Sunnyvale Art Club

Currently, these artists are exhibiting at these venues: January thru January Session 2021 Bean Scene Cafe Neela Shukla. Angela Hsu, Jain Shuchi Pho Nam Restaurant Danila Blanco... Sunnyvale City Attorney Mary Williamson Sunnyvale Mayor Andrea Catura Cupertino Physical Therapy Geeta Taneja Red Rock Cafe Geeta Taneja, Neela Shukla Santa Clara Library Closed until February 2021 (pending notification) See more

The City of Mountain View Visual Arts Committee (VAC) seeks to commission an artist, or an artist team, to create the design and commission for public artwork for two planned parks: Mora Park located at the corner of Ortega Avenue and Mora Drive and Pyramid Park, located at the corner of Pyramid Way and Infinity Way. The City intends to bid the construction of the new parks in summer 2020 and complete construction in early 2021. The expectation is for the selected pieces to ...be installed by the artist during the construction phase for each park (Spring 2021). Applications are due by January 20th, 2020 at 11:00 P.M. (PST). https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/comdev/publicart.asp

I just want to convey some sad news. On December 18, former Sunnyvale Art Club member Rita Kuang-yuen Chow Louis passed away in Abington, Pennsylvania. Many of us knew her for her wonderful watercolor paintings and her kindness to everyone that she met. Our deepest condolences to Rita's family and friends. https://www.facebook.com/wake.louis/posts/10216629321199381

Here is a 2017 Portfolio Presentation for Artist Lila Gemellos

Here is a 2014 San Jose Raw Artist video about mural artist Lila Gemellos

This year's Mayor's Choice Award in the Sunnyvale Public Library Art Exhibit is "Bring the World Together in 2020", our Group Art Project, #2! The Mayor’s commitment to community art is admirable. You can view the collage and all entries to the Exhibit at: To view the Library show: https://www.facebook.com/media/set... To view the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlr6CT6slDE

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Every year, the Sunnyvale Public Library hosts an art show showcasing work of the members of the Sunnyvale Art Club. Due to the pandemic, the Sunnyvale Public Library has cancelled the in-person art show inside the library building. As an alternative, the library will be hosting a virtual art show where they post Sunnyvale Art Club members’ artwork on their public Facebook page. This virtual art show will be in November. The Library will create a Facebook photo album to ho...use the art entries. The Sunnyvale Art Club will also create a photo album for our virtual art show, as well as create a YouTube video of the virtual show. The Mayor of Sunnyvale will choose his favorite art work from the virtual art show. Feel free to share with your friends and family the video or any of our advertisements for our virtual art show and refer them to our facebook page and the Sunnyvale Public Library Facebook page.

On April 2017, Connecticut-based music organization Crescendo presented the concert program "Norman Rockwell and Alice Parker: Visions of America in Art and Song". In collaboration with the Norman Rockwell Museum, Berkshire Children’s Chorus and composer John Myers, Crescendo performed the world premiere of Myers’ Paintings in SongVisions of Norman Rockwell, a multimedia work with choruses, instrumentalists, and graphic animation. Myers’ work celebrates Norman Rockwell’s t...imeless images in a musical setting and highlights the continued relevance of the cultural values represented in Rockwell’s paintings. This particular video essay explored Norman Rockwell's painting "Freedom From Want", part of his 4 Freedoms paintings that were inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt's 4 Freedoms speech. Myers’ music is accompanied by simultaneous large-screen projected animations based on each of the paintings. Graphic artists Alice Myers and Anna Sabatini created them using digital technology to portray the paintings as dynamic visual elements, while retaining much of their original character. Norman Rockwell Museum has provided critical conceptual and interpretive support in the realization of these animations. The full concert includes selections of traditional American folk songs arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw. Ms. Parker, a distinguished composer, choral arranger, conductor and Berkshires’ resident, suggested a repertoire that would complement the themes evoked in the Rockwell paintings. Featured is traditional music from three centuries including a cappella works by William Billings, jazz legend Dave Brubeck and a new work (July 2016) by young composer Jonny Priano.

Heather Olsen gave a demonstration on how to paint a butterfly with oil in the Sunnyvale Art Club's November 19, 2020 meeting. Due to COVID situation all Sunnyvale Art Club meetings went virtual and thus we're able to invite Heather Olsen who is currently based in Salt Lake City Utah and will be Zooming with us from there. She has studied with various professional contemporary artists at the Hein Academy of Art and the Bridge Academy of Art before graduating from the Universi...ty of Utah with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2015. Heather is currently a full-time studio artist. Her paintings have shown in several local museums and galleries notably Alderwood Fine Art Gallery, the Crane Museum, and Gittins Gallery. She is versatile with painting technique and medium, and has experience with several different genre, including murals, street art, classical figure, landscapes, and set design. Visit Heather's website to see more of her art: https://www.heatherolsenart.com/

