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Newsletter May
2008
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The
next Board Meeting will be on May 19, 2008 / 7PM at Nina Uppaluru's
- 408-257-1315
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Submission
deadline for the June Newsletter is May 15, 2008.
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FALC
membership for 2008 is now due.
Membership
forms are available at http://www.falc.org/members/falc_membership.pdf
Please mail the form and $30 check to the address on
the form. Please renew in order to keep receiving the
FALC newsletter and be on the roster.
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FALC
General Meeting, The Cupertino Room,
Quinlan Center, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Monday, May 12, 2008/
7:00pm - 9:30 PM
Marketing
your Art - Workshop by Dimitri Kourouniotis
Dimitri Kourouniotis been a full time artist since
2001, and is a former president and on the board of the Artists
Guild of San Francisco. He is also in San Francisco's Artspan
Open Studio Planning committee and also on the planning committee
for the Hunters Point Spring Open Studio. He has organized/hosted
and promoted events and learned from some great salespeople
(Bruce Baker, Bob Burridge) over the last few years. He continually
observes and talks to artists to learn more about how to sell,
present art, follow up and plan for the next event. He has also
taught sales techniques at Artspan's "Open Studios 101".
THE WORKSHOP BASICS -
Getting a business license, charging sales
tax, marketing yourself and your event, creating a space to
sell - converting your studio, greeting customers, permissive
selling and your two best tools- talking to the customer, pricing
your art -and telling the story of the piece, asking for a sale
- looking for the signals, negotiating on your terms, followup,
relationship building & customer service.
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At
the April Meeting
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Natasha Foucault painted a beautiful 12" x 60" silk scarf
and talked about the process of fixing the colors. She
also had several scarves for sale and distributed information
on her workshops. Please visit her website http://natashasilkart.com.
She conducts classes "Painting on Silk" Thursdays 6:30
to 8:00 PM in sessions of 3 classes.
Our thanks to Erasmo Acosta & Laurie Creveling for bringing
refreshments to the March meeting.
There were no new members juried in at the April meeting.
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FALC
Volunteer Brunch on April 5, 2008
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The
FALC volunteers had a very enjoyable brunch while discussing
the future plans for FALC. Most of us have other lives outside
of art and this was an opportunity to get to know everyone
better. Our involvement with the group has taught us many
things and has generated many new ideas. We have a very motivated
group of artists who are all looking for more ways to market
their art while they further their own education and learn
about the process of art. We encourage all members to become
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Artist of the Month - April
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There will be an Artist of the Month event at the May meeting.
Please arrive early to register your paintings since only the
first 10 paintings will be accepted.
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Next
Painting change date at Quinlan - June 9, 2008
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Please
email Nina at ninauppal@aol.com if you have any questions about
the Quinlan show.
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Triton
Museum - Mid-Summer Art Celebration / June 21, 2008
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Coordinator Raja Guha Thakurta -
408-455-3036 / raja@ucolick.org
The Triton museum will have a
1-day event on Saturday June 21 called the Mid-Summer Art Celebration.
Only 7 or 8 Bay Area clubs have been invited to show as a group
and FALC is one of them. Registration deadline was April 15
and we have 20 participants. Each participant will get 2 panels
sides of display area and the remaining panel sides will be
raffled at the May meeting. There is no charge to participate
but the Triton will take a 30% commission on sales. All participants
will be notified with further instructions from Raja who is
coordinating the event.
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Profile
of the Month
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Every month we bring you the profile of a
FALC member who has contributed her time toward the club. Our
profile this month is of Laurie Creveling who is our current
secretary and also does the newsletter mailing. She attends
all the steering meetings and contributes with humor and enthusiasm!
Laurie is an emerging artist working in oil and acrylic paint,
sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, and short films. She is currently
working on a series, "Animal Control," which explores the complex
relationship between humans and animals. Laurie has studied
Art at DeAnza College, where she received AA degrees in both
Painting and Art History. She has also studied sculpture, ceramics,
and film. She is an award-winning artist, exhibiting in California.
