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Fairfax Art League Newsletter
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February 2012
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Volume 26 Issue No. 2
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Dear Wendy,
Valentine's
Day is coming up and you wonderful people have already shown your love
to the group. We had a huge turnout for the cleanup and painting of the
Village Gallery so the work went by very quickly. If only the
volunteer turnout was that large for everything we do. The gallery
looks great with a fresh coat of clean white paint and we cleared out a
lot of detritus that piled up in the back over time. A new show will be
up this month, so bring by your work, stop by for a visit, or
volunteer to sit so we can bring visitors in to see all our hard work.
March will bring several special opportunities to show your work, so
start working on pieces now. We hope to see you at the next meeting.
Don't forget to check out our website for upcoming hanging and social
events that include: Chocolate Festival at the VG, Spotlight of the
Arts Show and Reception, the Heritage Festival and the Providence Show.
Just click on the blue EVENTS tab at the top of the webpage to learn
more about these and other upcoming events.
www.fairfaxartleague.net
Kelly Zelnio and Wendy Wander
Co-Presidents
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February 2012
February 2/Thursday - Show Change Old Town Hall, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
SHOW CHANGE at Village Gallery 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
February 3/Saturday - Board Meeting 9:00, Members Meeting 10:00, demo artist 10:45
February 9/Thursday- Artist Reception, Nicki Shishakly, 7 to 9 p.m.
February 15/Wednesday- Members Newsletter submissions due to Allen Pearson
February 25/Saturday- Patrons Newsletter submissions due to Nicki Shishakly
February 25/Saturday- Tooth Gallery- hanging new show
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The
next membership meeting will be held on Saturday, February 4, at our
Village Gallery located at 3950 University Drive, Fairfax. There is
plenty of free parking in the indoor lot next door at 10 am. It will be
immediately followed by light reception and our artist demonstration.
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February 2012 Watercolor Demonstration
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February Watercolor Demonstration ~ By Frank Spinks:
Starting around 10:45 on Saturday, February 4 following a Fairfax Art
League Member's Meeting; celebrated watercolor artist and potter, Frank
H. Spink, will discuss his work and techniques. His paintings have been
exhibited throughout northern California including San Francisco's
DeYoung Museum, Palace of Fine Arts and the Jack London Square Festival.
Moving to Northern Virginia in 1967, he became member and president of
the Potomac Valley Watercolorists and a signature member of the Virginia
Watercolor Society. His work ranges from representational to abstract
and from traditional transparent watercolor to oriental techniques on
rice paper. His interpretative landscape paintings are a bridge between
eastern and western compositional and perspective thinking. Frank has
been listed in Who's Who in American Art since 1976.This Fairfax Art
League lecture demonstration event will also be held at The Village
Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.
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JOIN THE FAIRFAX ART LEAGUE!!
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Exciting
things are happening at the art league! Be a part of it by completing
the attached form and return with your membership dues! If you are
already a member, you do not need to renew your dues until July1st.
For more information on our league and upcoming events, check out our
website: www.fairfaxartleague.net Thank you!
FAL Membership Application
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Fairfax Art League Newsletter
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Fairfax Old Town Hall Gallery News
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February's
show will highlight the paintings of Nicki Shishakly. Nicki will be
our Featured Artist for February. Members are encouraged to also show
at Old Town Hall this month, to complete a varied and full show in our
Old Town Hall Gallery. The show will be hung on February 2nd, between
the hours of 1-7PM. Nicki's reception will be held on February 9th
from 7-9P. Please come out and support Nicki and your fellow Fairfax Art
League members.
Our
big Spotlight on the Arts show will be hung on April 5th. Each member
is allowed to register two pieces of artwork for this show. Each entry
will have an $8 hanging fee. The show will be judged, with cash prizes
awarded. You should start thinking about and working on your Spotlight
entry now.
Our
Old Town Hall Gallery needs many more sitters to allow us to be open
100% of our hours. We can only open our gallery when we have someone to
man it. Please contact Carol Caputo at 703-273-1277, or
carolanncap@yahoo.com if you can help.
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Fairfax Village Gallery News
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The
Village Gallery has a fresh coat of paint. There was a nice turnout of
FLA members on January 14th to paint and clean-up the gallery. It is
much brighter and is ready for the February show.
The
theme for February's show will be animals; your pets, wildlife,
creepy-crawlies, etc. and we will even consider people. Be creative and
let's see what we can do.
The
January show was cancelled due to construction work to accommodate the
new Pub that is going in above us. Work was done quickly and
professionally. I expected delays; they in fact were ahead of schedule.
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FAL members have an ongoing opportunity to display work at 'Our Daily Bread' located in Fairfax City.
(See ODB's web page at http://www.odbfairfax.org)
ODB
can accommodate about a dozen pieces of art. Work displayed is shown
on ODB's web site. Last December, 2 items sold, Jackie Elwell's
painting "Keep Me Around" and Dave Rafalko's photograph "Barn,
Shenandoah County".
