Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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FALLBROOK – The BJ Wilson Fine Art exhibit will run from Friday, June 3 through Thursday, June 30 at Brandon Gallery. A reception, open to the public, will be held on Saturday, June 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery, 105 N. Main Ave.. The Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) has received two gifts of paintings from the estate of BJ Wilson. These paintings, of exceptional quality, are wonderfully representative of her career as a painter, lecturer and art-travel leader. The FAA, of...
FALLBROOK -- The Fallbrook Angel Society donated over $30,000 to 16 local nonprofit groups in February and March. Part of the $32,750 from the Angel Society was used to sponsor the Boys and Girls Club of North County at the Platinum level, at a cost of $10,000, which will help fund the organization’s summer swim program for kids. Rally for Children received $4,000 in support for its annual Arts in the Park, a free day of art-related activities for children and their f...
FALLBROOK -- The Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) and its board will be honored by State Senator Joel Anderson's office with certificates of recognition for outstanding service for their dedication to and support of the arts in Fallbrook. The ceremony and presentation will be held on May 12 at 6 p.m. during the FAA meeting. A potluck dinner will be held, so members and guests are asked to bring a favorite dish to share. The Brush Guys will also be at the meeting, giving members an opportunity to get great deals on paint...
Event raises funds for girls' education FALLBROOK – Fallbrook will be a field of dreams on Saturday, May 7, when the American Association Of University Women (AAUW) offers a display of flowers to enchant visitors who stroll through its finest local gardens during their Fallbrook Country Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For 21 years, the Fallbrook Branch of AAUW has raised funds for scholarships through this annual event. The tour consists of six local gardens, including s...
FALLBROOK - Works of art by five local students who have studied with Marilee Ragland at the Fallbrook School of the Arts were accepted into the Youth Art Month (YAM) Exhibit held at the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) in Balboa Park from February 13 through March 13. The exhibit was sponsored by the San Diego County branch of the California Art Education Association (SDCAEA) in conjunction with the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE). This year’s exhibition i...
FALLBROOK – Artist Tom Swimm will be doing a demonstration of his oil painting techniques at the April 14 meeting of the Fallbrook Art Association at the School of the Arts at 5:30 p.m. Born and raised on the East Coast, Swimm had a successful career as an advertising commercial artist in New York, then resettled in Southern California. Inspired by the light and the landscape of the West Coast, he renewed his passion for painting and was accepted for his first exhibition in t...
FALLBROOK – Terry Chacon will demonstrate her art techniques for the Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) at the group's March 10 meeting. Chacon, from Redlands, is a national award-winning artist with artwork in private collections spanning over 15 countries. She also does sculptures in ceramic and bronze and pet portrait commissions. Chacon is an avid plein air artist. Fascinated with impressionistic style paintings like those of Monet, she sought to learn a style of painting t...
Nick Perillo made his competitive bodybuilding debut Nov. 7 at the International Natural Bodybuilding Association competition at Harrah's Casino in Valley Center and won the men's open physique division World Cup. "Anything I ever go into I plan on winning, but there was really no telling what was going to happen," Perillo said. "Every competitor was very good, so to win that show was a great accomplishment." Perillo, who spent four seasons on Fallbrook High School's wrestling team and concluded his high school wrestling...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Art Association has announced its guest artist for its Jan. 14 meeting, Cloyd Bedke. He is an watercolor painter of landscape, still life, and people. Bedke was born in Southern Idaho, growing up on his father’s cattle ranch. Much of his work depicts his heritage, with the beauty of country and a love of land and animal. A graduate of Utah State University with a BS in Arts, he worked as an illustrator and then in 1966 took up painting full time. He...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) announces that its entry process for its Annual Open Juried Show will be administered by onlinejuriedshows.com and will be available for digital entry from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, 2016. Entry photo and processing assistance will be given at the Fallbrook School of the Arts on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, from noon to 3 p.m. The show will be held in Fallbrook Art Center, 103 S. Main Ave., from April 1 through April 24. Sally Strand will judge the show. She has been inducted into the P... Full story
At the annual Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce State of the Chamber dinner held Sept. 16 at Zion Lutheran Church, it was announced that Sandy Hull had raised the most funds in the contest to carry the title of Fallbrook Honorary Mayor for the upcoming year. "Sandy’s slogan was 'Small Town Girl, Big Town Heart,'" explained Lila MacDonald, chief executive officer of the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce. "Like me, she grew up here and has a passion for her community. She raised her f...
