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Newsletter August
2009
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FALC General Meetings are held at 7:00
PM on the 2nd Monday of each month except July. For specific
meeting sites, please visit the Demo
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Calendar
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August 10, 2009
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General Meeting in the Craft Room
at Quinlan Center
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August 14, 2009
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Deadline for entries
for the 2009 Juried Fall Fest Show |
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August 24, 2009
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Next
Board Meeting at the Quinlan Community Center |
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September 14, 2009
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General Meeting
and Painting pickup for the current show at Quinlan |
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September 19-20 , 2009
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2009 Juried Fall
Fest Show |
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September 21, 2009
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Participants
of the Art Fest show drop off their Art Fest paintings at
Quinlan / Noon to 1PM |
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General
Meeting - August 10, 2009
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FALC
General Meeting, Craft Room, Quinlan
Center, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Open
to the public. Guests welcome.
Lecture
- The Art of Art Marketing
Ketra
brings over a decade of marketing communications, print and
web publishing to her art career. Within the first 18 months
of becoming a professional artist, she gleaned national press
and had been juried into national exhibitions through her targeted
approach to presenting her art to the most appropriate markets.
Ketra
will talk about defining your brand as an artist, identifying
your customers, crafting a message that speaks to those customers
and staying in motion on marketing tasks.
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Volunteer
Positions Open
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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 October 2009. We need
someone to fill this position for the last quarter of
2009 through 2010.
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The
2009 FALC Fall Fest Annual Juried Show
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ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED (NOT POSTMARKED) BY AUGUST 14, 2009
We hope to make the show an even bigger success than it has
been in the past. Our juried show presents the very best that
FALC has to offer to the community and we hope to have the involvement
and participation of all of our members.
ENTRY FORM
Photos from the
2008 Show
Entries will be submitted by photographs and each artist will
be allowed 3 submissions. Awards will be given out in 4 categories
- Watermedia on Paper, Acrylics and Oils on Canvas, Digital
Media and Photography, Mixed and Dry Media. The FALC Board reserves
the right to make the final decision on which category a particular
entry falls into.
Jose Arenas- Foothill College Professor, will be the Juror
for the show.
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Show dates-
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September 19 - 20, 2009 |
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Entry deadline-
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August 14, 2009 |
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Notification of acceptance by email-
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August 26, 2009 |
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Receiving-
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September 17, 2009 / 8 AM
- 9:30 AM |
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Reception & Awards-
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September 18, 2009 / 7 PM
to 9 PM |
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Takedown-
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September 20, 2009 / 6 PM |
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Show entries delivered to Quinlan-
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September 21, 2009 / 12:00
PM to 1 PM |
We advise all members to review the
FALC guidelines regarding
copyrighted material and FALC
exhibiting rules.
Photos from 2008 Juried Show
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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
submit new allery page
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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FALC does not endorse the classes, venues
and events listed below. We simply list any information that
we determine would be of interest to our members.
Marketplace
Website Design: Have you
always wanted to have a website for your artwork but have no
idea how to get one made? Worried about updating it? A Monta
Vista HS student who has won awards for his web design work
has offered to design a basic website for you for $300. The
site would include a Home page, 2 Galleries with 8 pieces of
artwork each, an Events page and a Bio page. Updates to the
site (with about 3 pieces of new art and updating the events
page) would be about $50. Please contact Vikram Nilakantan at
vikram.nilakantan@gmail.com for more information.
Shows
to See
Belinda Lima will have
a solo show at Gallery9 "People and Abstracts" September
1 - 27th. Gallery9 is located at 143 Main Street, Los Altos.
Gallery hours Tues. - Sat. 11am to 5pm. Artist's reception Friday
Sept. 11th, 5pm to 7:30pm.
Tamar Assaf created a
Monarch Butterfly design in an Illinois field for the 2009 Fields
Project! It took a team of 11 people helping her for 9 days
to carve out her vision of butterflies. Congratulations Tamar!
Please see the movie at http://www.oglecountynews.com/articles/video/2009/06/29/38018213/index.xml
There is also a news article about Tamar's art at http://www.oglecountynews.com/articles/2009/07/01/56820427/index.xml
Shows
to Enter
Taste of Saratoga: The
Saratoga Chamber of Commerce has a special invitation for all
artists to sign up for "The Taste Of Saratoga" Fine
Art & Wine Festival held on Saturday September 12, 2009.
Please call Judy Longacre for the registration form and further
information 408-867-0753. www.saratogachamber.org
The Cupertino Library will
now show art by artists in the community. Their current show
"Go Figure" will run from July 1 through September
30th. Please visit their website for updated information for
entering future shows http://www.cupertinolibrary.org/foundation/art_display.html
The Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
invites all artists to participate in the "Taste of
Saratoga" Fine Art and Wine Festival held on Saturday September
12, 2009. Please call Judy Longacre at 408-867-0753 for details
and registration. Fees to participate $300 for a 10' x 10' space.
Email - info@saratogachamber.org
Allegro Framing and
Art in Cupertino and Los Altos has a monthly rotating art
exhibit. They are looking for artists to feature. The gallery
takes 40% commission. Please call Irina Gorelik at 510-703-1534
if you would like to exhibit. www.allegroframing.com.
The Fremont Art Association
is pleased to announce the 44th Annual Fine Art Show. This popular
event will take place September 25 through October 11, 2009
at the Fremont Art Association Gallery, located at 37659 Niles.
