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The Community Artist

University Art Newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 9, September 2003

ART ORGANIZATIONS SPOTLIGHT

This month we are going a little further up the peninsula to visit with The Sequoia Art Club. This Redwood City based group has been around for about forty years and is still going strong. They are a good-sized organization of about seventy two members that get together on the fourth Friday of every month for meetings and demonstrations. The meetings are held at the Veteran's Memorial Building in Redwood City located at 1455 Madison Avenue and start at 7:30 p.m.

For more information concerning programs, membership, and meetings call Catherine Delfs at (650) 366-0784 or via e-mail at tedelfs@pacbell.net

COMING SOON

Mill Valley Arts Festival
9/13 - 9/14 10am - 6pm
Cascade at Throckmorton
Mill Valley (415) 381-8090

Capitola Art & Wine Festival
9/20 - 9/21 10am - 6pm
Village by the Sea, Capitola
(831) 475-6522

Parallel Views, Current Images and Related Works
By Ron Guzman
9/13 - 11/9
Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara
(408) 247-3754.

The Poetry of Watercolor
The annual show of the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society
at the Rose Shenson Community art Gallery on the Grounds of the Triton Museum (see above) www.scvws.org

If you have exhibit info that you want to have posted please e-mail at snjbram@aol.com

TRIVIA AND STUFF JUST FOR FUN

The art world has its share of critics, just like the movie industry, the stage community and the world of writers. Where did the first art critic come from then? A great deal of evidence points to a Florentine painter (ironically enough) by the name of Cennino Cennini from the 1400's. In 1437 he wrote a handbook of artists materials and techniques, but he went further by discussing artist's attitudes, failings, as well as imagination (or lack thereof). Cennino led the way, and by the nineteenth and twentieth centuries art critics and criticism became very prominent and influential and remain so to this day.

ASK BRAMSCHANDOZ

Q: Are all artists' paints safe and non -toxic now?

A: No. Art materials can be either certified as non-toxic or they may have a health warning label on them, and many times this will be indicated on the label of the product. An A.P or C.P label or a conforms to NSTM standard notation means the item is probably pretty safe for use (or course allergic reactions are still possible in sensitive people). If there is no such label or a warning an MSDS sheet can be consulted for details.

JEFF'S TIPS

If there is a rule of thumb when buying art supplies it is to always buy the best materials you can afford. There are real differences in the quality and durability of products and those differences can affect the outcome of your project, not to mention your stress level! So remember, don't skimp if you can avoid it.

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