Monthly meetings are held every third Thursday, unless otherwise noted.
All programs are scheduled to begin at 7:15 pm.

Starting January 2009 meeting will now be at the:

Meadow Lake Village in Meridian
North of I-84 at the Eagle Road exit 46,
4037 E. Clocktower Dr.

DIRECTIONS:
Getting to the building is somewhat convoluted, hence the map and snap shot. The Meadowlake Village (http://meadowlakevillage.com ) complex is located on Clocktower Drive just east of St. Lukes Medical Center off Eagle Road between Franklin Road and interstate 84 (exit 46).

Upon entering the front door of the Grand Lodge (Clocktower Building), the meeting room is immediately to the right of the front desk in the reception area.

MONTHLY PROGRAMS

Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm, monthly meeting.

Agenda/Topic: Journey back to time, Kelly Bickle

Journey back in time to turn-of-the-century Boise with local photographer Kelly Bickle through his fascinating presentation, Boise by Burns. Kelly and his wife Marilyn are the third generation to operate family-owned Burns Studio, a thriving portrait studio that has been a fixture on State Street in downtown Boise since 1919. Started by J Grover Burns in Meridian, the studio is one of Boise’s oldest businesses.

Over twenty years ago, Kelly and Marilyn took over the studio, and inherited vast archives of vintage negatives, including many 8x10 glass plates. As he has inventoried, scanned and archived the work, he’s been given a tour of local history and a peek at Burns’ creativity as a working professional. Of special interest are examples of the optical tricks that Burns skillfully executed with complex manual techniques, long before the advent of digital imaging. A wonderful presentation for historians and photographers alike.

**Show us your work**
If you have Prints or Digital Images you would like to share, please bring them to the meeting. For Digital Images, bring up to 5 digital images on a CD/DVD (sized 1024 x 768) for project.

** Important Note ** - If you change email providers or wish to receive email notification at a different or new email address, please get your new or updated email info to me (ipw.communication@gmail.com).

Note: IPW meets the third Thursday of each month. In addition to print critiques and sharing of work, each meeting features an educational component. If you are interested in presenting a program, please contact the IPW Education Committee Chair, Keith Walklet.

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UPCOMING IPW PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS

C. W. Moore Plaza, exhibit

Members can park in our visitor parking (free up to 2 hours wo/a permit required), enter the lobby, take the elevator to the basement, take a left and proceed to conference room A. They may place their piece(s) on the table, sign in on the form (name of artist, name of piece, dollar value). The building will be locked at 6PM-7AM. Then on Tuesday morning, your team can arrive to bring the pieces to the lobby and hang the exhibit. I will have a step ladder available as well as the hanging devices for the pictures and putty for the tag cards.

Concierge Services
C. W. Moore Plaza
250 South Fifth Street
Boise, ID 83702
Desk: (208) 331-3516
Fax: (208) 947-0869 Attn: Ellen

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2009 Falcon Tavern Art Schedule. Tracy and Corey at the Falcon Tavern will appreciate it if we can exchange our work on the Saturday before the First Thursday of the month. They also like to have work hung fairly early in the morning, say between 8:15 and 9:00 a.m.

2009
December 28 – January 30 Laurie Gibbons
January 30 – February 28 Cherry Woodbury
February 28 – April 4 Erin Cunningham
To be continued…

If you cannot make a month you have been assigned please let me know as soon as possible so that different arrangements may be made. If you wandering around town with friends (or even all alone) and need some good food stop in at the Tavern and enjoy a bite to eat. Support those who support us!

Allan Ansell
208-863-2808
araphoto@cableone.net

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MEMBER OPPORTUNITIES

EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES
 
Sandra Thompson, M.D., the spa owner, would like to feature other artists. Please visit the spa any time during business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Fri) to see if the ambiance would work with your images. If so, let Diane know and she will set up a portfolio review with Dr. Thompson.