Blvd, Fremont, CA . Entry of original artwork into the show
is open to artists from the Bay Area and beyond. Prizes will
be awarded in 5 categories: Oils and Acrylics, Water Media,
Graphics (includes Pastel, Graphite, and Mixed Media) Photography
and Computer-generated and Three-Dimensional. The deadline for
mailing your entry form is September 14. The entry form and
prospectus can be downloaded at the Fremont Art Association's
website at www.FremontArtAssociation.org.
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 -
| 2009 |
| Aug 16, Gerald Brommer, collage, surface
treatments |
| Sept 13, Ken Hosmer |
| Oct 18, Betsy Diller Stroud experimental |
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| 2010 |
| Jan 10, Myrna Wacknov, Liquid Watercolor
Portraits |
| Feb 7, Christopher Schink |
| March 8, Ratindra Das |
| April 25, Steven Quiller Color |
| June 6, Katherine Chang Liu, Finding
yourself as an artist |
| Nov 6, Frank Webb, Saving whites
in a pattern to get you thru the painting |
Please
visit www.scvws.org for complete
workshop details.
Opportunities
for Artists
Allegro Art Academy
is looking for art instructors to teach art classes for children
and adults. Allegro Art Academy has two locations – Portola
Valley and Cupertino (border of Los Altos). If you are interested,
please inquire with Irina Gorelik at 510-703-1534 or email igorelik@earthlink.net.
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Congratulations
to The 2009 Cupertino Distinguished Artist!
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We are proud to announce that
the City of Cupertino has chosen our very own Iona Ezaki to
receive the 2009 award for Cupertino Distinguished Artist!
Iona was past president of
the Fine Arts League of Cupertino from 2006 to 2008 and is currently
vice president of the club. Iona has donated her paintings to
several charities including the JW House, which was started
by JW Knapen before he died in 2005, to house the families of
ill children while they received treatment. She has also donated
painting to the Wilkins family in Montana as their daughter
Brianna died suddenly in a snow storm.
She has also been commissioned
to do the portraits of former SF football 49er players, Jerry
Rice and Joe Montana as they sold prints of their portraits
to raise funds for children's charities and Jerry had her do
a portrait of his mother to give to his dad. She has also donated
to the Bay Area Breast Cancer Society, Los Gatos Museum, and
the Yellowstone Historical Society. She has lead the implementation
of holding an auction at Falc's Fall Fest to continue in her
efforts to help local charities.
Iona has a love of the National
Parks and was commissioned to do seven paintings for a National
Parks DVD put out by Finley Holiday, which works are also included
in a poetry book titled, "Parks Portrayed in Pen and Paint".
One of her works of the Roosevelt Arch is now being used at
the Livingston Montana Chamber of Commerce as their Logo, and
some of her park images are used in several local Montana magazines.
She has studied with Stefan Baumann for the past 20 years, and
has furthered her art education at De Anza College, Pacific
Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, SF Art Academy, and the Creative
Art Center.
Iona’s current “day” job is
a Purchasing Agent for a biomedical company, but one of her
past positions in the early 90’s was working for the Thomas
Kinkade company, Light Post Publishing. There she was part of
the team that helped bring the artists company from his studio
to a multi-million dollar company.
Iona has won numerous awards
in the Bay Area including with the Los Gatos Art Association,
The Cupertino Fine Arts League, the Saratoga Art Club, the Santa
Clara County Fair, the Alameda County Fair, and the San Mateo
Fair and at the Yellowstone Gallery art show. She was awarded
the Outstanding Achievement in Landscape painting at the Cupertino
Fall Fest in 2008 for her painting, "Napa Dreams".
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FALC
Guidelines - Criteria for Jurying-in new members
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FALC has been fortunate this year to welcome many
new members, and with our annual art show coming up in September,
we can look forward to many others being interested in joining
our club. One of the questions that we get asked the most from
current members and those who are interested in joining is about
our criteria for acceptance. Our process is clear and simple.
Anyone who wants to join needs to bring three pieces of art
to one of our meetings. The members present at that meeting
will vote, and, if a majority of people approve, that person
will be accepted, pay their dues, and become an exhibiting member.
The question about criteria is not so simple.
We all know that Art is subjective. Sometimes we benefit from
that subjectivity, and sometimes we don't. No one can tell you
what good Art is or isn't.
As a juried club, FALC strives to maintain a certain
standard of proficiency since organizations that invite us to
exhibit assume a certain selectivity. One rule of thumb commonly
used when voting in new members is to ask yourself this question
- Would I like to exhibit with this work? Would this new work
add to the reputation of the club? Just as we support each other
by bringing our best work to shows and by providing new, fresh
work for the painting changes at Quinlan, we can use our Artists'
eyes to make decisions about what work will be hanging beside
us at the next show.
Voting "no" during the jurying-in process does
not bar an artist from joining the club. The artist can still
be a member, just not an "exhibiting member". Non-exhibiting
members can attend demos and meetings that provide an environment
for their art to grow. As they continue to develop their skills,
they are welcome to jury in at a later date.
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FALC
Guidelines - Copyrighted material
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The laws regarding copyrighted
material are complex and not uniform from state to state. In order
to avoid liability and the burden of determining whether a particular
image involves copyright infringement, FALC has created the following
guidelines for member artists. FALC assumes that it is the respoinsibility
of the artist to honestly follow these guidelines and assumes
no liability for work that is submitted or displayed not following
these guidelines. It reserves the right to disqualify a painting
if there is reasonable doubt about copyright infringement or plagiarism.
- Work entered for a show must be the
artist's original work in concept and execution.
- It cannot be copied from copyrighted
material or photographs belonging to another person or organizaion
except with the copyright holder's explicit written permission.
- It cannot be the reproduction of a
painting done by another person even if the original artist
is acknowledged on the painting.
- It cannot be the reproduction of a
historic painting.
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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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