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Newsletter December
2008
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FALC General Meetings are held at 7:00
PM on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Quinlan Communtiy
Center, 10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
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Calendar
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December 8, 2008
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General Meeting - FALC Holiday
Pot-luck and Paint-in. Please plan on participating to paint
holiday posters for the Pleasant View Convalescent Home..
No Artist of the Month at this meeting |
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January 12, 2009
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Next Quinlan Show change. Please
bring 1 or 2 new paintings to hand until the January 2009
meeting. Please arrive early to pick up your old paintings.
There will be a $10 charge for unclaimed paintings. |
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January 19, 2009
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Next Board Meeting at 21471
Columbus Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014. All members are encouraged
to attend and become involved with the club. |
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February 1- 28, 2009
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Entry
form. "From the Heart" show at the Main
Street Cafe in Los Altos. Deadline:Jan. 21, 2009. |
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2009
Membership Dues are now due
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We request all continuing and
new members to fill out the membership
form and mail the form and $30 check to the PO Box address
on the form. You may also bring the form and payment to the meeting
on Monday and hand it over to Reiko Michisaki, our membership
chairperson. |
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December
8 , 2008 General Meeting
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan Center,
10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Monday, December 8,
2008/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
Open to the Public - Guests are welcome
FALC
Holiday Party and Paint-In
Please join us for our most
enjoyable yearly event! It has been a FALC tradition for several
years to come together and paint Holiday posters which will
be donated to the Pleasant View Convalescent home in Cupertino.
If you are shy about painting with a group, please join us anyway.
We would appreciate the opportunity to talk and get to know
one another.
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We request that you bring
in a snack to share with the group. Drinks will be provided.
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Please bring your watercolor
or quick drying acrylic paint, brushes and palette. No oil
paints. Paper will be provided. You could choose to paint
a simple secular holiday picture of your choice.
- Optional: Please bring a small wrapped gift
(approx. $5) for the patients at the Convalescent Home who may
not have relatives visiting them during the holidays. Please
mark if it is for a male or female. No liquids, lotions or perishable
goods please. Suggested gifts are gloves, scarves, socks etc.
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"From
The Heart" Show in February
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February 1 - 28, 2009 at the Main Street
Cafe in Los Altos, CA
Entry
deadline January 21, 2009
Coordinator: Belinda Lima
Please refer to the Entry
form for all the details.
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2009
Board Nominations
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all the members who volunteered for board positions for
the coming year. Nominations for the board positions were
voted on at the General Meeting on November 10, 2008. We
have a wonderful pool of talent and skills and are grateful
for your involvement. Welcome to everyone!
We are still
looking for volunteers to share the job of Secretary (see
below) and someone to coordinate the AVAfest event in
June. Please contact Iona or Nina if you would like to
volunteer.
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President
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Laurie Creveling |
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Vice President Demo Coordinator
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Iona Ezaki |
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Vice President Website and Newsletter
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Nina Uppaluru |
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Treasurer
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Yelena Shabrova
will be our new treasurer for 2009. |
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Secretary
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Janki Chokshi has offered
to be secretary for 2009 but would like to share the job
with another person. Please let us know if you would like
to take the meeting notes for a month or two when Janki
cannot attend. |
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Thank you for volunteering
to fill the following positions!
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Refreshments Coordinator
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Ralph Otte and
Lara Fulmer |
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Quinlan Show Coordinator
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Slava Shabrov
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February Show
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Belinda Lima
will be coordinating the "From the Heart" Show
in February. |
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Mail Coordinator
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Dianne Cassidy
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Meeting Coordinator
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Gary Ratts |
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Graphics and Panel
Rental
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Carrie Zeidman
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Artist
of the Month
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There will be no Artist of the Month event at the December
meeting.
Artist of the Month winners
in October
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Next
Painting change date at Quinlan - January 12, 2009
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Gallery
Pages
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If you have not done so already, please don't forget to send
us the information we require to create a gallery page for you.
For instructions on sending in your information, please visit
/gallery/submit_new_gallery_page.html and email
all necessary information to janki_chokshi@hotmail.com.
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Open
Studios / Panel Rental
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We are now taking requests for Panel Rentals for Open Studios
in May 2009.
Preference will be given to requests from members of the 2009
FALC board who put in many volunteer hours. If there are panels
left over, they will be available by lottery for the general
membership. Please submit your panel rental requests to Carrie
Zeidman at czeidman@elanstudios.net. Be sure to specify which
weekend you are requesting for. We will give out 4 panels to
each member whose request is picked at the lottery. You will
be notified at the Feb meeting if you will get the requested
panels.
Panels are available for rent all year at $5/weekend for members
and $7 / weekend for non-members. For panel rental and availability
please email Carrie Zeidman at czeidman@elanstudios.net or call
her at 408-741-5809.
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Shows
to Visit
Belinda Lima will have
her paintings in the "Winter Gifts" Show at Gallery
9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Show: November 25 to Dec 24. Reception:
Thursday December 4th, 5 - 7:30pm.
Grace Tang- "Montage
paintings in oils and acrylics" displayed at the Saratoga
Library art wall. January & February 2009
Saeko Nakamura's painting
"Festive Rhythm #2" has been accepted in the 25th Annual National
Exhibition at North Valley Art League Redding CA. The show runs
January26-Feb 28, 2009 with the reception and awards 1/30, 5:00-8pm.
Shows
to Enter
The
52nd Annual Saratoga Rotary Art Show -
The largest 1 day juried Art show in the Western US on May 3,
2009. Apply online http://www.saratogarotary.org/artshow/artists.shtml
Application deadline January 20, 2009
Classes
The Grand View Ranch Workshop-
Stefan Baumann's 3 day weekend workshop in beautiful Mt. Shasta
at the Grand View Ranch. Info at www.thegrandview.com
1-800-511-1337 baumann@thegrandview.org
Landscape painting classes
with Stefan Baumann. Weekly on Thursdays in San Jose. Info
at www.thegrandview.org
The
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society has
some excellent workshops offered in 2009. Workshop artists are
Mike Bailey, Frank Francese, Mark Mehaffey, Barbara Nechis and
more. You do not have to be a member to participate and the
workshops are reasonably priced. Please visit www.scvws.org
for complete workshop details.
Free Demos by SCVWS: For
a complete list of free demos please visit http://www.scvws.org/workshops/wkshp2008.php
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FALC
Board 2008
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President: Iona Ezaki - 408-978-6614
/ Agenda
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Vice President: Belinda Lima
- 408-252-0367 / Exhibits & Demos
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Vice President: Nina Uppaluru
- 408-257-1315 / Newsletter, Website
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Treasurer: Rajani Balaram
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Website: Nina Uppaluru, Janki
Chokshi
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Quinlan Show Coordinator: Yelena
and Slava Shabrova
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Secretary: Laurie
Creveling
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Publicity: Janki
Chokshi
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Graphics and Panel rental:
Carrie Zeidman
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Membership: Reiko Michisaki
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Refreshments: Dee Sullivan
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Mail Pick-up: Dianne Cassidy
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Historian: Zoe Thompson
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Mtg Coordinator: Gary
Ratts
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We would
love to hear from you. Please send questions or comments to
information@falc.org
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