda Schwam Merkel, Bill Zuback and Jessica Zalewski Schafer.

Every Day is one of three exhibitions at Portrait Society Gallery that run through January 14, 2012.

CoPA to host annual Pin-Up Show and announce Artist Incentive Award Winners on October 22 from 6pm-9pm at the Marian Gallery at Mount Mary College. For the last five years CoPA has hosted a one night only “Pin-Up” Show, in which CoPA members donate photographs that are pinnedto a gallery wall and auctioned off at reasonable prices to Milwaukee art collectors and supporters of CoPA. 

When someone asked Bernard Spinelli a while back why he was passionate about his photography he replied he wasn’t. “I did say that I was passionate about other people’s photography.” Admittedly it's trite to say a photograph is worth a thousand words, but as Bernie says, try describing a fireworks display. Photograph by Bernard Spinelli

Dattilio Studio is offering “The Soul of Vietnam and the North,” two identical amazing two week trips in Vietnam.  These are workshop/tours for people who love to explore a country and learn to take better photographs.  Session one is Nov. 3 – Nov. 16, 2011. Session two is Apr. 12 – Apr. 25, 2012.

at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
839 S. 5th St., Milwaukee, WI 53204
Exhibition Dates: 
December 2, 2011 – January 21, 2012

Open to all photography artists who reside in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota or Michigan, who may submit up to four images with a $35, non-refundable entry fee.  There is no entry fee for active/paid CoPA members, who may also submit up to four images. See story for a link to submit your entry.

Milwaukee Magazine and InsideMilwaukee.com, in partnership with the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA), are excited to announce a new bi-monthly photo contest.October deadline for submission has passed. Vote for your favorites by Friday, August 12.