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Newsletter February
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Calendar
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February 13, 2012
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FALC General Meeting
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January 19, 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 - February 13, 2012
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan
Center, Craft Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
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Monday, February 13,
2012/ 7:00 PM - 9 PM
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Alice
Freund - Using the Computer to enhance your Art
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Prepare to be amazed! This
is for artists of any media even if you don't own a computer.
And especially if you do!
Make your artwork easier using
Photoshop and a 'Wacom' pen.
Actually paint on a computer
using the Painter program.
Don't feel isolated by the
Geeks! Learn some buzzwords, become more familiar with terms and
techniques.
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Alice will provide a broad and
fast overview, through numerous examples. See how the popular
program Photoshop can be used to try out ideas from a photo
of your artwork-in-progress without having to scrape, waste
paint or waste time. All of your creative work stages can be
made easier, faster and without changing your style or media.
Experiment with your compositions or try a whole new color scheme
in seconds. Let the computer do it!
Painting on a Computer? Magically
simulate the textures and qualities of any media: oils, watercolor
etc. Your photos can be enhanced in Photoshop and become artistically
transformed using Painter's cloning tools.
Alice Freund, MFA, whose paintings
hang in local museum, civic and private collections, specializes
in creating pastel, mixed media and digital portraits. Her illustrations
are used for publications and PR. She also paints quick portrait
sketches on a laptop for entertainment at business and private
receptions. Alice continues to discover the excitement, awe,
and frustrations of creating and enhancing artwork with computer
graphics software; and upon occasion, incorporating digital
and 'natural media' in a painting.
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2012
Nominations and Elections
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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 -
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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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| 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. |
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| Our thanks to the following
members for volunteering - |
| Yao-Pi Hsu |
Refreshments Coordinator |
| Amy Do |
Quinlan Painting Change Coordinator |
| Iona Ezaki |
Secretary |
Please contact Slava Shabrov if you would like to discuss volunteering
for any of the above vacant positions.
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Our
Current 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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FALC currently 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 janki_chokshi@hotmail.com
along with a picture of the display if you have one.
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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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Local Color: This unique exhibit brings together
two of Los Altos' most popular and long running art galleries--Viewpoints
Gallery and Gallery 9 with a single theme for the month
of January. FALC Members participating are Jane Ferguson
at Viewpoints and Christine Arthur and Rajani Balaram
at Gallery 9.
Viewpoints exhibit runs January 11 to February
25 at 315 State Street, Los Altos www.viewpointsgallery.com
Gallery 9 exhibit runs January 4 to 28 at 143
Main Street, Los Altos www.gallery9losaltos.com
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The Miniature Art Show : An exhibit of over 100
small artworks benefiting Sunnyvale Community Services,
will be held March 1st - March 30th, 9am - 7pm daily (except
Sundays) at Sunnyvale Art Gallery (same location as Kimm's
Flower Basket). Admission is free. Receptions held each
Saturday. www.sunnyvaleartgallery.com/miniartshow
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Shows
to Enter
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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.
The Sunnyvale Art Gallery is sponsoring
a show of miniature works 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
by the end of January 2012. Artists must be 18 years or older.
Santa Cruz Art League presents 82nd
Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit, “Color and Light”. Exhibit:
June 1 – July 1, 2012. Juror, Nancy Boas, Author. Deadline: March
16, 2012. Acceptance Letter mailed on April 20th.
The Prospectus is on our website: www.scal.org.
You may reach them online: cindy@scal.org or by phone: 831-426-5787.
Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz,California 95060
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.
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.
Jaya
King is offering 2-day mixed-media workshop through the Santa
Clara Valley Watercolor Society in March. She is also demonstrating
the techniques that will be used in this workshop in the beginning
of March, the demo is free to the public.
When:
March 24 - 25 from 9am - 4pm ; Cost:
$125 + materials fee $10 ; Where: Historic Hoover Theatre in San
Jose (1635 Park ave, San Jose) For more
info: www.scvwcs.org or www.jayasart.com Free
Demo: March 4 from 1:30 - 4pm
SCVWS
offers a 10 week painting course with Mike Bailey, Watercolor
Beyond the Obvious. It also offers SCVWS 2012 workshop brochure.
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
submit new allery page
and email all necessary information to Janki Chokshi email: janki_chokshi@hotmail.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 2012
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President: Slava Shabrov
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Vice President: Janki Chokshi
- Website and Newsletter
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Vice President: Vacant / Programs
and Publicity
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Treasurer / Joy Kuo
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Secretary: Iona Ezaki
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Membership: Kathy Qi / qiji2005@gmail.com
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Refreshments: Yao-Pi Hsu
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Demo Coordinator: Nina Uppaluru
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Online Gallery pages: Janki
Chokshi
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Artist of the Month Updates:
Janki Chokshi
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Quinlan Show Coordinator: Amy
Do
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Panel rental: Carrie Zeidman
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Greeting Table: Vacant
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Online mail: Vacant
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