We welcome visitors to join us for any of the activities listed on our calendar!
Please let us know you are coming by contacting the Board.
Curtis Boyle will share his thought process for a composition, the tools he uses, his watercolor technique, and examples of his work, along with a short demonstration of a painting of a duck.
Stefie Gan is an animator based in San Jose. As an Asian American artist, she combines her cultural roots with a passionate concern for the planet's future. Her work amplifies unheard voices, challenges norms, and advocates for equality.
Elena holds a degree in Art History from the Ilya Glazunov Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Moscow. While continuing to teach, she actively develops her own artistic practice, focusing on painting, decorative arts, and working with genuine leather.
Susan Harding is a photographer, artist, and curator whose work celebrates the beauty of everyday life. Born in rural Utah, she found her voice through photography while navigating her journey from small-town life to vibrant urban centers like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Europe.
Susan’s work, ranging from portraits to visual stories about family and identity, has been exhibited internationally, earning accolades including first place in the 2023 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. She serves as Art Director at Wheelhouse of Willow Glen and is on the Board of Directors at WORKS Art and Performance Center, both in San Jose.
With a BFA in Photography from San Jose State University, Susan continues to create, exhibit, and mentor. Now based in Los Angeles with her wife, she draws her greatest inspiration from her grandchildren, who remain her most cherished subjects.
Join us for our monthly meeting and a demonstration by assemblage artist Sean Gil.
From the artist:
“I’m a Visionary Artist with 30+ years experience in drawing, painting and illustrating with any medium. I’m also an innovative Digital Artist with 10+ years experience in digital illustration and digital painting.
“In this current stage of my career I am using found art and assemblage techniques in my creative process. Inspired by Ancestral Art, History, Symbolism, Spirituality, Religious concepts, Scenery art and graffiti, I as an artist hope to highlight important events from past, present and future.”
Join us for our general club meeting and an intimate look at the art of mehndi, or henna art with local artist Kalpana Adesara. Please note this demo will take place in Room 9 (rather than Fellowship Hall) at FPC.
Kalpana Adesara is a highly skilled mehndi artist with over 25 years of experience in the craft. Recognized as Cupertino’s Distinguished Artist in 2021, she has built a reputation for her intricate and meaningful designs. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Kalpana has honed her expertise in mehndi, creating stunning designs for a wide range of events, including weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, engagement parties, birthday celebrations, and corporate events.
Known for using only pure, natural henna, Kalpana blends tradition with innovation. She skillfully integrates mehndi techniques into her paintings and even transforms everyday objects, such as candles and wooden boxes, into works of art. Her unique approach celebrates the ancient craft of mehndi while giving it a modern twist.
Kalpana invites you to join her at upcoming demos to witness the magic of this timeless art form and see how it elevates ordinary objects to extraordinary beauty.
Follow Kalpana on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mehndi_by_kalpana
Natalia will demonstrate painting an allá prima ocean scene in oil using palette knife.
Jenna Hobbs will be our June demonstrator.
Zoe will be demonstrating pencil and ink mixed media work that blends realistic animal forms with abstract pattern.
I am a predominantly lens based artist, but I also value transdisciplinary art and the various possibilities and outcomes that intersection and collage inspire. … The theme of uncovering beauty in the mundane while celebrating life's essence with authenticity is the common thread woven into all of my work.
Join us for an in-person demo with Angelo Lopez!
Angelo’s background: From April 9, 2008 to April 2011, Angelo Lopez was the regular cartoonist for the Tri-City Voice, a local newspaper of the Milpitas, Fremont, and Union City areas in California. From December 2011 to March 2023, Angelo Lopez was the regular cartoonist for the Philippine News Today, a Filipino American community newspaper based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Angelo Lopez won the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons. He has also won the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018 Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning for newspapers with a circulation under 100,000. Angelo won first prize for the Best of the West contest in 2016 and third prize in 2017.
Angelo about Angelo: I am a cartoonist and a fine artist who has been deeply influenced by cartoons and children's book illustrations. My early heroes were cartoonists like Charles Schulz, Jack Kirby, Bill Watterson as well as children's book illustrators like Maurice Sendak, Garth Williams, John Tenniel, who had these great pen and ink styles. During college, I acquired a love of a wider group of fine artists. But I never lost my love of the great pen and ink cartoonists and artists.
To see more of Angelo’s work:
https://angelolopezart.weebly.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AngeloLopezIllustration
Join us for a portrait painting demonstration by artist Michael Rogan.
I am interested in the creative process. Like a child at play, I create abstract paintings by experimenting with paint on canvas. I drip, drop, scrap, brush, print paint onto the canvas, hoping for the best until a composition or a story appears.
My drawing style comes from the grand tradition of doodling. The smooth, gentle roll of a pen across the pulpy texture of paper is meditative and soothing. It’s the marks we make in the margins while our focused minds are elsewhere I find most interesting. Most of the work is improvisational, with no intended outcome – only hopeful surprises.
