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May 9, 2012
Meet the New Members of the CoPA Board of Directors

CoPA congratulates the six new members of our Board of Directors, elected unanimously at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 8. We welcome: Shay Armstrong, Michael J. Havice, Paul Oemig, Jim Schaff, Roy C. Schmidt, and Mark Stall. Click to learn more about them, and how they hope to assist in achieving CoPA's future goals.
 

CoPA congratulates the six new members of our Board of Directors, elected unanimously at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 8.

Please read on to learn more about the newest additions to the Board, and how they hope to assist in achieving CoPA's future goals.

 

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


April 4, 2012
Members' Show | Important Information for Participants

For the 113 CoPA member photographers participating in this year's Members' Show, this article includes details about installation dates and photograph presentation.

Members' Show Installation Dates
CoPA Members, please bring your work to the gallery during the following times
 or arrange for another member to deliver and hang your work.


Monday, April 16     1–7 pm

Tuesday, April 17     4–9 pm

 

April 2, 2012
CoPA Annual Meeting | Call for Board & Committee Members

Do you love CoPA? Do you have creative energy? Do you want to see CoPA grow? Do you want to grow as a photographer?

If you answered yes to some of these questions, it's obvious that you care enough about CoPA to become involved and here is your chance.

Do you love CoPA?
Do you have creative energy?
Do you want to see CoPA grow?
Do you want to grow as a photographer?
Do you want to grow as a leader through experience?
Do you want to build valuable networks and relationships with fellow board members?
 
If you answered yes to some of these questions, it's obvious that you care enough about CoPA to become involved and here is your chance.
 

February 17, 2012
See: Portrait Exhibition at Jewish Museum Milwaukee

One World One People:
Jewish Photographic Portraits by Arnold Newman
December 25, 2011 – March 30, 2012

At the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 North Prospect Avenue, ‘One World One People’, an exhibit  by renowned photographer Arnold Newman (1918-2006), is a culmination of portraits he made of significant individuals over the course of his illustrious career. 

One World One People: Jewish Photographic Portraits by Arnold Newman
 

January 9, 2012
CoPA Member in Minneapolis Exhibition

CoPA member Paul Matzner's photograph “Wild Hair Day” was chosen
 for Off the Cuff: The Spontaneous and Unrehearsed,
a juried exhibition at the Minneapolis Photo Center, open through Feburary 26, 2012.

CoPA member Paul Matzner's photograph “Wild Hair Day” was chosen
 for Off the Cuff: The Spontaneous and Unrehearsed, a juried exhibition at the Minneapolis Photo Center.

May 3, 2012
CoPA's Featured Artist at May ART Jamboree | Martha Coaty

Member photographer Martha Coaty will be CoPA's Featured Artist at the upcoming ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Saturday, May 19 at Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway. Coaty is an award winning fine art photographer currently living in Allouez, WI. Her photographs of houses and barns of Northern Wisconsin are geometrically precise, infused with a keen sense of stillness. She is a Wisconsin native and has practiced the art of photography for over thirty years.

Member photographer Martha Coaty will be CoPA's Featured Artist at the upcoming ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Saturday, May 19 at Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway. Coaty is an award winning fine art photographer currently living in Allouez, WI. Her photographs of houses and barns of Northern Wisconsin are geometrically precise, infused with a keen sense of stillness. She is a Wisconsin native and has practiced the art of photography for over thirty years.  Her body of work, “Door County and other Northern Places,” can be viewed at www.marthacoatyphotography.com.

CoPA is partnering with ART Milwaukee in 2012 to bring great photographs to the community at their ART Jamborees. With the help of other local organizations, these social experiences bring the work of featured artists to thousands each month at different locations throughout the city.


 

March 27, 2012
The Europeans: Photographs by Tina Barney

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.

January 13, 2012
CoPA's Featured Artist at ART Milwaukee's March ART Jamboree | Ben Stuart

Member photographer Ben Stuart was CoPA's Featured Artist at the  ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Friday, March 9 at Milwaukee's City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street. Stuart's captivating portraits of youth in traditional costumes our city's many ethnic festivals demonstrate Milwaukee's continuing commitment to honoring the heritage of those who built it.

Member photographer Ben Stuart was CoPA's Featured Artist at the ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Friday, March 9 at Milwaukee's City Hall, 200 E. Well Street. Stuart's captivating portraits of youth in traditional costumes our city's many ethnic festivals demonstrate Milwaukee's continuing commitment to honoring the heritage of those who built it.

July 14, 2011
Bill Mueller's Brain Child

Before conceptual photographer William Mueller ever picks up his camera – or even thinks about it – months may have passed while an idea festers, words play in his head, and sets are built. Bill’s brain children are born somewhere between sleep and dreaming.

Before William Mueller ever picks up his camera – or even thinks about it – months may have passed while an idea festers, words play in his head, and sets are built.

Bill’s brain children are born somewhere between sleep and dreaming, he half jokes in explaining the origin of his conceptual photographs. “I always keep a notebook handy for sketches and ideas. The same goes with my camera bag – always a notebook with me.”

A CoPA member since 2008, Bill has served two terms as a Board member,  vice president, and chair of the Exhibitions Committee.

He picked up a camera as a way to illustrate his writing as a teenager: the writing fell aside, but the photography stayed. Bill’s interests turned to conceptual photography about 10 years ago.

“I guess I’m a closet model maker although I did not make models as a kid,” Bill said in an email interview. “I collect things that trigger ideas that trigger an image title that triggers the final photograph.”

May 3, 2011
His Last Roll of Kodachrome

CoPA member Erik Ljung is admittedly shy but having a camera in front of his face is his good excuse to interact with strangers he might otherwise be reluctant to approach. His recently exhibited his work, using his last roll of Kodachrome film.

CoPA member Erik Ljung is admittedly shy but having a camera in front of his face is his good excuse to interact with strangers he might otherwise be reluctant to approach.

“My camera is the perfect excuse to put myself in sticky situations,” the 27-year old photographer said. “I use my camera as a tool. I study photography and photographers all day, every day – it consumes me – but I rarely photograph without a purpose.”

April 30, 2011
Bob Israel’s Work Showcased Online

CoPA member Bob Israel won the distinction of being the first photographer to be showcased in Capture Wisconsin’s new digital publication, A Wisconsin Winter. The publication’s editors said Bob’s “winter photography is some of the best you’ll ever see.” Wisconsin Trails magazine sponsors the online publication.

CoPA member Bob Israel won the distinction of being the first photographer to be showcased in Capture Wisconsin’s new digital publication, A Wisconsin Winter.

April 28, 2011
Media Comment on CoPA's 6th Annual Members Photography Exhibition

Here are comments about CoPA's annual members' show from blogger and artist Eddee Daniel, Third Coast Digest and OnMilwaukee.com.

Here are comments about CoPA's annual members' show from Internet sites:

– CoPA member Eddee Daniel blogs about the show and reflects on CoPA and contemporary photography

February 8, 2011
CoPA Award Recipient, Jill Newton Moore, Uses Photography in Cameroon Schools

Jill Newton Moore is in Cameroon applying the vision and skills that won her CoPA’s  inaugural Member Artist Incentive grant.


See photo of Jill with students.

Jill Newton Moore is in Cameroon applying the vision and skills that won her CoPA’s  inaugural Member Artist Incentive grant.

December 10, 2010
On Camera Clubs and the Photographic Arts Group

What is the difference, and where do you fit in?

Photographers often ask me how CoPA differs from a camera club. As President of a photographic arts group I feel it’s vital to set the proper expectations for new members as to what they will find in, and get from, CoPA.