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FAC 02-25-03 FINE ARTS COMMISSION Regular Meeting February 25, 2003 Conference Room A, City Hall 10300 Torte Avenue, Cupertino, CA 7:30 p.m. (408) 777-3223 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Minutes of the regular meeting of Jan. 28, 2003. PRESENTATIONS 2. City Manager David Knapp- Role of commissions 3. Senior Architect Terry Greene - status report on City Center Park and sculpture ORAL COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS 4. Evaluation and thank-you letters · Jennifer Swanton Brown regarding poetry project at Regnart Elementary School · Annual report from the Euphrat Museum of Art · San Jose String Quartet regarding performance at Senior Center COMMISSIONER AND LIAISON REPORTS 5. Monthly meeting with Mayor Chang (3rd Tuesday at 5 p.m.) · Report from Janet Mohr on Feburary 19 meeting · select commissioner to attend March 18 meeting ELECTION OF OFFICERS 6. Election of chairperson and vice chairperson NEW BUSINESS 7. Fine Arts Grants · Select subcommittee to review and report back in March 8. Cherry Blossom Festival - select speaker to announce children's exhibit February 25, 2003 Cupertino Fine Arts Commission Page 2 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 9. Fine Arts grant - high school category · Status report on distribution and response to new program 10. General Guidelines for Selecting Public Art · Additional wording to accept donations and deaccession works of art 11. City Center Park and sculpture · Status report by Senior Architect Terry Greene 12. Consider staffing information booths or providing informational flyers · Confirm materials to be handed out April 5 at Euphrat's flea market booth · 2003 Art and Wine Festival July 19-20 STAFF REPORTS 13. Committee Roster (information item) 14. Lunar New Year Unity Parade scheduled for Saturday, March 8 NEWS ARTICLES · Metro article about vacant office space given to artists · Courier article about exhibit by DeAnza College art instructors · California State Fair scholarship program flyer ADJOURNMENT In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City of Cupertino will make reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with qualified disabilities. If you require special assistance, please contact the city clerk's office at 408-777-3223 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. DRAFY MINUTES City of Cupertino FINE ARTS COMMISSION Regular Adjourned Meeting January 28, 2003 CALL TO ORDER At 7:45 p.m. Chairperson Hema Kundargi called the meeting to order in Conference Room A, 10300 Torte Avenue, Cupertino, and led the pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL Present: Chairperson Hema Kundargi, and Commissioners Janet Mohr, Nancy Canter, Shirley Lin-Kinoshita, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith. Commissioners absent: Rita Young, Carl Orr and Barbara Phelps (resigned). APPROVAL OF MINUTES ITEM 12. Minutes of the regular adjourned meeting of October 22 and the regular adjoumed meeting of Nov. 21, 2002. Canter/Kundargi moved to adopt the minutes as presented. Motion carded unanimously, with Commissioners Young, Orr and Phelps absent. TAKEN OUT OF ORDER Consider staffing information booths · Euphrat Family Day interim program in April · 2003 Art and Wine Festival July 19-20 Diane reported that the Euphrat Museum would not be able to fund the entire cost of Family Day. The commission should seek alternatives such as conducting an event at the De Anza Flea Market. This event would include information booths regarding the Fine Arts commission and hands-on exhibits for all. ELECTION OF OFFICERS 2. Election of chairperson and vice chairperson Continued to next meeting. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Sound-off cards and staff responses regarding sculpture at Quinlan Community Center Letter from Monta Vista High School telling of delay in mural project Letter from City Attorney regarding financial conflicts of interest and closed sessions January 28, 2003 Cupertino Fine Arts Commission Page 2 6. Thank-you letter from grant recipient Judy Gregory. Resignation letter from Barbara Phelps. COMMISSIONER AND LIAISON REPORTS Monthly meeting with Mayor Chang (3rd Tuesday at 5 p.m.) · Hema reported on the December meeting Barbara reported on the January meeting · Janet Mohr will attend the February 18th meeting. