News and Exhibitions
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Photo Exchange 2026 Members Exhibition - Update & Catalog
The groups 2026 Members Exhibition will be held at OC Camera Gallery, Laguna Hills, California from May 11th through June 8th with an Artist Reception on May 16th, from 6 – 9pm.
The Photo Exchange is an open photographic-art group that meets monthly at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. The membership encompasses most of Southern California.
As of this writing, there are still a few copies remaining of this first-run limited and signed edition, which can be purchased for $30.00 directly from The Photo Exchange (contact: pxosca@gmail.com).
https://thephotoexchange.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/photo-exchange-2026-members-exhibition-catalog/
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2026 Member’s Exhibition Catalog, Photographers Exchange of Southern California
The 20 Photographers: Paul Anderson, Roger Bennett, Jan Brueckner, Gerhard Clausing, Bill Edwards, Joe Foster, Michael Graves, Madhu Joseph-John, Janos Lanyi, Scott Mathews, Evan Odom, Dennis O’Reilly, Diane Reeves, Catherine Singer, Kathy B. Shapiro, Douglas Stockdale, Tony Taylor, Beatta Tuominen, Rudy Vega and Sharon Whalen.
March 13th 2026 Update
March 19th Meeting - Print Exchange
Hey everyone,
Big reminder; the March 19th Photo Exchange meeting at the Irvine Fine Arts Center is our Annual Dinner and Print exchange, which starts at our usual time of 6:30pm while family and guests are welcome to attend and joy in the fun.
Basic concept: bring a print, take home with a different print.
NOTE: this is NOT our usual meeting in which you bring five prints for a group critique (no lights and easels!) We will resume this at our April 16th meeting.
What you need to bring: a photographic based print. No size limits, and it's acceptable to have it matted (such that my photogravure will have a nice museum matte), but no frames. You want to bring one of your best to share. More about that in a moment....
How this whole print exchange works:
1. All of the prints will be laid out on table tops, and we will place a number next to earth print.
2. While eating dinner, you can obtain a small piece of paper and pencil and select your favorite THREE prints. (yes, you can vote for your own if you feel compelled)
3. We will total up the scores.
4. The print which gets the highest score allows the maker of the print to choose one of the other prints on display.
5. The person whose print is initially selected then gets to go to the front of the group and tell us about their print. THEN that person gets to select a print from the remaining prints on display.
6. And then that person gets to talk about their print and who then selects a print from those which remain on display.
7. repeat steps 5 and 6 until all of the prints have been selected!
Which is usually a fun and smooth process, while we still figure out a way to even mess this up a little bit each year.
HINT: the sooner your print is selected, the sooner you get to choose your print. Thus the reason to bring one of your best prints (especially if you have a print that you previously brought to the PX that everyone raved over.) Your collectors in the PX will appreciate this as well.
Dinner: the fine dining will be our traditional pizza (pepperoni and cheese), vegetable and fruit trays, cookies, and soft drinks (including water).
At the last meeting, Kathy Shapiro was sharing her group exhibition info at the JCC art show; which is on-going until April 5th. More information here: https://www.jewishcollaborativeoc.org/jewishartists
Let me know if you have any questions!
Cheers,
Doug Stockdale
October 26th 2025 Update
Flux Art Space - Photo Exchange Member Ellen Butler Featured
We are pleased to announce Ellen Butler will be featured in an exhibition at Flux Art Space in Long Beach - Shooting Hoops. This is a project Ellen has been working on for the past few years that we have been fortunate enough to see evolve into this culminating display. Free attendance, all are welcome. Please attend if you can make it out.
Flux Art Space (October 25th - November 9th)
410 Termino Ave., Long Beach 90814
Gallery Hours:
Open Studio Tour / Belmont Weekend - Saturday & Sunday October 25th - 26th (1:00pm - 5:00pm)
https://lbopenstudiotour.com/belmont-studios/
Saturday & Sunday November 1st - 2nd (12:00pm - 5:00pm)
Saturday & Sunday November 8th - 9th (12:00pm - 5:00pm)
August 26th 2025 Update
OC Camera - Photo Exchange Members Exhibition for 2025 - Cancelled
Unfortunately, the 2025 Member's Exhibition at OC Camera Gallery is not going to occur in October 2025 as previously announced.
Thank you for your patience as we work through this recent series of events, and apologies for any inconveniences that this has caused you.
We now have a new date for an exhibition at OC Camera Gallery in early May 2026 (May 11 - June 8, Artist reception May 16th).
At the next Photo Exchange meeting, Sept 18th, we will discuss with the group potential exhibition options going forward, such as the 2025 Members Exhibition artwork juried by Rudy and what to exhibit in May 2026.
Fortunately, we did not commit to the printing of the 2025 Members Exhibition catalog, while Larry Pribble has not deposited the per-sell catalog funds from last Thursday's meeting. For those who did pre-purchase the 2025 catalog, please let Larry know if you would like your funds returned, or deposited in advance for the next exhibition catalog.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Best regards,
Doug
August 7th 2025 Update
OC Camera - Photo Exchange Members Exhibition for 2025 - Update.
First, big congratulations to everyone for being juried into the 2025 PX Members Exhibition by Rudy Vega!
Important dates:
Professionally framed artwork (wire hanging) delivery: OC Camera by noon on Tuesday, Oct 1st
Alternative delivery: bring your packaged & protected artwork to the PX meeting on Sept 18th
Artist reception: Saturday, Oct 11th, 5 - 7pm
Artwork pick-up: 12pm, Monday, November 4th (or make arrangements for others)
Remember: OC Camera Gallery commission is 40% (we sold 3 framed pieces last year)
The 16 exhibitors will include: Paul Anderson, Roger Bennett, Jan Brueckner, Joe Foster, Michael Graves, Janos Lanyi, Evan Odom, Dennis O’Reilly, William Prothero, Kathy B. Shapiro, Catherine Singer, Douglas Stockdale, Tony Tayler, Beatta Tuominen, Rudy Vega, and Sharon Whalen.
Also, Mike and I are also concurrently working on the exhibition catalog. Mike will probably have some individual questions about your page over the next few days. Since we did not sell as many 2024 catalogs as was initially verbally committed for the last time, the print run will probably be a little less, so I am working on pricing now.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Cheers!
Doug
July 19th 2025 Update
OC Camera - Photo Exchange Members Exhibition for 2025.
July 12th 2025 Update
Paul Anderson - Palos Verde Art Center Summer Exhibition for 2025.
Anderson has two pieces in this juried show that is open to members of the Palos Verdes Art Center’s seven active artists groups.
The senior juror of this event is Dennis Keeley.
Anderson's two juried pieces:
Bali 01 (2024) Pigment Print on Fine Art Paper [20" H x 24" W Framed]
Lifeguard 01 (2025) Pigment Print on Fine Art Paper [14" H x 37.5" W Framed]
Palos Verde Art Center Summer Exhibition 2025
Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC)
5504 Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 90275
Opening Reception: Saturday July 19 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Close of show: Saturday, August 16.
https://pvartcenter.org/portfolio-item/the-summer-show-2025/
https://www.padapv.org/pada-events/palos-verdes-art-center-summer-show