Special Announcement: Kallie Boatright, the president of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce has invited the Digital Image Group to create a permanent “rotating” display of images inside the Chamber Building in downtown Douglasville. This is a LARGE and very visible undertaking which will require between 35 to 50 framed images from our group which will hang on the walls there. If you are a DIG member and you have presented some of your work during meetings over the past 2 years, you will receive first priority in displaying your work.

 From the very first day that DIG was formed, it has been a member of the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce. Angelo Muhammad and Frank Karycinski are currently the DIG representatives to the Chamber. Because of this, we have been offered this wonderful long term opportunity! Norma and I will need some help in selecting images and hanging the shows. Please let us know if you have an interest in helping. We do not intend to be “too picky” about what images go on the walls, but we will include those running the Chamber in helping decide which images are shown and where they are placed there.

Let’s put it this way: once we take over the responsibility of providing visual imagery at the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce, we will have a PERMANENT gallery for DIG.

If we get enough interest in this project, we will be changing out the images once every 3 months—that is 4 shows a year. At the beginning, we are asking people to start out by bringing in up to 3 framed images of Douglasville and Douglas County scenes. These can be buildings, people, animals, plants, objects and events, but they need to have a Douglasville/Douglas County setting to them. A bird in the sky won’t work, but a bird at Sweetwater Creek State Park with a “setting” will work fine. After the first show, we will entertain other themes and topics besides just local images—for example, “abstracts” or “travel” or “people” or “government” . . . or even “business.”

The images can range in size from small (4x6) up to huge (even larger than 16x20). There is plenty of wall space for us to cover. We will be showing a short video at this month’s DIG meeting of the bare walls on the insides of the Chamber building to give you an idea.

Very important: If you are interested in displaying your work, please reply to this email and let me know that you want to donate items for exhibit. This will require some expense on your part: You will need to matte and frame your work and use wire hangers on the back. The frames should be simple gallery show black frames. Gray, white, and some brown wooden frames may be acceptable, but they need to be simple and elegant, not elaborate  baroque style or cheap plastic either. We will be showing some examples at DIG.

You will not be “donating” your work to the Chamber. However, you will be loaning your pictures for as long as each show lasts. I calculate that we will have 4 shows a year. You may attach a price to your work and any money that changes hands will come directly to you except possibly a small fee to pay DIG for materials. However, we are still working out the cost of a few materials that will be necessary, such as signage and hangers.  

I have more information to send you via email if you are interested. This is a community outreach opportunity. If it results in image sales, so much the better, but please go into this with the understanding that “community outreach” and providing a permanent exhibit space for the Digital Image Group is our focus. Image sales can and will most likely result from showing your work but nothing is promised. We reserve the right to alter the rules of engagement over time as we see how this evolves (that was a disclaimer . . .).

If you already have framed images that fit this topic you are welcome to bring them to the DIG meeting Thursday. You might also want to bring JPEGs of images that you think could be appropriate and see what the audience thinks before you print, matte and frame them.