Many Churchville members are active professionally.  They participate in exhibits, win photo competition prizes and honrs, and have been published.  Some of  our members travel extensively returning with amazing photographs.  We're very fortunate in that they share their inspiring images with our club members.

This page is a tribute and provides encouragement to our members to bring their vision to the forefront.  After all, why do we take these fabulous images?

If you have an event that has not been listed during your membership term with CPC, please send us the news via

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Remember that some links may not work due to the age of the notice.

2010

HY LOVITZ will be exhibiting at the Countryside Gallery & Custom Framing - Opening night is Friday, April 17th from 7:30-9:00 pm. The Gallery is at 2 South State St., Newtown PA across from the Brick Hotel and Restaurant.

MICKIE ROSEN participates in Four Simultaneous Solo Exhibitions at the Abington Art Center held February 6th through April 18th, Abington Art Center's galleries take a turn this season as artists install simultaneous solo exhibitions. Mickie Rosen exhibited her collages aka photages in the Spring installment of "Solo Series 2010".  Cheltenham Print Festival - Exhibition dates: 2/13/10-3/19/10 MICKIE ROSEN, along with twenty-six other professional printmakers will be featured at the Cheltenham Printmakers Guild. The "Going Green" exhibition was part of the Philagrafika International Print Festival featuring non-toxic printmaking methods.
2009

ELLIE SEIF - Her "Urban Landscapes" exhibit was held during the month of October 2009 at InFusion, A Coffee and Tea Gallery, 7133 Germantown Ave. This exhibit was part of the October's First Friday in Mt Airy and part of the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST), which featured over 300 artists in this Citywide event.

ARLENE RENEE FINSTON - During the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC), Arlene submitted her composite of "A Tribute to Philip Simmons" in the Open Category of their 2009 Dual Projection Competition. She was honored by winning the Best Creative Award!

MEMBERS EXHIBITED at th 17th Annual Phillips Mills Photographic Exhibition which was open from May 31 through June 21, 2009. The judges chose several of our members to exhibit their fine art images. Congratuations to Mickie Rosen, Vita Forlenza, Arlene Renee Finston, Bennett Povlow and Marty Golin!  Mickie Rosen was presented the Judges' Award which is actually the highest award after Best of Show! Marty Golin's image was also one of the images selected for their brochure.
Barbara Warren shared one of the judges seats and her work was also hanging in the exhibition. Fabulous work everyone!

MARLENE MENDEZ - Local fine arts photographer Marlene will be exhibiting a collection of images entitled “Around the World, Around the Corner” at the Zebra-Striped Whale, 12 South State Street, Newtown (215-860-4122; http://www.zebrastripedwhale.com/HOME.html.  The show opened with a reception on First Friday, May 1 from 7-9 pm and continues through May 31. Times: Sunday-Thursday 11 am-10 p.m, Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
For more on Marlene Mendez’s Fine Art Photography, visit http://web.mac.com/marmendez/Site/Welcome.html

TWENTY OF THE CHURCHVILLE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEMBERS exhibited 51 framed pieces at the Bucks County Conference Center and Visitor's Bureau located at 3207 Street Rd., Bensalem PA from April 13th through May 15th. The hours are from 9AM-5PM; 7 days a week.

MICKIE ROSEN will be exhibiting her photographic artwork in a collection called "Invented Realities". The exhibit will be held at the Kramer Gallery at Gratz College, 7605 Old York Rd., Melrose Park, PA 19027 from April 19th through May 31st, 2009. The exhibit hours are Mon-Wed 9:am-9pm; Thur 9am-7pm; Fri/Sun 9am-3pm; closed Saturday. The Artist's Reception will be held on April 26th from 2-4pm.

THE CHURCHVILLE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB MEMBERS participated in an exhibit at the Langhorne Coffee Shop from the first week in February through the first week in March. Several images were sold as a result. Members showing their photographs were: Marty Golin, Ira and Mary Ann Schneller, Bruce McIntyre, Bennett Povlow, Susan Rachlin, Felix Gomez, Jan Goltz, Cheryl Coffee, Dianne Rose, Marlene Mendez, Janet Hickey, John Stickel and Gary Fink.

