PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

We are now on the fast track towards Thanksgiving and Christmas! Wasn’t I just wearing shorts and flipflops? I am now wearing sweaters, sweatshirts, jeans, huddling in blankets, and decorating my house in pumpkins and turkeys.  I hope you all are enjoying the experience of changing seasons and the joy they bring.

The guest demo artist for our meeting on Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00 pm will be Charmaine Boggs who works in mixed media. I look forward to seeing you all there!

This month I would like to thank Debbie Cosenza for all she does as Membership Chairperson. She greets us each month and is in charge of keeping track of membership paperwork and collecting dues, makes sure we have a new directory printed every year to distribute to members, and brings our door prizes. She is such joy to work with, and I appreciate all she does!

Just a reminder that our Christmas party will be held on Saturday, December 13, from 3:00-5:00 pm. It will be catered, and you need to bring a $15 gift if you want to participate in our gift exchange. We always have a good time with Warren Brown playing Santa Claus.

That’s all for now, so keep creating, my friends!

Linda Brandenburg, President

NOVEMBER’S GUEST ARTIST – CHARMAINE BOGGS

Charmaine Boggs will demo at FAA on Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. Charmaine, visual artist and photographer, is a long time Centerville resident and retired Incarnation School teacher. Her present work is focused on mixed media experimentation, combining the traditional art materials of canvas, paint, and ink with photography, cyanotype print-making, and collage. Her work is often inspired by the beauty of the natural world, by the written word expressed in poetry and literature, and sometimes just by the materials on her worktable. All find their way into her art, as she experiments with layers of paints, inks, and other art mediums, combining them with her photography, cyanotype prints, and even repurposed older artwork.

Charmaine is a member of the Dayton Society of Artists, the Miamisburg Art Gallery, and the Women’s TriArt Society. She shares her work regularly on Instagram and Facebook, offers tutorials and behind the scenes video clips on YouTube, and has a website at www.CBoggsArt.com

FAA GALLERY FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH

The walls of our gallery will feature the works of member Shirlee Bauer for the month of November. Besides being a long-time member of FAA, Shirley is a signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society and is a member of the Western Ohio Watercolor Society.

If you would like to showcase your art at our gallery, please contact Carol Collett.

MEMBER NEWS

Bonnie Kuntz has a painting at the Springfield Museum of Art’s 79th Juried Members’ Exhibition which runs through December 28, 2025. She had two paintings in the “Earth Tones” show at the Woodbourne Library and a solo exhibit “One Woman’s Journey” at the Gallery at Sinclair College in Centerville in October. She is also teaching watercolor classes now at that same campus.

Congratulations to the following FAA members whose entries were accepted into the Middletown Arts Center 2025 Area Art Exhibition. The exhibition runs through December 11, 2025, at 130 N. Verity Pkwy., Middletown, OH 45042.

Billie Dickson – “Pensive” (Watermedia)

Carol Edsall – “Botanical Wonder” (Watermedia)

Darci Salinas – “Royal Malachite” (First Place in Jewelry), “Opal Ice with Topaz” (Honorable Mention in Jewelry), “Hemimorphite in Copper” (Jewelry)

Rose Schultz – “Ready, Set, Go” (Mixed Media), “Wallflowers” (Mixed Media)

Francis Trick – “Mulberry in the Fall” (Oils/Acrylics), “An Iridescent Cosmos” (Oils/Acrylics), “After the Rain” (Oils/Acrylics), “The Pink Garden” (Mixed Media)

Mary J. White – “Geraniums” (Third Place in Watermedia)

Yuki Hall won second place for her painting at the Ohio Plein Air Society’s Annual Competition in September.

WOWS FALL MEMBERS SHOW

The Western Ohio Watercolor Society Fall Members Show “Essence of Autumn” will be held November 1–22, 2025, at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery, 111 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Hours are Thursday–Sunday 1:00–4:00 pm with a reception on November 7 from 4:00–7:00 pm.

FAA EVENTS 2025

November 4      7:00 pm–8:30 pm Mixed media demo by guest artist Charmaine Boggs

December 13    3:00 pm–5:00 pm Holiday Party (Note date change)

FAA EVENTS 2026

February 3        7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor with pastel demo by guest artist Pam Hartford

March 3            7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor painting in steps by guest artist Marcia Hartsock

April 7              7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo with guest artist Andrea Walker 

May 5               7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo/Workshop artist TBD

June 2               6:30 pm–8:30 pm Social

August 15–16   Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (Community Park)

September 1      7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil painting demo with guest artist Marybeth Karaus

October 6         7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo/Workshop artist TBD

November 3      7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil/acrylic/mixed media demo with guest artist Dr. Hyacinth Paul

December 1      Holiday Party (Date subject to change)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NEXT NEWSLETTER

The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the December 2025 newsletter is Monday, November 17, 2025. Please call or email the article to the Corresponding Secretary, April Coppess.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Happy Fall Y’all, (wasn’t that original!?)

It was wonderful to see everyone last month after our summer break, and I always enjoy our demos and am happy to pick up some pointers. I have just finished painting an octopus, two dog slates, (a commission) and am now working on an old saw, (another commission), so life is interesting and keeps me hopping!  

This month’s meeting is on Tuesday, October 7, at 7:00 pm with Janet Rogers as our guest demo artist, so come early to get a good seat!

I also want to remind everyone that if you are considering being our next FAA president, please contact Carol Collett or myself, as this will absolutely be my last year.

Take care and keep creating!

Linda Brandenburg, President

OCTOBER’S GUEST ARTIST – JANET ROGERS

The Fairborn Art Association is pleased to welcome Janet Rogers as the guest artist for our October demo and workshop.

Janet Rogers has been a working professional artist for over 40 years, and is a National Instructor, conducting workshops across the United States and Europe. She is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Florida Watercolor Society, and many others, winning numerous awards for her paintings. As well as a National Instructor, she has demonstrated extensively for various groups and exhibitions. Her demos are widely seen on YouTube and Florida Watercolor Society.

Artist’s Statement

I love the qualities of watercolor – its fluid nature. To me, the interaction of artist with the medium is like a dance – full of motion, feeling and expression. I love to watch the painting develop and to discover new color and composition. As a teacher, I would like to enable students to find their connections with watercolor in a new and expressive way.

Janet Rogers AWS

OCTOBER WORKSHOP WITH JANET ROGERS

Our workshop, “Expressive, Loose Watercolors – Flowers to Figures” with Janet Rogers, will be held October 6–8, 2025, in the FAA Gallery, 221 N. Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio, 45324, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm each day. The workshop is now full. Please email [email protected] if you would like to be put on the wait list.

FAA GALLERY FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH

FAA member Joyce McCartney will be exhibiting her artwork at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery during the month of October 2025. Joyce plans to host a reception on October 25 from 2:00–4:00 pm for friends and family, including FAA members.

