2012_03 newsletter

Clovis Art Guild

Mar

The Oldest and Best art Association in the Valley

2012

Next meeting is Wednesday March 14, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Clovis Veteran’s Memorial Building, 804 4th Street, Clovis CA

Jerome Grimmer will be our March Demonstrator

OFFICERS Presidents Pro

Tem Gail Daley

Jerome Grimmer was born in Detroit, Michigan. His intention was to become a classical orchestra composer/conductor, but while in high school, he gave up his musical am-

Gene Butler

Vice President Toni Maygar

Secretary

bitions for visual arts. After coming

Fran Leighton

to California, he enrolled at the Art

Treasurer

Center College of Design in LA to

Alice Sutton

study illustration.

Grimmer worked for a short time as a technical illustrator in the space industry followed by a tour of duty in the Navy for three years. He entered and won many local, regional, and national art competitions. He was among the earliest artists to successfully use acrylic as a fine art medium and has had over thirty one-man shows and group shows. Through workshops and classes, he has shared his knowledge with countless students. His work has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine and is included in the Majesty of the Grand Canyon ISO years in Art, published by First Glance Books.

Jerome regards his paintings as a visual journal of his varied experiences, refusing to limit his scope, embracing a wide variety of subjects. His paintings have been critically acclaimed for

Inside this issue:

Inside This Issue

President’s Message

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Cover Art Contest

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Pick of the Month!

3

Copyright Myths

3

Officers & Committees

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Membership Application

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their mastery in capturing light and atmosphere, qualities that make Grimmer's paintings sought after and highly appreciated.

Next exchange for our storefront gallery will be March 1 @ 5:00 p.m.

President’s Message

Clovis Art Guild

2012 Cover Art Contest

The Old West & Rodeo Art Show is fast approaching. Have you started your painting or sculpture yet?

Last year we had a fabulous show and Gene and I know that your efforts will make the 2012 show just as wonderful.

Toni, Glynmary and Alice will be asking for volunteers to help out with the show, bring in food for the reception and to sit the show. Please consider signing up to assist in one of these areas.

Gene & Gail Presidents ProTem

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DON’T FORGET!

MEMBERSHIP DUES

Local art events

Every year we have a brochure for the Old West & Rodeo show in April. Each year there is a contest to pick a cover design for this brochure.

THANKS!

Enter your drawings by the March 14th meeting.

Glynmary would like to thank everyone who provided such fabulous food for the artist reception at the Veteran’s Show last November. She will be sending around a sign-up sheet for the Old West Show reception at the March meeting.

Drawings need to be no bigger than 5” x 7”. Drawings should be in pen & ink or pencil and photocopy ready. The subject is usually the Old West or Rodeo. The winner will receive $25.00 and our drawing will be on the cover

Art-Tique’s Local Art Events Calendar is a free monthly publication for the purpose of assisting artists of California’s Central Valley to find places to show/ sell their art, make connections with the local art groups, and find classes, workshops, and tools that help artists develop artistic skills and the business side of art. Printed copies are usually available at the general Meetings of ACA CAG, Allards Art supply in Fresno and the Kingsburg Art Center in Kingsburg. It is distributed on-line. If you would like to begin receiving a copy of this newsletter please contact Gail Daley @ 960-2428 or arttique@gaildaleyfineart.co m.

February 2012

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PICK

OF THE

MONTH

Pick of the Month is the Guild’s way of supporting our members efforts.

We need at least 7 paintings to award 3 places, so please participate!

We’d like to see what you’ve been working on! Don’t forget to bring your art to the meeting! We would love to see your work. Classwork is acceptable too.

1st place David Dalgety

2nd place Julianne Smith

3rd place Barbara Hamel

11 Copyright Myths - by Brad Templeton (reprinted by permission) MYTH NO 8: "Oh, so copyright violation isn't a crime or anything?" Actually, in the 90s in the USA commercial copyright violation involving more than 10 copies and value over $2500 was made a felony. So watch out. (At least you get the protections of criminal law.) On the other hand, don't think you're going to get people thrown in jail for posting your E-mail. The courts have much better things to do. This is a fairly new, untested statute. In one case an operator of a pirate BBS that didn't charge was acquitted because he didn't charge, but congress amended the law to cover that.

MYTH NO 9: "It doesn't hurt anybody -- in fact it's free advertising." It's up to the owner to decide if they want the free ads or not. If they want them, they will be sure to contact you. Don't rationalize whether it hurts the owner or not, ask them. Usually that's not too hard to do. Time past, ClariNet published the very funny Dave Barry column to a large and appreciative Usenet audience for a fee, but some person didn't ask, and forwarded it to a mailing list, got caught, and the newspaper chain that employs Dave Barry pulled the column from the net, pissing off everybody who enjoyed it. Even if you can't think of how the author or owner gets hurt, think about the fact that piracy on the net hurts everybody who wants a chance to use this wonderful new technology to do more than read other people's flamewars.

Myth no 10 will be covered in next month’s issue room permitting

OFFICERS & COMMITTEES PRESIDENT PRO TEM PRESIDENT PRO TEM VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER PROGRAM CHAIR PUBLICITY MEMBERSHIP PICK OF THE MONTH NEWSLETTER REFRESHMENT BARGAIN TABLE GREETER SUNSHINE CO-CHAIR STUDENT PROGRAM STOREFRONT ART GALLERY

GAIL DALEY GENE BUTLER TONI MAYGAR FRAN LEIGHTON ALICE SUTTON JULIANNE SMITH GLYNMARY BATEMAN ALICE SUTTON JACKIE MCCOY GAIL DALEY JEANNE NAITO SHIRLEY LINDGREN JOHN ROBERTS HILDA VANDERGRIFF SHARON GARCIA GENE BUTLER GAIL DALEY

960-2428 275-4304 299-0690 906-9861 787-2386 323-8496 787-2386 787-2451 960-2428 255-2146 255-0826 322-6186 322-6557 294-9626 275-4304 960-2428

If you wish to submit an item for the newsletter, please do so by the 25th of the month. Items should be sent to Gail Daley at: cag@gaildaleyfineart.com Or mailed to: 5688 E Sussex Way Fresno, CA 93727 BOARD MEETINGS ARE THE 2ND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH BEFORE THE GENERAL MEETING, AT 5:30 P.M. IN THE VETERAN’S MEMORIAL BUILDING, 804 4TH STREET, CLOVIS CA. MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

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