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Newsletter June
2010
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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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June 14, 2010
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GENERAL MEETING in the Cupertino
Room at Quinlan Center.
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ARTIST OF THE
MONTH - Please bring a painting for Artist of the Month.
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PAINTING CHANGE
- There will be a painting change in June. The June show
will be up till the September meeting. The Fall Fest paintings
will then go up at the end of September. |
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June 21, 2010
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The steering meeting
will be held at Panera Bread on Stevens Creek, 7 to 9pm.
We encourage all members to attend and participate in planning
all the activities for the club. |
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2010
Membership
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2010 Membership dues are past due! All members
are required to complete the form and mail it in with their check
for $30.
Membership
form
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General
Meeting - June 14, 2010
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FALC
General Meeting, Cupertino Room, Quinlan
Center, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Open
to the public. Guests welcome.
Barry
Levin
Making
Reproductions of your Artwork
www.imagerygroup.com
Barry
Levin from the Imagery Group will talk about Giclee printing
and making reproductions of your artwork. The Imagery Group
is a "one stop shop" for graphics, marketing and photography.
They make fine art reproductions of up to 84" originals
and limited edition giclee prints. The artwork is captured on
either film or digitally depending on the artist's need.
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The
May Meeting
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Natasha Foucault painted flowers on a silk scarf
and discussed the process of using inks on different fabrics.
Welcome to new members Joan Sparks, Kathy Qi,
Amy Do and Mary Ellen Chell who were juried in.
Congratulations to our Artist
of the Month winners - 1st Place: Sylvie Levesque, 2nd Place:
Slava Shabrov and 3rd Place: Brian Haney
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Our
Next Show - Midsummer Art Celebration
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June 26, 2010 / 10AM to 6 PM / Triton Museum Grounds, Warburton
Avenue, Santa Clara
Organizer: Brian Haney / email - bhaney2@pacbell.net
FALC is pleased to be invited to participate as a group in
the Midsummer Art Celebration. Registration for this event is
now closed. 24 members will be participating. The Museum will
take 30% commission on sales. Each artist will get a 6' x 6'
panel space to hang on. Panels will be provided by FALC.
If you have signed up and have been juried in, please check
on your volunteer duties and wait for further instructions from
Brian as we get closer to the date.
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The
2010 FALC Juried Fall Fest Show
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Show: September 25 - 26, 2010,
10 AM - 6 PM / Location: Cupertino Room, Quinlan Center, Cupertino
Juror: George Rivera - Curator at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara
The
Rotary Club of Cupertino will generously sponsor $1000 in prizes.
Detailed information
Download
Entry Form
We look forward to all members participating in this annual
event. This year the Fall Festival will be held at Memorial
Park. The Art Show and Reception will be in the Cupertino Room
at the Quinlan Center. Submissions will be in the form of printed
photos 5" x 7". Maximum 3 entries per person. Submitting
3 entries will guarantee at least one accepted in the show.
Silent Auction
We will be conducting a Silent Auction of 10 paintings during
the Reception. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Live
Oak Adult Day Services www.liveoakadultdaycare.org.
We urge you to consider submitting a framed piece of art/photography
for the Silent Auction. Details and the process for submission
will be available shortly.
Award winners from
the 2009 show
Award
winners from the 2008 show
Award
winners from the 2007 show
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Calendar - 2010 Fall
Fest Show
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August 9, 2010
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Last opportunity to be juried in as an Exhibiting
Member at the FALC General Meeting |
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August 13, 2010
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Deadline for receiving (not
postmarked) entry form, payment and photos of artwork. |
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August 23, 2010
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Notification of acceptance by email |
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September 23, 2010
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Receiving of accepted paintings - 8 AM to
9:30 AM |
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September 24, 2010
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Reception, Awards and Silent Auction - 7 PM
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September 25 - 26, 2010
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SHOW - 10 AM - 6 PM |
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September 26, 2010
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6 PM - All artists must pick up
their paintings. All participating artists may leave 1 painting
at Quinlan until November 8th. The rest of the paintings
need to be collected at 6 PM. There will be a $10 charge
for all unclaimed paintings. |
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November 8, 2010
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Pick up paintings from Quinlan at the FALC
General Meeting |
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We sincerely thank
the following members for volunteering to help coordinate
the Fall Fest Show.
