Next meeting is Wednesday February 8, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Clovis Veteran’s Memorial Building, 804 4th Street, Clovis CA

Inside this issue:

President’s Message 2

Cover Art Contest 2

Don’t Forget Pick of

the Month! 2

Miniature Works show

Winners 3

Storefront Gallery

Next Exchange 4

Financial Report 4

Membership Application 6

Clovis Art Guild

OFFICERS Presidents Pro

Tem

Gail Daley

Gene Butler

Vice President

Toni Maygar

Secretary

Fran Leighton

Treasurer

Alice Sutton

FEB

2012 The Oldest and Best art Association in the Valley

Inside This Issue

Toni Maygar Demonstrates

Acrylics

My name is Antoinette Magyar, but everyone knows me as Toni.

I have been around art my whole life. You might say I was born in-to it.

My mother is an artist in her own right. She spent time giving me the experience of many hours of watching and

learning and exposing me to many different styles through private collections and museums. I have been trained in different aspects in the art community from sculpture to interior design. However, my passion is painting. My main medium is acrylics much to my mother’s chagrin (she is into oils).

I have studied in college Art History / Life Drawing and Anatomy / and Sculpture. I have taken formal lessons in Portraitures. I have recently been working on Still Lifes and Landscapes.

My work has included painting Troumpe ‘Loil in many private homes and businesses in the state. You can see my work on the ceiling of 7 Rodgers Jewelry stores through out the state including the Riverpark store and on the walls of By the Sea Mediterranean Restaurant. My paintings hang on the walls in many private homes in the area.

I know that art is an ever-changing medium and I am excited by what the future has in store.

2012 Cover Art Contest

Page 2 Clovis Art Guild

President’s

Message

Every year we have a brochure for the Old West & Rodeo show in April. Each year there is a contest to pick a

cover design for this brochure.

Enter your drawings by the March

14th meeting.

Drawings need to be no bigger than 5” x 7”. Drawings should be in pen & ink or pencil and photocopy ready. The subject is usually the Old West or Rodeo. The winner will receive $25.00 and our drawing will be on the cover of the brochure. Sample de-

signs are shown above.

Don’t forget to

bring your art to

the meeting! We

would love to see

your work.

Classwork is

acceptable too.

Get Ready, Set and Go! The Guild has a lot of excit-ing things planned for this spring. Our Miniature Works Show is now in place at Sierra Vista Mall and it looks great. A big thanks to Alice Sutton, Jackie McCoy, Fran Leigh-ton, John Roberts and Da-vid Dalgety who assisted at the show. The City of Clo-vis has invited us to take part in their 100th year cele-bration by putting art by some of our members in the displays in February. In March we change out the art at the window gallery and submit designs for the Old West Show cover con-test. In April the Old West Show will be opening; we hope you are all creating art for it and will enter the show. Julianne Smith is organizing some dynamite demonstrations for the coming year beginning with Toni Maygar in Acrylics. We also hope to have some other things planned: workshops, organizing car pools for art hop, some paint outs. Gene and I hope all of you will join in and support these activities.

Gene & Gail

Presidents ProTem

DON’T

FORGET!

MEMBER-

SHIP DUES

IN FEB!