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Fine Arts grant - high school category · Review of application package designed for students · Determine next steps in process (distribution, future deadlines, etc.) Janet Mohr will schedule a follow-up meeting with the teens and Kim Smith will update the application package. Public art loan policy & agreements · City Attomey reviewed the form of documents · Commission determines whether to adopt or amend Adopted as amended. 10. Review the previously adopted General Guidelines for Selecting Public Art to consider adding a section regarding the acceptance or de-accessioning of gifts or loans. Continued to the next meeting - Nancy Canter will provide wording NEW BUSINESS 11. Status of City Center Park and sculpture Terry Green, Senior Architect presented a power point presentation on City Center Park and the new sculpture. He pointed out areas of public parking, landscaping, the location of the art fountains and lighting, and some possible layouts for special events such as a Farmer's Market. The commissioner's agreed that they would like to visit the artisf during fabrication and would like to see a sample of the lights to be installed in the ground. Also, they would like the artist to create an identifying sign or marker for the sculpture titled "perspectives" STAFF REPORTS 13. Committee Roster (information item) 14. Children's art on construction fence at Cupertino library. 15. Accomplishments January 28, 2003 Cupertino Fine Arts Commission Page 3 The City Clerk reviewed the list of accomplishment to be shared at the commissioner's dinner and the commissioner's offered additional suggestions. NEWS ARTICLES - None ADJOURNMENT At 10:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City of Cupertino will make reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with qualified disabilities. If you require special assistance, please contact the city clerk's office at 408-777-3223 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. JENNIFER SWANTON BROWN 11266 MONTEREY COURT CUPERTINO, CA 95o14 (408) 366-o15o jlsbrn@alumni.ucsd.edu Kimberly Smith City Clerk 10300 Torte Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 January 22, 2003 Dear Ms. Smith, Please find attached my report on the pilot poetry project I conducted at Regnart Elementary School last spring with funding from the Fine Arts Commission. This is a copy of the report I provided to Mrs. Vivian Franklin, the principal at Regnart. Also attached are samples of student poems. Names have been removed per California Poets in the Schools guidelines. (Students' names may appear only with parental permission.) ! believe the poetry project was a great success at Regnart. Student and teacher comments to me were overwhelmingly positive. I had hoped to do more with the poems (a booklet for the students, poetry reading, etc.) but due to the timing of the project we couldn't get it all in before school let out in June. Mrs. Franklin and I are discussing ways to continue poetry classes at Regnart, where I am currently providing some poetry on a volunteer basis in my own children's classrooms. I am extremely grateful to the Fine Arts Commission for the grant money, which enabled me to share this literary art with the students in a way they enjoyed immensely. I believe that Regnart teachers and staffwill work to include more poetry in the curriculum there in part as a result of this project. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments. Best regards, lennifer Swanton Brown Summary Regnart Poetry Demonstration Project Lesson Summary Grade Teacher Lessons Subject/Poem* Presentation Outcome 50-60 rain Kindergarten Hoornstra¢ 1 Lesson Peace (group poems) I typed up the group poems and gave them to the class. First Heidel 3 Lessons Birthday/My heart (group poems) I typed group poem. (30 minutes only Tyger/Animal questions Class presented individual poems at teacher's Colors in original form during Open request) House. Second Riddle~ 3 Lessons Birthday/My heart I typed up all poems and created (1 x 60 min Tyger/Animal questions an anthology for Mrs. Riddle to 2 x 45 rain) Color copy if desired. Emanuel 1 Lesson Birthday/My heart Students clean-copied and decorated their poems. Second/Third Ohye 2 Lessons** Birthday Students typed their poems into Apology/WCW the computer and decorated them. Third Wolpert 3 