Newsletter August
2010
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FALC General Meetings are held at 7:00
PM on the 2nd Monday of each month except July. For specific
meeting sites, please visit the Demo
page.
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Calendar
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August 9, 2010
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General Meeting - Last chance to
jury in before the Fall Fest Show
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PAINTING CHANGE
- The paintings that are currently at Quinlan will come
down at the September meeting. |
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Artist of the
Month - Please bring in a painting to the meeting |
August 13, 2010
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Deadline for submissions
to the Fall Fest Show (see details below) |
August 16, 2010
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The steering meeting
will be held 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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2010
Membership
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2010 Membership dues are past due! All members
are required to complete the form and mail it in with their check
for $30. Dues for 2010 have to be paid up in order to submit your
entries to the Fall Fest Show.
Membership
form
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General
Meeting August 9, 2010
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FALC
General Meeting, Cupertino Room, Quinlan
Center, 10185 Stelling Rd., Cupertino
Monday, August 9,
2010/ 7:00pm - 9:30 PM
Painting
with Oils
www.kirschel.com
A native of California, Mike
has lived on the San Francisco Peninsula for more than thirty
years. His formal art education started in 1996 when he began
to study figure drawing at the Palo Alto Cultural Center's open
studio. Soon after, he took classes from Peninsula artist and
teacher, Jim Smyth. Through Jim, Mike was introduced to the
painting and workshops taught by colorist Ovanes Berberian.
A student of the late Russian master Sergei Bongart, Berberian
was able to provide a strong foundation in the fundamentals
of painting. More recently, Mike has had the good fortune to
continue his study with another Bongart student (and teaching
assistant), Sunny Apinchapong-Yang. From all of these lessons
Mike has broadened his art experience and continues to study
on his own. Painting directly from nature, whether still life,
figure or landscape, he works to put feeling into his painting.
Creating rich color harmonies with a vigorous approach is a
hallmark of his work. Showing since 1998, Mike's work has won
awards and been collected widely. Currently he continues to
paint and teach in Mountain View, California.
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The
2010 FALC Juried Fall Fest Show
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Entry Deadline August 13, 2010
Show: September 25 - 26, 2010, 10 AM - 6 PM / Location: Cupertino
Room, Quinlan Center, Cupertino
Juror: George Rivera - Curator at the Triton Museum in Santa
Clara
The
Rotary Club of Cupertino will generously sponsor $1000 in prizes.
Detailed information
Download
Entry Form
We look forward to all members participating in this annual
event. This year the Fall Festival will be held at Memorial
Park. The Art Show and Reception will be in the Cupertino Room
at the Quinlan Center. Submissions will be in the form of printed
photos 5" x 7". Maximum 3 entries per person. Submitting
3 entries will guarantee at least one accepted in the show.
Silent Auction
Our sincere thanks to the many artists who generously submitted
art for the Silent Auction on September 24th!
We will be conducting a Silent Auction of 12 paintings/photography
during the Reception. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to
The Live Oak Adult Day Services www.liveoakadultdaycare.org.
Award winners from
the 2009 show
Award
winners from the 2008 show
Award
winners from the 2007 show
Calendar - 2010 Fall
Fest Show
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August 9, 2010
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Last opportunity to be juried in as an Exhibiting
Member at the FALC General Meeting |
August 13, 2010
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Deadline for receiving (not
postmarked) entry form, payment and photos of artwork. |
August 23, 2010
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Notification of acceptance by email |
September 23, 2010
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Receiving of accepted paintings - 8 AM to
9:30 AM |
September 24, 2010
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Reception, Awards and Silent Auction - 7 PM
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September 25 - 26, 2010
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SHOW - 10 AM - 6 PM |
September 26, 2010
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6 PM - All artists must pick up
their paintings. All participating artists may leave 1 painting
at Quinlan until November 8th. The rest of the paintings
need to be collected at 6 PM. There will be a $10 charge
for all unclaimed paintings. |
November 8, 2010
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Pick up paintings from Quinlan at the FALC
General Meeting |
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We sincerely thank
the following members for volunteering to help coordinate
the Fall Fest Show.
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Show Chair: Iona
Ezaki
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Juror Coordinating: Nina Uppaluru
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Entries & Registration: Jane
Kwant
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Receiving: Reema Sacher
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Treasurer: Yelena Shabrova
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Hanging: Belinda Lima
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Publicity: Rajiv Khilnani
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Labels: Nava Attia-Benoit, Jan Grady
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Panel Setup and Delivery: Slava Shabrov
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Awards & Auction: Sylvie Levesque
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Reception: Masha Schultz
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Graphics: Carrie Zeidman, Swamy Lokanathan
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Volunteer Coordination: Grace Seidman
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New
Resources Page on website
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Please check out our
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
recommendation" to your subject line. |
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. 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 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.
