University Art

The Community Artist

University Art Newsletter Vol. 4 Issue 11, November 2005

ART ORGANIZATIONS SPOTLIGHT

It is with great pleasure that I announce the formation of a new art organization in our area: The Asian- Pacific Writers and Artists. This group is the brainchild of Clarissa Cua and is designed to bring artistic elements of the Asian Pacific Community together to assist each other in both the visual arts and the written word. Meetings are on Monday evenings from 3- 5 p.m. venues right now are varied until this formative group finds a more permanent home. To get more info or to contribute your thoughts to the group please call Clarissa at (408) 253-2230or Valerie at (408)873-7070. Lets all wish this organization the best of luck and ongoing success.

COMING SOON

Open Studios Silicon Valley Deadline 11/20/05:

“Art in the Air” Banner Competition

City of Santa Clara sponsors this annual event. Deadline for preliminary designs is 12/1/05. For more details call 408-615-2219 or online at www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us

Phantom Gallery (new)

Santa Clara University Visual Art Society. Up to five works may be submitted. For more details try online at the following: www.visulaartsociety.squarespace.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, the month of Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving, has a lot of interesting historical trivia associated with it. First off, November used to be the ninth month of a calendar year consisting of ten months in Roman times and had only twenty nine days until the reign of Julius Caesar who changed it to thirty one days. With the advent of the Gregorian Calendar, November became the eleventh month in a year consisting of twelve months, and wound up having thirty days. Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day was first held in 1919 after the end of WWI. In 1954, the modern day Veteran’s Day came about to honor the veterans of all wars. In Canada, Veteran’s Day is known as Remembrance Day. The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924; and officially begins the holiday shopping season.

ASK BRAMSCHANDOZ

Q: Can I use my oil painting brushes for my acrylic paints?

A: You can use the same types of brushes for acrylics and oils

(i.e. bristles or synthetics), but once you have actually used a brush for oils it should remain an oil painting brush and not be used for other media. The reason for this is that no matter how diligent you are at cleaning your oil brushes, a small amount of linseed oil and solvent remains behind in the bristles. When mixed with an acrylic paint this solvent oil mixture often leaves a resist area that is unsightly and difficult to paint over .

JEFF'S TIPS

Here are some tips for all of those old brushes that may have seen better days. Before throwing them away, try the following creative alternatives: If the bristles are a bit worn try cutting off the flag ends and using the brush as a scrubber or cut notches in them to use as a rake brush.

If the handle is getting worn you can remove the old paint, sand and seal with nail polish color. A drop of silicon glue can fix a loose ferrule. You can even cut short a long handle brush and use it as a travel brush.

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