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Newsletter September
2011
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Calendar
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September 8, 2011
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Receiving of paintings
for the Autumn Fest Show 8 AM to 9:30 AM |
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Critique of show
paintings by Juror Mike Bailey 5:30 PM to 7 PM. Please come
in early to pick a number and wait your turn. You are welcome
to listen in on Mike's critiques of other paintings. |
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September 9, 2011
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Silent Auction
and Reception, 7 to 9PM |
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10 - 11, 2011 |
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Autumn Fest Juried
Show, 10 AM - 6 PM |
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September 12, 2011
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FALC General
Meeting
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Next Quinlan painting
change on September 12. We will hang the Autumn Festival
paintings in the hallway at Quinlan. Each participant can
hang 2 show entries in the hallway. The show will then hang
until the January meeting. |
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2011
FALC Membership
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All continuing members
are required to complete the form and mail it in with their
check for $30. New members who
join after July 2011 may follow instructions on the membership
form and mail in a check for $15.
Membership
form
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General
Meeting - September 12, 2011
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan
Center, Craft Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
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Monday, September
12, 2011/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
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Lorraine
Lawson
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www.onefineartist.com
Splashes, dribbles, scratches,
and textural elements will find their way into a completed mixed
media painting as Lorraine expresses her interpretation of nature
and organic forms. With a deliberate selection of color, combined
with a pleasing composition, her step-by-step demonstration
will inspire new ways of approaching a blank canvas.
For detailed information
about Lorraine Lawson, please visit her website www.onefineartist.com
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Our
Next Show - Autumn Festival Juried Show
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Show Chair - Iona Ezaki ionaezaki@aol.com
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Reception & Auction: September 9, 2011.
Show: September 10 & 11, 2011
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Juror:
Mike Bailey, President
of the National Watercolor Association
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$1000 in prizes sponsored by
the Rotary Club of Cupertino
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Thank you all for your wonderful entries! We
will show more than 100 paintings in 4 categories. Please refer
to the calendar at the top of the this page for dates and timings.
We are very excited that Juror
Mike Bailey has generously offered to do a critique of the
paintings from 5:30pm - 7pm on Thursday Sept. 8th. All FALC
members are invited to come in and enjoy the critiques. Please
come in early, pick a number and wait your turn. |
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Silent Auction: Coordinator
Kathy Qi / quji2005@gmail.com
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We will hold a Silent Auction of 10 pieces of artwork by FALC
artists during the Reception on September 9. 100% of the proceeds
from the Auction will be donated to Quilts For Kids, an organization
that transforms discontinued, unwanted and other fabrics into
patchwork quilts that comfort children with life-threatening
illnesses and children of abuse http://www.quiltsforkids.org/about/.
Images of the donated pieces will be shown on the online invitation
and the printed postcard.
We would like to thank the following FALC Members for generously
donating their beautiful paintings- Amy Do, Nancy Near, Dee
Sullivan (2 paintings), Yao-Pi Hsu, Ran Wu, Yun Wu, Tanushri
Mathur, Kathy Qi, Nina Uppaluru.
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Profile
of the Month
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Each month we would like to profile
a member who has volunteered time toward helping the club.
Kalpana was born and educated in India. She
moved to California in 1997 with her husband and, took up painting
as a hobby. She has been interested in art since crayons, pencils
and charcoal came into her life. She loves to express her vivid
imagination through her paintings. She holds a Bachelors degree
in Arts. She works with glass color, oil color, color-pencil,
watercolor and charcoal. She loves to paint and she paints what
she loves…like floral, nature, birds. Her ambition is to be
the best painter she can be. The journey thus far has been exiting,
rewarding, and has given her a feeling of great privilege.
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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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Connie Guidotti has 4 beautiful mixed media
pieces on Afghan Women displayed at the Cupertino Library in
September and October. The original images in this exhibit were
taken while documenting a rug weaving project for Afghan refugees
living in Pakistan during the Russian conflict in 1988. The
exhibit is meant to put a more human face on the women who have
suffered so much, yet remain unbeaten, strong, beautiful and
dignified. For more information on applying to display your
work at the Cupertino Library, please see the information under
"Shows to Enter".
