Member of the Month (June)

Mark Foxsparrow

Mark Foxsparrow is a father, a husband, and a design student at Front Range Community College. He loves beer, and drinks it regularly. He is intrinsically shy, but hides it well, and lives in Fort Collins with too many pets to name. Mark’s childhood was spent taking care of his terminally ill mother, who passed when he was 28 years old. Mark shares his mother’s love for nature and is drawn to science and aesthetics. Since he was a boy, he has been an avid daydreamer and has longed to express himself through a creative medium, but growing up below the poverty line had necessitated new and exciting ways of doing so… because most of those methods of expression turned out to be illegal, Mark developed a reputation as a troublemaker, which eventually caused him to suppress his creative impulses. After the death of his mother, Mark decided to return to school (having only graduated the 6^th grade) and pursue a degree in science, but stumbled upon graphic design, and the creative demon was yet again released onto the world… Muahahahaaa.

Welcome Mark James as our 54th member!

I am pleased to welcome Mark James as our 54th member of FRC²!

We’re excited that you decided to join us and see what it’s all about! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Send a photograph, a short paragraph about yourself, your artistic skills, and your interests. Email your member introduction to Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net. I will post your member introduction on our blog and happily add you to our list of FRC² members!

Again, I am glad you decided to join this awesome group of creatives, and please come to any of our FRC² events.

Welcome Heather and Amara!

I am pleased to welcome Heather Owens and Amara Murray as our 52nd and 53rd member of FRC²!

We’re excited that you decided to join us and see what it’s all about! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Send a photograph, a short paragraph about yourself, your artistic skills, and your interests. Email your member introduction to Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net. I will post your member introduction on our blog and happily add you to our list of FRC² members!

Again, I am glad you decided to join this awesome group of creatives, and please come to any of our FRC² events.

Thanks!

Welcome Noah!

I am pleased to welcome Noah Hill as our 51st member of FRC²!

We’re excited that you decided to join us and see what it’s all about! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Send a photograph, a short paragraph about yourself, your artistic skills, and your interests. Email your member introduction to Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net. I will post your member introduction on our blog and happily add you to our list of FRC² members!

Again, I am glad you decided to join this awesome group of creatives, and please come to any of our FRC² events. Thanks!

Welcome Ce!

I am pleased to welcome Ce Bondhus as our 47th member of FRC²!

We’re excited that you decided to join us and see what it’s all about! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Send a photograph, a short paragraph about yourself, your artistic skills, and your interests. Email your member introduction to Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net. I will post your member introduction on our blog and happily add you to our list of FRC² members!

Again, I am glad you decided to join this awesome group of creatives, and please come to any of our FRC² events.

Thanks!

Welcome Roxanne!

I am pleased to welcome Roxanne Solomon as our 46th member of FRC²!

We’re excited that you decided to join us and see what it’s all about! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. Send a photograph, a short paragraph about yourself, your artistic skills, and your interests. Email your member introduction to Janee Cookson at janee@dflystudio.com or Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net. We will post your member introduction on our blog and happily add you to our list of FRC² members!

Again, we’re glad you decided to join this awesome group of creatives, and please come to any of our FRC² events.

Thanks!

45 Members Strong!

FRC² would like to welcome the following new members:

Wendy Wood
Jasmine Crosley

We currently have 45 members in FRC² and still growing!

Welcome Wendy and Jasmine! We are very happy that you decided to join this awesome group of creatives!

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!

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Kendra Thornton, FRC2 member

Kendra Thornton

SKILLS

• Drawing (charcoal, colored pencil, graphite, marker)
• Painting (acrylic, oil, watercolor, marker)
• Ceramics (freeform and pottery)
• Jewlery (metal, beads and wirewrap)
• Poetry
• Story Writing
• Beta Reader
• Photoshop (basic)
• Animation (traditional)
• Critiquing
• Essay writing

WEBSITE & ONLINE

  Deviant Art:  http://www.foxfaith.deviantart.com/
  You Tube:  www.youtube.com/user/foxfaith24?feature=mhum
  Facebook


CONTACT

  Email: luvmycorgi1020@aol.com
  Phone: 970-290-0922

Lane Leazer, FRC2 member

Lane Leazer

SKILLS & INTERESTS
Relative Skills: This is my fourth semester working with the Adobe CS5 suite and feel like I got a pretty good grip on Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, and some Dreamweaver. I have also been producing and mixing audio since I was a young so I have quite a bit of experience with audio editing, mastering, and recording. Programs like Acid Pro, Reason, Pro tools, Sonar, Cakewalk, Ableton, Fruity loops, etc. Music is what got me into video so they both have a huge role in my life. I play the drums, bass, and turntables.

I really enjoy using markers, pens, paint markers, India ink, spray paint, Prisma markers/colored pencils, or anything like these mediums. INK & PAINT! I am also a big fan of photography and videography (knowledge in digital), both viewing and creating. I have worked with Lightroom 3 a bit as well. I have a Nikon D50 for photo and a Cannon Optura Xi with wide angle, filters, and directional mic for video. So if there are any audio/video production students, I am your guy.