Pick of the Month

M i n i a t u r e Wo r k s F i n e Ar t S h o w

W i n n e r s

Page 3 February 2012

Regina M Raya

2nd #504 Bleeding Lilies

$200

Ball Point Pen

Regina M Raya

3rd #506 Cat & Mouse $90

Ink

Hilda Vandergriff

1st HM #502 Round Top Mt Alpine

Co $145

Pen/Ink

Adrian Perenon

2nd HM 501 Let The Fire Fall

$145

Pen/Ink

Adrian Perenon

#505 A Bicycle Built For Two

$50

Graphics

June Livingston

#507 Chuck Wagon NFS

Pencil

A.J. Sutton

Combined Category: Pastel, Mixed Media & Sculpture

BOS #701 Unicorn—A Dance In

Time $950

Bronze

Ethel Jamfrey

1st #602 Stepping Lightly $50

Mixed Media

Myrna Axt

2nd #401 Poolside Glamour

$125

Pastel

Valerie Greene

3rd #402 Morro Beach Path

$125

Pastel

Valerie Greene

1st HM #601 Fire Dance $75

Mixed Media

J.A. Erickson

2nd HM #603 Serenity NFS

Mixed Media

John Roberts

David Dalgety

2nd #202 Untitled $75

Oil

David Dalgety

3rd #207 It Could Snow $100

Acrylic

A.J. Sutton

1st HM #206 Rhapsody in Purple $40

Acrylic

Lonni Flowers

2nd HM #204 Cranes Waiting $35

Acrylic

Gail Daley

#201 Pleasant Day $50

Acrylic

Jackie McCoy

#205 Crane Mother & Baby $35

Acrylic

Gail Daley

Watercolor

1st #302 Fresh From The Garden

$85

Watercolor

Linda Erickson

2nd #305 Iris $75

Watercolor

A.J. Sutton

3rd #304 Rooster II $39

Watercolor

Fran Leighton

1st HM #303 Rooster I $39

Watercolor

Fran Leighton

#301 Fall Colors $50

Watercolor

Jackie McCoy

#306 Chickadee $75

Watercolor

A.J. Sutton

#307 Christmas Bells $125

Watercolor

Marylou Griggs

Drawing

1st #503 Tulips $200

Ball Point Pen

Best of Show

#701 Unicorn—A Dance In Time $950

Sculpture

Ethel Jamfrey

Theme: A Symphony In Color

1st #103 Bird of Paradise I $90

Watercolor

Lana Cribbs

2nd #108 Waiting For Abigail NFS

Oil

June Livingston

3rd #105 Rooster $200

Acrylic

Doug Boomer

1st HM #106 Dirt Road $200

Acrylic

Doug Boomer

2nd HM #107 An Illusion $49

Acrylic

Val Dann

3rd HM #101 Across The Bay $75

Acrylic

Gail Daley

#102 Fireside’s Hydrangea $85

Mixed Media

Linda Erickson

#104 Watercolor Rhythm $80

Watercolor

J.A. Erickson

#109 Orchids $75

Pastel

Hilda Vandergriff

#110 Spring $90

Mixed Media

Hilda Vandergriff

#111 Icons of Yosemite $75

Gouache

Jeanne N Naito

#112 Love $50

Mixed Media

Chele

Oils & Acrylics

1st #203 Untitled $75

Oil

Storefront

Gallery Our next exchange will be

March 1 from 5:00 – 6:00

p.m. Bldg. 1041 at Sierra

Vista Mall (Members are

requested to come to the

rear door) for more infor-

mation contact Gail Daley

960-2428. You may pick

up your art from the Minia-

ture Works show at the

same time.

All members are encour-

aged to bring in paintings

or sculpture; prints are al-

so acceptable but they

must be listed as a print.

M i n i a t u r e W o r k s F i n e

A r t S h o w W i n n e r s

Page 4 February 2012

#403 Mountain Mist $225

Pastel

Pam Pigg

#404 Painted Songbird $75

Pastel

Jeanne N Naito

Judges Painting

Old Fresno Water Tower

$165

Pastel

Diane Sauble Breuer

Annual

Financial Report Fixed Assets (original Value) Easel 51.88 Purchased prior to 2001 Display Stands 1,190.00 Purchased prior to 2001; improved 2004 Flood Lights 107.94 Purchased prior to 2001 Large Mirror 482.44 Purchased 2005 AMP System 607.88 Purchased prior to 2001 Name Banner 120.89 Purchased prior to 2001 Trailer 2,500.00 Purchased 2008 Total 5,061.03 Expenses Demos 1,125.00 Insurance 323.00 PO Box 40.00 Bank charges 89.00 Newsletter 346.40 Roster 41.00 Membership 28.54 Refreshment 27.53 Mini Works Show 445.00 OW Show 1,491.86 Vet Show 1,478.07 Trailer Insurance 50.00 Pick of the month 61.34 Storefront Gallery 20.04 Total 5,566.78 Income Membership 2,010.00 Bargain Table 93.00 Guests 125.00 Mini Show 445.00 OW Show 1,504.20 Vet Show 1,054.00 Donations 16.20 Sale of Art Racks 225.00 Artist art drawings 131.00 Start amount from 2009 1,493.57 Total 7,096.97 Net Profit/Loss 1,530.19 Approx. current checking balance

Savings Acct Balance 1,291.90 As of Dec. 2011

Page 5 February 2012

11 Copyright Myths - by Brad Templeton

(reprinted by permission)

MYTH NO 6: "If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work

belongs to me."

False. U.S. Copyright law is quite ex-plicit that the making of what are called "derivative works" -- works based or derived from another copy-righted work -- is the exclusive prov-ince of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly crea-tive process. If you write a story using settings or characters from somebody else's work, you need that author's permission.

Yes, that means almost all "fan fic-tion" is arguably a copyright violation. If you want to publish a story about Jim Kirk and Mr. Spock, you need Paramount's permission, plain and simple. Now, as it turns out, many, but not all holders of popular copyrights turn a blind eye to "fan fiction" or even subtly encourage it because it helps them. Make no mistake, however, that it is entirely up to them whether to do that.

There is a major exception -- criti-cism and parody. The fair use provi-sion says that if you want to make fun of something like Star Trek, you don't need their permission to include Mr. Spock. This is not a loophole; you

can't just take a non-parody and claim it is one on a technicality. The way "fair use" works is you get sued for copyright infringe-ment, and you admit you did copy, but that your copying was a fair use. A subjective judgment on, among other things, your goals, is then made.

However, it's also worth noting that a court has never ruled on this issue, because fan fiction cases always get settled quickly when the defendant is a fan of limited means sued by a powerful publishing com-pany. Some argue that completely non-commercial fan fiction might be declared a fair use if courts get to decide

MYTH NO 7: "They can't get me, defendants in court have powerful

rights!"

Copyright law is mostly civil law. If you vio-late copyright you would usually get sued, not be charged with a crime. "Innocent until proven guilty" is a principle of criminal law, as is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt." Sorry, but in copyright suits, these don't ap-ply the same way or at all. It's mostly which side and set of evidence the judge or jury accepts or believes more, though the rules vary based on the type of infringement. In civil cases you can even be made to testify against your own interests.

Myth no 8 will be covered in next month’s issue room permitting.

OFFICERS & COMMITTEES PRESIDENT PRO TEM GAIL DALEY 960-2428

PRESIDENT PRO TEM GENE BUTLER 275-4304

VICE PRESIDENT TONI MAYGAR 299-0690

SECRETARY FRAN LEIGHTON 906-9861

TREASURER ALICE SUTTON 787-2386

PROGRAM CHAIR JULIANNE SMITH 323-8496

PUBLICITY GLYNMARY BATEMAN

MEMBERSHIP ALICE SUTTON 787-2386

PICK OF THE MONTH JACKIE MCCOY 787-2451

NEWSLETTER GAIL DALEY 960-2428

REFRESHMENT JEANNE NAITO 255-2146

BARGAIN TABLE SHIRLEY LINDGREN 255-0826

GREETER JOHN ROBERTS 322-6186

SUNSHINE HILDA VANDERGRIFF 322-6557

CO-CHAIR SHARON GARCIA 294-9626

STUDENT PROGRAM GENE BUTLER 275-4304

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