Artist Statement

I just love to paint. My routine is to go for walks in nature each day, take some photos and then paint them. I try to capture the peace and beauty I experienced on my walks or drives in the country. When I paint, I focus my mind on just one thing which gives me relief from all other thoughts which might be stressful or disturbing. In that focus, I connect with that small still voice that most artists encounter. It is the same “presence” that the mystics talk about, and it comes with a distinctive feeling of peace and contentment. With that, I feel happy. And so, that is why I paint. I didn’t attend art school, nor do I find that I sell much of what I do, but that does not matter because nothing compares to the happiness and peace that I feel while in nature and when painting. I also love to be in the company of other artists who feel this way because they also seek the relief from the stresses of life and enjoy diving into the delight of creating beauty. They do beautiful things and never any harm, so they make good companions. And so, we all make our way through life. 

Thanks for coming to view this collection which represents where I have come so far. Next year’s collection will be different and somewhere else down the road of an artist’s journey to create beauty in this world, but it will contain the same feelings of peace and bliss. That’s just what art is all about.

Joyce McCartney

FAIRBORN SWEET CORN FESTIVAL NEWS

“Sketches from the Cornfest” by Paula Whittington

At the Sweet Corn Festival, one of our 2023 FAA Scholarship recipients, Emma Williams, stopped by to visit. She is studying architecture and digital art at the University of Cincinnati DAAP (Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning). Such a bright and dynamic young lady! The $1000 scholarship helped with her school expenses, and Emma sends her thanks!

Paula Whittington

WATERMELON BOOTH REPORT

Leigh and I would like to thank everyone who supported the Watermelon Booth during the Sweet Corn Festival! We chopped and sold approximately 1,845 cups of watermelon!! This is our first year as co-chairs and we couldn’t have done it without all the volunteers!!! A big Thanks and Shout Out to Roger Browning for guiding us through it all!!

Susan Fosnot and Leigh Andrews 

FAA DONATION TO FAIRBORN PHOENIX

On September 6, 2025, FAA member Paula Whittington presented a $500.00 donation from The Fairborn Art Association to Fairborn Phoenix Director Jordan Terrell at the 75th Anniversary Gala.

FREE PORCELAIN PAINTS

Please contact Barbara Singerman (see Membership Directory) if you are interested in a free set of porcelain paints.

MEMBER NEWS

Congratulations to the following FAA members who won awards at the Piqua Arts Council 33rd Annual Fine Art Exhibition held in September 2025:

Tom Kinarney – First Place in Drawing for “Frog in Puddle”

Carol Edsall – Second Place in Water Media for “Merry-Go-Round Fantasy”

Diana Hoke – Third Place in Water Media for “South Beach”

James Gifford – Honorable Mention in Photography for “Thorny Situation”

Debbie Cosenza – Second Place in Miscellaneous for “Contemplations 4”

Congratulations to Yuki Hall whose work “Vintage Tram in Milan” was chosen for the Travel Exhibition of Watercolor Ohio 2025.

We are happy to announce that Warren Brown, who served as our Sweet Corn Festival Chair for many years, has been named as an Inductee into The Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2025 which honors outstanding service and accomplishment following honorable service in the military. Congratulations, Warren!

LANDSCAPES2026 JURIED ART HIKE

A Juried Art Hike will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 11:00 am. The target area to inspire Landscapes2026 artists is Estel Wenrick Wetlands Nature Preserve in Bethel Township, managed by B-W Greenway Community Land Trust and owned by the Clark County Park District. Another Juried Art Hike at his location is planned for Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 10:00 am.

TIPP CITY AREA ARTS COUNCIL PRESENTS PLEIN AIR EVENT

The Tipp City Area Arts Council is hosting a plein air event on October 4, 2025. Register online before October 4 for the early bird rate or register day of/in-person at 9:00 am at the Hotel Gallery, 109 E. Main Street, Tipp City, Ohio. For more information, call 937-543-5115 or visit their website at: tippcityartscouncil.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES – MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER AREA ART EXHIBITION

The Middletown Arts Center Area Art Exhibition will be held October 24–December 11, 2025. Any artist 18 years of age or older and living within a 50-mile radius of Middletown, Ohio, is eligible to enter this juried competition. Work will be received starting October 9. Visit their website for more information: middletownartscenter.com/events-exhibits

FAA EVENTS 2025

October 6–8……9:30 am–4:30 pm Watercolor workshop with guest instructor Janet Rogers

October 7……….7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo by guest artist Janet Rogers

November 4……7:00 pm–8:30 pm Mixed media demo by guest artist Charmaine Boggs

December 2……Holiday Party (Date subject to change)

FAA EVENTS 2026

February 3……..7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor with pastel demo by guest artist Pam Hartford

March 3………….7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor painting in steps by guest artist Marcia Hartsock

April 7……………7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo with guest artist Andrea Walker 

May 5…………….7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo artist TBD (Workshop TBD)

June 2…………….6:30 pm–8:30 pm Social

September 1… 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil painting demo with guest artist Marybeth Karaus

October 6………7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo artist TBD (Workshop TBD)

November 3…..7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil/acrylic/mixed media demo with guest artist Dr. Hyacinth Paul

December 1…..Holiday Party (Date subject to change)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NEXT NEWSLETTER

The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the November 2025 newsletter is Monday, October 20, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

Where in the world did the summer go? How can school be starting again? I feel like I just started wearing shorts and flip flops! I didn’t have a real vacation, as such, but I did attend a family reunion in July, in Latrobe, Pa., home of Arnold Palmer, Mr. Rogers, Rolling Rock beer, Pittsburgh Steelers summer camp, and the first banana split! (see, you didn’t know you were going to get a history and geography lesson, did you?)  I hope you all had a fabulous summer with lots of fun and travels!

The 2025 Sweet Corn Festival is history, and I am sorry to report that I was unable to attend this year, but I hear everyone worked very hard, despite the heat. I’d like to thank everyone who volunteered and especially the chairpersons of the various committees. This is a HUGE undertaking involving many hours of planning, phone calls, meetings, etc., and I am grateful for each and every one of you!

I look forward to our meeting on Tuesday, September 2, at 7:00 pm, with our guest demo artist Sharon Stolzenberger.  Don’t forget we will have tables available if you want to sell any art supplies you aren’t using anymore.

Take care and keep creating!

Linda Brandenburg, President

SEPTEMBER’S FEATURED ARTIST – SHARON STOLZENBERGER

Our guest artist for this month is Sharon Stolzenberger with a mixed media/watercolor demo. Sharon graduated from the School of the Dayton Art Institute and began her career in art with Gibson Greeting Card Co. where she was first an illustrator, then art director. She spent several years in commercial art before going out on her own to sell her paintings at the outdoor art festivals nationally and through other juried exhibitions. Sharon now teaches mixed media workshops for organizations, and is currently teaching watercolor classes through Sinclair Community College and Rosewood Arts Center.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Sharon’s work has appeared in numerous books by former Centerville resident Nita Leland for North Light Books; included in Best of Wildlife Art, North Light Books; AcrylicWorks, 8Artists Magazine; Drawing and Painting from Nature, by Cathy Johnson

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Ohio Watercolor Society annual exhibitions; Society of Animal Artists’ annual exhibitions; National Geographic Society Explorers Gallery, Washington, DC

SELECTED AWARDS: First Place, “The View” exhibit, Rosewood Arts Center; Jim Brower and Ohio Watercolor Society “Lifetime Achievement Award”; Ohio Watercolor Society, Silver Awards and Awards of Distinction

ELECTED MEMBERSHIP: Trustee, Ohio Watercolor Society

FAA GALLERY EXHIBIT IN SEPTEMBER

FAA member Dr. Hyacinth Paul will be exhibiting her artwork at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery during the month of September 2025.

