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 2016-2017.

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Born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1958 to a US serviceman from Maui and to a bank teller from Hiroshima who spoke French and listened to Hank Williams. Being a military brat, Carl and his 4 brothers grew up all over the US and overseas. He has live in California and the SF Bay Area since 1977 and currently lives and works in San Jose.

Carl is self taught and has been creating art for more than 50 years. Only recently since 2011 has he really started showing his fine art. He was one of the earliest to embrace Apple Computers for graphic design and helped beta test and document the first Adobe Photoshop in 1989. In the last couple years he has explored more deeply in creating unique pieces of art with the computer. He still enjoys working as a freelance art director and graphic designer for a number prominent Silicon Vally companies.

Carl's main passion is art and his paintings and photography have already found their way into collections in the US and world wide. Carl loves to surf, rock climb, fly fish, explore the great outdoors, cook, orchids, beaches and sunsets, listening to vinyl and create digital music.

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.

FALC Vice President Carrie Zeidman has published a book named "Ghosts ". For purchasing the book or for further inquiry regarding Book contact Carrie Zeidman- Carrie@CarrieZeidman.com

Book Description: Ghosts - Images of War uses uniquely designed images of the past and present combined to take you on a haunted ride through history. By expertly superimposing and digitally manipulating historical images of the past with photos of the present, Ghosts connects the spirit and people of history to the present day world. Almost as if you’ve traveled to the past, or the past has been transported to the present, the images evoke nostalgia, sadness, reflection, and hope. Battles and monuments included range from Valley Forge to the Beaches of Normandy. After visiting concentration camps in Poland in 2008, viewing monuments and ruins filled with tragedy and despair, author Carrie Zeidman came home with unrelenting visions of the people who once occupied these spaces and whose lives were cut short. Searching out authentic photos from the Holocaust and combining them with images from her personal travels, she realized she could mesh the old and the new, contrasting the heartbreaking past with a hopeful present to create these unique images.

About the Author: Carrie Zeidman is a digital artist and photographer whose passions are photography, art, travel, and history, all of which are found in Ghosts. She is a tenth generation Californian and a fourteenth generation American. Many years of researching her extensive family history, traveling to historic battle grounds, and creating her unique art all come together in her first book. Her paintings start with a mood, an emotion, or a memory of some kind. Using color and figure, she finds a way to transfer that mood, emotion, or memory onto the two-dimensional surface of the painting. When finished, a successful piece is able to evoke the original feeling in the viewer. Carrie has won several awards for her work, including being named Cupertino Distinguished Artist of the Year in 2012. Her work has been represented in galleries, and her painting Freedom Rises in the East is in the permanent collection of the Mauermuseum at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany. She lives in Cupertino, California with her husband Bob, who is also an author of several books. She lives on a mountain top that affords her a different breathtaking view of the sunrise over the Santa Clara Valley every morning, providing endless artistic inspiration.

Bhavna Mishra - Solo show - “Bold Colors: Form, Structure, and Portraiture”: is on display at Graniterock’s Cupertino Design Center from November 30 - March 28, 2016. Please join us for the artist reception on Saturday, December 12, 2015. Venue: Graniterock's Cupertino Design Center 1505 South DeAnza Blvd. contact : 408.996.4500.

Olive Hyde Art Gallery Reception: Fri, 01/08/2016, Fremont, CA "A Touch of Red" by abstract7 Olive Hyde Art Gallery, from Jan 8 - February 6, 2016. Reception on January 8, 2016 7-9 pm. Gallery hours: Thursday- Sunday noon- 5pm. 123 Washington Blve, Fremont, CA.

PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS: Dave Massolo at Gallery 9 01/05/2016-1/31/2016, LOS ALTOS, CA Reception: 1/8/2016 PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS Gallery 9 in Los Altos features Dave Massolo's photography during the month of January.

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