CW Moore Plaza, 5th and Front streets, Boise, date TBA.
The management is ready to give us a new group show with reception and postcard announcements. Please e-mail Allan Ansell or Keith Walklet at the meeting Thursday if you are interested in being part of it. To have your name on the show postcard, you must let us know by March 23 if you will be showing work. The reception and show opening will be in mid-April or early May.

The Garden City Library will feature a different community artist each month.
We are looking for a cross-section of creative mediums. There is no price for admission to the exhibits. The art is offered for sale, and 20% of the proceeds will be donated to benefit the Library. For more information about the exhibit, and artists interested in participating in the program, may contact Judy Holcombe at 383-0022.

WEB SITES OF INTEREST

2009 Snake River Photo Workshop with Chad Case

• Daily group as well as one-on-one instruction
• Equipment review and using camera features (bring your manual)
• Use of photo filters

About the Instructor:
Chad Case is a freelance photographer/writer located in Boise, Idaho. His photos have appeared in National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, Holland America, Mountain Travel Sobek, National Wildlife, New York Times, Outside, Sunset, Backpacker, Woolrich, Blue Cross Hemispheres, Alaska Airlines and numerous other publications.
Chad was the winner of the 2009 Society of America Travel Writers Photographer of the Year Bronze Portfolio and 2008 Society of America Travel Writer Photographer of the Year Silver Portfolio.

June 15-18, 2009 (4 Days/3 Nights)
$1270/adult; $1145/student plus an additional
$40.00/participant Workshop Fee

Chad Case Photography + Writing
chad@chadcasephotography.com
www.chadcasephotography.com
2334 S. Swallowtail Lane
Boise, ID 83706
Tel: 208.429.8837
Tol: 888.431.8837
Member Society of American Travel Writers

Information, Inspiration and the occasional kick in the ass. http://www.artbizblog.com/ Some of us are on Alyson Stanfield's ArtBiz Coach email list. Now she has a blog as well as a newsletter. If you're at all interested in selling your work (or think you might be someday), she has valuable advice to offer. Here's a sample:
     What do you have in mind for your art business in 2006?  I'm not talking about the little things you have to do. Or even the medium-sized tasks and events you must tackle on the road to success. I'm talking about the big stuff. Big, hairy, audacious goals--or BHAGs, as they've been called -- are career-changing steps. They get you out of your comfort zone by forcing you to put yourself on the line, increase your knowledge, expand your creativity, and improve your level of excellence. So, what are your BHAGs for 2006?

INFO ON DIGITAL STUFF
If you’ve ever tried to answer someone’s questions (or your own) about digital terminology (“What’s a pixel?”) or equipment, check out http://www.geeks.com/pix/techtips.htm. The two most recent tech tips are on terminology and digital accessories. Earlier tips might be of interest, too.

SLIDES FROM DIGITAL FILES – ONLINE SOURCE
Mike Shipman sent this info to share with you: “Here is a link to an online source for getting slides made from digital files. I haven't used them yet, but what I've read has been positive. Their rates are pretty reasonable also, $2.50 for the 1st original, $2 for the first duplicate of the same image, $1.50 for 2nd duplicate, and $1 for each additional dupe. The place is www.slides.com.

The International Photography Guide at http://www.photoeye.com will be the most complete resource for fine-art photography on the web. It will include listings of educators, critics, curators, historians, equipment, suppliers, services, festivals, symposiums, museums, galleries, grants, awards, fellowships, residencies, organizations, associations, periodicals, publishers, schools, universities, workshops, and much more! We believe it will become the most useful online resource for fine-art photography.

West Coast Imaging has an informative web sitewestcoastimaging.com, (info@westcoastimaging.com) and will add you to its list-serve to get more tips.

Rocky Mountain School of Photography web site http://www.rmsp.com/ (news@rmsp.com) also has good info and images.

http://americanart.si.edu/helios/index.html - Smithsonian Institution’s American Art Museum online photos (a major site for the study of American photography, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary landscapes)

http://www.moma.org/ - Museum of Modern Art, NYC