Lessons Birthday/My heart Students selected their favorite Tyger/Animal questions poem and I typed them. Color Cavanaugh* 1 Lesson**~ Birthday/My heart I typed the poems from the lesson done in December with Mrs. Sambrano for the class. Ayde 3 Lessons Birthday/My heart Students selected their favorite Tyger/Animal questions poems and typed them into the Color computer. Fourth Yung 3 Lessons Praise Students selected their favorite Color poems and typed them into the Tyger/Animal questions computer. Fifth Locke¥ 1 Lesson Tree/Abstract vs. concrete Unknown Notes * Students wrote individual poems unless otherwise noted. ** I gave Ms. Ohye's class one additional lesson earlier in the year. I'm not including it in the count for this project. *** I gave this class one additional lesson earlier in the year when Mrs. Sambrano was here. I'm not including it in the count for this project. ? Mrs. Riddle paid for her lessons from her own PTA budget (not on grant). Mrs. Hoornstra's and Ms. Cavanaugh's lessons were donated by me because my children are in those classes, as a way of extending the demonstration. ¥ Mrs. Locke's class was the first one in the demonstration, and I only was there for one session. I have not communicated with her to see if she did anything else with her class. In reviewing that lesson, I believe I tried a lesson that, while generally a great one for fifth graders, is not an ideal lesson if there is only one exposure. I have typically done this lesson after at least two other lessons with the same students. My feeling is that this lesson may not have been as successful as it might have been. Cost Summary · Lessons done with grant money · Correction tk~r Mrs. Heidel's shorter lessons · Lessons done with PTA money · Lessons donated · Total lessons given to school 16 lessons ($80/session = $1,280 paid by $ 1,200 grant ) 3 for the price of 2 (total cost of 16 lessons reduced to $1,200) 3 lessons ($80/lesson = $240 paid from PTA) 2 lessons ($80/lesson = $160 at no charge) 21 sessions Total funds used · $1,200 Cupertino Fine Arts Commission Grant prepaid to poet/teacher · $160 donated by poet/teacher · $240 Regnart PTA funds for Mrs. Riddle's class · PTA funds for copying model poems for students (pre-approved by Mrs. Li). I used the Art Docent copy machine code for my copies, because I couldn't remember the general PTA code Mrs. Li gave me. · Incidental funds in the classrooms for paper, computer lab time, at the discretion of the teachers. In addition, administrative costs (time spent copying, typing, planning, preparing reports, as well as poet/teacher's personal paper and copy store costs) were approx. 6-8 hours. Approximately half of this time is typical overhead for a CPITS residency and is not usually budgeted. Sometimes anthology preparation is budgeted, or parent volunteers are recruited. Paper costs for copying model poems are usually covered by the school budget. Conclusions I am very pleased with the way we were able to organize and execute this poetry program at Regnart at the very end of the school year. I received much positive feedback from many teachers, as well as from many students. The teachers and staff proved helpful and flexible in every way. I was delighted to engage the Regnart students. They responded well to my questioning, offered their original insights into the model poems we looked at, and for the most part were eager to try writing poems under my guidance. Classroom discussions were lively, and quiet time for private writing was usually achieved without too much effort! I believe the quality of the student's poems to be on par with (if not superior to) poems I see from students at other schools. I believe this to be a result primarily of the high caliber of Regnart students in general, rather than an effect of this program. I do believe that working over a longer period with students at Regnart would result in an even greater understanding for the students of the intellectual and creative joy the process of poem making can be. I am more interested in creating future readers and writers of poetry, than in turning out perfect poems. I would love to come to Regnart again to work more with students and poetry. I hope to have the opportunity in the future and plan to research more funding options for future work. I want to thank Ms. Michelle Ohye for her encouragement, and Mrs. Vivian Franklin