Shows
to See
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Iona Ezaki has a
show as Cupertino’s 2009 Distinguished Artist of the Year
at the Cupertino Library for July & August. If you would
like to see more of her work, her book titled, “A Retrospective
in Fine Art Oil Paintings” by Iona Ezaki, as well as a poetry
book of the National Parks titled, “Parks Portrayed in Pen
& Paint” by Sara Schussell & James Ronan, are a part of
the permanent Library collections for both Cupertino and
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Tamar Assaf has an exhibit
titled "Animals of the Bible" at the SJSU, Dr. MLK
Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose, CA 95112. 50
paintings of antelopes, camels, owls, ostriches, locust, snakes,
ants and spiders are hanging in the gallery on the 4th floor.
Monday - Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM / Sunday 1:00 PM - 5:00
PM. This show is a product of 2 years of intensive work!
Belinda Lima's painting
"Moment in Time 3" was accepted into the International Society
of Acrylic painters International show. The exhibit opens Aug
7th in Santa Cruz www.isap-online.com
Linda Curtis: "Structure",
a watercolor by Linda Curtis, was selected for the 2010 California
Watercolor Association's 41st National Exhibition. Christopher
Schink, the juror, chose 100 paintings from throughout the U.S.
and around the world for this year's exhibit. The exhibit will
be held at the Presidio Officer's Club, in San Francisco from
July 14th to September 19th.
Anastasia Saltabida is
currently participating in a Group Show at "The Artists
Alley Gallery" in San Francisco with 4 of her paintings
of the new series "Modern Life". This is a group opening
so there will be a lot of works of many artists, mostly modern/abstract
style. If you would like to meet the artist at the gallery July
17th please let her know http://www.theartistsalley.com/, www.natassasart.com
Opportunities
Grumbacher Paint is looking
to hire accomplished acrylic painters to teach two-hour workshops
at a major retailer in locations across the United States and
Canada. Artist must be capable of demonstrating a still life,
landscape, seascape, and floral. We have developed a flexible
curriculum in acrylics for an artist to use or adapt to fit
to his or her style. We plan to conduct approximately one to
four workshops per store per month and the artist will have
flexibility in scheduling. Compensation is $100 per workshop,
and teaching materials will be provided to the artist at no
cost.
Anyone who is interested should
email Daniel McGloin at dmcgloin@chartpak.com with examples
of works in acrylics, a resume, and contact information. (Chartpak
is a manufacturere of fine art supplies. Grumbacher, Koh-I-Noor,
Higgins Ink, and Clearprint are some of our brands.)
Shows
to Enter
The Morgan Hill Art and Wine
Festival (November 6 & 7) will be held with the Morgan
Hill Marathon. They are looking for talented artists to participate
in the festival located at the finish line of the marathon which
will be held on the 7th. Please see www.mhmarathon.com
for details.
Classes
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
The Society of Western Artists
based in Redwood City, conducts workshop by national and local
artists. The workshops are conducted in their gallery in Redwood
City and are open to everyone. For more information on their
2010 workshops please visit www.societyofwesternartists.com
Kay Duffy Watercolor classes:
Collage Workshop, September 18, 2010 / 9:30am to 3:30pm, Hakone
Gardens, Saratoga. $50 includes a sample pack of papers and
most of the supplies necessary for the workshop. Registration
and information - Kay 408-867-0508 or email K@kayduffywatercolors.com
Stefan Bauman Weekly Oil
painting classes: Saratoga every Wednesday 6-9pm or Tuesday
11-1pm. 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. Location: Hoover Theater, Room A
& B, 1635 Park Avenue, San Jose. 1:30 to 4:00 PM. Workshop
artists are -
2010 Free SCVWS demos |
August 28, Don Andrews, Watercolor landscapes |
Nov 6, Frank Webb, Using the white
of the paper |
Please
visit www.scvws.org for complete
workshop details.
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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.
The question about criteria is not so simple.
We all know that Art is subjective. Sometimes we benefit from
that subjectivity, and sometimes we don't. No one can tell you
what good Art is or isn't.
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 2010
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President: Iona Ezaki - 408-978-6614
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Vice President: Brian Haney:
Programs
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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,
Chagit Ofir, Kalpana Adesara, Li Wei Lu
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Demos: Reema Sachar and Brian
Haney
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Online Gallery pages: 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,
Solange Glaize, Tania Tengan and Anamika Agrawal
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Online mail: Nava Attia
Benoit
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