WARREN HOLTZMAN presents King Groundhog "Extreme Ironing" at Photo 612 Gallery - Come celebrate Groundhog Day with the King...and iron out all your troubles! All irons used are from the Paul T. Holtzman Antique Iron Collection. View eleven new photos (never seen before) and some of the ol' time favs. The show is held Jan 31st through Feb 28th, 2009 with an Open Reception Jan 31st 1:00-3:00pm at Photo 612, 612 Station Ave., Haddon Heights NJ. Contact 856-429-2304 for more information.
2008

Dan Troy is exhibiting his photographs of "Railroad Landscapes" at the Bucks County Visitors Center, 3207 Street Road, Bensalem PA 19020 (800-836-BUCKS) from November 16, 2008 through January 9, 2009. The BCVC is open every day 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Admission is free. Visit Dan Troy's website at http://www.dantroy.com/  You can visit the BCVC website at http://visitbuckscounty.com/

Bryan D. Nord will be exhibiting samples of his photography at the Langhorne Coffee Shop during the month of August. An artist's reception will be held on Friday, August 1st from 6:00 - 9:00 pm as part of Langhorne's monthly "Artist on the Avenue". The coffee shop will provide a dinner menu, live music and indoor and outdoor seating. Bring your own wine or beer and join Bryan as he kicks off his first public photography show. More information can be found on the Langhorne Coffee Shop's website.

Mickie Rosen will be exhibiting 30 of her "Invented Realities" in a solo photography show at the Gallery at Congregation Beth Or's new location at 239 Welsh Road, Maple Glen, PA 19002 Phone: (215) 646-5806. The exhibition will run from Friday May 9th to June 19th, 2008. A reception to meet the artist will be on Friday Evening May 9th at 9:30pm (immediately following services which begin at 8:00pm). Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 9:30am to 4:00pm. Friday 9:30am to 2:30pm and closed Saturday and Sunday. The images in this exhibition reflect how Mickie uses photographs for her palette and Photoshop as her brush to "Invent Realities" beyond what the camera may see.

Arlene Renee Finston will be presenting a program titled  "Digital Composites and Digital Imaging" for the ACX - Artist Cultural Exchange on Thursday, March 20, 2008; 7:30PM at the Cheltenham Art Center.  It will  consist of a digital slide show presentation documenting much of her current work. Arlene incorporates images of her works in a variety of media to create entirely new and unique digital composites. She will discuss the creative as well as the technical process.
2005

Russ Armstrong has begun an association with the Langman Gallery at the Willow Grove Mall.  Ten of his photos will be featured in the gallery during the month of February.  Langman is next to Bloomingdales on Level 1 of the Mall. Russ Armstrong was invited to judge the Cheltenham Camera Club's  contest at their December 13 meeting.  The theme was Reflections.  Their contest categories are black and white (monochrome) prints, color prints, digitally enhanced prints, and 35mm slides.

Inquirer "Neighbors". Since June, 2005, The Philadelphia Inquirer has been soliciting submissions of "Your Best Photo" for publication in the Sunday Neighbors weekly supplements. On October 16, Marianne Ham's "Quiet Time" was published in the Montgomery County edition and Rick Kobylinski's photo of an inquisitive squirrel was printed in the Bucks County edition. In the October 30 Bucks County edition, Dianne Rose's photo of a Smokies stream was published.

Russ Armstrong. Russ has been invited to speak at the Berks Camera Club's Annual Photographic Conference to be held at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA on June 10-12. Russ will make two presentations: "Digital Truths/Digital Lies," on the choices and issues in the digital manipulation of photos; and "Street Photography - History and Practice," about this liveliest of genres and its often equally fascinating practitioners.
2004

Matt Schrier - Matt's B&W image "Riverdance" won 3rd prize in the the October Popular Photography "Your Best Shot" contest. Nice going, Matt!

