October 2025 Workshop with Janet Rogers
Fairborn Art Association presents
Expressive, Loose Watercolors – Flowers to Figures
Janet Rogers
October 6–8, 2025
Registration is now open for our October 6–8 workshop, “Expressive, Loose Watercolors – Flowers to Figures” with guest instructor Janet Rogers, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Fairborn Art Association (FAA), 221 N. Central Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio 45324. Open to members and non-members.
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
More details are available on the registration form (see link below):
Janet Rogers Oct 2025 Workshop Registration Form.pdf
Summer 2025 News
2025 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Congratulations to the following members who won People’s Choice Awards at our Social on June 3, 2025:
First Place (Joan McCoy Memorial Award): Tessa Kalman “Precarious Perch”
Second Place: David Schneberger “Super Blue Moon”
Third Place: Tom Kinarney “Frog in Puddle”
Honorable Mention: Linda Brandenburg “Quiet Duckling”
Honorable Mention: Esther Wilson “First Snow”
Honorable Mention: Carol Collett “Daybreak”
Honorable Mention: Barbara J. Singerman “Areli-Lion of God”
Honorable Mention: Connie Weber “Letting Go”
Honorable Mention: Rose Schultz “Ready, Set, Go”
Judge’s Merit Award: Francis Trick “Hovering Angels”
Judge’s Merit Award: Jeffrey W. Davis “Beauty #13”
Judge’s Merit Award: Sue Seitz “Who Are You”
Judge’s Merit Award: Shirley Bauer “It Rained on our Parade”
Judge’s Merit Award: Marsha Elliot “No Parking”
Judge’s Merit Award: Eileen Thomson “My Dad, the Dude”
A THANK YOU NOTE FROM PAULA WHITTINGTON
The Fairborn 75th Anniversary Virtual Art Show and Raffle is coming up on July 4th from 10:00 am–2:00 pm at SPARK. Thank you to all the participants! There is an impressive variety of beautiful work to enjoy! With skillful help from Julie Shuman, Carol Collett and Linda Brandenburg, we hung art at SPARK and are ready to go. In addition to the art slideshow, historical photos will play on the second TV screen at Spark. Twenty-nine prints now hang on the Spark gallery walls, and the prints will again be displayed and for sale in the Sweet Corn Festival information tent. The Board has been very encouraging and flexible as we designed a new platform to display our art and promote the FAA. Extra recognition goes to Peggy Bowman, who donated gorgeous greeting cards to raise donations for the Phoenix Theater, and Jim and Connie Gifford, for publicity. Last but not least, please applaud April Coppess, who will facilitate purchase inquiries, and who created a spot (now showing!) on the FAA web page. If you can’t come to the show, please view it VIRTUALLY! Enjoy the fireworks, and I hope to see you at the Corn Fest!
FAA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR 2025
The Fairborn Art Association (FAA), 221 N. Central Ave. in Fairborn, awarded three outstanding high school graduates with a $1,000 art scholarship each. Letters were mailed to high school art teachers and guidance counselors in the Greene, Montgomery, Clark, and Miami County areas requesting that graduating seniors, who are going to pursue higher education in the fine arts or related discipline, submit digital copies of artwork for review. A committee of FAA members, comprising artists with many awards and years of experience, reviewed every entry. Of the many outstanding entries, three students were selected to receive a scholarship check.
Addelynn Ricketts lives in Enon, Ohio and is a 2025 graduate of Greenon High School. She was a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society, and serves as president of Sources of Strength, a national program aimed at preventing suicide, violence, bullying and substance abuse. She also won the MLK Peacekeeper Award and DAR Good Citizen Award and played on the Varsity Volleyball team. She plans on attending the University of Akron to pursue a degree in graphic design.
Emily Glaze attended Beavercreek High School where she was in ROTC for four years, winning multiple awards. She also was attended anime and caricature classes at the Rosewood Art Center and was featured in the 2024 and 2025 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibit. She will attend Sinclair Community College where her objective is to gain employment with a company that focuses on art and hobby and to learn retail and customer service skills.
Conner Crankshaw lives in Springfield and was a 2025 graduate of Kenton Ridge High School, where he was a communications intern and treasurer for the marching band. His interests in art focus on oil paintings, which include portraits, still life’s, and multimedia. He plans on attending the Savannah College of Art and Design majoring in Graphic Arts.
Scholarship news submitted by FAA Publicity Chair, James M. Gifford
June 2025 Newsletter
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
Events are held in the FAA Gallery unless otherwise indicated
June 3 6:30 pm–8:30 pm Social
July 4 10:00 am–2:00 pm Virtual Art Show and Original Artwork Raffle (Spark, 305 W. Main St., Fairborn, OH 45324)
July 13 1:00 pm–3:00 pm Landscapes2025 Art Exhibition (Opening Reception)
July 20 1:00 pm–3:00 pm Landscapes2025 Art Exhibition
July 27 1:00 pm–3:00 pm Landscapes2025 Art Exhibition
August 16–17 Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (Community Park, 691 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH 45324)
September 2 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Mixed Media/Watercolor demo by guest artist Sharon Stolzenberger
October 7 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Watercolor demo by guest artist Janet Rogers
October Workshop TBD
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 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.
May 2025 Newsletter
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.
April 2025 Newsletter
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 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)
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.