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Newsletter April
2009
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FALC General Meetings are held at 7:00
PM on the 2nd Monday of each month. For specific meeting
sites, please visit the Demo page. |
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Calendar
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April 13, 2009
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General Meeting
- Art Critique - Please bring one or two paintings to be
critiqued |
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Painting change at Quinlan.
Only 25 paintings total will be accepted since we have limited
wall space in April. Please come early to register. |
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Artist of the Month -
There will be no Artist of the Month at this meeting. |
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April 20, 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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June 6, 2009
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Our
next off-site show - AVArtfest at the Mountain View Pioneer
Park. See deadline dates below. |
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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 Iona Ezaki, our membership
chairperson.
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April
13 , 2009 General Meeting
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan Center
- Social Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Monday, April 13,
2009/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
Open to the Public - Guests are welcome
Jose
Arenas
Critique
of FALC Members' work
Jose Arenas is an award winning
artist who is also a Foothill college instructor, well known
for his insightful critiques. He has a BFA from San Francisco
Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. He has taught many areas
of art - 2D & 3D Design, Mural Art, Life Drawing, Portrait
Drawing, Collage and Composition, Experimental Drawing, Materials
and Media, Color and Portfolio Developement.
All members are encouraged
to bring in 1 or 2 pieces of artwork that they would like to
have critiqued. It does not have to be your best work; it could
be a work in progress that you have a problem with, or a painting
on which you require a fresh perspective.
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At
the March meeting
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Deborah Pasturel gave a very interesting and
entertaining talk about Post-Impressionist Art along with a
slide show of paintings and artists being discussed. Ms. Pasturel
teaches Art History at DeAnza college. If you are interested
in taking one of her classes please visit the DeAnza college
website for a listing.
Welcome to new member Nicole Hoerold!
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2009
Board Nominations
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Our thanks to all the members who volunteered
for board positions for the coming year. The list of 2009 Board
members and volunteers is at the bottom of the newsletter. 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 for the following jobs.
Please contact Laurie, Nina or Iona
if you are interested in volunteering.
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Coordinator
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Duties include contacting possible demo artists for our
general meetings, setting up dates to demo, supplying
them with information and making the demo artist's information
available for the club newsletter. We will supply you
with a suggested list of artists who might do demonstrations
or you are welcome to suggest anyone. Our thanks to Tamar
Assaf who coordinated demos till August 2009. We need
someone to fill this position for the last quarter of
2009.
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We would like to thank
the following volunteers-
Ralph Otte, Krishna Mitra
and Jiradit Thurma for volunteering to coordinate refreshments.
Grace Seidman and Holly
Van Heart for volunteering to manage the greeting table.
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Our
next show - AVArtfest in June
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Organizers - Iona Ezaki, Priyanka Gupta and
Tanushri Mathur
2009 AVArtfest will be held this year at the Mountain View Pioneer
Park on June 6th, 10am to 5pm. Priyanka Gupta and Tanushri Mathur
have volunteered to help organize FALC participation in AVArtfest
this year. To register for AVA, please email Iona at ionaezaki@aol.com.
Please Note -
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Artists who wish to
participate for the first time and be juried in, please
go to http://www.avartfest.org/
for instructions on submitting images.
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Photo from the 2007 AVA show
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Artist
of the Month
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There will be no Artist of the Month event at the April meeting.
Images from March 09 Artist
of the Month
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Next
Painting change date at Quinlan - April 13, 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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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
Priyanka Gupta - Exhibition
of paintings at CIS/Stanford University March 20 - May 14, 2009.
Reception March 27, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Please visit http://cis.stanford.edu/~marigros/#top
for more details.
