{"id":3777,"date":"2013-02-14T12:15:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T17:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2017-07-16T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T19:33:52","slug":"may-28th-2013-forum-around-the-world-with-sandi-croan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/may-28th-2013-forum-around-the-world-with-sandi-croan\/","title":{"rendered":"May 28th, 2013 &#8211; Forum: Around the World with Sandi Croan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-441\" alt=\"Sandi Croan\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SandiHead_SD_2012-300x240.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SandiHead_SD_2012-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SandiHead_SD_2012-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SandiHead_SD_2012.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandi Croan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Join Sandi (and special guests) for a whirlwind trip around the world. Sandi and her husband, Jerry travelled with 76 other passengers, lecturers, National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths by private jet on a National Geographic Expedition from December 28<sup>th<\/sup> 2012 \u2013 January 20<sup>th<\/sup> 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi will share photos, experiences and travel suggestions from this trip of a lifetime. This was a bucket list trip for Sandi and Jerry \u2013 24 days, 12 World Heritage Sites, 23 plane stops, 15 hotels and she still wants to know where the day went when they crossed the international date line.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi Croan is an independent artist from Centreville who has been living in Northern Virginia since 1978. She specializes in landscape, nature, and travel photography with an eye for capturing the unique and creating fine art for homes and offices.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi has won numerous competitions and awards for her fine art photographs. In 2008, she was awarded Photographer of the Year and Print of the Year by the Northern Virginia Photographic Society and she won both Best in Show and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place at the juried Meadowlark Photo Expo in Vienna, VA. Her images have been selected to be put on permanent display at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and the <strong>Joseph<\/strong> Miller Center for the Photographic Arts. She has been juried into numerous art shows including; Art Space\/Herndon Fine Art Photography Competition, Joe Miller Abstract Exhibition, Natures Vision Nature Exhibition, Meadowlark Nature Exhibition, George W. Glennie International Digital Competition, the prestigious VisArts of Rockville Exhibitions, Fairfax County Council of the Arts Show and The Fraser Gallery International Photography Exhibition. Sandi was a featured artist in Elan Magazine, and her photograph \u201cBlue Lagoon\u201d was on the cover. She has also had photographs published in other local and national magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi has sold many of her photographs to private, corporate and government clients, and does shows for businesses and other local events. In addition, Sandi has recently\/or currently is displaying her art at Broadway Gallery, The Blue Iguana restaurant in Fairfax, Meadowlark Gardens, Cub Run Recreation Center, Trummers on Main Street Restaurant, and the Fairfax County Government Center.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi has been an active member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) since 2004 and has served in a variety of board positions. She served as President of NVPS for two terms from 2009-2011.\u00a0 She also is a speaker and serves as a judge for area photographic clubs, competitions and exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a sample of Sandi\u2019s work on <a href=\"www.sandicroanphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandicroanphotography.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Sandi (and special guests) for a whirlwind trip around the world. 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