FAIRBORN ART ASSOCIATION NEWS!
Susan Bertke Meetup Group
Get out of the studio and go sketching with friends! The new Meetup group “Draw, Pardners!” is an informal group that meets at least once a month at various locations in the Dayton area to sketch and draw. The next meeting will be on Saturday, January 11, 2014, from 10 am to 12 noon at Books & Company at The Greene in Beavercreek. For more info, go to http://www.meetup.com/Draw-Pardners or call Susan Bertke (937) 429-5653 or [email protected]
Lynda Pauley Announces Class Schedule
Lynda Pauley of Prairie’s Edge Studio sent the following information about her January and February 2014 class Schedule. “Study art in a beautiful new studio located on a 150-acre tall grass prairie. This place will inspire you! Each student receives the individual attention needed. Call to enroll. Payment required before first class – address below. Some class times fill fast. 937-568-9170 or email [email protected] or [email protected] Studio located conveniently near Springfield, Dayton, and Columbus areas.” Prairie’s Edge Studio, 13813 E. National Rd., South Vienna, OH 45369. See Lynda’s work at www.lyndapauley.com *****Taking class registrations now****
Click here for Lynda Pauley 2014 Class Schedule
2013 Christmas Party
The FAA membership enjoyed good fellowship and a good time at the Holiday Celebration on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
Our “Santa Claus”, Warren Brown distributed gifts during the Holiday celebration. The hat he is wearing was the hit of the party when it started dancing on his head!
Gayle Beireis opened a gift from under the tree Tuesday evening.
Clarice Moore opened a package containing this snowman. Unfortunately for her, she didn’t keep him for long.
Susan wearing a decorative headband. More evidence of the creativity of our membership.
A sample of the craft items created by FAA members.
Barbara and Irene “womanned” the sales table during the pre-sale of members art and craft items at the Holiday gathering.
The long tables at the side of the Gallery were loaded with all manner of scrumptious goodies. No one was disappointed.
Members enjoying the Holiday festivities.
The Christmas tree on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
Decorating For The Holiday Season
Norma Nikkola (l) and Barb Arnold (r) helped decorate the FAA Gallery for the Holiday Fine Art and Craft Sale. They did a wonderful job putting the ornaments and lights on the Christmas tree. They also were among the many members who created items for the Sale. The Sale was held the first two weekends in December. The weather was certainly appropriate, as we had unusually early snow in our part of Ohio this year.
December 2013 Newsletter
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Holiday Blessings to Our Members and Patrons:
And Happy Thanksgiving to You and Your Families.
Let me take this opportunity to again thank the Soup and Art Committee and all the volunteers who made it so successful. The fund continues to climb over $1,500, and our generous bowl makers, Dora and Mayumi, will have more bowls available at our Christmas Party. What a perfect time of the year to remember those less fortunate, especially little children. Your generosity makes us all so proud to be members of this great organization.
Oh my, how the time flies, but I bet your busy fingers have all the paintings and crafts ready for our Holiday Fine Art and Craft Sale. I’m sure Gayle will be reminding you wonderful volunteers that Set Up Time is Monday, December 2nd, and having your items and inventory sheets marked with the Correct Number is SO, SO, SO Important.
For our new members, remember that this is our Christmas Party Time, Tuesday, December 3rd. Come after 5:30 pm (no board meeting). Bring your friends. Fun & Entertainment begins. Shop till you drop!
You are invited to bring a wrapped gift ornament or holiday charm of some sort, value $10 and have a grand time trying to hold on to the one you really want!!! with this fun, crazy gift exchange! Santa will be here trying to control the crowd!!!! (Participating in the gift exchange is not mandatory.)
Please do remember that each member is invited to bring a food plate to share and your board will provide Holiday drinks! Come early, get to know our members enjoy shopping at The Best Handcrafted Gift Gallery in the whole area!!!!
Sue Brezine
President
HOLIDAY FINE ART AND CRAFT SALE
Fairborn Art Association members will have the opportunity to have their artwork and handicrafts displayed in the Gallery for sale the first two weekends in December and for the early shopping from 5:30–7: 00 pm before the Christmas party, which begins at 7:00 pm, Tuesday Dec. 3. The Holiday Fine Art and Craft sale will be open two successive weekends Dec 7 & 8 and Dec. 14 & 15. The Gallery will be open Saturdays from 10 am–4 pm and Sundays from 1–4 pm. We plan to set up the art racks and decorate the gallery with members help on Monday, December 2 from 9:00 am–noon. Members can bring their priced holiday art and craft items with inventory sheets to the Gallery on Monday, December 2 from 1–3 pm, or on Tuesday, December 3 from 10–12 noon. Each participating member will be given an artist number which we will provide. This artist number must be included on each price tag. Each member may bring two large paintings (18×24) and up to 10 small paintings (16×20 or smaller) and handcrafted items. Please mark sale prices on each item along with your name and artist number. Special art or craft demonstrations are encouraged during the sale. All unsold items must be picked up on Sunday, December 15 from 4–5 pm, or on Monday, December 16 from 10–12 noon. Remember, FAA does not charge commission on any sales. This is quite a benefit to FAA members. Inventory sheets will be available at the Gallery and on our website. Holiday Sale flyers will be available at the Gallery for members to distribute. This is our Big Sale; it will be publicized in area newspapers and on A-Frame signs around town. The more we publicize the sale the better the sales will be. Contact gayle and Robert Beireis.