Barbara DiMattio, now of Naples FL, writes that two of her bird images (see below) were juried in the United Arts Council's SW Florida: The Wild Side on exhibit at Rookery Bay National Estuary Research Center. The show remains on view until January 10, 2005. Barbara also was named one of five photographers of note in "Arts Alive," the Naples-based arts community schedule of events.

Marianne Ham has a new gallery affiliation, Sande Webster Gallery, 2006 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, the first gallery in Philadelphia to show fine-art photography. Sande represents about 10 photographers, including Ron Tarver. They are starting with three framed pieces and one print, which they will keep for 6-12 months — enough time to know whether they will sell. According to Marianne, "...the affiliation with Sande will provide a different experience. This is a new step for me and another learning opportunity." Marianne continues to be represented by Sabine Rose in Doylestown. [Sept. 19, 2004]

Tim Shuda
In the 2004 American Photo Competition, Tim was the winner in the Nature and Landscape category with one of his gator images. The image will be published in the November issue, which will feature images from the 2004 competition.

2004 Phillips' Mill Contest/Exhibition. Several club members exhibited and one won a special prize.

Marianne Ham
Marianne has been accepted into the summer photography program at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland, which is about 30 miles south of Galway in western Ireland. She and her husband were on an Elderhostal trip to Western Ireland last September when they discovered Ballyvaughan and the Burren College. After returning home, she called and talked to the College's administrator and decided to formally apply with slides, statement of purpose, etc. The college is associated with the Association of Colleges of Art and Design, which includes the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Univiversity of the Arts, and Moore College of Art. Says Marianne, "It's going to be quite an adventure for me!"

Barbara Warren
Barbara's image, Cityscapes, taken at Grounds for Sculpture, won the $225 First Place Photography Award at the Robert Ransley Juried Art Show sponsored by the Burlington County Art Guild. Several of you may have seen that image when Barb showed it at the Churchville critique (Ron Tarver) a few weeks ago and again at the recent NCC competition (Richard Newman). The show was juried and each artist was asked to submit two images. Barb, former member Inge Snipes, and Marianne Ham all had both of the images they submitted accepted into the show. The show is at the Mount Holly Public Library, 307 High Street, Mt. Holly, NJ, from April 19 through May 28. Hours are 2:30-6PM, Monday thru Friday and 12-2
on Saturday.

Russ Armstrong
Russ Armstrong has been invited to participate in the group show "Made Here" at the Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery in the Williams Visual Arts Building at Lafayette College. The show runs from June 4 to July 31, 2004 and celebrates the work made at the building since it opened in January 2001. Russ will show three photographs that were taken in close proximity to the Arts building.

Dan Creighton
Dan has updated his website with new digital photography galleries: http://www.dcphotog.com/  Lots of great images, grouped (for client purposes) by capture file size. Have fun browsing!

Russ Armstrong
Russ Armstrong is having a one-person show of photographs, "Pixelvania: Regional/Digital Photographs", at the Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery, Williams Visual Art Building, at Lafayette College. The address is 241 North Third Street in Easton, PA. The show will run from February 21 through March 20, 2004. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-5:00. Russ was a Visiting Artist at Lafayette during the 2002-03 school year.
2003

Warren Holtzman
One of Warren's images, entitled "King Groundhog, a Character Study", was published in the 2003 Photo Review, Langhorne, PA. His image was one of 108 selected for publication from 1,083 entries.

Robert Hasty
Robert has been welcomed aboard the photo critique site www.naturescapes.net as moderator of the Elements of Humankind gallery.

Tim Shuda...Again
One of Tim's gator images won second place in the Nature and Landscape category in the 2003 Image International photo competition in Canada. The winning images will be published in the March 2004 edition of Photolife magazine.He was also a finalist in the 2003 National Wildlife annual photo competition: one of his gator images will be featured on their website as "Photo of the Week" in October 2004.

