GREAT NEWS!

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WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT BLAIR OLIVER WILL BE READING FOR US AT THE POETRY SLAM!

Blair Oliver grew up on the Jersey Shore and now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. He teaches literature and creative writing at Front Range Community College, where he's also the founding editor of "Front Range Review," a literary journal. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including "5280," "Yellowstone Journal," "The American Fly Fisher," "Yale Anglers' Journal," "Matter," "Cimarron Review," "Cutbank," "Talking River Review," "Iron Horse Literary Review," "Red Rock Review," and "Dickinson Review." "Last Call," the title story of his collection, was originally published as "Stations" in "Pulse of the River: Colorado Writers Speak for the Endangered Cache la Poudre."




















THERE ARE OTHER PRESENTERS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO READ:

Writers on the Storm: FRCC Creative Writing Club members
William Foster
Rebekah Breyer
Patricia Burdett
Kendra Thornton
Cheryl Matsumoto
Members of the FRC² Leadership team

Copies of the Front Range Review will be given to all attendees while supplies last!

Don't forget to bring your colored pencils and sketch pad if you feel inspired by the readings!

PLEASE JOIN US IN YOUR FAVORITE PARISIAN COSTUME FOR A FUN-FILLED NIGHT OF POETRY ON JAN. 27TH AT DAZ BOG!

Sumo Sissies Tattoo

Here is what I have been up to this last month! I was commissioned by my daughters to come up with a design that they could use for their sister tattoo.

I incorporated their initials c for Courtney, d for Dennielle, and l for Lanie into the design along with a 2 "S" letters. I am turning this design into a logo for them as well. Their brand is going to be called the "Sumo Sissies" (aka The Matsumoto Sisters).

Many, many years ago, when my husband was a wild Hawaiian boy, he decided that he would get a tattoo on his arm. As the tattoo artist started the old way of doing island tattoos, my husband quickly changed his mind because it hurt so bad. So, needless to say, he has a small, tiny dot on his arm. To incorporate the girls' father into the design, I used the dot as a symbolic token of love for their dear old dad!

Each dot represents each sister's favorite color as well as status in the family:
The pink dot is Dennielle-the oldest sister
The orange dot is Courtney-the middle sister
The green dot is Lanie-the littlest sister

The design takes the form of a blossom with the dots representing water dipping! This also means that each sister will always be nourished with the never ending promise to one another. I did a lot of research on Maori and Hawaiian tribal tattoos, and try to stick with the island feel for their design.

I wasn't quite sure if I would be able to nail a design that all of them could agree on because each one is so picky and each one has their own ideas, but needless to say, I must be one hell of a graphic artist because I presented the design to them they all were very happy. excited, and no one had any changes. A couple of days later, they were getting the design tattooed on them forever to symbolize their love for one another, and to be forever bonded in sisterhood!

I hope you enjoyed this little tidbit of news from all of us at the Matsumoto household!

Cheryl

FRC² Leadership Meeting

	The FRC² Leadership Team will be having a leadership meeting to plan for future activities, discuss and define leadership roles, and work through FRC² business items. ATTN: This meeting is for FRC² Leaders only! Leaders: Please be at Village Inn by 7:45 pm and meeting will start promptly at 8:00 pm. Your FRC² leaders are as follows: Cheryl Matsumoto-Facilitator Janee C.-Communications Jenn Blake-Communications Rory Maison-Tech Support Lane Leazer-Tech Support
Location:	Village Inn (On Harmony)
Date:	Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time:	8:00pm-10:00pm

Outdoor Photography Session with Jerry Sullivan

Saturday, August 6^th, outing to Benson Sculptor Garden in Loveland with Jerry Sullivan as our Photographic Expert, guest and guide was fun as well as informative.

We spent our first hour getting familiar with our cameras, talking

about settings (how and why), and addressing individual questions

participants had.

Our efforts next concentrated on shooting a single object (piece of sculptor) with

different camera settings to see and learn how changing settings will affect your shot.

As the garden was under transformation for this week’s Sculptor in the Park show, are focus next took us to the flora around the lake where we experimented with depth of field, composition, light and movement.

This was another extremely informative, interesting, and fun FRC2 gathering, we were fortunate to offer the group because of Jerry Sullivan graciously giving his time and expertise.

Our thanks go out to Jerry for his continued support and participation with FRC2, and we look forward to seeing you all Saturday, August 13^th for the Sculptor in the Park show, Benson Sculptor Park
in Loveland.

Linda Baldwin

Cheryl Matsumoto, FRC2 member

Cheryl Matsumoto

Cheryl Matsumoto

SKILLS (Technical)

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Acrobat)
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Works, Outlook Express)
• Internet Navigation
• Internet Security
• Windows (95-98, XP, Vista)
• Mac OS

SKILLS (Design)

• Identity and logo design
• Print design
• Website design
• Package design
• Advertising
• Photography
• Fine Art Illustration

Tutor for Front Range Community College - Larimer Campus in Multimedia Technology

BUSINESS: C.Scapes (Freelance Graphic Artist)
 http://www.cscapes.net/
 cheryl@cscapes.net

CONTACT
 Cell: 970-222-7759
 Email (personal): lotsofpigs@msn.com
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/cheryl.matsumoto