HOLIDAY FINE ARTS & CRAFT SHOW—WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. How to get your inventory sheets and prospectus – They will be available online and at the Gallery. They will be right next to our flyers so please take what you need and take some flyers to pass around. 2. How to get your Artist Number for your sales ticket and inventory sheet – Please read carefully: we took the names in alphabetical order as listed in 2013–2014 members directory. Please call or email us and we will assign your number to you. Note: your number will NOT be the same as last year! —Submitted by gayle and Robert Beireis, email [email protected]
DECEMBER 2013 MEETING
We are having a Christmas party Dec. 3. Everybody should bring a dish to share along with a your gift of about $10.00 for the exchange if you want to participate. Don’t forget that we will have early shopping at the Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show starting at 5:30 pm.
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL WRAPUP
Thanks to everyone who participated in work for the Sweet Corn Festival this past year. Thanks also to Kohls Department Store for their donation of $1000 because five of their employees volunteered to work in support of this charity. We cleared $13,211.77 (every penny counts). This is the largest amount we have ever made on the Festival and will go a long way to supporting our many charities, such as the two $500 scholarships for college-bound art students and $300 to the Lions Club for the Fairborn Christmas Project, which awards $25 per family plus $10 for each person in the family for use at Krogers or Sav-A-Lot for groceries. —Submitted by Sue Red
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP WITH FRED GRAFF, AWS, NWS, TWS
The Fairborn Art Association is sponsoring a workshop with Frederick C. Graff, AWS, NWS, TWS, Monday through Thursday, May 5–May 8, 2014, from 9 am to 4 pm. In this workshop, students will learn both innovative and traditional watercolor approaches that will further develop and enhance their own personal style of painting. Fred Graff is one of the foremost watercolorists of today. He is among a select group of watercolorists who are Signature Members of all three major watercolor societies: American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, and Transparent Watercolor Society of America “Master Status.” You can obtain more information about Fred by visiting his website at www.fredgraff.com . The cost for this workshop is $260 for members; $280 for nonmembers. Look for more extensive articles on this workshop in future newsletters and on our website.
MEMBER NEWS
Yuki Hall’s work “Winter day Detroit” was selected as a finalist in the Landscape/Interior category of The Artist’s Magazine 30th Annual Art Competition and her name was listed in the December 2013 issue. Yuki also won Honorable Mention in this year’s Watermedia Showcase Competition for her work “5PM in Detroit,” and her work will be published in the April 2014 issue of Watercolor Artist Magazine.
MISUK GOLTZ WINTER WATERCOLOR CLASS
An 8-week class, “Watercolor Painting with Misuk,” will begin January 9 and run through March 6, 2014 (no class on Jan 23). The class will meet on Thursdays from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Fairborn Art Gallery, 221 North Central Ave, Fairborn. We will concentrate on how to complete a painting that reflects both your inspiration and artistic expression. Every two weeks, the class will take on a new project to complete using your references or my demo references. We will focus on portrait/figure paintings for the last 4 classes. Also, after class is over at 1 pm, Misuk plans to take a lunch break and then continue painting for a couple of hours. Everyone in the class is welcome to join her for however long they want to stay and paint. The tuition for the class is $90 for 8 weeks including the gallery fee. Please send your questions or registration to: Misuk Goltz, [email protected]
DSPS 75th ANNIVERSARY ART DEMO MARATHON
To celebrate this 75th Anniversary, the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors offered art demos EVERY DAY beginning Monday Oct. 21, and ending Sunday Nov. 24 . Marilyn Hart has faithfully hosted this extremely successful undertaking at the 48 High Street Gallery. We want to congratulate her and all the artists who volunteered to demonstrate their techniques. Marilyn is a member of FAA and DSPS as are many of the artists who volunteered to be part of this creative idea. Marilyn, you deserve a huge THANK YOU for your joyful spirit and dedication . This was a wonderful gift to the community. —Submitted by Sue Brezine
EXPLORING WATERCOLOR SHOW
Watercolor painters from the Hithergreen Center, many of whom are members of area art organizations such as Tri-Art, WOWS, FAA, and DSPS, are showing their work at The Little Art Gallery at Christ United Methodist Church, 3440 Shroyer Road, Kettering, from Sunday, November 17 through Monday, December 29. Students in the Exploring Watercolor class which meets at Hithergreen on Monday afternoons are instructed by artist/author Nita Leland. They organize their paintings into eye-catching compositions with a wide variety of subjects including people, animals, architecture, still lifes, florals, and landscapes while developing skills in watercolor techniques, color, and design in a fun and friendly atmosphere. The “Exploring Watercolor” exhibit is free and open upon request at the Church office daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday mornings before and after services. For more information, e-mail [email protected]. —Submitted by Sylvia Dugan
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our new website at www.fairbornart.org for additional articles throughout the month. We also post photographs of meetings and other events that we are unable to publish in the printed version of this newsletter. We are in the process of transferring the Members’ Gallery from our old website to our new website. Some artwork is now available for viewing. Be sure to answer the email we sent to obtain your permission to display your artwork and/or any photo of you (individually or in a group) on the website. We need this permission in writing before we can activate your artwork on the website. The Members’ gallery is a format for our members to share their artwork online for viewing and possibly interest to buyers.
