Our season for salons and programs runs from fall through spring, with more last-minute activities during the summer. Get a PDF with more information on this year’s categories.
May 2026
May 5: Travel Salon
May’s topic is “Travel.” All other entries are open.
The general public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
May 12: Board meeting
May 19: Program Self-Portraits by Fuat Baran
In this talk Fuat will define what self-portraits and selfies are, discuss the history of this endeavor, and show examples from famous self-portraitists throughout history. He will discuss the motivation for making self-portraits, go over tools and techniques, and illustrate the concepts with many of his own self-portrait photographs.
Fuat is the current president of the Westchester Photographic Society and vice president of the Riverdale Art Association. For the past dozen years, Fuat has been taking one photo each day and posting them online as part of a community of “Project 365” photographers on Flickr. He also participates in weekly macro photography challenges on Flickr and recently has combined his interests in abstract photography, macro photography, and acrylic painting into a project to make extreme close-up images of paint and textures on canvas. He can be found on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/thebiblioholic and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thebiblioholic.
June 2026
June 2: Annual Banquet and Awards!
Summer!
Stay tuned for member events.
September 2026
September 15: October Salon entries due
October’s digital topic will be Color Theory. Any subject. However, your use of color(s) should be what draws the viewer’s eye into your image. An example might be a red apple filling the frame, with a small green worm having lunch.
Digital open and color and monochrome prints are also due.
October 2026
October 6: Color Theory Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Color Theory. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
October 20: November Salon entries due
November’s digital salon topic will be Architecture. Any building(s), old or new; interior or exterior; detail or larger view. All other entries are open.
November 2026
November 3: Architecture Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Architecture. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
November 17: December salon entries due
December’s digital salon topic will be Looking Up. Point your camera overhead and shoot what you see. Trees, buildings, lights, airplanes, stars, etc. All other entries are open.
December 2026
December 1: Looking Up Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Looking Up. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
December 15: January salon entries due
January’s digital topic will be Music. Anything that relates to music: A musician, an instrument, a concert, a recital, or dancers. All other entries are open.
January 2027
January 5: Music Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Music. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
January 19: February salon entries due
Feburary’s digital topic will be Geometry (Monochrome Only)
Use of curves, shapes, textures, receding lines, etc., as an obvious feature in your composition. Examples would be: “S”-curves in a road or river, spirals on a staircase, or repeating polygon objects or shapes. But it has to be monochrome. All other entries are open.
February 2027
February 2: Monochrome Geometry Salon.
Our digital topic for the month is Geometry, with the additional requirement that the images is monochrome. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
February 16: March salon entries due
March’s digital topic will be Wildlife. Any animal, bird, fish, or insect as the main subject, or a characteristic relating to any animal. Detail shots are OK too: fur, fins, feathers, skin, wings, eggs – anything relating to wildlife of any type. All other entries are open.
March 2027
March 2: Wildlife Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Wildlife. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
March 16: April salon entries due
April’s digital topic will be Reflections. It doesn’t have to be the main subject, but include a reflective surface in your composition. A mirror, glass, water, ice, or metal. All other entries are open.
April 2027
April 6: Reflections Salon
Our digital topic for the month is Wildlife. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.
April 20: May salon entries due
May’s digital topic will be Dry. The desert, a floral arrangement, caked mud – anything that suggests a dry state or environment. All other entries are open.
May 2027
May 4: Dry Salon
Our digital topic for the mont is Dry. All other entries are open.
The public is always welcome to observe a salon at the Friends Meeting in Saint Paul.