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The Community Artist

University Art Newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 11, November 2003

ART ORGANIZATIONS SPOTLIGHT

This month we are going to switch gears a bit and feature one of the Bay Area's finest art museums: The Triton Museum of Art. The museum was founded in 1965 in San Jose by art patrons W. Robert and June Morgan; it became the first non-university affiliated visual arts museum in Santa Clara County. Located at 1505 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara, the 22,000 Square foot museum features pyramidal skylights, spacious galleries and a beautiful sculpture garden. They are also one of the few art museum's in existence passionately committed to the exhibiting of local artists; while they are still living too!

The Triton also outreaches to the community through various programs and more information is available at (408)247-3754 or online at www.tritonmuseum.org

COMING SOON

Bob Gerbracht
at The Triton Museum of Art
11/15/03 -1/11/04
1505 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara
For more info call (408)247-3754 or try online at www.tritonmuseum.org

San Francisco's Celebration of Craftswomen
10am - 6pm 11/22, 23, 29 & 30
Festival Pavilion
Fort Mason Center
off Marin Blvd
For more info call (415)383-3470

San Francisco Harvest Festival's 30th Anniversary Show
11/14 11am - 7pm
11/15 10am - 7pm
11/16 10am - 5pm
Concourse Exhibition Center
685 Eighth St.
For more info call 1(800) 321-1213 or www.harvestfestival.com

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

TRIVIA AND STUFF JUST FOR FUN

November brings cooler weather, rain, and of course the national and family tradition of Thanksgiving. The year was 1620 when a group of religiously persecuted Puritans (who came to be known as "The Pilgrims") landed at Plymouth Rock in what is now Massachusetts. A year later in 1621 (thanks in no small part to our Native American brethren), governor William Bradford declared "a day of thanksgiving and prayer," when the Pilgrims celebrated their very first harvest in the new world. Thanksgiving was officially made a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.

ASK BRAMSCHANDOZ

Q: My pastel paintings seem to shed, even after fixing them, is this normal?

A: Yes. Pastels have a mind of their own and continue to shift and lose pigment even after fairly heavy fixing. In addition most workable fixatives tend to darken the image, and once touch-ups are done you then have un-fixed pigment to deal with. The best solution: mat it and get in under glass, skip the fix!

JEFF'S TIPS

A great many artists in our area participate in local and even national competitions for that elusive "Best of Show" purple ribbon. So what separates an award winning piece from a best of show? First, to be honest, it can be the subjectivity of the juror towards the piece. Secondly however, consistency of style, color, and attention has a major impact on the judge's decision. Mentally divide your painting into four quarters. Does each section have the same attention given to it? Are the styles consistent? Are the colors balanced and clean? What do you see?

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