REMINDERS
There will be no meeting in January 2014. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the February Newsletter is Monday, January 20, 2013. Please email your articles to [email protected]
Soup and Art Finale
Cathy Jones of the Maple Avenue Church of God in Fairborn, Ohio received a check in the amount of $1500 from proceeds of the Soup and Art Show held on Saturday, October 26, 2013. Ms. Jones received the check on Saturday, November 9, 2013. Ms. Jones is the founder of the Church of God’s Backpack program, which feeds children in the Fairborn area who may otherwise go without food. The Backpack program feeds up to 100 children at its weekly food program, and also sends food home in backpacks so the children in need will have additional food. The Soup and Art Show was able to raise the money through proceeds of the sale of donated bowls, tee shirts, donated art work, and corporate funds. Organizers Clarice Moore, Mayumi Keifer, Steve Keifer, and Dora Lawson hope to hold future events in order to continue support for the Backpack program. Photo by Dora Lawson.
Highlights of the November 2013 Meeting
Fairborn Art Association’s November 5, 2013 meeting began with the presentation of a longevity membership award to Barbara Rich who has been a member for 44 years. It was announced that the soup and art show was very successful, raising over $1300 for the backpack food program for local needy school children. There is talk about of a second such event next year. The annual members’ holiday sale has been announced for Saturdays and Sundays December 7, 8, 14, and 15. Saturday hours are 10-4 and Sunday hours are 1-4. The public is welcome to shop from the wide variety of handmade gift items at affordable prices.
After lovely refreshments, local artist Trish McKinney began a demonstration of a new technique she is working with that involves using layers of pattern in her paintings. She achieves this by selecting two photos having some personal meaning. Using two pieces of transfer paper and graphite paper she draws the image of one photo on top of the other on a full sheet of watercolor paper. She begins with the image on the transfer paper so that she is able to use the image again easily.
She uses Dr. Martin colored ink and Golden high flow acrylic paint in thin applications as she slowly builds up the two superimposed images. The results are a beautiful predominant image with an equally interesting secondary image. The finished product is much richer and more meaningful than a more traditional representation.
—Submitted by Dora Lawson
Misuk Goltz 2014 Watercolor Class
An 8-week class, “Watercolor Painting with Misuk,” will begin January 9 and run through March 6, 2014 (no class on Jan 23). The class will meet on Thursdays from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Fairborn Art Gallery, 221 North Central Ave, Fairborn. We will concentrate on how to complete a painting that reflects both your inspiration and artistic expression. Every two weeks, the class will take on a new project to complete using your references or Misuk’s demo references. We will focus on portrait/figure paintings for the last 4 classes. The tuition for the class is $90 for 8 weeks including the gallery fee. Please send the attached registration form along with your check to Misuk.
Attachment: Class Registration
Trish McKinney Demo at November Meeting
Trish McKinney, nationally known artist and graphic designer, presented her “Layers of Understanding – Creating Layers of Pattern and Meaning” demonstration at the meeting of the Fairborn Art Association on Tuesday, November 6, 2013. She discussed the art of storytelling in a painting by interweaving layers of understanding to create an emotional connection to the viewer. She demonstrated her method of telling a story through the technique of layering patterns over a figurative composition using mixed watermedia. Ms. McKinney has exhibited nationally and won numerous awards, including Ohio Watercolor Society, Western Ohio Watercolor Society, Springfield (Ohio) Art Museum, National Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society International Exhibition, and many others. She has also had her work published in a number of publications and is represented in galleries in Ohio and other states. Her work is included in corporate collections both locally and internationally. Photos by Robert Beireis. Thanks to Jackie Albright and Dora Lawson for Ms. McKinney’s biographical information.
Bowls made for Soup and Art Show
A sample of the bowls made for the Soup and Art Show that was held on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The potters who made the bowls were organized by F.A.A. Vice-President Dora Lawson.