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Show Chair: Iona
Ezaki
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Juror Coordinating: Nina Uppaluru
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Entries & Registration: Jane
Kwant
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Receiving: Reema Sacher
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Treasurer: Yelena Shabrova
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Hanging: Belinda Lima
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Publicity: Janki Chokshi
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Labels: Nava Attia-Benoit, Jan Grady
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Panel Setup and Delivery: Slava Shabrov
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Awards & Auction: Sylvie Levesque
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Reception: Masha Schultz
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Graphics: Carrie Zeidman, Swamy Lokanathan
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Volunteer Coordination: Grace Seidman
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Profile
of the Month
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Every month we would like to introduce
you to a member who has contribution time and effort toward
running the club. This month we would like to introduce Reema
Sachar who has volunteered to be our Demo Coordinator throughout
the year for our monthly FALC meetings. She takes the responsibility
of contacting potential demonstrators and then coordinating
with them for their needs before and during the meetings. Thank
you, Reema!
Artist Statement: I have been actively involved
in Fine Arts since 2008, though this journey began much before
that. I joined FALC in 2009 and have been participating in various
shows since then. I like to create Stained glass windows, Glass
Mosaic and Fused Glass Jewelery in addition to painting in Oils
and Acrylics. During my free time, I give art classes for kids.
To see more of my work, please feel free to visit my website
at www.reemagination.com or you can email me at reemasachar@gmail.com
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New
Resources Page on website
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new Artist Resources page which
lists many recommendations by FALC artists. Members are welcome
to submit their recommendations for the organizing committee to
review. Please make your recommendations as detailed as possible
and let us know what you find useful. Submit your recommendations
to the form at the bottom of this page and add "Artist Resources
recommendation" to your subject line. |
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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.
Shows
to See
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Nancy Near
will be participating July 2 thru July 29: Palo Alto Juried
Water Media Show. With a theme of “Red, White, or Blue!”,
this show by Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society artists
will make you stand up and salute (or at the very least,
smile)! Enjoy the selection
of small water media works juried by nationally known
artist Claire Verbiest. Open and free to the public Mon-Fri
10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm.
Nina Uppaluru's painting "Sounds
Of Silence" was also accepted to this show.
Join the artists
at a public reception Friday July 2, 5:30-8pm during Palo
Alto’s “First Friday Art Walk.” (Palo Alto: Elizabeth
Norton Gallery, upstairs at 668 Ramona St.; 650-321-3891;
www.scvws.org)
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Nina Uppaluru has a solo
show of 20 paintings at Gallery 9 in Los Altos during
the whole month of July. Please visit Nina's website at
www.NinasArt.com
The public is invited to "Meet
The Artist" on July 17, 2010 3 to 5:30 PM at Gallery
9, 143 Main Street, Los Altos. The town of Los Altos will
be holding its "Block Party" on Main Street
that afternoon.
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Iona Ezaki will be
having a show as Cupertino’s 2009 Distinguished Artist of
the Year at the Cupertino Library for July & August. If
you would like to see more of her work, her book titled,
“A Retrospective in Fine Art Oil Paintings” by Iona Ezaki,
as well as a poetry book of the National Parks titled, “Parks
Portrayed in Pen & Paint” by Sara Schussell & James Ronan,
are a part of the permanent Library collections for both
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Belinda Lima's painting
"Moment in Time 3" was accepted into the International Society
of Acrylic painters International show. The exhibit opens Aug
7th in Santa Cruz www.isap-online.com
Linda Curtis: "Structure",
a watercolor by Linda Curtis, was selected for the 2010 California
Watercolor Association's 41st National Exhibition. Christopher
Schink, the juror, chose 100 paintings from throughout the U.S.
and around the world for this year's exhibit. The exhibit will
be held at the Presidio Officer's Club, in San Francisco from
July 14th to September 19th.