Cupertino Library Show:
Torre Avenue, Cupertino. April 1 to June 30th. The library unveils
their first art display titled "Spring Fever". Congratulations
to the FALC artists who were accepted to the show. The library
will hold 4 shows each year. For details on how to enter, please
visit http://www.cupertinolibrary.org/foundation/art_display.html
Shows
to Enter
The Cupertino Library will
now show art by artists in the community. Their next show "Go
Figure" will run from July 1 through September 30th. The
registration and entry submission deadline is June 1. Please
visit their website for updated information for entering the
show http://www.cupertinolibrary.org/foundation/art_display.html
The Art of Crafts: CALL
FOR ENTRIES Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2009 5 p.m. Postmarks
not accepted. Bay Area artists are invited to compete for cash
awards in “The Art of Crafts” Indoor Art Exhibition sponsored
by the City of Santa Clara and its Cultural Advisory Commission.
Artists are encouraged to enter artwork in any traditional or
non-traditional craft media, such as ceramics, enamels, fiber,
furniture, glass, textiles, metalsmithing, paper, wood, and
mixed media. Winning entries in this juried competition will
be on display at Santa Clara City Hall September-December 2009,
and will be featured in a “virtual” exhibition on the City’s
website and cable television channel. For purposes of this exhibition,
"crafts" is loosely defined as the production of original pieces,
unique or in several copies, aimed at a utilitarian, decorative
or expressive function. Prospectus and entry forms may be obtained
from the City's website at http://santaclaraca.gov/events/art-of-crafts.html.
There is no entry fee. For more information, call (408) 615-2219
or send an email to culturalcommission@santaclaraca.gov.
Classes
and Events
Kay Duffy Watercolor classes:
Hakone Gardens in Saratoga. Every 2nd and 4th Monday morning.
Go to K@kayduffywatercolors.com for detailed information.
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
free demos offered in 2009. Location: Hoover Theater, Room A
& B, 1635 Park Avenue, San Jose. 1:30 to 4:00 PM. Workshop
artists are - Don Andrews on June 21, Gerald Brommer on August
16, Ken Hosmer on September 13, Betsy Dillard Stroud on October
18. Please
visit www.scvws.org for complete
workshop details.
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| Profile
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Priyanka Gupta comes
from Kolkata, India, also called the 'City of Joy' for its people
and the passion with which they lead their lives. This passion
has undoubtedly found its way into her own conception and expression
of the colors of life through her art. A graduate of San Francisco
Art Institute, Priyanka Gupta spends her time between Kolkata
and California. Her pursuit for understanding art led her to study
at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has been exhibiting her
works in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and India since 2004. Some
of her notable exhibits have been her solo exposition at the Academy
of Fine Arts and Chitrakoot art gallery in Kolkata and shows at
Stanford university, Togonon Gallery, Market Street Gallery and
the Triton Museum in California. She has also been invited to
participate in the Florence Biennale '09. She has received wide
acclaim for her paintings and received reviews in the San Francisco
Chronicle, Santa Clara weekly and Mountain View voice. Her works
are mainly abstracts in acrylic, with a very rich use of color
to express concepts rather than the use of form. Through her works,
Priyanka attempts to bridge the cultural gaps between the eastern
and western worlds that she inhabits and explore feminism and
spirituality in the context of Indian society. Priyanka currently
paints out of her studio in Mountain View, California.
FALC would like to thank Priyanka for offering
to coordinate the AVArtfest event in 2009 along with Tanushri
Mathur. Priyanka has always cheerfully volunteered to help with
other events during the year too.
For further information contact: Priyanka
at guptapriyanka79@gmail.com, website: www.priyankasgallery.com
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FALC
Board 2009
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President: Laurie Creveling
- 408-243-9791 / Agenda
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Vice President: Iona Ezaki
408-978-6614 / Membership
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Vice President: Nina Uppaluru
- 408-257-1315 / Newsletter, Website
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Demos and Programs: Tamar Assaf
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AVArtfest Coordinator: Priyanka
Gupta and Tanushri Mathur
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Treasurer: Yelena Shabrova
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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: Janki
Chokshi
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Publicity: Janki
Chokshi
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Graphics and Panel rental:
Carrie Zeidman
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Refreshments: Ralph Otte, Krishna
Mitra and Jiradit Thurma
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Mtg Coordinator: Gary
Ratts, Holly Van Hart and Grace Seidman
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We would
love to hear from you. Please send questions or comments to
information@falc.org
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