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May 23, 2012
Be CoPA's Featured Artist at an ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree

CoPA is partnering with ART Milwaukee 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.

CoPA is partnering with ART Milwaukee 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.

Member photographer Martha Coaty was CoPA's Featured Artist at the ART Milwaukee ART Jamboree on Saturday, May 19 at Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway in Downtown Milwaukee. For this event, ART Milwaukee partnered with info* Magazine for their 10 year anniversary party, which featured live painting, DJ's and live music, a food sampling from area restaurants and galleries by local artists. The festivities attracted over 2,000 people.

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.

Officers were voted on by the Board Members at the June 22 Board Meeting. Serving terms this year are:
Angela Morgan, President
Kelly Crandall, Vice-President
Shay Armstrong, Secretary
Mark Stall, Treasurer

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


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.