FALLBROOK – The Angel Society of Fallbrook recently approved funds to help sponsor Ingold Sports Park, becoming the third organization to pay for "naming rights" to one of the park’s four sports fields as part of a new fundraising campaign at the complex. The Angels join Major Market and the Rotary Club of Fallbrook as field sponsors at a cost of $3,000 annually, with a three-year commitment. The funds were unanimously approved at a meeting of the Angels’ board of direc...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook has many great parks, all of which offer a range of recreational opportunities and programs. Parks can provide the perfect setting for healthy exercise and activities as well as quality family time. Parks in Fallbrook are plentiful, but many residents may not be aware of all of them. Most people are familiar with historic Live Oak Park, but how many know about Rainbow Park, Don Dussault Park, or Clemmens Lane Park? The information below has been p... Full story
FALLBROOK – Several pieces created by Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) members were selected to be exhibited in C.O.A.L. Gallery's current Open Juried Show in Carlsbad. From 341 submissions, 212 pieces were selected to be displayed. - Major awards were given to six of FAA's members by the judges, college art professors Jeff Horn and Chuck Rouse: - Shirley Calvert, first place for "Apple Blossom Time", oil/acrylic - Karen Langer Baker, first place for "Puissant", monotype printmaking - Ray Fedorchak, second place for "The Messa...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) announces its upcoming open judged show will be held in Brandon Gallery, 105 N. Main Ave., Sept. 4 through 30, with submissions scheduled for Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. FAA membership is not required to participate and all acceptable works will be shown, limited to two entries per artist. Cash and ribbon prizes will be awarded at a reception Sept. 5, which will be held at the gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. Entry details can be found at www.fallbrookartassn.org. The judge for t...
- Fallbrook Chamber $100,000 - Bonsall Chamber $17,500 - Live Oak Park Coalition $12,500 - Art Association $10,000 - REINS $10,000 - Music Society $9,000 - Gem & Mineral Society $5,000 - Fallbrook Land Conservancy $5,000 - Friends of Community Center $5,000 - Historical Society $3,500 The June 23 passage of the 2015-16 County of San Diego budget included $3,665,000 of Community Enhancement grants funded by the county's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), and 10 Greater Fallbrook groups were among the recipients of grant awards. Ea...
- Arts Center $57,380 - Foundation for Senior Care $43,979 - Devil Pups $20,000 - Village Association $10,000 Fallbrook Center for the Arts, Inc., the Fallbrook Healthcare Foundation (Foundation for Senior Care), Camp Pendleton's Devil Pups program, and the Fallbrook Village Association will be receiving Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grants from the County of San Diego. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 June 23 to award $57,380 to the Fallbrook Center for the Arts to purchase the Fallbrook Art Center...
The proposed 2015-16 County of San Diego budget includes $3,665,000 for the Community Enhancement program, and during a designated San Diego County Board of Supervisors hearing June 1-2 organizations explained their needs and plans for use of the money. Each county supervisor has a $733,000 Community Enhancement budget and will decide how much of his or her budget will be given to each group requesting funds. Although the revenue is only from TOT money collected from lodging facilities in the unincorporated portion of the... Full story
The Career Dept. of Fallbrook High School has shared the following information regarding Class of 2015 students who are entering the military or received scholarship awards upon graduation. 2015 graduates who have enlisted in the United States military: Maria Estrada, USMC Freddy Lita, USMC Josh Moulder, USMC Alex Vigil, USMC Jayden Herman, USN AAUW/AVID Awards: Carina Perez Cindy Acosta Emilee Person Gemma Aguilar Grisel Raymundo Jasmine Ortiz Sarai Rojas Sophia Uriostigue...
FALLBROOK – Save Our Forest, a branch of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy has worked in cooperation with The Fallbrook Garden Club to dedicate a tree in the lower parking lot between the Fallbrook Library and the Art Center. Jim and Barbara Russell are honored on the brick at the tree site. This is well-deserved as Jim and Barbara were both significant in their contributions to the community they chose to live in, in 1978. Who knew then that these were two of the most c...
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 May 5 to approve the allocation of $716,000 from the Neighborhood Reinvestment Program (NRP) budget of Supervisor Bill Horn, including $26,000 which will be used for Village Square in Downtown Fallbrook. The grant agreement is with the Fallbrook Village Association and will be used for items such as lighting, expanded storage facilities, a three-compartment sink installation, umbrellas, chairs, tables, and relocation of the kiosk. "The Fallbrook Village Square is such a...
FALLBROOK – Co-founder of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy Vince Ross chuckled as he recalled a day in late 2002. He and his late wife Joy flew to Seattle to pick up a life-sized bronze sculpture of a mountain lion at the studio of artist Duncan McKiernan, a good friend of local artist Les Perhacs. "The mountain lion was to be the first sculpture to be installed at the Palomares Sculpture Garden, devoted to paying tribute to the wildlife in our region," said Ross. "To avoid t...
FALLBROOK – At its recent general meeting, Fallbrook Art Association's members and guests were asked to bring in a painting they had done which they felt was incomplete and possibly "unfixable." The meeting's featured artist, Jack Ragland, who calls himself the "doctor of dead paintings," proceeded to give each person suggestions on how they could easily make a few changes that would produce a painting that would be more inviting to a viewer. After that, he painted a scene a... Full story
FALLBROOK – The recent, scant rains have benefited the gardens on the American Association of University Women’s (AAUW) Country Garden Tour being held Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. However, gardeners have been diligent in tearing out lawns and replacing them with low-water requiring landscapes. This year the six gardens on tour will feature outdoor living spaces with succulents and other drought-resistant plantings. Two gardens have waterfalls with streams run... Full story
FALLBROOK – Three local students had their art work chosen to show at the annual Youth Art Month (YAM) Exhibit. which ran from Feb. 12 through March 22 in the Rose Gallery at the Francis Parker School in San Diego. Colette Lee won honorable mention for her watercolor poppies while Katelyn Mathewson and Nash Youngren received certificates of excellence on their respective compositions. This exhibit is sponsored by the California Art Education Association (CAEA) and the San D... Full story