“In every heart lies a quiet artist waiting to be awakened—a spirit that sees beauty in chaos, meaning in color, and emotion in texture. Brushstrokes of Joy: Celebrating the Artist Within is a call to honor that creative spark, whether it emerges through painting, dance, music, writing, or simply how we live each day. This celebration is not just about technique or training, but about expression—raw, real, and joyful.

Too often, creativity is boxed in, judged, or silenced by comparison. But joy is found in the freedom of the brushstroke, the courage of the first note, the vulnerability of the blank canvas. To celebrate the artist within is to reclaim that freedom—to say yes to messy palettes, imperfect attempts, and the deep satisfaction of making something your own.

This is an invitation to create without apology. To share, explore, and reconnect with your inner maker. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or haven’t picked up a crayon since childhood, your creativity matters. Let each stroke, scribble, or spark be a reminder: joy doesn’t come from perfection—it comes from presence, play, and passion. Paint your world. Celebrate yourself. The masterpiece is already within.”

Hyacinth Paul, Ph.D.

www.hyacinthpaulart.com

ART SUPPLIES SALE

Our Art Supplies Sale will be held on September 2 from 5:30–6:30 pm (simultaneously with our board meeting). Prior registration is not required. If you have art supplies that you wish to sell, you may bring them to the FAA Gallery for set up between 5:00 and 5:30 pm. The doors will be open and a table will be provided. If weather permits, some tables may be set up outside. Set up and all sales transactions are your responsibility so make sure you bring enough money to make change. Final cleanup of all items is also yours to do; nothing is to be left in the gallery or outside.

FAA will also offer gently used art supplies for which donations would be appreciated. These donations will go toward a People’s Choice award at the next FAA Members’ Show in honor of our past member, Maria Lambalot.

OCTOBER WORKSHOP WITH JANET ROGERS

The Fairborn Art Association is pleased to offer our October workshop with guest instructor Janet Rogers. “Expressive, Loose Watercolors – Flowers to Figures” will be held October 6–8, 2025, in the FAA Gallery, 221 N. Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio, 45324, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm each day. The registration form is available in the Gallery and on our website Home Page under Forms. This workshop is filling up fast so please register soon!

Janet Rogers has been a working professional artist for over 40 years, and is a National Instructor, conducting workshops across the United States and Europe. She is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Florida Watercolor Society, and many others, winning numerous awards for her paintings. As well as a National Instructor, she has demonstrated extensively for various groups and exhibitions. Her demos are widely seen on YouTube and Florida Watercolor Society.

Artist’s Statement: “I love the qualities of watercolor – its fluid nature. To me, the interaction of artist with the medium is like a dance – full of motion, feeling and expression. I love to watch the painting develop and to discover new color and composition. As a teacher, I would like to enable students to find their connections with watercolor in a new and expressive way.”

Janet Rogers AWS

LANDSCAPES2025 JURIED ART COMPETITION AWARDS

1st Place Connie Gifford “Thick in the Thistles”

The B-W Greenway Community Land Trust and the Fairborn Art Association sponsored a juried art competition to heighten public awareness of local greenspaces and the need to preserve these assets. On July 13, the opening reception for Landscapes2025 was held at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery and awards were presented to the following artists:

First Place: Connie Gifford for “Thick in the Thistles”

Second Place: Lorenzo Lee for “Winter Thaw”

Third Place: Rose Schultz for “Dappled Sunlight”

People’s Choice: Paige Warren for “Arcaea Koogler”

Honorable Mention:

Shirley Bauer for “Wetland Reflections”; Marsha Elliot for “Signs of Autumn”; Tessa Kalman for “The Foundation”; Shay Mead for “A Pretty Place 1”; David Riel for “Koogler Reserve: Take a Closer Look”; Julia Roberts for “Watcher”; Rose Schultz for “Beyond the Boardwalk”; Sharon Stolzenberger for “Ballet des Iris Chez Le Koogler”

MEMBER NEWS

Congratulations to the following FAA members who won awards at the Miamisburg Art Gallery 2025 Juried Art Exhibition which runs through September 6, 2025.

Best of Show: Debbie Cosenza for “Contemplations 3”

Third Place in Oil and Acrylic: Lorenzo Lee for “Winter Thaw”

Second Place in Water Media: Billie Dickson for “Pensive”

Third Place in Water Media: Carol Edsall for “Just Follow Me”

Honorable Mention in Water Media: Lori Hollenbeck for “Sunflowers for Ukraine”

First Place in Mixed Media: Rose Schultz for “Beyond the Boardwalk”

First Place in Three-Dimensional Works: Debbie Cosenza for “Contemplations 3”

Second Place in Three-Dimensional Works: Darci Salinas for “Royal Malachite”

Dorothy Himebaugh Award: Terri Caprio for “Mother and Daughter”

FAA EVENTS 2025-2026

September 1–30 Art exhibit by Dr. Hyacinth Paul in the FAA Gallery

September 2      7:00 pm–8:30 pm Mixed media/watercolor demo by guest artist Sharon Stolzenberger

October 6–8      9:30 am–4:30 pm Watercolor workshop with guest instructor Janet Rogers

October 7          7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo by guest artist Janet Rogers

November 4      7:00 pm–8:30 pm Mixed media demo by guest artist Charmaine Boggs

December 2      Holiday Party (Date subject to change)

February 3        7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor with pastel demo by guest artist Pam Hartford

March 3            7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor painting in steps by guest artist Marcia Hartsock

April 7              7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo with guest artist Andrea Walker 

May 5               7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo artist (Workshop TBD)

June 2              6:30 pm–8:30 pm Social

August 15–16 Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival

September 1 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil painting demo with guest artist Marybeth Karaus

October 6         7:00 pm–8:30 pm Demo artist (Workshop TBD)

November 3    7:00 pm–8:30 pm Oil/acrylic/mixed media demo with guest artist Dr. Hyacinth Paul

December 1      Holiday Party (Date subject to change)

33RD ANNUAL PIQUA FINE ART EXHIBITION

The Piqua Arts Council will hold its 33rd Annual Piqua Fine Art Exhibition in September 2025. The Awards Reception will be held on September 4, 2025. The show will be open to the public from September 5, 2025, to September 26, 2025, during normal gallery hours at the Apple Tree Gallery, 405 N. Main St., Piqua, OH 45356. For more information, visit their website at: https://piquaartscouncil.org/art-show

WATERCOLOR OHIO 2025

The Ohio Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Watercolor Ohio 2025, will be held at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, Ohio, from September 20 through November 16, 2025.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NEXT NEWSLETTER

The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the October 2025 newsletter is Monday, September 22, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

I can hardly believe I am writing the last president letter of the season; the year truly flies by. I thought this would be my final letter, but alas, it would seem I am president for one more year, so let’s wrap this year up with a bang!