for her support. I am also grateful to the Regnart PTA for their funding, and to the teachers I worked with for their availability. I especially want to thank the City of Cupertino Fine Arts Commission for the grant which enabled me to provide these students with a poetry experience I hope enriched their education, and which I believe they enjoyed very much. My most profound thanks go to the many students I worked with, whose enthusiasm, willingness, and poetry delight me endlessly. Jennifer Swanton Brown, June 12, 2002 My Family Is Special Like Me Families are always nice. If they are looking at you they are smiling. They have dots. You care about your family. You can play board games like Monopoly with your family. My family is special like me. Families stick together like the earth. Families always have to go somewhere, like work and school. They run, walk, scooter, bicycle, and drive. Families take walks in the neighborhood after dinner. They see pine trees and oak trees. Blueberries walk like trees. Families taste like lollipops and vanilla ice cream. Families are colored blue, like violets, and peach. Families feel soft like green grass, like pillows, blankets or marshmallows. Families make singing sounds, snoring sounds, fighting sounds, chicken sounds. A tree gives you oxygen. A family gives you food, love, hugs, kissing, and water. Families are always nice. If they are looking at you they are smiling. Voices of the students of Mrs. Terri Hoornstra's K-2 Class Regnart Elementary School June 11, 2002 Jennifer Swanton Brown, poet/teacher Anger My heart pushes, punches and kicks. My heart rains everything. Anger makes me walk away, screaming, to my room. Sadness Sadness droops his tail like a dog. Sadness goes slowly to his room like a two-toed sloth. Sadness wishes she could play with kittens. A Poem My heart spins and rolls up and down the street like a bike. Mrs. Heidel's Class, May 7, 2002 ~econcl Graders, Ms. £rnanual's class Love My heart is filled with dogs. My tears are like dogs in the bathtub. My feet are like paws of wolves. Heart Lonely and Angry My heart is in my room, it's like it's locked up in a cage and the key is far away and my heart is stomping like a rhino and it's screaming screaming like a bird that hurt. Hate My heart is stomping and kicking. My hands are clenching. My head is getting red. Sorry/Sad My heart is like a dying female praying mantis, My mind is like almost extinct orangutan, My hands are like fresh wood on a fire, My heart is like a lonely spider. Surprised My mind opens my eyes wide. Joyful My heart is joyful when I laugh and giggle. My hands are red. My feet are blue. My head is green. My legs are yellow. My hands are burning. My feet are sky. My head flowers. My legs are hot. My heart is a tree with all of the fruit. My chicken is orange. I feel like a kangaroo in my backyard with four legs eating ice cream. Sadness My mind is empty and blue on end. My heart bouncing like a bed. I wish I free so I would wander could around the sea. Sad My mind feels like a crying fish, because it is not free. I just want to have some fun with friends. It is in a tank but they call it home. My heart is not free. Bored My mind is like a rubber ball without air. I lose my games in someone else's brain. I think of something to do then I change my mind. My mind is like a rubber ball that won't come back up. Bored My mind is as empty as a dinosaur brain. The thoughts in my head just seem to fly away. I can't play with mom or dad because they are at work. I don't have any brothers or sisters, so that' s why ! am bored. Since dinosaurs brains are mostly empty, my brain is empty too. Happy My face is red. My smile is big like a ruler. The sky is blue when I'm happy. The roses are red and the sun is yellow when I'm happy. I jump like a kangaroo but higher. I'm Happy I am as happy as a chirping bird gliding through the air. I am so happy today! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! I am happy as can be today hooray! Sorry My mind is sorry about dinosaurs, because they are extinct. I am also sorry for pandas, because they are almost extinct. I wish dinosaurs were still here. Second Graders, Ms. ~cmanua?s class Happy My heart is like a kitten playing in the grass having a lot of fun, playing happily. Joyful My heart is laughing and giggling with joy. When my cousins were having fun at my house, We were playing games together, and having lots of fun. My feet stomp and kick. My face gets all red. My hands make a fist. My voice starts screaming. Jolly My heart is laughing and giggling with joy when I play with my hamster and when I play with my dog. My face is red like blood off some one that's hurt. Or a red rhyming rose. My hands are making fists. And shaking so. Mrs. Woolperf's Third Graders; Favorite Poems Horsey If I were dolphin blue, I would ride on a wind that smelled like a delicious unicom sparkly white. I would jump on the brown of a bay horse. I would suck on a frisbee green candy. I would sail through a thunderstorm on a lovely humble yellow. I would put on a dress and dance with the pretty ballet pink. I would laugh at the black of a handsome stallion. I would kiss the creamy yellow of a beautiful mare. I would mn with the sweet candy tasting cherry red. I would sleep with a fluffy kitten orange. If I were a color I would be gold and rich. I would be looking at a large swimming pool shaped like a gold nugget. If I was gold I would have ten guns and ten chainsaws. Yellow Red Green Brown Red If I were a color I would be apple crunch red, red tastes like sweet mem (sic). Red feels like furry blanket. Red looks royal and rich. Red smells like a sweet rose. Freely Horse Galloping My heart is like a horse galloping freely among rolling hills passing sparkling lakes leaving the worries behind. Full of freedom in my heart, letting go through my mane with happiness everywhere passing among rushing trees, trees running to catch up to me, no flies to bother me, being as free as I can. Dolphin Shiny gray dolphin which man on earth made you? Shiny gray dolphin how did you get your color as beautiful as a golden crown? How did you get your beautiful name, as beautiful as Pocahontas? Would you go with me for a swim in the Atlantic Ocean? Don't you wonder if anyone likes you or not? Shiny gray dolphin I hope everyone likes you ! Mrs. Woolpert~s Third Graders; ,~avodte Poems 1/16/03 To: Kimbefly Smith and Cupertino Fine Arts Commission From: Jan Rindfleisch, Euphmt Museum of Art Enclosed is our annual report for 2001-2002, along with a financial update. You have received information about our 2002-03 exhibitions to date. Please note that for our spring exhibition we have curated ReThinking Nature, which opens February 20. As part of ReThinking Nature, an artist who works with creek restoration will be creating a creek-restoration installation in the museum. If the budget were available, it would be great to install his work along Stevens Creek. We have talked with the City Naturalist about this. If not now, perhaps in the future the city would be interested in taking this on. It could draw attention to creek restoration, the natural beauty in Cupertino, and the city's Stevens Creek Park planning. The project could involve school children and community members. For our part, we are doing a collaborative public art project with a couple hundred local school children that relates to Stevens Creek. This will be exhibited in the Euphrat, then at the Quinlan Community Center in conjunction with the Cherw Blossom Festival, and later elsewhere in the community. J. Rindfleisch January 16, 2003 Financial update for Euphrat Museum of Art For 2001-2002, the income and expenses were about $215,000. Of the income, De Anza College contributed about $78,000. The rest was raised or earned, with about $54,000 coming from local and county sources. Of the expenses, about $184,000 was for salaries/benefits (Museum Director, Arts & Schools Director, part-time staff, and students), the rest for production. The contribution from the City of Cupertino was about 3% For 2002-2003, we anticipate income and expenses about $220,000. Of the income, De Anza College is contributing about $75,000. The rest is raised or earned, with about $54,000 coming from local and county sources. Of the expenses, about $188,000 is for salaries/benefits (Museum Director, Arts & Schools Director, part-time staff, and students), the rest for production. The contribution from the City of Cupertino was 3%. Given the state budget crisis, we anticipate cuts from the College that at this point cannot be predicted. So far our Arts & Schools Program, connected to the Cupertino Union School District and Sunnyvale School District, has been strong. We provided more than 35,000 