PPWC 2024 Calendar
Here's a quick calendar reference for upcoming events.
As our events draw near, check out our blog for details.
April Speaker // Jim Codington
Join us in April for a compelling presentation by former Veterinarian Jim Codington. He travels the world on his quest for wildlife conservation, has escaped death twice (once by a 16-foot anaconda) and raised a baby Ocelot as a companion while he lived in the Amazon jungle.
Jim is going to give us an evening presentation titled "Whispers of the Wild" in person in Sebastopol. Join us ahead of time and have dinner with Jim at Hopmonk before his presentation.
You won't want to miss this!
Tuesday, April 16th
6:30-9:00pm
**Evening program is Free for members, guests $20
Purchase a Guest Pass Here
5:00 dinner w/ Jim @ HopMonk in Sebastopol, CA
Community Church of Sebastopol
1000 Gravenstein Hwy., North
Sebastopol, CA 95472
April Social // Irving Penn at De Young SF
2024 Membership to PPWC!
It's time to Renew or Join!
Membership includes attendance of all upcoming educational speaking events and opportunity to enter our Image Competition.
Additional benefits include access to our facebook group discussion page and social happy hours throughout the year.
All for $135. Join Today!
Regular Price is $165. Save $30 by joining in the month of January.
February Speaker // Michael Collins
Join us in February with Award-Winning photographer Michael Collins for two great opportunities to learn from him!
Tuesday, February 6th
6:30-9:00pm
**Evening program is Free for members
Wednesday, February 7th
Day-Long PPA Merited course
9:30am-4:30pm (Time may shift slightly)
$99 Members of PPWC, PPSV, and PPSCV
$125 for Non-members
Both days of meetings will be located in Sebastopol, CA
(Community Church of Sebastopol)
1000 Gravenstein Hwy., North
Sebastopol, CA 95472
March Speaker // Ken Mendoza, M. Wed. Photog
Join us in March with Wine Country's own Award-Winning photographer Ken Mendoza.
Ken is going to help us dive into the deep pool of using AI as a tool to supercharge your photography business.
Tuesday, March 12th
6:30-9:00pm
**Evening program is Free for members, guests $45
Purchase a Guest Pass Here
5:00 dinner w/ Ken @ HopMonk in Sebastopol, CA
Community Church of Sebastopol
1000 Gravenstein Hwy., North
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Special Event! // Gold Rush Image Competition
SPECIAL EVENT!
For our 2nd quarterly Image Competition, PPWC joins forces with the other two Northern California PPA groups (currently called Community Network Partners, formerly known as Affiliates.)
"The Gold Rush" is the nickname of the 3 Northern CA groups.
Tuesday, May 21st at 6:30pm via Zoom.
***This is a special Image Competition that the details are currently being worked out. We plan on hosting an in-person watching gallery for all to gather and experience the image competition "Live" even though it will be on Zoom.
PPWC holds our image competitions on the PrintCompetition.com platform.
Please take a look at the website to get ready for our image competition especially if you have never used printcompetition.com before.
June // Special Event! PPA President Mark Campbell
The 2024 PPA President, Mark Campbell of West Virginia, will be visiting our 3 Northern CA groups. More details to come, but one of the dates will be an evening program and one of the days will be a day-long PPA Merited course!
Save the Date(s)!
Summer Barbeque
Celebrate the Summer with us!
August // Special Multi-Day Workshop
A very special Multi-Day Workshop is in the works and will be announced here shortly.
It's very exciting and you won't want to miss this!
This will be a PPA merited course.
December Holiday Party: Date TBD
Date and location will be announced at a later time