Speaking of bang, I believe this year’s Members’ Fine Art Show is one of our best ever, expressing our members’ individual interests and passions, which has resulted in a beautiful exhibition. I feel so honored to be a part of this talented organization and view each of you as a winner.

 I want to remind everyone to bring a side dish or dessert to share to our meeting on Tuesday, June 3, beginning at 6:30 pm, which will be our potluck social with hot dogs, buns, condiments, paper products, and drinks provided by FAA. Upon arrival, everyone will vote for their three favorite pieces from our wonderful show, which will culminate with mounting excitement in the announcement of our People’s Choice Awards. We will also have installation of officers, scholarship presentations, and Sweet Corn Festival king and queen introductions. This is always a fun evening, and I look forward to seeing everyone!

This month I would like to recognize Cindy Sayeedi and Linda Perry for going beyond the call of duty with this year’s Members’ Show. They had extra duties in finding volunteers to work the gallery during the additional hours we were open, snafus with the ribbons and sashes, and other challenges. This is their last year as Members’ Show co-chairs and I sincerely thank them both for all their hard work!

I will close now and wish everyone a fabulous summer. Please don’t forget to sign up to help at our Sweet Corn Festival in August… you all know how important it is to our organization.

Keep Creating!

Linda Brandenburg, President

FAA EVENTS CALENDAR 2025

FAA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 2025-2026

Please renew your membership for the 2025–2026 year by June 1 (or the meeting in June) in order to be included in the FAA Membership Directory. Membership forms are available in the Gallery and on the FAA website Home page under Forms. A completed Membership Form is required, along with your dues payment. Please contact Debbie Cosenza if you have any questions.

2025-2026 FAA OFFICERS

The following members were elected at the May meeting to serve as officers on the 2025-2026 FAA Board of Directors:

President – Linda Brandenburg

Vice President – Julie Shuman

Recording Secretary – Sheryl Scott

Corresponding Secretary – April Coppess

Treasurer – Roger Browning

SWEET CORN FESTIVAL AND WATERMELON BOOTH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

SWEET CORN FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

Many volunteers are needed to help with the Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival from August 14–17, 2025, so be sure to sign up to help with our major fundraiser of the year! The sign-up form is available in the gallery and on the FAA website Home page under Forms or contact Cheryl Miracle at 937-751-9442 or Warren Brown at 937-371-8531.

WATERMELON BOOTH VOLUNTEERS

The Sweet Corn Festival will be here soon! Please sign up to help work in the Watermelon Booth for Saturday, August 16, and Sunday, August 17. These are approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hour shifts. Contact Susan Fosnot or Leigh Andrews to choose a time you prefer to work. Thanks!

Susan Fosnot [email protected] (937-414-3378)

Leigh Andrews [email protected] (937-825-7962)

2025 MEMBERS’ FINE ART SHOW AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the Members’ Fine Art Show award winners, to all the artists for a wonderful show, and thanks to the Juror for the show, Fran Mangino!

Best of Show (Sandy Kinnamon Memorial Award): Tom Kinarney “Frog in Puddle” (colored pencil)

First Place (Virginia Hess Memorial Award): Tessa Kalman “Precarious Perch” (watercolor)    

Second Place: Matt Lammi “The Blacksmith” (photography)

Third Place: Eileen Thomson “My Dad, the Dude” (watercolor)

Honorable Mention: Nancy Dankof “By My Window” (mixed media)

Honorable Mention: Clarice Moore “Praise” (mixed media)

Honorable Mention: James M. Gifford “Steam Clock-Vancouver” (photography)

Honorable Mention: Linda Brandenburg “Angry Duck!” (watercolor)

Honorable Mention: Susan Scott “Windows” (watercolor)

Honorable Mention: Marsha Elliot “Wise Contemplation” (watercolor)

Honorable Mention: Connie S. Gifford “Different Spokes for Folks” (watercolor)

Honorable Mention: Carol Collett “Daybreak” (watercolor)

Judge’s Merit Award: Sue Seitz “Person of the Forest” (colored pencil)

Judge’s Merit Award: Paula Whittington “The Gardener” (watercolor)

Judge’s Merit Award: Christy Powell “Allium” (soft pastel)

Judge’s Merit Award: Rose Schultz “Ready, Set, Go” (collage/watercolor)

Judge’s Merit Award: Linda K. Perry “Rowan Jean” (colored pencil)

Judge’s Merit Award: Barbara Olekas “Time for Shopping” (watercolor)

Judge’s Merit Award: Shirley Bauer “It Rained on our Parade” (watercolor)

Judge’s Merit Award: Esther Wilson “First Snow” (oil)

Judge’s Merit Award: Jeffrey W. Davis “From my Point of View” (photography)

MEMBER NEWS

Connie S. Gifford will be the demonstration artist on Saturday, June 7, from 1:00–2:00 pm at the Carol Graff Beavercreek Community Library, located at 3618 Dayton-Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH 45432. During the demo, Connie will use a limited watercolor palette to paint a colorful sunflower. The library’s summer of fun theme is “Color Our World.” During the month of June, Connie will have several of her watercolors on display in the Media room of the library. Access the library website link for this program:  https://greenelibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/67ead6442971a34a250de686

Frank Trick had three pieces accepted into The Dayton Society of Artists 2025 Spring Juried Show “Peace Talks”, which runs through June 21, 2025, at 48 High Street, Dayton, Ohio 45403. The Dayton Peace Accords is the theme of the show. His piece titled “Turmoil into Peace” took First Place. Frank was a featured artist in a member’s exhibit at the Miamisburg Art Gallery in spring of this year. He also had six pieces accepted into The Gallery of the Dayton Designers Show House and participated in the FAA’s Members’ Fine Art Show with two pieces. Frank’s art is the newest addition to the Member Galleries section of our website.

Lorenzo Lee’s oil painting “Red Roofs on a Summer Day” was accepted into the Rosewood Arts Center’s 31st Annual The View Juried Landscape Exhibition. Only 60 pieces were accepted of the 300 submitted. The exhibition runs from June 9 through July 19, 2025, at the Kettering Health Art Gallery at Rosewood Arts Center, 2655 Olson Drive, Kettering, Ohio 45420 and is free and open to the public.

The following FAA members’ artwork was also accepted into The View exhibition at the Rosewood Arts Center: Yuki Hall, Brendan Higgins, Tessa Kalman, and Tamiko Stump

The following FAA members won awards in the Western Ohio Watercolor Society’s “Spring Fine Art Show” which runs through June 15, 2025, at the Tipp Center Building, 855 N. Third Street, Tipp City, Ohio.