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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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Panels are available for rent
all year at $5/weekend for members and $7 / weekend for non-members.
For panel rental please email Nina at ninauppal@aol.com
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Shows
to Visit
Mimi Kearns will be exhibiting
15 oils at Cardona Castle - Barcelona Spain, May 15-25. She
will also be participating (19 artists) in Los Gatos Unleashed
www.losgatosunleashed.org with her sculpted painted dogs in
merchants' windows until the silent auction in June. Mimi was
also featured with an article on her current work in the Cupertino
Courier, April 30th issue.
Priyanka Gupta has a show
of her Acrylic works "Life and Its Mysteries" March 10 to April
30 at the CA Institute of Integral Studies Main Building, 3rd
floor, 1453 Mission Street, SF. Weekdays 9-6:30pm, Weekends
9-3pm.
Jane Ferguson has been
juried into the Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State Street, Los Altos.
www.viewpointsgallery.com. Her work will be on view starting
April 1, 2008
The Hudson River painters
at the Cantor Center at Stanford - Show until May 4, 2008. Free
parking and admission on weekends.
Stephen Yee and Bairu Ng
- Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition March 26 to November 1, 2008
at The Pacific Heritage Museum in San Francisco.
Shows
to Enter
Art and Wine Festivals all
over the Bay Area: Go to caartists.com for information on
how to participate in all the Art and Wine Festivals in our
area including the Mountain View, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Fremont
Art Festivals and many more. There is a 1 time jurying-in process
and then you are free to participate in as many events as you
want. Submit 4 photos of you work, one of your display area
and a copy of your business license. Details at CaArtists.com.
National Watercolor Society
88th Annual Exhibition www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org
/ Deadline: May 24, 2008
University Arts Open Art
Competition - All Media included. $1000 for 1st Place, $750
for 2nd Place, $500 for 3rd Place. Judged by George Riviera
- Triton Curator. Entry fees $25 for the first painting and
$35 for 2 paintings. Deadline for entry June 2nd. Download the
prospectus from www.universityart.com
San Francisco Public Artists
Pool: Call for artists who would like to participate with
art in public areas in the city. One need not be an artist with
experience in public art, they have professionals that can help
artists translate their work into more permanent materials.
http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubart/opportunities/rfqs/200802ccsrfq.htm
All application submissions are online. Deadline for submission
April 30, 2008 https://www.callforentry.org/index.php
Classes
Natasha Foucault conducts
classes "Painting on Silk" Thursdays 6:30 to 8:00 PM in sessions
of 3 classes. There will be 3 projects -12" x 60"
scarves, and she will provide all the materials. Her contact
information is at http://natashasilkart.com.
The
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society has
some excellent workshops offered in 2007 and 2008. Workshop
artists are Mike Bailey, Joyce Faulknor, Donna Zagotta, 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
Katherine Chang Liu - June 1, Don Andrews - July 20, Donna Zagotta
- September 14, Ann Pember - October 19.
Kay
Duffy: Watercolor classes - 2nd &
4th Monday of the month (408) 867-0508
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Volunteers
Needed!
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Refreshments
coordinator: (Dee is unable
to continue in 2008) 2 people needed We need someone to make
a commitment to set-up the refreshments and coffee, find volunteers
to bring snacks, and remind (before each meeting) the volunteers
to bring something, clear the table after the meetings.
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Panel
Rental: We need 2 people
to take over the Panel Rental. You would store at least 12
3ft x 6ft panels and be the contact person when someone wanted
to rent them. As an incentive, we will offer $200 a year for
one person to store 24 panels or $100 each to two people storing
12 panels each. You can use the panels rent-free for your
own events during the year and will automatically be first
in line for them for events like SVOS.
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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, Panel Rental
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Treasurer: Rajani Balaram
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Website: Nina Uppaluru, Janki
Chokshi
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Quinlan Show Coordinator: Leila
Sehovic
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Secretary: Laurie
Creveling
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Publicity: Janki
Chokshi
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Graphics: 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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