Greetings!
Each year in November, we pause as a nation to
collectively give thanks for the abundance in our lives.
As anyone knows - who hasn't been living in a cave,
cut off from cell phones, computers, radio and
television - the economy has hit a rough patch. Many
of us have had to make do with, make do without and
generally tighten the belt.
By the time you
read this, we'll either know, or be very close to
knowing, who will be leading our country for the next
four years. No matter who you voted for, and whether
or not you are happy with the results, you can be
thankful for this: you live in a country where you do
have a voice, where change can happen and where
hope can rise out of the depths of despair.
If
you take stock, you can probably count way more
things to be thankful for than not. And when Fine Print
takes stock, the first and most important thing we have
to be thankful for is YOU. We hope this month's
special will be taken in the spirit that it is offered, as a
big thank you to our valued Lumira customers.
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1/4th of the Lumira Pie - All For You!
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Save 25% on 5x7 - 20x30 Lumira prints.
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we thought
we'd give thanks for wonderful customers like you by
giving you a BIG piece of Lumira Pie!
We're slicing 25% off our Lumira prices
for sizes 5x7 - 20x30. That is a savings of
between 45 cents and $7.75 per print, depending on
the size and quantity that you order. Or $30 per
average order. Any way you slice it, that's a quarter
more of the pie for you!
OK, you knew there'd be fine print. Here it is.
You have to order at least five prints of the same
image/size to be eligible for the discount. That's it. So
whether you order 5 or 50, you'll be saving a whopping
quarter of the pie for yourself!
Offer good
November 1 - 30. Just mention this special when
ordering, and we'll start slicing!
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Conservation Spotlight
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Wild Wonders of Europe
When you think of wildlife, what do you think of? North
America? Africa? Australia? How about...
Europe?
According to the
Directors of Wild Wonders of Europe, most
people are unaware of the diverse populations of
wildlife in Europe - even Europeans don't know what
they've got. Wild Wonders of Europe has made it their
mission to change perceptions. According to their
website, "Wild Wonders of Europe is about sharing
the amazing natural wonders of our continent with 700
million Europeans and the World! Our aim is so that
we can all better reconnect to this wonderful heritage,
enjoy it more and take care of it more wisely for the
future."
Wild Wonders of Europe wants to
show that Europe really is not about just highways
and cities. To illustrate that, WWE has contracted 58
of the continent's most talented and committed nature
photographers to make all this visible. They've created
a fascinating blog so you can follow the
photographers on each of their assignments and be
inspired by the vision and scope of this project.
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Artist Spotlight
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Shirley Donoghue
A gifted and
diverse Southern California artist, Shirley Donoghue
was born in Los Angeles in 1921. Growing up during
the Great Depression, she developed a passion for
sketching at a very early age- with the world around
her as her palette.
In 1942, shortly after
earning her BA in art from the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA), Shirley got married and started a
family. Over the next 15 years, while raising three
children, she became an avid gardener, a lover of
flowers and flower arranging, and a talented and
artistic seamstress. Whether setting a table for dinner;
decorating her home at Christmas; or collecting
crystal, china and objects d'art, Shirley did everything
with an artist's flair.
During her "child-rearing
years," Shirley took classes from some of the most
accomplished artists in the Los Angeles area, avidly
attended art exhibits, and began to amass an
impressive library of art books.
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Forecast for 2009
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Trends to Watch
It's always fun to see what color and "style" trends are
forecast for the coming year. Home
Accents Today reports that eco-awareness is the
single biggest influencer of 2009 color palettes. What
follows are just the highlights of each of four color
trends, and they are fascinating, as always!
The color palette Earthy Elements
focuses around the blue sky, air and serene
water. Cool tones dominate this palette, with colors of
bright white, variations of blue, garden greens, and a
new blue purple for meditation.
Recycling Effects is next with a focus on
natural materials and unbleached hues. This palette
revisits shabby chic, and the colors associated within
the palette include clouded corals, toasty warm tans,
cool gray, tender greens and unbleached
whites.
The next palette is Cultural
Fusion, which is an eclectic grouping revolving
around globalization. There is a kaleidoscope of
colors and patterns, as we all merge into a big
melting pot. There are spice tones, jewel colors, bold
red, jet black and strong gold, to name a few.
Lastly, Solar Energy is a compilation of warm
tones, reflecting the sun's source of energy. Colors
such as mandarin orange, celery, wineberry, fuchsia
red, and flame orange make up this palette.
Framed print designs offer an enticing tour of varied
landscapes this season, as depictions of enchanted
forests, rolling country hillsides and Chinese villages
provide ideal windows to escape. These sweeping
nature scenes are marked as must-sees on the style
map.
Artists' creativity comes to fruition in a
lineup of abstract masterpieces that are sure to
enthrall. Using blank canvases as recreational fields,
lines, color and shapes are tinkered with to create
designs that are truly free in form. Colors range from
bold and passionate to soft and muted, while the style
file stretches from sophisticated and elegant to playful
and funky.
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Photography as an Advocate
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the work of Robert Glenn Ketchum
Robert Glenn Ketchum, preeminent photographer and
advocate for world-wide conservation issues will be
speaking and showing some of his work Monday,
November 10th at two venues: The Center for Fine Art
Photography at 3:00 P.M. and in CSU's Visual Arts
Building, Room F101 at 7:00 PM.
Ketchum uses his photography and knowledge of
environmental issues to lobby Congress and other
world leaders as an advocate for environmental
issues. Ketchum will discuss conservation
photography in America, putting it in historical
perspective and then concluding it with selections of
his pro-active work. Beginning with Watkins and
Muybridge in Yosemite, Ketchum will highlight the
significance of photography in environmental issues
to contemporary work.
In that journey he will connect American landscape
photographers with the seminal conservation
movement and show how the two have progressed
hand-in-hand supporting each other. In the part of the
lecture that focuses on Ketchum's work he will include
Hudson River, Tongass rainforest, the Arctic and
global warming, and the current efforts to protect the
most productive wild salmon fishery in the history of
the world, Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska.
Ketchum's presentation, Photography as an Advocate
for Environmental Change will be about 90 minutes.
His presentation is sponsored by CSU, Fine Print and
The Center for Fine Art Photography in conjunction
with the Center's exhibition, Our Environment, the
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which runs from
November 7 through November 26 in the Center's
main gallery. A $10 donation will be appreciated.
The exhibition, Our Environment, can be viewed online
at www.c4fap.org
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