Second Place:  Tessa Kalman “Judging the 4-H Lambs”
Third Place:  Rose Schultz “Around the Bend”
Honorable Mention:  Marsha Elliott “Neon Beacon”
Honorable Mention:  Shirlee Bauer “Shadows of Yesterday”
Honorable Mention:  Eileen Thomson “I Wonder”
Honorable Mention:  Carol Edsall “Just Follow Me”

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of one of our members, Mary Louise Jackson, who passed away on May 23, 2025. Louise was president of the Fairborn Art Association in 2016–17. She authored 27 painting books, her art was in numerous magazines and private and corporate collections, and even on display in the Smithsonian. She founded the Decorative Artists Guild of Southwestern Ohio in 1976. She was also a distinguished member of the Dayton Painters and Sculptors and the Western Ohio Watercolor Society, and recognized as a Master Decorative Artist with the Society of Decorative Painters. She inspired artists through her teaching in the U.S., internationally, and through her online painting classes.

FAA ART SHOWS SUMMER 2025

FAA VIRTUAL ART SHOW AND RAFFLE

The FAA Virtual Art Show and Original Artwork Raffle will be held at SPARK, 305 W. Main Street, Fairborn, Ohio, on Friday, July 4, 2025, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. The Show celebrates Fairborn’s 75th Anniversary, and coincides with Fairborn’s 4th of July Parade. View the flyer here: FAA Virtual Art 2025 FLYER.jpg

LANDSCAPES2025 ART EXHIBITION

The B-W Greenway Community Land Trust & the Fairborn Art Association’s Landscapes2025 Art Exhibition Opening Reception will be held at the Fairborn Art Gallery on Sunday, July 13, from 1:00–3:00 pm. The art will be on display at the Gallery and open to the public on July 13, 20, and 27, from 1:00–3:00 pm. Landscapes was established in 2009 to heighten public awareness of local greenspaces and the need to preserve them, and to foster an interest in creating art from nature.

ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

LANDSCAPES2025 JURIED ART COMPETITION

Entries will be received at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery, 221 North Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29, from 1:00–3:00 pm for the Landscapes2025 juried art competition. The juried competition is open to artists 16 years and older, living within a 200-mile radius of Fairborn, Ohio. The 2025 location to inspire artists is Koogler Prairie Wetland Reserve, located at 2779 Beaver Valley Rd. #2735, Dayton, Ohio 45434. The entrance and parking is on Beaver Valley Road, just south of New Germany-Trebein Road. For additional information, visit B-W Greenway at: www.bwgreenway.org

MAC 2025 PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL ART COMPETITION/EXHIBITION

Middletown Arts Center will present the 2025 Photography & Digital Art Competition/Exhibition August 8–October 2, 2025. Digital photographs, film photographs or other digital works of art may be submitted by professional and amateur photographers 16 years or older. Submission of digital images via their website starts June 3 and ends June 20 at 8:00 pm. The Middletown Arts Center is located at 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown, OH 45042. More information can be found at: www.middletownartscenter.com

PIQUA FINE ART EXHIBITION

The Piqua Arts Council will hold its 33rd Annual Piqua Fine Art Exhibition, representing artists from all over the state, in September 2025. Works of art include drawing, oil and acrylics, water media, photography, three-dimensional and miscellaneous. Registration deadline is August 15, 2025, with artwork drop off on August 23 and August 25. The Awards Reception will be held on September 4, 2025. The show will be open to the public from September 5 to September 26, 2025, during normal gallery hours at the Apple Tree Gallery, 405 N. Main St., Piqua, OH 45356. For more information, visit their website at: https://piquaartscouncil.org/art-show

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NEXT NEWSLETTER

The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the September newsletter is Monday, August 18, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

My goodness… here we are entering May already, although the weather sometimes makes it feel like it is still March. I go between flip-flops and heavy socks and boots! Oh well, I’m sure soon enough I will be complaining about the heat and humidity, so it’s all good. I would like to say that we have a new president in the wings, but alas, that is not the case, so we will have to go to Plan B… now if we only had a Plan B! Stay tuned…

We have so many shows and activities coming up, so please read your newsletter carefully. I’m excited for our Members’ Show and to see everyone’s new masterpieces since we have so many interesting, creative artists who never fail to awe and amaze me. We also have our workshop with Fran Mangino, organized by Shirlee Bauer, and our Virtual 4th of July show, celebrating Fairborn’s 75th anniversary, chaired by Paula Whittington.

We will be having our annual potluck on June 3, honoring our three scholarship winners, the 2025 Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival king and queen, and installation of officers, so mark your calendars for this fun evening.

Several people have asked me if our rent will be raised due to the new owners, and as far as I know, we are locked into a five year contract that we signed last year. The new owners have improved our gallery by installing new lights, new faucet, and cleaned our kitchen sink, and are hopefully going to replace the broken panes in our windows.

I would like to thank some wonderful people in FAA who have helped in various ways:

Paula Whittington and Carol Collett for beautifying the outside of our gallery.

Connie Gifford for helping me technically to view our scholarship entries.

Paula Whittington for printing our cards for the Gallery of Dayton Designers Show House.

Shirlee Bauer for designing our new FAA brochures and business cards.

That’s it for now, so keep creating and see you on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:00 pm for a demo with guest artist Fran Mangino!

Linda Brandenburg, President

MAY’S GUEST ARTIST – FRAN MANGINO

The Fairborn Art Association is pleased to welcome Fran Mangino as our guest artist for May. Fran will serve as our judge for the Members’ Fine Art Show, as the instructor for the May 5–7 Workshop, and as the guest demo artist for our meeting on May 6.

Fran’s award winning watercolors are in public and private collections. They have been featured in art centers, art museum exhibitions in the U.S. and in China. The works are also included in #5 Splash Books, Splash, A Retrospective 20 years; 2017 Art Journal, Animals; The Artist Magazine, Dec 2021. Fran’s latest awards were American Impressionist Society’s 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition May 29, 2024 Award of Distinction for Head Chef. Over 2,242 entries, 258 were juried in; Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition 2024, VA, McDonaldstein Award and Outstanding Whiskey Painting; Zanesville Art Museum 78th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Watercolor Award. Memberships: Whiskey Painters of America, signature; Florida Watercolor Society, signature; Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, signature/master; Ohio Watercolor Society, signature.

PAINT BOLD IN WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

Opportunity awaits! There are still a few openings for the “Paint Bold in Watercolor” workshop with Fran Mangino to be held at the FAA Gallery on May 5–7, 2025. This workshop is open to FAA members and non-members. The registration form is available in the Gallery and on our website.

FAA DEMO ARTISTS AND WORKSHOPS 2025

MEMBERS’ FINE ART SHOW GALLERY HOURS IN MAY

Don’t miss out on seeing this wonderful show! Gallery hours for the Members’ Fine Art Show continue into this month as follows.

