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Newsletter December
2011
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Calendar
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December 12, 2011
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FALC General Meeting and Holiday
Pot-Luck
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January 9, 2012
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Deadline for entries
for the "From The Heart" Show at the Main St.
Cafe in Los Altos (details below) |
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January 28, 2012
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Receiving of paintings
at Main Street Cafe |
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February 25, 2012
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Painting pickup
at Main Street Cafe |
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February 13, 2012
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Next Quinlan painting
change on February 13, 2012. |
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2012
FALC Membership
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2012 Membership dues
are now 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 - December 12, 2011
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan
Center, Craft Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
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Monday, December 12,
2011/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
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2011
FALC Holiday Party and Paint-In
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Paint-In: Please join us for
our most enjoyable yearly event! It has been a FALC tradition
for several years to come together and paint Holiday posters
which will be donated to the Pleasant View Convalescent home
in Cupertino. If you are shy about painting with a group, please
join us anyway. We would appreciate the opportunity to talk
and get to know one another. Please join us in celebrating the
Holidays!
Bring your watercolor or quick
drying acrylic paint, brushes and palette. No oil paints. Paper
will be provided. You could choose to paint a simple secular
holiday picture of your choice. We have designs that you can
pick from to paint.
Optional: Please bring a small
wrapped gift (approx. $5) for the patients at the Convalescent
Home who may not have relatives visiting them during the holidays.
Please mark if it is for a male or female. No liquids, lotions
or perishable goods please. Suggested gifts are gloves, scarves,
socks etc.
Optional: Please bring a snack
or food to share at the pot-luck.
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2012
Nominations and Elections
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We have had a wonderful year of shows and events at FALC and
now it is time to focus on getting organized for 2012. We would
like to ask that each FALC member give some thought to how they
can be more involved with our club for 2012. The club has 75 talented
members with many skills that are urgently needed to run the group.
A club is only as good as it's members and if everyone takes turns
at running the group we can achieve great results. Please ask
yourself what you can do to contribute. We will do everything
we can to make your involvement a positive experience and you
will have plenty of guidance to help you get started. You may
consider sharing a job with a friend. We invite nominations for
any of the following vacant positions -
| Vice
President Shows & Events |
Janki Chokshi is stepping down. We do not have a nomination
for this position yet. Please consider volunteering for
a year and learning to organize art shows with a fun group
of people. It will be a wonderful learning experience.
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| Demo
Coordinator |
Reema Sachar has
been doing this job for the past 2 years and would like to
step down. This position will require you to find demo artists
in the local area (we can make lists available) and contacting
them to set up the demos and communicating with the artists
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| Greeting
coordinator |
We will need a
greeting coordinator for 2012 to keep the table organized
during the general meetings. You will have 2 helpers to fill
in the days that you cannot attend the general meeting. |
| Refreshments |
Masha Schultz cannot
do this in 2012 so we will need someone to organize the snacks
during the general meetings. You will have 2 helpers to fill
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We now have one nomination each for President, Vice President
(Website & Newsletter), Secretary and Treasurer. Thank you!
Please contact Iona Ezaki if you would like to discuss volunteering
for any of the above vacant positions.
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Our
next show
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"From
The Heart"
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FALC member show at the Main
Street Cafe, 134 Main, Los Altos, CA 94022
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Show coordinator: Janki Chokshi
/ janki_chokshi@hotmail.com
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Show: January 28 to February
25, 2012
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Each year in February, FALC displays about
40 paintings at the Main Street Cafe in Los Altos.
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Shows
to see
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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. If you
have a show or reception that you would like to list in this section,
please send the information (under
50 words) to nina.uppaluru@gmail.com
along with a picture of the display if you have one.
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Sayeko Nakamura
Congratulations on winning Second
Place for Acrylics at the Los Gatos Art Association Member show.
Congratulations to Belinda Lima for
winning First Place for Acrylics for "Portrait Of A Ballerina"
at the Los Gatos Art Association member show. Her collage "Quiet
Moment" was also accepted into the National Collage Society's
27th Annual Juried Show. This is an online exhibit which will
be available globally starting Nov 1st www.nationalcollage.com/2011.
Belinda's collage "Strumming on the Streets" was accepted into
the "Works on Paper" show at Santa Cruz Art League, Oct. 22-Nov.29
www.scal.org
Belinda Lima and Nina Uppaluru have
paintings displayed at the Cupertino Library Art Display Wall
in November and December. For more information on applying to
display your work at the Cupertino Library, please see the information
under "Shows to Enter".
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2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition;
Triton
Museum of Art 1505
Warburton Ave, Santa Clara - Dec. 10 to Feb. 12, 2012
Belinda Lima and Nina Uppaluru each have one painting
accepted to the show. Reception and awards: Friday Dec
9, 2011, 7 to 9pm.
Nina Uppaluru's painting "Fall
Sonata" won an Honorable Mention at the show.
