CALL FOR ENTRIES: NEW JERSEY PHOTOGRAPHY FORUM 12TH ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

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Photographers are invited to submit two photographs to be considered for exhibition at the 12th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit for the New Jersey Photography Forum. The exhibit is open to any photographer able to hand deliver their work to the Watchung Arts Center on the Watchung Circle in Watchung, NJ on Saturday, October 28th from 1-4PM. The cost for entry is $20. Entries are limited in size to no larger than a 30x40 inch piece and should be professionally presented and wired for hanging. Any entry over 16x20 inches, must be framed with plexi-glass.

The New Jersey Photography Forum’s annual show will be on display from November 1-30th, 2006 at the Watchung Arts Center in Watchung, NJ, after which it will travel to the Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside for two months. The show will be curated by Nancy J. Ori of Berkeley Heights and Michael Creem of Summit.

The three judges will be Susan Hockaday, Bill Westheimer, and David H. Wells. Susan Hockaday is an artist and photographer. She is affiliated with SOHO20 Gallery in New York City. Bill Westheimer is fine-art and commercial photographer. His fine art photography is in many collections and museums worldwide and his commercial work is used in book covers, corporate annual reports, editorial illustrations, advertising and music packaging. David H. Wells is a freelance photographer based in Providence, Rhode Island. He specializes in editorial, commercial and location photography working across New England. He is an award-winning, digitally capable photographer, producing images for local, national and international clientele.

The public is invited to attend the opening reception on November 12th from 1-4PM at which time awards will be presented and everyone will have an opportunity to meet the artists.

The New Jersey Photography Forum is dedicated to furthering the interests of professional and serious photographers living or working in the New Jersey area. The group is now in its twelfth year of development and has become the largest and most recognized group of fine art exhibiting photographers in the state. The monthly meetings are held at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit and encourage attendees to share expertise and advance their skills. The meetings provide access to a wide variety of creative and technical information as well as ayccess to many successful exhibiting fine art photographers from the state.

Informal presentations and demonstrations by manufacturers and photographic artists are given periodically. Regularly, photographers have an opportunity to display their work for critique by others. Exhibition possibilities within the fine art community are constantly explored, which has become an invaluable resource for photographers interested in becoming exhibiting photographers.