From the San Francisco Artist Network, here is are resources for professional artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Included are various galleries, art organizations, art centers and regional museums, Open Studios, art schools and classes, art supply stores, and online printing services. http://www.sfartistnetwork.org/resources.html

Kai Lun Qu did a portrait demonstration for the Sunnyvale Art Club on Zoom on Thursday, October 15, 7pm 9pm. Kai has been the winning recipient of the Figurative Art Convention and Expo Scholarship, Robert Gamblin Paint Prize, National Congressional Art Competition, and the Art of the Portrait Grant from the Portrait Society of America. He has recently been featured in Southwest Art Magazine's "21 under 31" Article, where he was one of 21 artists under the age of 31 being c...elebrated as rising art stars from across the West and around the country. His work has also been included and published by the likes of Poets Artist Magazine and PleinAir Magazine. Kai has exhibited in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, US Capitol Building in Washington D.C., and the Schuler School of Fine Arts, Maryland Art Place, and Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland Kai is currently an Accredited Member of the Maryland Society of Portrait Painter. Kai is currently residing in San Jose, California, painting and teaching full time. Kai Lun Qu b.1995 immigrated with his parents from China shortly after he was born and grew up in San Francisco, California. Being raised in an artistic family, he ventured back to China after graduating junior high and was then placed in the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts High School in Beijing; being taught the 19th Century Russian Academic methods in drawing. https://www.kailunqu.com/ Kai traveled back to the US to finish high school and it was there through being exposed to galleries and museums that he started gaining inspirations from artists such as John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, Cecilia Beaux, and the contemporary living master Richard Schmid. Kai then began to seek tutelage from renown painter Vincent Desiderio and Steven Assael at the New York Academy of Arts. In 2018, He was one of twenty-six recipients chosen out of nearly 3000 entries to be awarded a Certificate of Excellence for his painting Ashton in the 20th Annual International Portrait Society of America Competition.

We've got news! The Sunnyvale Halloween Pet Parade is going VIRTUAL! There are multiple ways to participate so get your creative ideas flowing! Your virtua...l entries are due on October 25th Event will start streaming on October 31, at 10 AM Visit: sunnyvalepetparade.com/ to learn more! Facebook Event: Share the News! https://www.facebook.com/events/1262509157415185/ #happyhalloween #sunnyvalepetparade #sunnyvaleca #familyfun City of Sunnyvale, California (Government) Duo Duo Project

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The Sunnyvale Public Library building is currently closed to the public. However, the library is pleased to provide two outdoor service options: Express Holds Pickup and Sidewalk Service. Maintain a distance of 6 feet apart and wear a mask. Express Holds Pickup Pick up holds for library materials. To use this service, you must have holds ready and have called us at 408-730-7309 at least one hour in advance of your arrival. Tuesday, 3 to 7 p.m.... Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Express Holds Pickup by Appointment Pickup holds for library materials. To use this service, you must book an appointment. On the day of your appointment, the library staff will check out any holds ready for you and have them waiting for you at the Library front door at your appointment time. You may pick up items for multiple family members at the same time by providing their name(s) and library card number(s) when making the appointment. Sidewalk Service (includes Express Holds Pickup) Pick up and place holds for library materials, get a library card or get help from a librarian. While not required, the library recommends that you call 408-730-7309 at least one hour in advance of your arrival. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Express Holds Pickup and Sidewalk Service are closed Sundays and Mondays. Contact the Sunnyvale Public Library By phone: 408-730-7300, Monday and Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. By email: Contact the Sunnyvale Public Library, 24 hours/7 days By chat: At the bottom of any page, click the blue box to "Chat with a Librarian." Enter your question, and a librarian will live chat with you through the library website in real time. https://sunnyvale.ca.gov/communi/library//displaynews.htm

Here is the official Facebook page of the Sunnyvale Public Library. https://www.facebook.com/sunnyvalelibrary

Here is the youtube page of the Sunnyvale Art Club. The Sunnyvale Art Club is a place where artists of all mediums gather once a month. The Sunnyvale Art Club (SAC) was originally founded in 1959 as "Community Arts and Crafts" by Mrs. Emma Swails. The original charter states: "May all our creative arts be given equal consideration and may all our members share equal rights".... We want our club to be a pleasant, educational and supportive place for our members. New members are welcomed in all our activities and events and we are more than willing to answer your questions at any time. All cultures and traditions are welcomed. No residency or geographical limits apply to membership. https://www.youtube.com/c/UCuJ7-8n8hnOBD5yJBKChkaQ/featured

If you are an artist or an aspiring artist in the Sunnyvale area, please consider joining the Sunnyvale Art Club. You can meet local artists, learn new art techniques, and get opportunities to exhibit your art. The Sunnyvale Art Club meets on the third Thursday of the month. During this pandemic, the club will be experimenting with meetings via Zoom. https://www.facebook.com/35909910618/videos/10155554773285619