Anastasia Saltabida is
currently participating in a Group Show at "The Artists
Alley Gallery" in San Francisco with 4 of her paintings
of the new series "Modern Life". This is a group opening
so there will be a lot of works of many artists, mostly modern/abstract
style. If you would like to meet the artist at the gallery July
17th please let her know http://www.theartistsalley.com/, www.natassasart.com
Yao-Pi Hsu is also doing
a solo exhibition with around 40 pieces of photography at the
Gallery in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library - 2nd Floor
from May 3 to June 29, 2010. Location: 150 East San Fernando
Street, San Jose, CA. Gallery hours: Monday - Thursday 8 AM
- 10 PM, Friday 8 AM - 6 PM, Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM, Sunday 1
- 7 PM.
Carrie Zeidman will display
her "Ghost Series" at the Los Gatos JCC April 12 through
June 14, 2010 at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center,
14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The Reception is May 9th
in conjunction with the community Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration.
Janki
Chokshi's
banner design "Rise and Shine" was selected for the
City of Santa Clara 2010 "Art in the Air" banner competition
sponsored by the City of Santa Clara. Banners will be displayed
on El Camino Real beginning Mid-May 2010.
Sayeko Nakamura's painting
"Flower Plant" was accepted into the 2010 Lancaster
Art Association National Juried Exhibition in Pennsylvania.
The exhibition runs through July 22. Her painting "Episode
IX" has been accepted for the San Diego Watercolor Society
30th International exhibition October 1 - 31, 2010.
Shows
to Enter
Kelly Street Gallery in
Half Moon Bay announces a juried competition to promote art
and provide opportunities to show for fine art photographers.
A small cash prize will be awarded, and two shows will feature
the work of all finalists and the top three winners at an intimate
new gallery in HMB. For details and an application for submission,
see http://www.kellystreetgallery.com.
The Olive Hyde Art Guild
invites all artist to participate in their "Holiday of
the Arts" show and sale. Artists can apply here: http://olivehydeartguild.org/gala2010_artist.html
Classes
And Events
Zoya Scholis conducts
advanced, intermediate and beginners watermedia painting classes
through the FUHSD Sunnyvale Cupertino Adult education and at
the Cupertino Senior Center. She also conducts Mixed Media Workshops
and Collage Workshops in the summer. For more details please
visit http://www.ace.fuhsd.org.
Contact Zoya at zoya@artforpersonalgrowth.com
The Society of Western Artists
based in Redwood City, conducts workshop by national and local
artists. The workshops are conducted in their gallery in Redwood
City and are open to everyone. For more information on their
2010 workshops please visit www.societyofwesternartists.com
Kay Duffy Watercolor classes:
Hakone Gardens in Saratoga. Every 2nd and 4th Monday morning.
Please email 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 Saratoga. Info
at www.thegrandview.org
The
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society has
free demos offered in 2010. Location: Hoover Theater, Room A
& B, 1635 Park Avenue, San Jose. 1:30 to 4:00 PM. Workshop
artists are -
| 2010 Free SCVWS demos |
| June 6, Katherine Chang Liu, Finding
yourself as an artist |
| August 28, Don Andrews, Watercolor landscapes |
| Nov 6, Frank Webb, Using the white
of the paper |
Please
visit www.scvws.org for complete
workshop details.
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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 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 2010
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President: Iona Ezaki - 408-978-6614
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Vice President: Brian Haney:
Programs
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Vice President: Nina Uppaluru
- 408-257-1315 / Newsletter, Website
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Treasurer / Quinlan show: Yelena
Shabrova
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Secretary / Publicity:
Janki Chokshi
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Membership: Kathy Qi
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Refreshments: Masha Schultz,
Chagit Ofir, Kalpana Adesara, Li Wei Lu
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Demos: Reema Sachar and Brian
Haney
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Quinlan Show Coordinator: Yelena
and Slava Shabrova
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Graphics and Panel rental:
Carrie Zeidman
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Greeting Table: Grace Seidman,
Solange Glaize, Tania Tengan and Anamika Agrawal
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Online mail: Nava Attia
Benoit
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