Saturdays – May 3, May 10 11:00 am–5:00 pm

Sundays -May 4, May 11, May 18 11:00 am–4:00 pm

Thursdays -May 1, May 8 11:00 am–7:00 pm

Fridays -May 2, May 9 11:00 am–5:00 pm

FAA GALLERY SPACE AVAILABLE

As a member of FAA, you are entitled to use the gallery to stage your own exhibit. Available months are August, October, November, and December. Contact Carol Collett for further information.

FAA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR 2025-2026

Annual membership dues need to be paid by June 1 (or the meeting in June) in order for the member to be included in the 2025-2026 FAA Membership Directory. Membership forms are available in the Gallery and on the FAA website Home page under Forms. A completed Membership Form is required, along with your dues payment. Please contact Debbie Cosenza if you have any questions.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2025-2026

We will be voting for Officers of the Fairborn Art Association at our May 6, 2025, meeting. The slate presented by our Nominating Committee is as follows:

President – Linda Brandenburg

Vice President – Julie Shuman

Recording Secretary – Sheryl Scott

Corresponding Secretary – April Coppess

Treasurer – Roger Browning

If anyone wishes to run for one of the above offices or if you wish to nominate someone else for one of the offices, please contact Carol Collett prior to our May 6, 2025, meeting so a ballot with that name can be prepared. If no one else chooses to run, the election will be held by voice vote.

MEMBER NEWS

Several of our members had artwork accepted into the Gallery of Dayton Designers Show House at 58 South Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio. The Designers Show House event will be open through May 11 (closed Mondays). Tickets are available at Eventbrite or at the door.

Congratulations to the following FAA members who were accepted into Watercolor Ohio 2025, the Annual Juried Exhibition of the Ohio Watercolor Society:  Yuki Hall and Donna Pierce-Clark

SAD NEWS OF LONG-TIME FAA MEMBERS

Our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of these long-time FAA members:

Anna Mae Brown, 97, of Enon, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2025. She was a founding member of the Fairborn Art Association.

Maria Lambalot passed away on March 29, 2025, in West Milton, Ohio. She was a long time Friday painter at FAA.

Edith “Edy” Martin, 88, of Huber Heights, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at her home. She was a founding member and Signature member of the American Impressionist Society.

LANDSCAPES2025 GUIDED HIKE

A guided hike of Koogler Prairie Wetland Reserve, located at 2779 Beaver Valley Rd. #2735, Dayton, Ohio 45434, has been scheduled for Thursday, May 8, at 10:00 am. This is the 2025 location to inspire artists for the B-W Greenway Community Land Trust & the Fairborn Art Association’s Landscapes2025 juried art competition. The entrance and parking is on Beaver Valley Road, just south of New Germany-Trebein Road.

Keep in mind that entries for this competition will be received at the FAA Gallery on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29, from 1:00–3:00 pm.

For additional information, visit B-W Greenway at: www.bwgreenway.org

REMINDERS

Our next meeting will be our Social on June 3, 2025.The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the June newsletter is Monday, May 19, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

Please note that, for privacy reasons, the Fairborn Art Association will not post personal email addresses or phone numbers in the newsletters or on our website unless we have the respective member’s permission. Consult your FAA Directory for contact information for members. For non-members, we will provide the contact information we are given for them.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

I hope this letter finds you well and looking forward to Spring and new beginnings. I always love the change of seasons and enjoy living in a part of the country where I can enjoy this. After the grays of winter, the grass will seem especially green, the sky a brighter blue, and the flowers add pops of colors for us to feast our eyes on… nature is surely a miracle to behold!

This month’s FAA meeting is on Tuesday, April Fool’s Day… no kidding! It will be at 7:00 pm, and our very own Yuki Hall will be our guest artist, so be sure to come early and get a seat! I always love to see Yuki’s watercolor demonstrations and am excited to see what she will have for us this time.

We have several shows coming up – our Member’s Fine Art Show, our Virtual Art Show celebrating Fairborn’s 75th Anniversary, and B-W Greenway & FAA’s Landscapes2025 show. We were also invited to submit artwork for consideration to the Gallery of Dayton Designers Show House curator. Please see the details in our newsletter and be aware of all the dates for drop offs, rules, etc., and don’t forget to sign up to gallery sit during the two weeks we will be open at the end of April and beginning of May.

Speaking of our Virtual Art Show on the 4th of July, I would like to thank Paula Whittington for taking on the leadership role and running with it… my goodness, she is blowing me away with her ideas, posters, connections, and just taking the bull by the horns and going for it!! I’m thrilled with her idea of having a Virtual Art Show at Spark so that we don’t have to lug our artwork in and out for a one-day show, so KUDOS to Paula for thinking outside the box! I’d also like to thank our Corresponding Secretary, April Coppess, for helping me sort through all these extra shows and sending out email blasts, printing prospectusesssssssss, (or is it prospecti?), and literature for the aforementioned shows… THANK YOU, APRIL! 

Don’t forget that we will need a new FAA president in June, so please consider volunteering for this important position. I have found it very fulfilling and have developed wonderful relationships, work with the best board ever, and I will be willing to help in any way needed. 

With that, I will close and as always, keep creating!

Linda Brandenburg, President

APRIL’S FEATURED ARTIST – YUKI HALL

Yuki Hall is an award-winning watercolor artist known for her loose style and impressionistic approach to watercolor painting. Her process of painting focuses on simplicity, effective use of tonal value patterns, fluidity and execution of confident brush strokes.   

After leaving her career as a mechanical engineer in 2006, Yuki started her journey with watercolor painting at a local art center. She then further studied the medium with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists such as David Taylor, Eric Wiegardt and Alvaro Castagnet.

Yuki holds a signature membership to Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Ohio Watercolor Society and Whiskey Painters of America. Her work has been accepted into prestigious national & international level watercolor juried competitions including the National Watercolor Society Annual Member’s Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition of Transparent Watercolor Society of America and Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition. Also, her works have been featured in highly competitive art/watercolor publications, such as Watercolor Artist Magazine, and Splash, the Best of Watercolor.  

Yuki is also an avid teacher. Her highly organized and non-intimidating teaching style is well received by students of all levels.     

Yuki lives in Beavercreek, OH with her husband and two daughters.

Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA

www.Yukihallfineart.com 

[email protected]

FAA DEMO ARTISTS AND WORKSHOPS 2025

FAA MEMBERS’ FINE ART SHOW APRIL & MAY 2025

Best of Show 2024 Members’ Fine Art Show – Tessa Kalman “The Homecoming Parade”

Please make plans to attend this year’s FAA Members’ Fine Art Show! We have expanded our show days for this year so our Gallery will be open to the public on the days and hours listed below (closed on Mondays).

