Mission: Renaissance Family and Friends,
This month we will be at the following art shows:

Beverly Hills Affair in the Garden Sat Oct 15th and Sunday October 16th. We will be on the 4th block doing free art classes for the kids.

Sunday Oct 16th / Sherman Oaks Street Fair

Ventura Blvd. will be closed to auto traffic from Van Nuys Blvd. to Kester Avenue

October 21st Garden Grove Elementary School Fair -from 4pm to 8pm

October 28th Vista Fundamental Elementary School in Simi Valley – Harvest Festival

October 29th Kenneth Village Harvest Festival

Hope to see you there. Bring a friend for a free intro!

NEW YORK, NY, September 27, 2011 — Mission Renaissance Art Class has been selected for the 2011 Los Angeles Award in the Art Instruction & Schools category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

Thank you Mission: Renaissance and my instructors.

Irvine Studio
Guadalupe Zepeda (adult age: 90)

http://www.facebook.com/OurVenturaBlvd?sk=app_211689905516701

We have been nominated by Ventura Blvd. Magazine as a “Kids’ Stuff: Best Kids’ Classes”

Please go to: http://www.facebook.com/OurVenturaBlvd?sk=app_211689905516701 . Press the “Like” button on the top of the site. It will take you to a listing page from A-Z. Scroll to the “K” Kids Stuff and look for the “Kids Classes” and cast your vote. Do not forget to have your family and friends cast a vote too. You can vote daily through June 6th.

THE WINNERS LIST

The Best of the Valley Winners List will be announced via the Ventura Blvd Magazine media platform:

• Our Ventura Blvd’ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ourventurablvd
• OurVenturaBlvd.com web page
• August/September issue of Ventura Blvd Magazine scheduled for July 20 publication date

Don’t forget to vote daily through June 6.

My response was I felt honored, but as the grandparent of a child whose diagnosis falls under the Autism Spectrum, I would give them the painting if they made a tax deductible charitable contribution to AUTISM SPEAKS, an advocacy organization that sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities. Since that time, several other paintings of mine were acquired the same way and I continue to enthusiastically pursue fundraising for AUTISM SPEAKS this way.

My wife says that I do have talent, but I still believe that if it was not for that radio ad and classes at Mission Renaissance, I would never have been able to create these paintings. I sincerely appreciate the opportunities that have arisen by learning to paint at Mission Renaissance.

Jerome S. Klein

View her artwork

Many paintings on display were watercolors reflecting the 10 years the he and wife Sheila lived in St. Thomas in the 1960s. Other canvases showed the faint outline of ethereal nudes barely visible through a solid block of color, a style Gluck termed “mirage d’esprit,” while still others showed the artist’s penchant for portraiture.

“He was discovered to have the gift, the talent,” his wife said with admiration. “He is truly, truly a consummate artist.”

As good as they are, the paintings don’t tell his real life’s story, Gluck will tell you. The real story is written on the faces of instructors and students who are, themselves, a testament to a method of art instruction meant to liberate and inspire anyone who dreams of being an artist.

Mission: Renaissance began in 1975, born out of Gluck’s frustration with what he describes as a drug-induced modern art movement and its effect on art schools. A student of the prestigious New York art school, Pratt Institute, he was disappointed to learn that there was no emphasis on the basic, foundational principles of art.

“I just basically flew by the seat of my pants for years,” he recalled. “That’s when I realized what was happening — thousands of people were going to art school and never learning what they needed.”

Today Mission: Renaissance has moved out of the Gluck’s living room to comprise 19 studios throughout Southern California, including one in La Cañada. As many as 85 instructors teach the Gluck Method to more than 3,000 children and 800 adults each week.

Lesson 1 imparts the true meaning of the word “draw,” which, Gluck said, means “to pull.” Students learn to hold a pencil across the pads of their fingers and secure it gently with the thumb, making the elbow a fulcrum as they pull the pencil downward. They also learn that one origin of the word “art” comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “to put together,” and they make painter’s lists outlining the steps they will take.

“Creating has nothing to do with the physical universe,” Gluck said, explaining how inspiration takes place in the spirit of the artist. “When you open that up in someone’s world, it’s life changing.”

Peta Carley is the children’s program director at the school’s studio in Laguna Niguel. In the four years she’s been with Mission: Renaissance, she’s seen young artists grow. Carley told a story of a 9-year-old student who said to her mother one day that life was like a painter’s list — if you don’t do it in the right order, it gets messed up.

“It is indescribable,” Carley said of the program’s affect on the self-esteem on children and adults alike. “It’s changed my life so much. It’s added to my value and my personal vision as an artist.”

A nod to the school’s impact in the local community, a proclamation from La Cañada Flintridge Mayor David Spence officially dubbed April 10, 2011 “Larry Gluck Day.” Another commendation, from Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian, was read by Sheila Gluck, who afterward shared champagne and a kiss with her husband.

The candles on an enormous chocolate cake were lit, creating a blaze to which some partygoers reacted with mock trepidation. When it was time to blow them out, Larry Gluck closed his eyes and pointed a finger to the ceiling to make a wish.

According to American birthday mores, if you tell someone what you wished for when you blew out the candles, it won’t come true. But Larry Gluck, who elegantly welcomed 80 amid an outpouring of friends, family members and people whose lives changed the moment he arrived on the scene, didn’t have to say a word.

His wish had already come true.

By Sara Cardine, Special to the Valley Sun

April 13, 2011 | 3:48 p.m.

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