Ran Wu has 2 paintings accepted to
the exhibition "Century of Landscapes" hosted by California
Art Club. The exhibition is at the California Historical Society
in San Francisco from July 14 to October 15, 2011. California
Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
| Yao-Pi Hsu has
9 pieces of photography up at the Cupertino Library on Torre
Avenue until August 27, 2011. If you would like to display
your work at the Cupertino Library, please see instructions
under Shows To Enter/Cupertino Library Art Display below. |
| Yao-Pi Hsu has one
piece "Bottles and Jars" accepted to the University
Art Competition Exhibition in Sacramento. Location: 2610
Marconi Ave., Sacramento. Exhibition dates Sept 10 - Sept
30. Reception Sept 9, 6:30pm to 9:30pm. |
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| Yao-Pi Hsu also has
2 pieces in the Filoli "Small Work Of Art" exhibition
Sept 13 - Oct 23. Meet the artist event is on Sept. 17th
& 18th 10am to 3pm Filoli Gardens, 86 Canada Rd, Woodside. |
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Belinda Lima has 3 pieces of collage
art accepted to the Filoli "Small Works of Art" exhibition
Sept 13 - Oct 23 at Filoli Gardens in Woodside.
Silicon Valley Open Studios Exhibition
and Public Reception September 25, 2-5pm at the Los Altos
town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los altos Hills. There will be
a Silent Auction, Raffles and Wine Tasting. Info: 650-941-7222
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Shows
to Enter
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Yamagami Nursery in Cupertino is looking
for artists (acrylics or watercolor) to paint on various days
at Yamagami's. Your information will go in the Yamagami's newsletter.
They will hold an Art Auction/Dinner on August 11, 2011. If you
are interested, please immediately contact Jeff Bramschreiber
at snjbram@aol.com.
Los Altos History Museum calls for submission
for its "Shaped by Water: Past, Present and Future"
exhibit at the Los Altos Library. Deadline for submission is August
31, 2011. The exhibit will run November 1-30, 2011. Prospectus
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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Lake Alpine Women’s Journaling
and Painting Retreat with
Elaine Frenett & Jean Warren
Lake Alpine Women's Journaling and Painting
Retreat Elaine Frenett and Jean Warren join together to
teach the second annual visual art journaling retreat from
September 11 - 16, 2011 at Lake Alpine Resort, near Bear
Valley, California. Imagine the Sierras' crisp, clean mountain
air inviting us to hike and explore, along with our watercolor
journals, the shimmering lake's surroundings where Miwok
rocks line the shore. Come play and discover where days
are fully packed, yet gently paced and filled with creativity.
This is an ideal retreat for spirited women who love words,
art, journaling and the energy of other women. For more
information: http://visualartjournaling.wordpress.com/
Contact: Jean Warren jean@jeanwarren.com
Bodega Bay, CA 707.875.9240 Contact: Elaine Frenett elainefrenett@live.com
Jacksonville, OR 541.899.0606.
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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.
Karen Druker (Appointed
Art Curator for Los Altos Hills 650-941-8073) invites you to an
environmental themed fundraiser at Los Altos Hills Town Hall on
9/25, 2-5 p.m. , sponsored by the Town of Los Altos Hills , will
benefit both the Silicon Valley Open Studios artists and the Palo
Alto Based Environmental Volunteers. It will feature the best
of the Open Studios artists work, in an exhibit entitled " The
Environment and Conservation", juried by Linda Covello , Director
of the Community School of Music and Art in Mountain View.
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.
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.
SCVWS
offers the following free demos at the Historic Hoover Theatre,
1635 Park Ave, San Jose at 1:30 to 4pm: Sept 25 - Lian Zhen Oct
16 - Jan Hart, Nov 7 - Frank Francese. These artists also offer
multiple day workshops. Please visit SCVWS.org for details.
| Beginning Watercolor Classes
offered by SCVWS |
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just starting out who can help SCVWS try out a new concept
for beginner workshops? For a minimal investment of $50, beginning
artists will get a great learning experience while helping
SCVWS fine tune a potential new program. Classes will be held
from 9:30 to 12:30 on five Fridays beginning September 16.
KeyPoint Credit Union has generously donated use of their
community room at 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara. The series
is an opportunity to sample different teachers and to build
basic skills. The agenda is: |
| September 16 |
Washes and beginning techniques |
Instructor: Nancy Wulff |
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September 23
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Value |
Instructor: Kay
Duffy |
| September 30 |
Color |
Instructor: Carolyn Larsen |
| October 7 |
Composition |
Instructor: Valerie Tomasetti |
| October 14 |
Collage |
Instructor: Karen Druker |
| Cost for the series is $50.
Members or nonmembers are welcomed. For a download version
of the registration form, go to www.SCVWS.org, print it off
and mail it along with a check for $50 made out to SCVWS to:
Sue Newberry, 126 Debussy Terrace, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. For
questions call Sue at 408 737 2521. |
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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"
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 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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