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
FAA DEMO ARTISTS AND WORKSHOPS 2025
April 1 Yuki Hall, watercolor demo
May 5–7 Workshop with Fran Mangino
May 6 Fran Mangino, watercolor demo
June 3 Social
July No meeting
August No meeting
September 2 Sharon Stolzenburger, mixed media, watercolor
October 7 Janet Rogers, watercolor demo
October Workshop TBD
November 4 Charmaine Boggs, mixed media
December 2 Holiday Party (date subject to change)
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.