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Newsletter March
2011
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Calendar
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March 14, 2010
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General Meeting-
Craft Room. FALC General Meetings are held at 7pm on the
2nd Monday of each month except July. For information
on future demos, please visit the Demo
page.
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Quinlan painting
change at this meeting. |
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Artist of the
Month- Please bring in a painting. |
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February & March 21, 2011
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Steering meeting
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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February 27, 2011
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Take down paintings
at Main Street Cafe at 2:30pm |
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General
Meeting March 2011
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan
Center, Craft Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
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Monday, March
14, 2010/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
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Elements
of Award Winning Paintings
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Slide
Show (40 paintings) and Discussion with Mike Bailey, current
President of National Watercolor Society
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Most artists are quite interested
to obtain the 'inside information' of what sort of paintings
are chosen to be included in national shows and which of those
win awards. . . . . and WHY!
If you have ever been confronted
with choosing a painting to submit for a national show, you
know full well that this is a difficult decision. What should
you look for in your paintings to increase the odds that your
painting will be accepted? Should you make paintings specifically
for entry into shows? Should you submit paintings which are
in some way biased to the juror's painting style or taste?
What sort of subjects are accepted or shunned?
Mike Bailey will be presenting
a powerful slide show of forty award winning watercolor paintings
and will be discussing their attributes which most likely
was the reason for being selected for awards in different
shows. As the current president of National Watercolor Society,
he will bring first-hand experience of overseeing the jurying
and awards judging processes. Mike will also be telling 'tales'
and 'stories' about the jurying process in various societies,
including NWS. Join us for this exciting presentation and
bring your questions!
For information on Mike Bailey's
exhibits and the workshops that he teaches throughout the
year, please visit his website at http://www.mebaileyart.com/index.html
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2011
FALC Membership
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2011 Membership dues
are now due! All members are required to complete the form and
mail it in with their check for $30. The deadline to send in
your membership dues is February 28th.
Membership
form
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Our
Current Show
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"From
The Heart" |
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January 31 to February 27, 2011
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| Main Street Cafe,
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Altos, CA 94022 |
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| We have 40 paintings
up at the Main Street Cafe and the show looks great!Many
thanks to all the volunteers who did a super job with Receiving
and Hanging! |
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Takedown of paintings is Sunday, February 27 at 2:30pm
when the cafe closes. Please do not pick up your paintings
earlier than that time.
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2011
FALC Positions
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Please consider volunteering to fill one of
the positions below. You will acquire new skills and new friends!
We will help you through the process of learning what is required
for any of the jobs.
The following positions are
open for 2011.
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2nd Vice President
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Oversees the 4 or 5 yearly
exhibits that FALC participates in. This position is currently
vacant. |
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Secretary
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Takes notes at the General
and Steering meetings. |
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Refreshments helper
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Masha our refreshments coodinator needs
1 more helper for the refreshments table.
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Profile
of the Month
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Each month, FALC would like to honor a member
who has dedicated time and effort toward the club. This month
FALC would like to put the spotlight on Yao-Pi Hsu who has been
a member for many years and has always been involved and helpful
whenever possible.
Yao-Pi's statement - "I have worked in
the biosciences field as a research scientist for more than
thirty years. Years ago a trip back to China, my homeland inspired
me to get into photography. Since then I have continued to pursue
my interest in photography. Art and science each take a turn
in how I understand the world around me. As a fine art photographer
I apply the same principles I used in scientific research: search
and research, examine and reexamine, and explore concepts from
different perspective. I explore the world around me, as I look
for reflection, angle or perspectives that represents how diverse
and abundant the world expresses its various forms and beauties.
The joy and rewards of being in the right place, at the right
time to freeze the moment and to capture the beauty of our surrounding
are invigorating".
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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 40 words) to nina.uppaluru@gmail.com
along with a picture of the display if you have one.
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Slava Shabrov (Photography) and
Tamar Assaf (Acrylics) have their displays up at the
Cupertino Library on Torre Avenue in Cupertino. Their work will
show there until the end of February. To view more of Slava
Shabrov's work please visit http://www.amberphoto.com.
Tamar Assaf's website is www.tamarassaf.com.
Iona Ezaki, Anastasia Saltabida and
Dee Sullivan will
be showing at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery, 251 W. El Camino Real
from March 1st to 30th. Reception Saturday, March 12 from 4
to 7pm.
Los Altos Hills Curator Karen Druker
invites members to a Town of Los Altos Hills sponsored Reception
April 17, Sunday 3-6 p.m. for artist Jan Meyer , who
painted all the whimsical murals , doorways , walls in downtown
Los Altos in the 1980's . Her show , "Rooms and Blooms", at
Hills Town Hall April - Sept features the art elements of color
and pattern . The murals and benches are in peril , as downtown
Los Altos is due for a facelift in the near future. Info 650-941-7222
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Shows
to Enter
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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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Society of Western Artists
in Redwood City conducts workshops throughout 2011. Workshop instructors
will be Dale Laitinen, Karen Frey, Sonya Hamilton, Randall Sexton,
Linda Harris, Jim Gleeson and doug Dawson. Please visit their
website for details www.societyofwesternartists.com
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.
The
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society has
free demos offered in 2010- 2011. These demonstrations with the
best watermedia instructors in the USA are free and open to all.
Location: Hoover Theater, Room A & B, 1635 Park Avenue, San
Jose. 1:30 to 4:00 PM. Workshop artists are -
| 3/13/11 Dick Cole Painting Urban Landscapes |
| 4/10/11 Ursula O'Farrell, Acrylic, Abstract
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| 6/18/11 ( Saturday , not the
usual Sunday) Roland Lee, Canyons and desert landscapes |
In
addition to these demos which accompany workshops, we offer a
10 week painting course with Mike Bailey, Watercolor Beyond
the Obvious. You can register on our website at www.scvws.org
Info: 650-941-8073.
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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
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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 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
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Vice President Programs: Vacant
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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:
Rajiv Khilnani
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Membership: Kathy Qi
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Refreshments: Masha Schultz,
Kalpana Adesara, Yao Pi Hsu
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Demos: Reema Sachar and Brian
Haney
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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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