Calendar

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Dec
17
Mon
2012
Holiday Party @ Lotus Flower
Dec 17 @ 6:30 pm – Dec 17 @ 9:00 pm

Our annual NELP holiday dinner will be Monday, December 17 (a week earlier than usual) at 6:30 pm, at the Lotus Flower restaurant in Framingham (near Walmart).  They have an excellent dinner buffet ($16.95), or you can order exactly what you’d like from the menu.  If you can’t make it at 6:30, it is ok to arrive a bit later.  The buffet is open until 8:30.  If you’d like to join us, please let me know so I can reserve enough seats (I’ll call in a count on Sunday.  I initially reserved a table for 12)  During dinner, I propose we consider (in addition to our usual free-flowing discussion) the following question:  “How can we encourage and develop art awareness and appreciation in our community?

Dec
31
Mon
2012
Gateway Camera Club Photography Show at Morse Institue Library @ Morse Institue Library
Dec 31 2012 – Feb 27 2013 all-day
The Gateway Camera Club is currently exhibiting photography through February 27, 2013 at the Morse Institute Library in downtown Natick. Work is on display in the left and right galleries on the back wall of the main floor, to the left and right of the circulation desk.  Library hours can be found here: Morse Institute Library
Jan
5
Sat
2013
NELP Fall Show Take-down/Pick up @ Middlesex Savings Bank
Jan 5 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Participating artists – in preparation for the incoming Winter show the take-down of the Fall show will be Saturday, January 5, 2013.  Please be at the bank between 9:30AM and 10:30AM to retrive your artwork.

If you are unable to be at the bank on Saturday, you are welcome to pick up your work any time during the week leading up to the 5th.  Just identify yourself as the artist when doing so.

If you have any questions, please contact Pam Pollan directly (pampollan@gmail.com).

NELP Winter Show Drop-off/Hanging @ Middlesex Savings Bank
Jan 5 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Participating artists – please drop your artwork off at the bank, 9:30AM.  Your artwork should be framed and ready to hang (wire only, no sawtooth or loop).

Jan
7
Mon
2013
NELP Winter Show – “Music for the Eyes” @ Middlesex Savings Bank
Jan 7 – Apr 5 all-day

The NELP Winter Show at Middlesex Savings Bank in Natick opens on January 7, 2013 and runs through April 5, 2013.  The theme of the show is Music.  Please stop by during regular business hours to view the works on display.  Please note, there is not artists’ reception for this event.

Jan
14
Mon
2013
Image Review Night
Jan 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Optional theme: Before & After

Jan
28
Mon
2013
Education Night
Jan 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Tonight’s topic: Movie Night

Please join us for Movie Night—we’ll be streaming a movie via Netflix.  You’re welcome to bring some refreshments to share with the group.  I’ll provide cups and paper goods.  Last year the group selected Public Eye, and it was excellent.

The following movies feature the theme of photography in some way, and they all stream on Netflix.  Feel free to bring any other suggestions to the meeting.  We’ll choose one of the available options, based on a consensus of those who are attending.

  • High Art
  • Calendar
  • Photographing Faeries
  • Memento
  • The Bang Bang Club
Feb
11
Mon
2013
Education Night
Feb 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Note: We’re swapping our education night and image review night in February.

Tonight’s topic: A presentation by member Virge Lorents.

From Virge: I call it a Nature Mandala. Or you can call it a kaleidoscope. I will share my process, step-by-step, with some successful images and pitfalls to avoid.
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Feb
16
Sat
2013
CIPNE Annual Photo Bazaar – Photo gear swapfest & sale! @ Boston Studio Photography - West
Feb 16 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Feb
25
Mon
2013
Image Review Night
Feb 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Note: We’re swapping our education night and image review night in February.

Optional theme: Vertical

Please join us for our monthly image review night.  This is a great opportunity to share your work with other artists and receive useful feedback.  Feel free to ask for our thoughts in specific areas, or to seek general impressions of your artwork.  Some of our artists bring more than one variation of a piece, or several stages of a work-in-progress.  Let us know what you’re seeking, and we’ll do our best to provide it.

The “optional theme” for each meeting is just that … optional.  Some of our members enjoy finding or creating images that fit the theme, while other members have specific images or projects that they would like feedback on.  Whatever works for you is fine.

Our general guideline is that each artist may bring up to 8 images for a typical review.  Prints are encouraged, as this is the best way to see an artwork as its maker envisions it.  Digital images are (of course) welcome, on USB memory sticks and a variety of other digital media.  If you bring more than eight images, we’ll need to go through them quickly.  If you want to spend more time discussing an image, just bring fewer.  We want to make sure everyone has time to present their work.

Our digital display is 1920 x 1080 resolution.  You may want to optimize your image for this size, though our display software will scale your image if it is larger or smaller.  The JPG file format is preferred, to keep file size down and ensure compatibility with our software.

If you are new to the group or have any questions, please let me know.  We look forward to seeing you and your photographs.

– David