Members will be notified a week to ten days prior to the next show change and invited participation.
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Fairfax Old Town Hall
3999 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
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Village Gallery
3950 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030-2569
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Planning a Show?
Receive an Award?
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If
you are planning a show or have won an award, or something exciting
happened to you in the Art world, don't be shy, put it in the Members
and Patrons Newsletter. This newsletter goes out to over 400 people
right now and the number is growing. Please submit your news to Allen
Pearson, allen@allenpearsonsphotos..com by
the 15th of each month and Nicki Shishakly, nmshish2@gmail,com by the 25th of every month.
Allen Pearson
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WEBSITE NEWS
Our website www.fairfaxartleague.net has been updated. Check out the upcoming events we have scheduled for you under the EVENTS tab.
Did you know that we have a member's Artist Page?
Just send our webmaster, Liz Sirotta, a picture (JPEG) of yourself
along with a picture of one of your pieces of work, and she will post it
for you. She can even include a link to your website.
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The Tooth Gallery:
The show change for the Tooth Gallery's next show is on Saturday Feb. 25, 2012, at 9 a.m.
If you are in participating in this opportunity, please email Allen Pearson at allen@allenpearsonsphotos.com Please indicate your art medium and contact information, including
your phone numbers (work, home, cell), email addresses (home, work)
indicating which email and phone number is best to reach you at should
there be a schedule change. The show change is expected to be every 3-4
months.
If
you are selected as a participating artist and something comes up which
prohibits you from participating, please contact me ASAP so we can
adjust the show. I understand things come up, but no shows do not
represent FAL very well to the dental office.
Allen Pearson
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Hanging Opportunity:
Fall
Properties in Falls Church wants to have artists hang their work in
their office. This work would be for sale. The show would change on the
first Friday of the month. Please call them to set up an appointment.
Karen Haines, Office Manager 703-536-7018. Fall Properties, 212-A North
West Street, Falls Church City, VA 22046
703-536-7001
khhaines@gmail.com
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| Fairfax Village Gallery News |
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Renovations for
the Green Turtle, the new restaurant above the gallery are about
complete. Gallery will be closed for January. We will use this time to
our advantage. On Jan 14 at 10 we will
- Paint the wall
- Clean out unneeded stuff
- Clean windows
- Reassemble gallery
Volunteers are needed. Please contact Don Allen if you can help. donsallen@cox.net
You can pick up your work on Thursday, Jan. 5 from 3-5.
People's Choice for December 2011 is Carolyn Pool's 'Yoruba Chief's House'
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FAL members have an ongoing opportunity to display work at 'Our Daily Bread' located in Fairfax City. (See ODB's web page at http://www.odbfairfax.org)
ODB
can accommodate about a dozen pieces of art. Work displayed is shown
on ODB's web site. In December 2 items sold, Jackie Elwell's painting
"Keep Me Around" and Dave Rafalko's photograph "Barn, Shenandoah
County".
The next hanging date will be in mid January. Members will be notified a week to ten days prior to invite participation.
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Fairfax Old Town Hall
3999 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030
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Village Gallery
3950 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030-2569
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Planning a Show?
Receive an Award?
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If you are planning a show or have won an award, or something
exciting happened to you in the Art world, don't be shy, put it in the
Members and Patrons Newsletter. This newsletter goes out to over 400
people right now and the number is growing. Please submit your news to
Allen Pearson, allen@allenpearsonsphotos..com by
the 15th of each month and Nicki Shishakly, nmshish2@gmail,com by the 25th of every month.
Allen Pearson
Nicki Shishakly
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WEBSITE NEWS
The website www.fairfaxartleague.net has been updated. Please check the artist's page to see if your name is there. If
it is not, you might not be a member. If it is there we would love to
have a picture of you, a picture of your work and either a website or
your email to link your name to so people can find you.
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The Tooth Gallery:
The show change for the
Tooth Gallery's next show change is in Jan. or Feb. 2012. An email will
be sent out with the next show change date.
If you are in participating in this opportunity, please email Allen Pearson at allen@allenpearsonsphotos.com Please
indicate your art medium and contact information, including your phone
numbers (work, home, cell), email addresses (home, work) indicating
which email and phone number is best to reach you at should there be a
schedule change. The show change is expected to be every 3-4 months.
If you are selected as a
participating artist and something comes up which prohibits you from
participating, please contact me ASAP so we can adjust the show. I
understand things come up, but no shows do not represent FAL very well
to the dental office.
Allen Pearson
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Hanging Opportunity:
Fall
Properties in Falls Church wants to have artists hang their work in
their office. This work would be for sale. The show would change on the
first Friday of the month. Please call them to set up an appointment.
Karen Haines, Office Manager 703-536-7018 . Fall Properties, 212-A North West Street, Falls Church City, VA 22046
703-536-7001
khhaines@gmail.com
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