Newsletter December
2014
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Calendar
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Dec. 8, 2014
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Falc General Meeting on Monday at 7:00 in the quinlan
Center.
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Jan. 19, 2014
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Next Steering
Meeting on Thursday at 7:00 at Panera. |
Jan 12, 2015
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Next Quinlan painting
change in Jan 12, 2015. |
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2014
FALC Membership
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To participate in FALC
sponsored shows and exhibits, one must be juried in as a exhibiting
member. Artists who have submitted 3 pieces of original art
which meet with the approval and acceptance of the voting members
will be awarded "Exhibiting Membership". Jurying
in will take place at most meetings.
Membership for continuing
members is $30.00 per year, January through December.
Membership fees are
due for the year 2014-2015.
Membership
Form
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General
Meeting - December 8, 2014
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December
2014
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FALC
General Meeting, Quinlan
Center, Craft Room, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
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Monday, December 8
2014/ 7:00 PM - 9 PM
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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. $10) 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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Profile
of The Month
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Its always been FALC tradition
to introduce one member of steering commitee or an Artist of the
month first place winner. This month's Artist of the month first
place winners were Tejas Patil.
Tejas Patil- completed
Masters in Fine Arts and acquired a degree in Graphic Design.Both
her parents are Art Teachers so painting and teaching has come
very naturally to her. She has Mastered in Oil Paints, Acrylic,
Watercolors, Pencil shading, Charcoal and Ceramic. She is being
teaching Art for more than 15 years. Tejas is a strong believer
of Art and has always had passion to share and nurture it.
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Reward
Points For Members
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Falc is excited to introduce
New Membership Incentive Program. Please visit the Link for more
details.
Members
Incentive Program
Dont
miss the December meeting to claim your rewards!!
Winners
will be announced during the meeting.
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Fall
Fest Show
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Fall
Fest 2014
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Thank you all for participating and volunteering in the Fall
Fest show.
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2015
Nominations and Elections
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With the beginning of the new year all FALC board positions are
open for new nominations. We would like to ask that each FALC
member give some thought to how they can be more involved with
our club for 2015. You can nominate yourself or any other FALC
member for any position listed below. All nominations will be
voted on at the January Meeting. The club has many 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 -
President |
(Open) Slava Shabrov
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Vice
President Shows & Events |
(Open) Janki Chokshi
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Vice
President Website and Newsletter |
(Open) Janki Chokshi
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Membership |
Yelena Shabrova
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Refreshments |
(Open) Assigning and managing the refreshments for
the meetings.
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Demo
Coordinator |
Nina Uppaluru
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Panel
Rental |
Carrie Zeidman
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Greeting
Table |
(Open) Managing the greeting table for all general
meetings.
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Please contact Slava Shabrov (slava@shabrov.com) if you would
like to discuss volunteering for any of the above vacant positions.
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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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Brushscapes : Nina uppaluru and Ayesha
Samdani has their 30 paintings in Oil and Acrylic from Aug.
1st to Dec. 1st at Graniterock Design Center, 1505 S. De Anza
Blvd.,Cupertino,CA-95014.
Social Network Art Competition-expo Israeli
Artists Competition Reception Thursday, November 13, 2014
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ZK Gallery, 213 Jefferson Street, San
Francisco Finalists' work and more information:
www.snac-expo.com Exhibit runs November 11-18, 2014. Falc
Member Sagi Erez has two paintings in the exhibition.
CWA Member Show at Boundry Oak Golf Club
10/21/2014-12/16/2014, Walnut Creek, CA. This is a CWA member
show. It is in the banquet room of the Boundary Oak Golf Club.
Art Critiques with moderator Robert Schick
6:30-8 p.m. at Accent Arts in the Loft, 392 S California
Ave, Palo Alto FREE! (next critique is August 12, 2014)
Second Tuesday (of-the-month) Bring two artworks that you want
to discuss, whether finished or not. Share your art with others
and receive feedback that may help you see more objectively
and overcome creative road blocks. Please register due to limited
space by calling Accent Arts, 650-424-1044
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Shows
to Enter
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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://cupertinolibraryfoundation.org/programs/art-wall/art-wall-entry-form/
CWA 45th National Exhibition : CWA's
annual National Exhibitions are open to water media artists in
the United States and internationally. Our annual National Exhibition
attracts artists from all across the United States and abroad,
and awards a number of prizes in cash and merchandise. Call for
Entries to California Watercolor Association 45th National Exhibition
from January 15, 2015, to February 21, 2015 ENTRY DEADLINE: September
5, 2014. The 45th National Exhibition will be held at the Firehouse
Art Center in Pleasanton, CA. The Harrington Gallery is located
inside the Firehouse Arts Center operated by the City of PleasantonCA.
It is a beautiful space that exhibits a lively schedule of rotation
art installations featuring a variety of media, themes and styles.
The gallery is situated near the historic old town of Pleasanton,
where interesting local restaurants and shops can be found. Please
click
here for the full Prospectus.
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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 Wednesday
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 https://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. Classes are on 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.
Joy Kuo Teaching Chinese
Brush Painting. Beginner or Advance students on Wednesday mornings
10:00am.-12:00pm at Joy's studio 154 Quail Hollow Dr. San Jose,
CA 95128 . $40.00/per class. Please call 408-598-6085 or email
kuojs@yahoo.com.
Martha Zlatar is an Artist
Success Coach who can help you define your unique goals for your
art and support you in the process. Coaching is a wonderful way
to be accountable for your actions. Martha will help you identify
what you want to do, when will you do it by and how will you get
it done. Please contact her for a complimentary half hour phone
consultation at 415-839-8085 or email her at martha@artmatch-coach.com.
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.
Member
of FALC Kathy Qi has started a website for artists for selling
and promoting their work. website: http://www.key2arts.com/
Key2ARTS.com is a FREE community service for artists to exhibit
and sell their own original, prints, and cards of artwork with
very low commission rate. Membership is free and it's open to
any art club juried-in artist, and people who appreciate art.
University Art in San Jose presents
a GOLD LEAF WORKSHOP: "Learn how to use Gold Leaf Within Your
Painting" Saturday March 22nd, 2014 2pm to 5pm $80.00 Artist Tanya
Larina will show you the steps to add gold leaf into your oil
or acrylic painting. Call the store to reserve your spot. This
will fill up fast and space is limited. University Art 456 Meridian
Ave. San Jose, Ca. 95126. Contact No. 408-297-4707.
An Artist Workshop by George
O’Hanlon, Director of Natural Pigments November 16 and 17
at Accent Arts in Palo Alto Saturday, November 16 at 9am to 5pm
Sunday, November 17 at 9am to 5pm Accent Arts, 392 S. California
Ave, Palo Alto, CA The small class size provides each attendee
personal attention and guidance with materials. Registration now
open: $325 per person Due to limited class size we ask that you
register early and pay for the workshop upon registration to insure
your space. All workshop materials are included in the tuition.
Registration open now.
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Resources
Page on website
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Please check out our
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 using 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 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. Full payment
plus a $100 refundable deposit are due when panels are picked
up.
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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 2/3 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 2014
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President: Slava Shabrov
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Vice President: Janki Chokshi
- Website and Newsletter
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Program and Publicity: Carrie
Zeidman
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Treasurer: Todd Kruse
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Secretary: Keith Hull
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Membership: Yelena Shabrova
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Refreshments: Vacant
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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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Historian : Sid Veloria
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Panel rental: Carrie Zeidman
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Greeting Table: Kalpana Adesara
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Online mail: Slava Shabrov
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