Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Wright Camera Club to Host Photography Exhibition & Presentation

The Wright Camera Club meets on the first Monday of the month at the St. Bartholomew Church Parish Community Center for photography competitions and special programs to improve the individual's skill as a photographer. On Sunday, October 5th, club members will sponsor a Photography Exhibition in the St. Bart's Hospitality Room after the 9:30 and 11:30 AM Masses. Please come down after each Mass to view the outstanding works of art, have a cup of coffee and to learn more about the Wright Camera Club. On Monday. October 6th the Wright Camera Club will teach you how to use Photoshop to make your pictures better and better. This program is given by Mark Southard, an award winning internationally recognized photographer who is a Master Teacher of Photoshop and similar digital software. Bring your digital photos and laptops if you can. We will teach you how to use them to make all your pictures works of art!

Place the following on your calendar today!

Who: Wright Camera Club (http://www.wrightcameraclub.com/)
When: Sunday October 5th after the 9:30 & 11:30 AM Masses
What: Photography Exhibition
Where: St. Bartholomew Church Hospitality Room 4990 W. Addison, Chicago, Il http://www.stbartholomew.net/
Cost: FREE (with coffee and eats too!)

When: Monday October 6th 7:30 PM
What: How to Enhance Your Digital Photos with Photoshop
Where: St. Bartholomew Parish Community Center 4950 W. Addison, Chicago, Il
Cost: Free (with a few eatables included)

Bring your digital photos on a CD. Bring your laptop computers. All are welcome. High School Age or Older.

Questions? Ask St. Bart's Parishioner & WCC member, Dominick Maino

RSVP dmaino@ico.edu or call 312-949-7282 and leave a message that you are coming.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Wright Camera Club Member in Art Exhibition

Wright Camera Club member, Dominick M. Maino, will be exhibiting several of his photographs at Chicago's Cook County Treasurer's Office from Sept 23rd thru Oct 27th as a part of a larger exhibition of works of art by Chicago's best Italian American Artists....see press release below and drop by if you can!

For Immediate Release: The Cultural Center of the Casa Italia is proud to announce that more than 20 Italian-American artists including painters, sculptors and photographers will exhibit many of their works at the Cook County Treasurer's Office during normal business hours from Sept 23 thru Oct 27th, 2008. Among the artists displaying their works are noted designer John Bucci; filmmaker-painter Tom Palazzolo; painters Julia Oemke, Nuccia Lucini, Anthony Panzica, Anna Pagnucci, John Bertucci, Claudia Pontarelli-Hallissey, Leemarie Gaimari Bonk, Nick Benero, Rita Dianni Kaleel and Horacio Baggio' sculptors Joseph Burlini and Robert Buono' and photographer Dominick M. Maino. The art show is free and open to the public. The office is located at 118 N. Clark St., Suite 112 Chicago, IL 60602

Casa Italia is the home of Italian Cultural in the Chicago-land area. Its mission is to provide a common address for all of the Italian-American organizations within the Chicago-land community. It is a place where Italians and those interested in Italian-American history and culture meet to pursue common goals, preserve the past, celebrate our heritage and ensure passage of Italian values to future generations. Casa Italia libraries and museums have books, exhibits, archives and classes devoted to Italian language, art, history, music, travel, genealogy, cuisine and folk traditions. It has a Community Center filled with social and recreational activities for young and old alike. It offers a chapel busy with prayer groups, retreats, wedding anniversaries and memorial masses and a Banquet Center. Casa Italia's Festival Center is alive with picnics, religious and cultural events, concerts, films and performances. Casa Italia a place that the entire Chicago-area Italian-American community can call home.

For additional information about the art exhibition contact Dominick Canderolo at dominic.candeloro@gmail.com. For information concerning Casa Italia go to http://www.casaitaliachicago.net/index.html or contact the Casa Italia main office at 3800 Division Street Stone Park, IL 60165 Tel. 708.345.5933