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April 4, 2012
Annual CoPA Members' Show Open through Saturday, May 12th

CoPA's Seventh Annual Members' Exhibition is open through May 12th with regular gallery hours at 262 East Menomonee in the Third Ward, across from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD).The exhibition spans the gamut of photography: natural and urban landscapes, fantasy, travel, digital manipulation, black and white close-ups, psychological portraits, mixed media, and much more.

CoPA's Seventh Annual Members' Exhibition opened with a reception on Gallery Night at 262 East Menomonee in the Third Ward, just across from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). This year, the Members' Show features 113 regional artists. The exhibition will be on display with regular gallery hours from April 20 to May 12, 2012.

The exhibition spans the gamut of photography: natural and urban landscapes, fantasy, travel, digital manipulation, black and white close-ups, psychological portraits, mixed media, and much more. CoPA’s members include well-established professional photographers, college students and amateurs. Some experiment fearlessly; others are consummate craftsmen, committed to traditional processes. All are united by a passion for fine art photography.
 

Gallery Night Opening Reception
Friday, April 20     5–9 pm


October 25, 2011
CoPA’s 5th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition

CoPA’s 5thAnnual Midwest Juried Exhibition runs December 2, 2011 – January 21, 2012
at Walkers Point Center for the Arts. Miss Juror Catherine Edelman's Gallery Talk? No problem. See it here. Remember: please join CoPA for the Closing Reception on Gallery Night, Friday, January 20, 2012, 5 to 9 p.m. at WPCA, 839 S. 5th St., Milwaukee.

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

October 1, 2011
Celebrating 6 Years of Fine Art Photography

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. 

CoPA to Host Annual Pin-Up Show and Announce Artist Incentive Award Winners

For the last five years CoPA has hosted a one night only “Pin-Up” Show, in which CoPA members donate photographs that are pinned to a gallery wall and auctioned off at reasonable prices to Milwaukee art collectors and supporters of CoPA. A few Marquee prints donated by more prominent fine art photographers are also auctioned at the end of the evening. Proceeds from the auction fund the Artist Incentive Program. 

September 28, 2011
2012 Artist Incentive Awards | Students and CoPA Members

This program awards two $500 Artist Incentive Awards each year – one to a student enrolled in a two or four year degree program and one to a CoPA member in good standing. Applications are evaluated primarily based on essays written on the subject,  “What contemporary photography means to you and how you see your photography fitting into your future plans as a Fine Art Photographer.” read full article here

August 15, 2011
CoPA 5th Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition

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.

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

Exhibition Juror:
Catherine Edelman
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

July 13, 2011
Photographer and Sculptor Philip Krejcarek Will Be Guest Speaker Aug. 9

Philip Krejcarek, a professor of art at Carroll University, is CoPA’s Aug. 9 speaker. He is the author of An Introduction to Digital Imagingand Digital Photography: A Hands-On Introduction.

Philip Krejcarek, a professor of art at Carroll University, is CoPA’s Aug. 9 speaker.

A photographer and sculptor, Phil is chairman of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the Waukesha university where he established a photography major.  He has been a professor there since 1977.

He is the author of An Introduction to Digital Imagingand Digital Photography: A Hands-On Introduction,both published by Cengage Learning.

June 8, 2011
2010 CoPA Artist Incentive Award Winner Is Stateside Again

2010 CoPA Artist Incentive Award winner Jill Newton Moore recently returned from a three-month stay in Bafut, Cameroon, West Africa. Along with daughter Annie, they lived in a convent in the tiny village of Bafut and volunteered at St. Joseph’s Comprehensive School for middle and high school aged girls. Part of their volunteering experience included teaching the girls about leadership, writing, critical thinking, technology, and art.