I am also familiar with a handful of video editing and post production video software programs like Final Cut, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid technologies, Adobe After Effects, and Vegas Pro. I am a freelance lighting technician and camera operator for CPT12 (channel 12, Denver’s PBS), so I have quite a bit of in studio and out in field experience for filming and lighting.

All in all - I eat, sleep, and breathe art, music, and film or at least the means to make it, enjoy it, and/or obtain it in its many forms!

CONTACT
Phone: (970) 412-8559
Email: lane.leazer@gmail.com 

Sarah Hickman, FRC2 member

Sarah Hickman

SKILLS
I am proficient in:
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign

I've also taken several art classes, the majority of them in traditional drawing and painting.  Also one in sculpting and another in metalsmithing.

CONTACT
Phone: 970-691-9206
Email: smhickman@student.cccs.edu

ONLINE
Deviant Art

Patricia Burdett, FRC2 member

Patricia (Trish) Burdett

BIO
I started my art career later in my life, as my love for fantasy. I used to take a more serious view of life, therefore all that I read, had a reality base to it. I now embrace the magic in life and want to share that view with others, through my art and the written word through children's books.

I also create calendars, with the same theme. I love and have studied mythology, astrology, psychology, and metaphysics.

I use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and watercolor as my medium.

Linda Baldwin, FRC2 member

Linda Baldwin

SKILLS

My talents:  Well, I'm a photographer, I would say this is first and foremost and that I'm interested in the formal aspect as well as the manipulative.  As far as Adobe programs go I'm best at Photoshop, and Illustrator would be second.  I've have some knowledge in InDesign, and even less as far as Dreamweaver and Flash go.  In the past I have dabbled in painting (water color, oil and acrylic) but its been a very long time.  I used to be able to draw (again its been a long time since I sat down and drew anything)  In the past I have done a lot of pen and ink work which included mostly pointillism.  I have designed greeting cards and sold those designs to several greeting card companies.  I have a line of two dimensional wooden angel figurines that I bring to fruition by designing/drawing, cutting out on a scroll saw, hand sanding, painting and then put together much like a puzzle which are mounted on a wood base.  I've sold these through galleries and word of mouth.  I have also designed stained glass windows and have also made a few myself.  I've done many craft applications including: jewelry, crochet, embellished glass Christmas ornaments, needlework, beading.

Some of the things I would like to investigate are: designs for fabrics, shoes & hand bags, dinnerware, and oriental rugs.

To travel abroad with my camera is my number one dream after I become a proficient, successful photographer, well even if I never become proficient or successful.  I would start in Italy and see it all!

I love music, old architecture, travel, skiing, and exploring creative/artistic directions of almost all types.


CONTACT

  Email: icurqes@aol.com
  Email (secondary): lindaleebaldwin@aol.com
  Phone: 970-227-2247
  Facebook: 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

Sarah Rosenbaum, FRC2 member

Logo by Sarah Rosenbaum

Sarah Rosenbaum

BUSINESS: Studio Concrete

ONLINE
Website: http://www.studioconcrete.com
Blog: http://www.studioconcrete.wordpress.com/
Flickr: www.flickr.com/people/logogirl
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/studio-concrete/117632708289234
Twitter: www.twitter.com/studioconcrete

CONTACT
studioconcrete@gmail.com

Ying Li, FRC2 member

Ying Li

Ying Li

SKILLS

• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver)
• Logo design
• Web design
• Print media
• Photography

WEBSITE
 http://www.liannestudio.com/

CONTACT
 lianne@liannestudio.com

Jake Swain, FRC2 member

Illustration by Jake

Jake Swain

SKILLS

• Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge)
• Microsoft (Word, Excel)
• Computer technology (Mac and PC)
• Fine Art (Ink, Charcoal, Graphite, Mixed media, Conte crayons, Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Oil Pastels, Chalk)

CONTACT
  Email: predalien64@comcast.net
  Cell: 970-231-4829
  Facebook: www.facebook.com/jake.swain3

Caitlin Ming, FRC2 member

Caitlin Ming

Caitlin Ming

SKILLS

• Art direction
• Photography
• Adobe Illustrator
• Creative writing (writing in general)
• Proofreading
• Sewing :)

CONTACT
  Email: cming88@gmail.com
  Cell: 303-507-5230

Jenn Blake, FRC2 member

Photo Montage (Student work)
Montage of my own traditional and digital photography with vector elements.

Jenn Blake


SKILLS

• Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
• Fine Art (acrylic, fiber, pencil, watercolor)
• Illustration
• Marketing (etsy.com shop owner:  http://www.treesoup.etsy.com/) - side business
• Photography (traditional and digital)

PORTFOLIO
 www.flavors.me/jennblake

CONTACT
 octopusmafia@yahoo.com