student-hours of instruction this past year. The program continues to grow and have waiting lists. EUPHRAT MUSEUM OF ART, 2001-2002 REPORT THE CORE OF THE EUPHRAT IS ITS UNIQUE, TIMELY EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, MEET-THE-ARTISTS RECEPTIONS, AND EXHIBITION-RELATED PUBLICATIONS. The year 2001-2002 focused on collaborative exhibition and program development working with other educational Institutions and small cultural organizations in the Bay Area. EXHIBmONS HELD AT EUPHRAT MUSEUM OF ART Memory and History of Place was an exhibition about "a sense of place." It ranged from photography to public monuments, paintings to installations. A sense of place is part of a person's emotional life and also part of a healthy community, because people who connect with their historical or physical environment are more likely to connect with civic and political life. Included an East Bay artist who addressed the conversion of the Alameda Naval Air Station, and a Los Angeles artist whose work referred to WWII internment camps and Waits Riot sites. Included local history and attention to what came before Silicon Valley, important to an area with many newcomers and rapid change. Nine artists participated. October 2 - November 21, 2001. Extended to December 3 for events. Between Dl~cipllnea: Art, Music, Language showcased art that touches different and related disciplines. It ranged from art produced in a multi-disciplinary residency program (visual art, choreography, music, poetry) to unique clay sculptures that serve as musical instruments, from paintings inspired by music to mixed-media installations with sound and music. Five artists participated in addition to the numerous artists from the Djerassi Resident Artists Program which was featured. January 8 - February 7, 2002. Magician's Day Off and Other Stories presented narrative art by a selection of contemporary artists in California, working in a variety of media: painting, photography, sculpture, quilts, printmaking, jewelry, and mixed media. Eight artists participated, including professors at San Francisco State and UC San Diego. Some stories were personal, others addressed issues ranging from Arab-Israeli relations to disability culture. During the last two weeks, the exhibition incorporated Teraqua's Journey, a collaborative public artwork about storytelling created by hundreds of local elementary-school students working through the Euphratls Arts & Schools Program. February 26 - April 18, 2002. De Anza Student Art Show, May 16 - June 13, 2002. Artwork in a variety of media created by De Anza students in the last academic year. EVENTS DIRECTLY LINKED TO EXHIBITIONS Public R~ception for Memory and History of Place, featuring presentations by the exhibiting artists. October 30. Public Reception for Between Disciplines: AC, Music, Language, featuring presentations by the exhibiting artists. January 22. Public Reception for Magician's Day Off and Other Stodes, featuring presentations by the exhibiting artists. March 12. Family Day Reception and Workshops, April 6 (see Arts & Schools Program). Public Reception and Awards Ceremony for De Anza Student Art Show. June 11. CAMPUS EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS Collaboration with Califomia History Center on Walking History Tour map of De Anza College including sites from Euphrat estate. Summer, Fall. Reception for Dale Chihuty, with book signing, held in the Euphrat before Night of Magic, December I. Collaboration with Development Office and Creative Arts Division on Night of Magic. Euphrat Board and staff purchased table and additional board members purchased tickets or assisted. Collaboration with California History Center. Finalize two year planning process. Summer. CreativeArteDivislonAdvlsoryCouncll. Euphrat Director is member. Academic year. EUPHRAT MUSEUM OF ART. ARTS & SCHOOLS PROGRAM 2001-02 AFTER-SCHOOL ART PROGRAM Professional artists conducted yearlong art classes for third through fifth grade students at Braly, Nimitz, Fairwood, Lakewood and San Miguel Schools in the city of Sunnyvale. These schools were identified as having high numbers of at-risk youth. Over 2,800 student-hours of free after- · chool art Instruction were provided. DURING-SCHOOL ART PROGRAM Beginning in September, fourth through sixth grade students at Nimitz School received weekly during-school art classes. Over 