Saturdays, April 26, May 3, May 10 11:00 am–5:00 pm

Sundays, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18 11:00 am–4:00 pm

Tuesday, April 29 11:00 am–5:00 pm

Wednesday, April 30 11:00 am–5:00 pm

Thursdays, May 1, May 8 11:00 am–7:00 pm

Fridays, May 2, May 9 11:00 am–5:00 pm

MEMBER NEWS

Congratulations to the following FAA members who won awards at the Rosewood Arts Center 35th Annual Works on Paper juried exhibition held January 21–March 1, 2025:

Tessa Kalman – Second Place for “The Homecoming Parade”

Yuki Hall – People’s Choice Award for “Vintage Tram in Milan” and she also sold a painting “The Vine” at the show.

The following FAA members participated in the 2025 Greene County Senior Artisan Show held in March at the FAA Gallery. Congratulations on another beautiful show!

Warren Brown, Lucille Burns, Carol Collett, Jeffrey W. Davis, Matt Lammi, Theresa Mayer, Linda Perry, Sue Seitz, Teresa Stoddart, Connie Weber, and Paula Whittington.

IMPORTANT ARTWORK DROP OFF DATES

April 11–12      Artwork drop off for consideration to the Gallery of Dayton Designers Show House curator

April 22           Artwork drop off for the FAA Members’ Fine Art Show

June 1              Deadline for submission of artwork for the FAA Virtual Art Show

June 28–29      Artwork drop off for the B-W Greenway & FAA Landscapes2025 Art Exhibition

Brief descriptions of these events are listed below. For more information, please read the prospectuses and accompanying requirements available in the FAA Gallery and on the FAA website.

Please note: Our Members’ Show will run concurrently with the 2025 Dayton Society of Interior Designers Show House with the exceptions of our May 5-7 Workshop and an additional show day on May 18.

INVITATION TO SUBMIT ARTWORK FOR GALLERY OF DAYTON DESIGNERS SHOW HOUSE 2025

The Fairborn Art Association membership has been invited to submit artwork (2-D and 3-D) for consideration to the curator of the Gallery of Dayton Society of Interior Designers Show House. Drop off is April 11 & 12 at the Café Fairborn and Art Gallery, 58 South Central Avenue in Fairborn. In celebration of Fairborn’s 75th Anniversary, the Designers Show House event will be held April 26–May 11, 2025 (closed on Mondays). More information for artwork submission is available in the FAA Gallery and on our website.

ARTWORK DUE THIS MONTH FOR THE 2025 MEMBERS’ FINE ART SHOW

I want to remind you that we will be hanging the Members’ Show a week early so our Gallery can be open at the same time as the Dayton Society of Interior Designers Show House event (April 26^­­–May 11). Artwork drop-off day is April 22 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thank you to those people that signed up to help sit the gallery and hang the show at the last meeting. We are still in need of some help sitting the gallery for the two weeks that we will be open on weekdays, so please volunteer your time. You can sign up through the Sign-up Genius link that was emailed to everyone, or we will send a sign-up sheet around again at the April meeting. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Cindy Sayeedi and Linda Perry

REGISTER SOON FOR THE FAA MAY 2025 WORKSHOP WITH FRAN MANGINO

Register soon for the May 2025 Workshop with guest artist Fran Mangino! “Paint Bold in Watercolor” will be held on May 5–7, 2025, at the FAA Gallery. Our workshops are open to members and non-members.

Artist Statement & Biography

“Somewhere deep inside me lies the need to express myself that can only be realized through my art. My paintings are a glimpse into how I view the world around me. The works are not illustrations but interpretations. I want the viewer to feel and see as I do.”

Fran’s award winning watercolors are in public and private collections. They have been featured in art centers, art museum exhibitions in the U.S. and in China. The works are also included in #5 Splash Books, Splash, A Retrospective 20 years; 2017 Art Journal, Animals; The Artist Magazine, Dec 2021. Fran’s latest awards were American Impressionist Society’s 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition May 29, 2024 Award of Distinction for Head Chef. Over 2,242 entries, 258 were juried in; Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition 2024, VA, McDonaldstein Award and Outstanding Whiskey Painting; Zanesville Art Museum 78th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Watercolor Award.

Memberships: Whiskey Painters of America, signature; Florida Watercolor Society, signature; Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, signature/master; Ohio Watercolor Society, signature.

The registration form for this workshop is available in the Gallery and on our website.

FAA VIRTUAL ART SHOW AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK RAFFLE IN JULY 2025

On Friday, July 4, 2025, the FAA will present a VIRTUAL ART SHOW and ORIGINAL ARTWORK RAFFLE at the SPARK venue (305 W. Main Street in Fairborn) from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. The Show celebrates Fairborn’s 75th Anniversary. The Show also coincides with Fairborn’s 4th of July Parade, so we are hoping for excellent attendance that will increase awareness of our organization.

FAA members may submit (via .jpeg file format) up to 3 works for consideration. Deadline for submission is June 1. They will be displayed on wall screens in a continuous slideshow. The prospectus for this show is available in the FAA Gallery.

LANDSCAPES JURIED ART EXHIBITION IN JULY 2025

The B-W Greenway Community Land Trust & the Fairborn Art Association’s Landscapes2025 juried art competition is underway. Landscapes Art Exhibition was established in 2009 to heighten public awareness of local greenspaces and the need to preserve them, and to foster an interest in creating art from nature. The juried competition is open to artists 16 years and older, living within a 200-mile radius of Fairborn, Ohio.

The 2025 location to inspire artists is Koogler Prairie Wetland Reserve, located at 2779 Beaver Valley Rd. #2735, Dayton, Ohio 45434. The entrance and parking is on Beaver Valley Road, just south of New Germany-Trebein Road. A guided hike of Koogler Prairie Wetland Reserve has been scheduled for Thursday, May 8, at 10:00 am.

Entries will be received at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery, 221 North Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29, from 1:00–3:00 pm. The Opening Reception will be held at the Fairborn Art Gallery on Sunday, July 13, from 1:00–3:00 pm. The art will be on display at the Gallery and open to the public on July 13, 20, and 27, from 1:00–3:00 pm.

For additional information, visit B-W Greenway at: www.bwgreenway.org

REMINDERS

Our next meeting will be held on May 6, 2025.The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the May newsletter is Monday, April 21, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

Please note that, for privacy reasons, the Fairborn Art Association will not post personal email addresses or phone numbers in the newsletters or on our website unless we have the respective member’s permission. Consult your FAA Directory for contact information for members. For non-members, we will provide the contact information we are given for them.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Fellow Artists!

I hope you all have stayed safe and warm through all this snowy, winter weather. Even though I am not wild about driving in the snow, I do love to watch it snow and see it making the gray, dreary winter landscape white and quietly beautiful. I hope some of you have been painting some snowscapes and creating in general.

Sara Wilson Green, our guest artist for our Tuesday, March 4, meeting at 7:00 pm, will be demonstrating oil painting techniques. I learned so much at our last meeting about oils and am looking forward to learning more and hope to see many of you there!

