Maria Budner: Art for Aids

Maria has two photographs (including Ablaze, above) accepted for exhibition and sale in UCSF Health Alliance’s juried auction show Art for Aids that will be online in October .

Maria has two photographs (including Ablaze, above) accepted for exhibition and sale in UCSF Health Alliance’s juried auction show Art for Aids that will be online in October .

Maria was honored with 5 photos and first place in the juried show Aging as Art by The Council on Aging in Southern California. The show will be displayed in Bowers Museum in Santa Ana in Late Summer 2020, Newport Beach Central Library in Fall 2020 and at John Wayne Airport from Fall 2020 – Spring 2021.




Jurors Gene Dominique and Becky Jaffe have chosen work by BAPC artists Rusty Weston, Cindy Stokes, Dan Fenstermacher and Maria Budner for exhibit in the show Thriving-in-place at Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, CA.
Exhibit dates: September 3-30, 2020
Opening Reception: September 12th
Jurors Ann Jastrab and Jan Watten have selected 19 images from 14 BAPC photographers for the exhibit The Meaning of Green online at Gray Loft Gallery in Oakland, CA. The show will be online from September 11 to October 30 2020.
Works by BAPC artists Rose Borden, Maria Budner, Tamara Danoyan, Anthony Delgado, Gene Dominique, Richard Dweck, Dan Fenstermacher, Steve Goldband, Ellen Konar, Steve Raskin, Neo Serafimidis, Nathalie Strand, Nick Winkworth and alumna Susan Hillyard are all included.



Juror Ann Jastrab has selected images by Anthony Delgado, Richard Dweck and Ken Hoffman to include the the show Landscape at PhotoPlace gallery in Vermont.
The online show runs from August 20 to September 18 2020.

Mitch Nelles’ “Hoops” series has been selected as a Spotlight Award winner for Black and White Magazine’s 2020 Portfolio Contest. Images from this series will be published in the April 2021 edition of this prestigious publication.

Motion Studies Dissected
September 21-27, 2020
Dohjidai Gallery of Art
Ari Salomon will be presenting this evolution of his Motion Studies series at this exciting fine art photography festival in Kyoto. BAPC exhibited at the KG+ festival in 2019 and we had a wonderful experience. There are many shows, big and small, tucked into neighborhoods throughout the city. View Ari’s website for updates.
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Juror Ann Jastrab has selected Ken Hoffman’s image Bisti Badlands – Stone Wings 2 for inclusion in the exhibition Landscape at the PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. The show runs online from August 20 – September 18, 2020.

Rusty Weston is one of the FOCUS photo l.a. Summer 2020 Finalists and will exhibit his winning photograph, Cocktail Hour, within the virtual FOCUS installation at Virtual Collect + Connect Photo L.A. 2020 and a live exhibition at Elizabeth Houston Gallery, NYC. This weekend marks the start of the virtual installation.

Gene Dominique’s photograph Trio is featured on today’s Your Daily Photograph.

Maria Budner’s photograph Shattered Landscape has been awarded a Silver Medal by the jurors of the Bay Area Month of Photography (BAYMOP) https://baymop.com/. The dates and places for the exhibition in September will be announced soon.
Nathalie Strand is the newest member of BAPC. Welcome Nathalie!
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