Art Prompts

Are you creatively stuck?
Need a push to get your artistic and creative energy flowing?
Then you need to participate in the FRC² Art Prompts!

Here is how it works:

You'll find a new random-word(s) inspiration every month just for FRC² artists and writers!

Follow these simple FRC² guidelines:
1. Your submitted piece must be your original writing, art, or photography.
2. You may submit one original piece per monthly art prompt.
3. We are not going to accept artwork that depicts anything sexual or violent content.
4. No vulgarity towards other members will be accepted. You will be banned from posting in the FRC² community if that happens.
5. Post your original work in the FRC² gallery under the corresponding Art Prompt for the month.
6. FRC² members can log on to the FRC² gallery and enjoy original work and leave a friendly comment or critique for you.
7. The idea is to focus, refine, and reflect on your creative process!

Let the creativity begin!

Here is the art prompt for the month of June:
Deep roots
Here is the art prompf for the month of July:
Lightheaded

Stay tuned for the August Art Prompt...

EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT US!

Here is a wonderful article written about our FRC² group by The Rangeview, A Publication by the Students of Front Range Community College, written by Ken Gibbar!  Check it out!

http://frccrangeview.wordpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/front-range-creative-community-achieves-stability-bolstered-by-alumni-leadership/

FRC² Next Event - Mark James

Mark James of Studio of American West Photography will be presenting a workshop on photography! To learn more about Mark James visit his website at http://markjamesphoto.com

UPDATE: Live Taping and Studio Tour of Colorado Public Television

Note: There are only 5 available spots for regular members for this off campus field trip!

So far the following people are confirmed for the field trip:

Regular Members:

Wendy Wood
Jacob Sparks
Noah Hill
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Leadership Members: (Not included in count)
Jenn Blake
Cheryl Matsumoto
Robin Huber
Ce Bondhus
Rory Maison

This field trip is first come, first serve basis. To secure your spot, please email Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net and please let me know if you are driving yourself or meeting at FRCC-Larimer campus to carpool.

Please sign up no later than April 13, 2012!

Thanks Kevin!

I would like to personally thank Kevin Houchin, Attorney and Counselor at Law, for his informative and straight forward presentation on Copyrights and Trademarks! He did an awesome job!

Please log on to the FRC² Forum under Events to see more information on Copyrights and Trademarks! A video presentation will be following shortly in the FRC² Gallery!

We have been very lucky to have such wonderful presenters speak this semester! Each presenter gives their time freely to FRC². I hope that all of you are growing as creatives with the topics that have been discussed!

Again thanks Kevin for your time and talent to FRC²! It is deeply appreciated!

Next Event for FRC²

Please join us for this informative presentation!

Kevin Houchin, Attorney and Counselor of Law, will be presenting a workshop on copyrights and trademarks. To learn more about Kevin Houchin visit his website at http://houchinlaw.com/

UPDATE: Live Taping and Studio Tour of Colorado Public Television

Note: There are only 4 available spots for regular members for this off campus field trip!

So far the following people are confirmed for the field trip:

Regular Members:

Wendy Wood
Lindsey Holland
Jacob Sparks
Noah Hill
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???
???
???

Leadership Members: (Not included in count)
Jenn Blake
Cheryl Matsumoto
Robin Huber
Ce Bondhus
Rory Maison

This field trip is first come, first serve basis. To secure your spot, please email Cheryl Matsumoto at cheryl@cscapes.net and please let me know if you are driving yourself or meeting at FRCC-Larimer campus to carpool.

Please sign up no later than April 13, 2012!

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!

Color Scheme Designer & The Adobe Kuler

Hello all C² Members!

Check out some of these great online tools to help you with your designing and coloring skills.

The first one is the Adobe Kuler

“Discover Adobe® Kuler® — the web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. No matter what you're creating, with Kuler you can experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community.” - Adobe.com - About Kuler

The second is the Color Scheme Designer 3

With this version of Color Scheme Designer you are able to select from 6 traditional color schemes - Mono, Complementary, Triad, Tetrad, Analogic, and accented Analogic. It even has a randomize color option. With your cursor you can choose your color scheme by clicking on the color wheel on the left hand side. To the right of this, a window that shows the various hues within that scheme appears in rectangles separating each other. If you hover your cursor over them, the hex number (i.e. #FFFFFF) appears for your convenience.

This application also has some very helpful export options such as: HTML+CSS; XML; Text; ACO (Photoshop Palette); and GPL (GIMP Palette). There is even a ‘Colorblind’ feature where you can change to the appropriate scheme (there are 8 total) if you are colorblind. There are many other features but you’ll have to check out it and play around.

I hope these will be helpful in your creative endeavors!

- Lane Leazer

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

Let the FRC² Poster and Tagline Contest Begin!

The polls have opened! Members have till October 3rd to place their vote, no later than 5pm. Click on each poster to view it in a larger profile.

Here are your FRC² Poster and Tagline contest submissions:



Poster 1













Poster 2













Poster 3










Thank you to the contestants for participating in this FRC² event. It is truly appreciated and good luck!

The winner will receive:
1. Winner will receive a small prize for his/her winning concept from the FRC² leadership team
2. Winner may use the winning poster design as a portfolio piece in his/her prospective portfolios
3. Winning poster will be displayed on campus in various locations to advertise our group

Website is live!

Our FRC2 website is now live on the internet. Please check it out at: www.frc2.org
You will be able to access everything in this one place!