NJFCC Pictorial Winter Competition Winners from Sparta Camera Club: 

 

Pictorial Creative: 

Medal:  Eleanor Bortnik for her picture, Thread of Civilization. 

 

Pictorial Nature:

Honorable Mention:  Bob Kochenthal for his picture, Sick Calf.

Honorable Mention:  Donald May for his picture, Old Homestead

 

Pictorial Open:

Medal:  Marv Kaminsky for his picture, Old Homestead.

Merit Award:  Retta Cheung for her picture, Pear's Perspective.

Honorable Mention:  Eleanor Bortnik for her picture, Zebra Cocktails.

Honorable Mention:  Edwin Klein for his picture, St. Paul's Abbey.

Honorable Mention:  Joy Schmitz for her picture, Twig.

 

Congrats to All!   The winning photos can be viewed on at:  www.NJFCC.org. (Competition Tab)

 

 

Submit Photos for Sparta's Web Page

 

Sparta is looking for photo that may be used on the towns web page.  If you have photos of the following that you would like to submit for possible use on the web page submit them to. nicole@rosecityframemakers.com .  Include who took it, when and where.
The town is especially looking for photos of the following:

Town Hall, The Boardwalk, The Plaza, Weichert Realtors building, The Glen, Sparta Industrial Park, the diversity at Park Lake Road, Parks, Station Park, the Medical Center on Rt. 15, Anderson Farms, Sparta Pharmacy, beaches, wildlife, Library, train station, PAL building, Stonewood Restaurant, Hardware Store, churches, Monroe School, Police and Fire Department, VFW, Emergency Services building, Knoll Heights, The Barn at Perona Farms, golf course (Skyview and Lake Mohawk), farmers market (all year) and future events.

Pretty much anything in Sparta is welcome.  The lake has a lot to offer, but we don't want it to focus on the lake specifically.

Events: School events, the Dragon Boat Races, Ski Hawks, Movies Under the Stars, Black Maria Film Festival, German Christmas Market, Turkey Trot, sports at the parks, VFW events.  Any meetings going on like the Camera Club itself, the school board, town council, senior groups, boy/girl scouts.

 

New Jersey State Fair Photo Contest

The entry form is attached

 

Drop off information — Fair Administration Building, 37 Plains Road Augusta

Dates : Saturday, July 21, 10am-2pm, 

           Sunday July 22, from 10-2

 

Other Drop off locations until July 20 Photographs, Cameras and Video 43 Theater Center Sparta, NJ and the Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council, 133 Spring Street, Newton, NJ. 

 

More details will be on the non club events page 

 

Skylands 2018 Juried Art Exhibit

133 Spring Street,  Newton, NJ
Phone 973-383-0027  email scahc@scahc.org
In the gallery from May 19th to Jun23

General Gallery Hours are Tuesday thru Friday 10am to 5:00pm and Saturday from 12:00-4:00.

https://www.scahc.org/Skylands-2018-Award-Winning-Entries

 

Do It Yourself Field Trips

Covered Bridge Photo Tour of Lehigh Valley

Weather permitting, our group will car-pool from Andover to Allentown, PA.  In total we will visit seven covered bridges, each having some historical significance in the local Lehigh Valley.

e-brochure of the tour:

CoveredBridgesofLehighValleyPrint_4784bb69-13f5-46f8-a59e-24f3ebee7030.pdf

If you are interested contact Larry Zaback: larryzaback@gmail.com