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Shows
to Enter
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Gallery 9 in Los Altos (a coop gallery)
invites artists in all media to apply for membership. Gallery
9 has 30 artists displaying work in acrylics, oils, mixed media,
water media, photography, ceramics and jewellery. Address: 143
Main Street, Los Altos. 650.941.7969 gallery9losaltos.com.
Contact Suej McCall at (408) 295-6523 for membership info and
the jurying process.
Silicon Valley Open Studios - Registration
is now open for SVOS 2012. Last year they featured over 400 artists
in 150 locations showing 10,000 plus works of art with over 5000
visitors and approximately $350,000 in sales. Now that's a great
exhibit to be part of! If you register by Dec 15th your art work
will be considered for inclusion on the cover of the Artist Directory
and postcards and you may be invited to participate in the preview
exhibits. Go to www.SVOS.org
for information and registration.
Deadline January 15, 2012.
The Sunnyvale Art Gallery is sponsoring
a show of miniature wroks of art as a fundraiser for Sunnyvale
Community Services, an organization that prevents homelssness
and hunger. If you are intereted in making an artwork to donate
to the event, please check out the following website for details:
http://www.sunnyvaleartgallery.com/miniartshow/
The basic requirements are as follows: Create a miniature artwork.
Maximum size for 2-D works is 6x6" or 5x7", with a maximum frame
size of 10x10". Maximum size for 3-D works is 5x5x5". Smaller
sizes are fine. All mediums welcome! All entries must be received
no later than January 15, 2012. Artists must be 18 years or older.
The Cupertino Library Art Display sponsored
by the Library Foundation is now taking applications from artists
who would like to display their work at the Cupertino Library
on a 9' x 9' space for a period of 2 months. The library takes
no commission on sales and there is no charge for displaying there.
The application form is at http://cupertinovideo.cupertino.org/libraryfoundation/ArtistInfoForm/
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Classes
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Anna Lee Steed will be
teaching a painting class for oil and acrylic painters at the
Quinlan Center in Cupertino starting January 9th. Classes will
be on Mondays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Students will paint abstracts,
still life and landscape. As always, Anna Lee’s lessons will have
a strong focus on color. Painters of all levels are welcome, extra
help for beginners. Cost is $150 for five classes Please contact
Anna Lee at 831-662-8979 for more information, a registration
form and the material list. See Anna Lee’s paintings online at
www.linstromart.com.
Nancy Wulff is registering
new students for The Figure Studio Class at Quinlan Community
Center Craft Room. Class #46910 -Clothed Figure Studio l8+ Wed.
10:00am - 1:00 pm 9/14-10/12 5 meetings $90R/$108N. Expand your
artistic experience by painting a live model. Class will do one,
two, five and 10 minute gesture drawings. No instruction. Bring
your own easels.
Mike Kirschel Learn and
practice oil painting (or acrylic) in the Monta Vista neighborhood
of Cupertino. Beginning and advanced students welcome, class focus
is on painting and picture making fundamentals with an emphasis
on composition and color. Indoor studio painting is Wednesdays
mornings, 9:30 - 12:00 and outdoor painting on location is on
Saturdays also 9:30-12:00. Private and small group lessons are
also available. Please visit the website at www.kirschel.com
for more information or call Mike Kirschel at 650-521-1856.
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
Stefan Bauman Weekly Oil
painting classes in Saratoga the first and third week of each
month Mondays from 6-9pm and Tuesdays from 10 - 1pm. Please call
415 606-9074 or email stefan_baumann@yahoo.com. More Info at www.thegrandview.
SCVWS
offers a 10 week painting course with Mike Bailey, Watercolor
Beyond the Obvious. You can register on their website at www.scvws.org
Info: 650-941-8073.
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Resources
Page on website
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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"
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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
http://www.falc.org/gallery/submit_new_gallery_page.htm
and email all necessary information to Krishna Mitra at krishna@jakubson.com
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Panel
Rental
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Panels are available for rent all year at $5/weekend for members
and $7 / weekend for non-members. There will be a $25 charge
for checks returned due to insufficient funds. 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
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.
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 2011
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President: Iona Ezaki - 408-978-6614/
ionaezaki@aol.com
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Vice President: Nina Uppaluru
- 408-257-1315 / Newsletter, Website
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Vice President: Janki Chokshi
/ Programs and Publicity
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Treasurer / Quinlan show: Position
Open
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Membership: Kathy Qi / qiji2005@gmail.com
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Refreshments: Masha Schultz,
Kalpana Adesara, Yao Pi Hsu, Zlata Rabinovich
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Demos: Reema Sachar
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Online Gallery pages: Janki
Chokshi, Krishna Mitra
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Artist of the Month Updates:
Janki Chokshi
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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,
Amy Do, Nancy Near, Solange Glaize
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Online mail: Nava Attia
Benoit
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