I want to remind you that our Members’ Fine Art Show will be coming up soon and there will be a few new items in the prospectus, i.e.

  a. The drop off date will be one week earlier this year (Tuesday, April 22).

  b. We will need more volunteers to gallery sit since we will be open during the day on April 26–May 4, May 8–11, and May 18.

  c. Your artwork will be able to be taken immediately when sold, due to out-of-town visitors.

  d. If your artwork is sold before the judging, you may enter another piece.

  e. The show will begin on April 26 and hang until after our June 3 Social.

These rules are for this year only because of the special Dayton Society of Interior Designers 2025 Show House in Fairborn. We are excited to be a part of this and will hopefully expose more of the public to our wonderful Gallery and artwork! More details will be available in the prospectus.

To tandem on this subject, I would like to thank Cindy Sayeedi and Linda Perry for doing such a great job on our Members’ shows. They took over from Connie Gifford and Carol Edsall and have done a superb job! There are many factors and tasks to coordinate, not to mention all the new information I just threw at them because of this special show year, so THANK YOU to you both for all your hard work!!!

With that, I will close this little epistle and remember, Spring is just around the corner! Keep Creating!

Linda Brandenburg, President

MARCH’S GUEST ARTIST – SARA WILSON GREEN

Our March 4, 2025, meeting will feature an oil painting demonstration by guest artist Sara Wilson Green. Sara will be using gamsol which is not toxic and is odorless.

Sara Wilson Green

Visual Artist, Dayton, Ohio

Not chronologically young (b. 1956 in Detroit, Michigan)

Michigander at heart but terribly fond of Ohio.

Inspiration: “Quiet” moments in time. Finding a view in familiar or new places… 

Set up the easel!

Time to paint!  

My love of the “view” has been a long standing interest in my life. I often work “en plein air” (painting observationally outdoors) which requires standing in front of the easel for hours with full focus and study on what you are seeing. For me every work created evokes vivid memories of the day I did it complete with sounds, weather and the connection to that place in time. My studio work is inspired by the photos I have taken while exploring the beauty I find. I have worked in many art media but oil is my confirmed favorite. I am a realist with a dash of impressionism.   

I studied Art at Alma College, Michigan, taught K-12 art all over Ohio including 20+ years in Miamisburg, Ohio. I have been married for 46 years and we have two children, one daughter in law, and two grandchildren. We have lived in Dayton for about 35 years and have a cottage in Michigan. These places, among others, have been a continual source of inspiration. Retirement about 6 years ago has given me the time not only to travel, be with friends and family but to have a more intense focus on art. It seems that “special” places to paint can be found wherever I go. 

Web site: www.saragreenart.com

FAA DEMO ARTISTS AND WORKSHOPS 2025

MEMBER NEWS

Connie Gifford and her daughter, Brandi Harris, will have an art show at the Beavercreek Senior Center, Lofino’s Art Gallery, for March 2025, with an art reception planned Wednesday March 5, 2025, 5:00–6:30 pm. The Beavercreek Senior Center is located at 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH 45432

GREENE COUNTY SENIOR ARTISAN SHOW IN MARCH 2025

The Greene County Council on Aging and the Fairborn Art Association will present the 2025 Senior Artisan Show on Sundays, March 9 and 16, 1:00–3:30 pm, and Wednesday, March 19, 11:00 am–2:00 pm, at the Fairborn Art Association, 221 North Central Avenue, Fairborn. For more information, contact GCCOA at [email protected] or call 937-376-5486.

FAA MEMBERS’ FINE ART SHOW IN MAY 2025

We are getting excited for the Members’ Fine Art Show in May! We will be setting up the show a week early this year (Tuesday, April 22) due to the Dayton Society of Interior Designers 2025 Show House that is taking place in Fairborn. This showcase will be held from April 26–May 11 so we will need some more people to sit the gallery during this event. There will be more information available at the March meeting. During this Designers Show House, there will be tours of the area including the FAA gallery with the possibility of selling some artwork. Due to this special showcase, we will be allowing artwork that is for sale to be purchased and taken home during the two weeks’ time frame. With this in mind, if you have a piece for sale, it could be sold before the judging of the show. 

This year’s show will be judged by Fran Mangino! The prospectus for the show will be available in a week or so and we will have a link to it on the website. We will have volunteer sign-ups at the March meeting. You can volunteer to help on the registration/drop off day or volunteer to sit the gallery on Sundays in May or during the special two week showcase period. We appreciate any help you can give us. There will also be flyers available at the March meeting so take a couple and hand them out to family and friends. We look forward to seeing you.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us: Cindy Sayeedi, [email protected] and Linda Perry, [email protected] 

REGISTER NOW FOR THE FAA MAY 2025 WORKSHOP

Registration is now open for the Fairborn Art Association May 2025 Workshop! “Paint Bold in Watercolor” with guest artist Fran Mangino will be held on May 5–7, 2025:

Watercolor could be the most exciting medium but it is often unforgiving and difficult. Students will go step by step to design a composition while working the human figure into their painting. The goal is to capture the essence of the subject while producing mood and atmosphere, while using values and contrast. Hopefully, students will achieve their next level as an artist. I want each student to choose their own image from what I have to paint. Students will not be on the same level in the process of watercolor. Therefore, I hope to help each student individually with their painting problems. “One size fits all” is rare.

Artist Statement & Biography

“Somewhere deep inside me lies the need to express myself that can only be realized through my art. My paintings are a glimpse into how I view the world around me. The works are not illustrations but interpretations. I want the viewer to feel and see as I do.”

Fran’s award winning watercolors are in public and private collections. They have been featured in art centers, art museum exhibitions in the U.S. and in China. The works are also included in #5 Splash Books, Splash, A Retrospective 20 years; 2017 Art Journal, Animals; The Artist Magazine, Dec 2021. Fran’s latest awards were American Impressionist Society’s 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition May 29, 2024 Award of Distinction for Head Chef. Over 2,242 entries, 258 were juried in; Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition 2024, VA, McDonaldstein Award and Outstanding Whiskey Painting; Zanesville Art Museum 78th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Watercolor Award.

Memberships: Whiskey Painters of America, signature; Florida Watercolor Society, signature; Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, signature/master; Ohio Watercolor Society, signature.

The registration form for this workshop is available in the gallery and on our website.

ROSEWOOD ART ON THE COMMONS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Rosewood Arts Center and the City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will present the 37th Annual Art on the Commons, a juried fine arts and crafts festival, on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Kettering’s Lincoln Park Civic Commons. Complete applications are required by March 31, 2025. For details, visit their website at: https://www.playkettering.org/art-programs-events/art-on-the-commons/

REMINDERS

Our next meeting will be held on April 1, 2025.The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the April newsletter is Monday, March 17, 2025. Please call, or email the article to, April Coppess.

Please note that, for privacy reasons, the Fairborn Art Association will not post personal email addresses or phone numbers in the newsletters or on our website unless we have the respective member’s permission. Consult your FAA Directory for contact information for members. For non-members, we will provide the contact information we are given for them.

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