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Newsletter November
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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November 10, 2008
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General Meeting. No Artist
of the Month at this meeting |
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November 10, 2008
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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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November 15, 2008
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Submission deadline for the December
newsletter |
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November 17, 2008
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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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December 8, 2008
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FALC Holiday Pot-luck
and Paint-in. Please plan on participating to paint holiday
posters for the Pleasant View Convalescent Home. |
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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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November
10 , 2008 General Meeting
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan Center,
10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Monday, November 10,
2008/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
Open to the Public - Guests are welcome
Watermedia
on Tyvek paper
Myrna Wacknov will be demonstrating
watermedia painting on Tyvek paper; a synthetic paper that lends
texture similar to rice paper or other natural papers.
Myrna received her Signature
Membership in the National Watercolor Society in 2005 and her
signature membership in the California Watercolor Society in
2007. She has been included in the national shows of the California
Watercolor Association, the Watercolor Association of Houston,
Rocky Mountain Watercolor Society, Watercolor West and the National
Watercolor Society.
For a list of Myrna's workshops,
please visit http://myrnawacknov.com/workshops.html
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2009
Board Nominations
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We are currently taking nominations
for several Board positions for 2009.
Please consider becoming involved with the club and sharing
your skills and experience with us. If there is anyone
you would like to nominate (including yourself) for the
positions listed below, please email us about it or let
us know at the general meeting. Most members serve in
a position for a year or two and then enjoy moving on
to other duties. This is a club that functions on the
volunteerism of its members so please consider getting
involved. You could consider sharing the duties with a
friend at the club.
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President
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Iona Ezaki has
served the club as President for 3 years and would like
to step down and be involved with the club in other ways.
Duties of the President would be to write the agenda for
the general meetings and the steering meetings once a month
and to speak at the general meetings. |
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Vice President Demo Coordinator
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Belinda Lima
has served in this position for 3 years and will train the
next person who will fill this position. Duties will include
finding a variety of demonstration artists, confirming dates
and finding out about the visiting artist's requirements,
sending reminders before the meeting, providing the demo
artist's info for the newsletter, helping the demo artist
set up before the meeting and making sure that they are
paid. |
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Treasurer
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Rajani Balaram
who has served as Treasurer for 2 years would like to step
down. She will help the next Treasurer ease into the duties
- keeping the board informed about the bank account, keeping
accounts of sales and expenses and submitting a simple tax
statement at the end of the year. The treaurer should ideally
have some accounting experience and attend most steering
meetings. |
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Secretary
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Our current Secretary for
the past year - Laurie Creveling is stepping down and would
also like to try other duties with the club for 2009. This
position could be shared with a friend and would require
you to attend the general meetings and submit the minutes
of the meetings by email. |
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Volunteer Positions
Open
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Refreshments Coordinator
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Ralph Otte has
volunteered to help with refreshment setup but would like
to share the job with another person who would fill in when
he cannot make it. Duties would include - reminding the
people signed up to get the refreshments, setting up the
refreshments table and clearing the table at the end of
the meeting. |
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Artist
of the Month
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There will be no Artist of the Month event at the November
meeting.
Artist of the Month winners
in October
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Next
Painting change date at Quinlan - November 10, 2008
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Profile
of the Month
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Each month, we bring you the profile one of
our members who contributes in a meaningful way toward the club.
Reiko Michisaki has been the membership chairperson for 2008
and will continue in 2009.
Artist's statement -
"It
is said that art is a form of communication and as such I use
art as a way to communicate with my subconscious, a method of
self exploration. I find this type of non-verbal communication
allows a greater flow of emotions to express that is which is
unspoken. The psychotherapist Carl Jung believed that dreams
sent messages from the soul. My last series 'Dreamings' were
inspired by my dreams. The use of abstraction works well to
depict the often jumbled images of dreams. My current series
'Journey' is patterned after Joseph Campbell's 'Hero's Journey'.
It is a mythic journey which encompasses aspects of my previous
works, where dreams represent the region of the dark subconscious
and serves as both challenge and path to the goal of self-knowledge.
My recent studies in abstraction follows the path of the California
Bay Area Figurative art movement, recently studying 'Figurative
Abstraction' under Ursula O'Farrell , one of the third generation
of Bay Area Figurative artists."
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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 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.
Priyanka Gupta- "Color
Explosion Show" displayed at Expressions Gallery, 2035
Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94703. October 11 to December 5, 2008
Grace Tang- "Montage
paintings in oils and acrylics" displayed at the Saratoga
Library art wall. January & February 2009
"On the Edge" SCVWS
Annual Show - To November 15th at the Triton Museum in Santa
Clara, Rose Shensen Gallery. Congratulations to FALC members
who won awards. 1st Place- Nina Uppaluru, Beyond the Surface
Award - Rajani Balaram, Honorable Mentions - Belinda Lima and
Jane Ferguson, Creative Catalyst Award - Bernice Owens.
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
Yosemite Renaissance Art
Show - Deadline November 15, 2009 http://yosemiterenaissance.org/
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 2008 and 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
Collage with Kay Duffy -
Monoprint color and texture on lovely translucent Asian papers
torn and glued to create abstract or impressionistic paintings.
All supplies provided. Classes also offered in Palo Alto in
early September. Watercolor classes will continue twice a month
during the summer. Call 408-867-0508 or go to k@kayduffywatercolors.com
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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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