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.
“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.
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
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 Stolzenberger, 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)
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.