6,400 student hours of free during-school art in~tructlon were provided. FEE-BASED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM In 2001-02, the Euphrat Museum of Art offered after-school fee-based programs at nine schools in the Cupertino Union School District. Blue Hills, Collins, Eaton, Lincoln, McAuliffe, Portal Park, Stocklmeir, Cupertino Middle, and Miller Middle. Over 3,500 student-hours of after-school fee-bae~<l art instruction were provided. TEACHING TOURS Hands-on Teaching Tours of the Euphrat Museum of Art arc arranged for school children during major exhibitions. Over 500 student-hours of hands-on Teaching Tours were provided by Euphrat artist~eachers on site at the Euphrat dudng the school day. EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAM Summer 2001 program offering Extended Year classes at four elementary and two middle schools in the Cupertino Union School District. Collins, Lincoln, Muir, Stocklmeir, Cupertino Middle, and Milker Middle. Over 22,000 student-hours of during-school fee-based art instruction were provided. PRESENTATIONS Art Assembly at Nimitz School, 5/02. Guest Artists at Meyerholtz, Nimitz Schools, 3/02 - 4~02. 300 student-hours of guest artist visits. COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS TIED INTO EUPHRAT ARTS & SCHOOLS PROGRAM Community exhibitions have been a way for elementary school students to grow in self-esteem through recognition of their work and a way for staff, families, and the community to be more aware of student work and the art program. We have placed rotating exhibits throughout the year at some of these locations: Braly, Collins, Cupertino Middle, Lakewood, Lincoln, Miller Middle, Muir, Nimitz, San Miguel, and Stocklmeir Schools, the Sunnyvale Library, and the Sunnyvale Creative Arts Gatlery. The Euphrat children's art exhibition, Young Artists of Cupertino, was sponsored by the Cupertino Fine Arts Commission and held in conjunction with the Cherry Blossom Festival. An estimated 10,000 peopte viewed these exhibitions. Events provide one-of-a-kind opportunities to meet new artists and participate in different art forms. Family Day Event at the Euphrat Museum: Family Day art stations included Hopi-inspired Clay Storyteller Figures, a Wood Construction Station, Story Game Boards and Game Pieces, Wild Watercolor Postcards, a Toddlers Arts Station, a Beading Station, a chalk-in, and more. Thero were also San Jose Str/ng Quartet ! ii6/03 F;.ne Arts C,.;rmmssion City of Cupertino !~;:~0,'.! 7~, :re Avenue Dear Fine Arts Commission: bel~alf of my colleagues. ::r,-,r,'. the San Jose Chamber Players, I want to express deep gratitude for ,,,our generous grant which enabled us to spend a ~vonderful afternoon pe3forming for and visiting with many of Cupertino's se~ni_ot ,:5tizens at the new Cupertino Senior Center· Our visit took piace on today. '!am:,ary ~, 20,.)3 and by al! accounts, it was an enormously successful ~. ~,._~ ,_~,:~,(.,~,,~ .,,'y!e c4: W,,,ying an.1 ~:*.[king ha:J cieveioped o:et our thJrteert.-year I ~stor,: .:tn.,j it continues to be ¢>.tre~nely popular. Marcy performing en.-.emblvs urefe~ a very formal concert presentation. While we de t!,.at a~ we'.l when ~he t, ccas~on w~irrants, we have often found that om ~nforma] style [s .~ winning formula that fosters closer communication between audience and perk)rmer(s). As a result, we see over and over agaim as we did at the Senior Center on January 5th, that music ;.s indeed the internanonal language. Attached. plpase fred. a cop,, of the concert announcement as well as a letter from M., 'l'e~_e~,a Mu, th~ %etdor Cente:"$ Recre:t~on Coordinator. Not only were there inquiries ab,-m? upcomin? performances by the San Jose Chamber Players. we were als() asked to: .~4:or,'~ z.