Join us for a special event during the PSNWA monthly meeting. We’ll be meeting at the Rogers Experimental House, an incubator for the arts in Northwest Arkansas. Our special guest speaker will be Hal Mitzenmacher, who will discuss Night Time Photography. Hal has traveled the country looking for dramatic locations for his night photography using only a camera, tripod and flashlight. This event is free to PSNWA members and the public.

Join us for the August PSNWA General Meeting featuring the work of Photographer Diana Michelle. Diana will be discussing putting together a fine art exhibit, portfolio, and how to get shown while also presenting images from her macabre project.

Diana Michelle earned her degree in Fine Art with an emphasis in photography and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Arkansas. She is the recipient of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2009 Annual Bibba Pruet Scholarship. She teaches photography and Photoshop at Northwest Technical Institute. She displays her Fine Art at galleries and museums both locally and regionally. She directed the documentary short Westland about the reclusive artist Tim West, which has aired on AETN and was a part of the 2014 PBS Online Film Festival.

Join us for the June General Meeting with award winning photographer Ed Cooley.

Love of nature, natural instinct and relentless pursuit of the perfect shot is evident throughout his work. His inspiring visions of the untainted landscape are breathtaking. Ed’s fine art landscapes and photographic exhibits have earned critical acclaim with 22 international photography awards in 2011.

Ed makes his home in the rustic Ozark Mountain region of Northwest Arkansas.

After years as a software engineer, entrepreneur and family man, Ed returned to his love of nature. He taught himself photography to share the wonderful locations he and his wife, Faith, were visiting. As his technical skills progressed, so did his passion for artistically capturing natural scenery. Over several years Ed spent more and more time exploring beautiful locations locally and around the country.

A near fatal accident, alone in the Arkansas wilderness, followed by a harrowing rescue and six months in rehabilitation would be a turning point in Ed’s life. He now travels worldwide photographing nature’s most beautiful and dramatic scenery.

Location to be determined.

Please join us on May 2nd at 7:00pm for a Town Hall meeting. This is your chance to interact with the Board of Directors to help influence the future direction of the PSNWA. We have several new Board members and this is your opportunity to get to know them and discuss future plans and activities for the Society. Topics of discussion will include: Classes, Events, Galleries, and Competitions. Also, as a group, we will also develop an online survey for the general membership. Again, this is your chance to  be an integral player in directing the future of the PSNWA.

The general meeting will be held in the Training Room at HFA (Harrison French and Associates) at 1705 South Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Turn onto 18th Street and left into the parking lot. Drive between the two buildings to the back lot and enter through the northwest door (far right if facing the building). Please plan to arrive before 7:15, as the door locks automatically.

Time: 7:00pm -830pm

Refreshments will be provided.

The April General Meeting will feature photographer Deborah Billingsley, who specializes in fine art portraiture. Debra started using a camera at age 10, and has since studied with some of the best photographers in the world. She is the owner of the Deborah Billingsley Studio in Bentonville and has been capturing images home and abroad for more than 25 years. She is a Certified Professional Photographer and holds a masters of photography degree from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Debra is also the area coordinator of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, a nonprofit that proves bereavement photography to grieving parents who have lost a child at birth, as well as a member of the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Bentonville, Inc.

The general meeting will be held in the Training Room at HFA (Harrison French and Associates) at 1705 South Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Turn onto 18th Street and left into the parking lot. Drive between the two buildings to the back lot and enter through the northwest door (far right if facing the building). Please plan to arrive before 7:15, as the door locks automatically.

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The March General Meeting will feature photographer and storm chaser Charles Peek.

Charles Peek travels across the country chasing all types of inclement weather. While severe storms that contain tornadoes are his primary target, he also chases lightning, flooding, winter storms and any form of weather that may impact the lives of people. In 2016 he traveled over 30,000 total miles in this endeavor.

Mike Martin, a native Arkansan, has been an avid nature and wildlife photographer for over 20 years. His photos have been published by the New York City Parks Department, the New York State Parks Department, the California Parks Department, and the Mississippi Wildlife Federation. He has also had a number of his photos published by regional magazines including “Arkansas Life” and “Our Ozarks.” In 2012, his photo of a Krider’s Hawk was selected by the Field Museum in Chicago for a kiosk display in the museum’s “Hall of Birds” exhibit that opened in October 2012.

Mike’s program will feature a slideshow of his bald eagle photos taken recently along the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska. Following the slideshow, he will be sharing tips on achieving better focus with moving subjects.

 

[image_frame style=”framed” title = “Editing at Help Portrait” align=”right” width=”158″ height=”300″][/image_frame]Join fellow PSNWA members and guests as we celebrate the Holidays and say goodbye to 2016 with our Annual Pot Luck Dinner at the new PSNWA Gallery & Studio in Bentonville. Fried chicken from AQ along with tea and soda will be provided. Members are asked to bring a side dish or dessert.

Again this year’s potluck will include the annual PSNWA canned food drive to benefit a local food bank that needs its shelves restocked. We are asking everyone attending to please bring a canned or non-perishable item to benefit the charity. (Please make sure the food isn’t expired or close to expiration.) PSNWA will match contributions up to 100 cans of food.

Kris uses traditional photographic techniques to create abstractions from everyday objects by closely focusing on the truest form of the object. His current series is based on plants and the relsemblance to other organic forms. Kris’ work has been part of several exhibits throughout Northwest Arkansas and his work can be found in private collections in Arkansas, Virginia, California, Minnesota and Michigan.

Kristoffer Johnson is from Rogers, AR. He began working with photography in 2003. In 2014 he received a BA in Journalism from the University of Arkansas. He later received a BFA in studio art from University of Arkansas in 2015. He served as the Photo Editor of the U of A Student Newspaper “The Arkansas Traveler” from 2013-2015 and was the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas Exhibits Chairman from 2015-2016. Kris is the photographer/ darkroom printer for  Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.