Marianne Ham
Marianne has three black-and-white images in a show titled "Made in Bucks" at the Triumph Brewery in Union Square in New Hope, Pa. The show features 35 diverse images by 16 members of the Newtown Camera Club. It opens November 18 with a reception from 6-9 PM, to which the public is invited. The images will remain on exhibit until January 3, 2004. All images are for sale. The Brewery is a wonderful restaurant serving a varied menu and some very interesting brews; they are open for lunch and dinner.

More great Tim Shuda news :
A gator image received a "Highly Commended" award in the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2003" competition in England, in the "Composition and Form" category. Winning images will be published in a hardbound book as well as in BBC Wildlife Magazine. They will also be displayed at the Natural History Museum in London and then tour many different countries around the world.

In the 2003 Hasselblad Austrian Super Circuit, Tim had eight images accepted, one of whiich was published in their annual catalog. This huge exhibit  tours different cities in Austria throughout 2003.

During the first week of October, one of Tim's images will be featured as "The Image of the Week" on the National Wildlife Federation website. This is a result of being a finalist in their 2002 Annual Photography Competition.

Tim also has an image in the 2004 Audubon Backroads and Byways calendar. It's a small grid image which can be found in the month of July.     One of Tim's famous alligator images was a finalist in the 2003 Photographer's Forum annual contest and will be published in their annual book.

Wrightstown Grange Fair
This year's Wrightstown Grange Fair once again sponsored a photography contest as part of its celebration. Churchville member Lillian Erickson won several ribbons, and sometime-member BJ Ernest won a 2nd prize in the Plant category. The Best of Show grand prize went to new member Don Radley for an image entered in the digital category, which was included for the first time in the Fair's prize list.

Warren Holtzman
King Groundhog is spending his summer vacation at the Gershman Y! From August 1-31, Warren is exhibiting color photographs at the Y's Borowsky Gallery, entitled "A Regal Rodent's Summer Sojurn." A reception for artist and groundhog will be held on Sunday August 10 from 3-5 pm. Hours at the Y, located at Broad and Pine Streets, are Monday-Thursday, 9 am-5 pm; Fridays 9 am-4 pm; call 215-446-3027 for Sunday and holiday hours.

Janet and Michael Hickey
Images by both Janet and Michael were accepted at Jane Law's 20th annual LBI (Long Beach Island) Juried Photography Exhibit in Surf City, NJ. Michael's "Pier Shadows" took third prize ($50); in addition, he sold his 16" x 12" framed print. One of Janet's two images, a bicycle on sand dunes, also was sold. More than 200 entries were submitted, some from film, some digital. The exhibit, which ended July 27, was at Jane Law's Long Beach Island Art Studio and Gallery, 2001 Long Beach Blvd., Surf City, NJ.

Janet and Michael also resumed exhibiting framed images on one display board each for sale at St. Mary Hospital in Newtown, PA. Ask for directions to the boards at the front desk if you'd like to stop by and see them.

Janet and Michael share a website called www.sharedvisions.us

Marianne Ham
Speaking of beaches, Marianne is exhibiting "Barns and Beaches" images at the Gallery at Cedar Hollow and Sabine Rose Gallery in Doylestown PA. (Sabine Rose, 68 South Main St., Doylestown PA) The exhibit opened June 27th. An artist's reception was held July 13th at the gallery from 1-4 pm.

Tim Shuda
Tim is in the news (again)! He entered the German "Glanzlichter 2003" Contest and was the category winner for "The Beauty of Plants" with a gorgeous image from Zion National Park. Tim also won the Third Prize in the "2003 Nikon Photo Contest International" with an image of two alligators. The images were posted to the Nikon website (link no longer working)

Gary San Pietro
Another great photographer, club member, and mentor has been published in Shutterbug.  The article link no longer works, but visit Gary's website at http://garysanpietro.com/

Barbara Warren
Barbara Warren was featured in the Yadley News on April 4th.  It was a great promotional article for Barbara!  Barbara photographs for special events including weddings and designs keepsake albums.  Visit her website: http://www.barbarawarren.com/