FRC² New Leadership Team Members

Congratulations to Robin Huber and Ce Bondhus for becoming the new members of the FRC² leadership team. Robin and Ce will begin their leadership duties on March 9th. Please make sure you congratulate them when you see them. We believe they will make a wonderful additions to our existing leadership team! They bring a variety of skills and a deep sense of commitment to the group!

We would also like to sincerely thank Janee C. for all her hard work throughout the last 11 months as she has faithfully served in her leadership role on the FRC² leadership team. We wish her the best as she begins her new journey to California! We will miss her deeply!

Thanks Janee!

Leadership Vacancy

We are in the process of looking for a replacement to our FRC² leadership team. Due to Janee moving out of state, we are looking for a possible candidate to fill her position by March 4, 2012.

Things that we are looking for in a replacement:
1. Willing to connect or actively connected with the local art community.
2. Willing to give a chunk of their time to FRC² and must attend FRC² leadership meetings which are held every month.
3. Committed to take on an active role in responsibilities, duties, and roles of the FRC² leadership team for the betterment of FRC².
4. Willing to start in their leadership role by the March leadership meeting, March 9th at 8-9:30 pm. at FRCC-Larimer Campus, BP 117.

If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please write a small paragraph on "Why you want to be part of the FRC² leadership team", and submit your paragraph to Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net no later than February 28, 2012!

The leadership team will make a decision by March 3, 2012! All candidates will be notified by email as to the appointment by March 4, 2012.

This a great opportunity for you to build on your leadership skills and looks awesome on your artist resume.

I would like to personally thank Janee for all her hard work, dedication, and commitment to FRC². There would be no FRC² if it wasn't for Janee's never ending commitment and contributions to leadership team! Please take a moment to thank her when you see her!

Poetry Slam Poems!

One of the really cool things that we did during the Poetry Slam was to make group poems.

We passed along a sheet of paper which was folded in accordion style. Each person who received the folded paper was instructed to write one awesome line of poetry, fold the sheet of paper to hide what they wrote, and then to pass it along to someone else. So by the time the evening was over we had three poems written by the group.

I want to thank Janee for coming up with this really cool icebreaker to get the crowd in the mood for some poetry!

Here are the three products of our creativity!


Poem One:

How does one find the answer to life?
The sliding sounds of sunset cluster,
echoing the now empty odes of morning's youth,
then the sound waves collided against my ear drums,
Bring your flame solar, she beacons you!


Poem Two:

In the beginning my destiny was known,
but still I did not accept what I had been thrown.
The hole in my soul is empty with desire,
lost in a cloud of emotions in a succulent sunset.
The glow of the rising sun,
reflected over the still clear lake.
Dying to myself to be able to truly give,
hiccuping through quiet breaths.
Engine steam drifts off the beaten path of a tireless dream!

Poem Three:

Seeing the Eiffel tower in dusk light,
brings woe delight in my hearts sight.
She walks in beauty like the night,
of cloudless climes and starry skies.
And all that's jest of dark and bright,
meet in her aspect and and her eyes.
Take me away distant lover,
the sun shines through every crack of life,
and we all dance through the rays of blazing eternity!

Simply beautiful!

Always,
Cheryl

...where the hummingbird comes like a small green angel to soak his dark tongue in happiness▬
Mary Oliver

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

Tie Dye T-Shirt Craziness!

This was my first time ever doing tie dye and I had a lot of fun. We had a number of dyes and I tried a couple of different techniques showed to us by Caitlin Ming. Without her and Janee C., I imagine my shirts would've just been colored with dye (that's it), lacking the most important part - that "tie dye" look. I didn't realize there were so many different ways to get different effects for the outcome of the shirt pattern/design. I feel like they turned out okay for my first time and they will be great shirts for painting in and hanging out in the sun. Next time I will apply less dye and plan out my color schemes from the beginning a little better. Either way, it was a great opportunity to get to know some of our members a little bit better and get artsy on a nice day.

Lane Leazer

Drawing with Sisa

The drawing workshop given in Friday, June 10 by Sisa Sternback of the AANC (Artists Association of Northern Colorado) was awesome!

We weren't in the classroom but a few minutes before Sisa had us go outside and start working. Before starting though, she did have us do a quick sketch of a simple object - in order to get an idea of our skill levels. (The rock -shown above- was my subject, and you can imagine why the "sketch" of said rock was purposefully omitted from the photograph).

Anyway, here are a few pictures taken during the workshop...

Sisa and Jake Sparks working on the perspective of a curved building.

Jake Swain standing next to his masterpiece!

Jenn Blake with her fabulous peony flower sketch.

The weather was nice for drawing outside and with just 4 of us FRC2 members, it made for very personal attention from our instructor.

Sisa gave us some guidelines and allowed us to explore them with our own style, while working with each of us individually to understand certain drawing techniques while refining our skills.

Just before the end of our session, we went back inside for a critique of our work.

The 4 finished workshop sketches.

Here are a few quick resources and tips Sisa had offered to us:

Drawing Journal

Sisa's drawing journal with collected images, notes and sketches.

Keep a drawing journal! It can be used to collect inspiration, refine skills and develop a recorded history of your drawing progress.

Gesso it!

To get a little extra texture, paint gesso on your drawing paper.

A great book

This book, "How to draw what you see" by Rudy De Reyna, was highly recommended for anyone interested in furthering their drawing skills. After flipping through the book, we could see why....

Detail of book by Rudy De Reyna.

Open Studio Invitation

A sign-up sheet for those who are interested in participating in the figure drawing studio events.

We've been invited to attend AANC's Open Studio dates. Artists can bring their materials and create art together (with or without AANC membership). Suggested donation to the AANC Scholarship Fund: $3. Initially the studio subjects will be still life arrangements and eventually they will consider bringing in models.

Open Studios are held on Wednesdays between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, unless some other event is being held at the same time. Location: 148 W. Oak, Studio D (near the Taj Mahal restaurant in Old Town). If you have questions please contact the AANC here:

Artists Association of Northern Colorado
P.O. Box 1039
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
970-226-9286
info@artistsassoc.org

Thank you Sisa! We had a great time and look forward to you coming back again.