~;:] pert,win again at the Semor Center m the very near future. We hope that the Fipe Arts Commission will again look favorably upon any grant application ti'tat enables us to return to the Senior Ceo. tot lot another p~easant afternoo,.: ,,is'it. SincereN. · Pc[er Gelfand . J 2000 Spanish Bay Court ° San Jose ° CA 95138 ° Phone/Fax: 408 274-7600 The San Jose Chamber Players Spend a pleasant hour with the San Jose Chamber Players in a program for grandparents, parents and children of all ages... Sunday, January 5, 2003 2:00 to 3:00 PM at the Cupertino Senior Center The San Jose String Quartet Randy Weiss, violin Rick Shinozaki, violin Patricia Whaley, viola Peter Gelfand, cello These fine musicians from "America's Newest Symphony Orchestra" Symphony San Jose Silicon Valley will perform selections for string quartet from a wide variety of musical styles..The program has been carefully chosen to appeal to audiences of all ages. These selections will include well known compositions from the baroque, classical and romantic periods as well as a few surprises from composers such as George Gershwin, Leroy Anderson and others... This event is funded by the Cupert;mo Fine Arts Commission. For more information, please contact Peter Gelfand at (408) 274-7600. Spend a Pleasant Hour ~ with /~~..~/~/ ~- The S.an J0s~e Chamber Players gr~,dp~r,,t~, parents. and children of all ages/ Sunday, January 5, 2003 Cupertino Senior Center 2:00-3:00 p.m. The San Jose String Quartet Randy Weiss, violin Rick Shinozaki, violin Patricia Whaley, viola Peter Gelfand, cello This event is funded by the Cupertino Fine Arts Commission These fine musicians from "America's Newest Symphony Orchestra" Symphony San Jose Silicon Valley will perform selections for string quarter from a wide variety of musical styles. The program has been carefully chosen to appeal to audiences of all ages. These selections will include well known compositions from the baroque, classical and romantic periods as well as a few surprises from composers such as George Gershwin, Leroy Anderson and others. This Program Is Open To The Public Refreshments Will Be Son/od CUPEI~INO Cupertino Senior Center $'62b ohamber. (408) 777-3150 Cupertino Parks & Recreation CUperTInO Cupertino Senior Center 21251 Stevens Creek Boulevard Cupertino, CA 95014-3255 (408) 777-3150 Fax: (108) 7~7-3156 PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENt' January 7, 2(J05 Mr. Peter Gel£and The Sm Jose String Quarrvt 2000 Spamsh Bay Courl San Jose. CA 95138 Deax Mr. Gelfand: Thaxzk you so much for the x~ onderlul Grandparent/tJrandchddten Concert performed at th~, Cup:atmo Senior Center on January 5th, close to 40 seniors and their gTandctdldren attended this wonderflfl weekend event. I was unabte to attend, but I heard man~, rave reviev, s t~'om our members, the5, were ffzril/ed wit.h your choice of music, the skill of the musicians, the presentation and lh..:' rapport the musicians had with the audiences. One senior told me that she en. ioyed the concert so much that if she has to come on her knees, she wilt attend another pertbrmancc by your group; another member brought her 3-yetu'-old grand daughter and the little g4~'l stayed attentive during the entire event, ;[ thi.n& this is tl-~e highest compliment to yom' music selections and skills. I hope you will cousidcr perlbrmmg at our Senior Cente2 again; our members will be tlzrilied. Sincerely, ;'l ! Teresa Mo Recreation Coordinator Cupertino Semor Center Cupertino Senior Center Sunda_y anua 2:00 PM San Jose Chamber Players Randy Weiss, violin Rick Shinozaki, violin Patricia Whaley, viola Peter Gelfand, cello Ouick Tour Through 400 Years of Music History Instrument Demos Baroque (1600-1750) 1. Handel: Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba 2. Corelli: Corrente #10 3. Bach: Air to a G String from Orchestra Suite #3 (no repeats) Classical (1750-1830) 4. Mozart: 1st mvt. from Divertimento #1 in D Major, K136 5. Haydn: 1st mvt. from Op. 77, #1 "Le Gig" (letter G to end) 6. Beethoven: 1st mvt. from Op. 18, #1 (exposition only) (no repeat) Romantic (1830-1910) 7. Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile from Qt. #1, Op. 11 (through bar 49) 8. Mendelssohn: Wedding March (beginning to Letter D) 9. Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (thru 28, d.s. to 5 al fine) 20th Century Pops 10. Albinez: Spanish Dance 11. Gershwin: He Loves and She Loves 12. Cole Porter: Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 13. Mancini: Moon River 14. Beatles: When I'm Sixty Four (with cut) 15. Leroy Anderson: Plink, Plank Plunk Encore (if needed) 16. Beatles: Blackbird During the first half of 2ooo, the height V~ey got greedy. Omce bullets in plunglng c~ce rents ~e being driven by a more bulletproof;, some indum~-defeme, says Drew Arvay, managing partner of BT '7be s998-to-2ooo boom will never happen again in our lifetimes or our children's lifetimes. It was a once-in- every-~ oo ffea rs phenomenon, a very unusual, spectacular bubble: