FAIRBORN ART ASSOCIATION NEWS!
FAA Cancellations
Our FAA Board has voted to CANCEL our April and May meetings and our Misuk Goltz workshop. Our Member Show is postponed. We are looking at October as a new month for the show. Any deposits for the workshop will be returned and you should hear from our Workshop Chair in the next couple of weeks. We are working through taking care of business that was scheduled to be addressed at the meetings. Please check out our April newsletter for further information.
In addition, the Fairborn Senior Apartment building is under self quarantine. Therefore, ALL activities at the FAA Gallery are cancelled until further notice.
Hopefully we all will follow the guidelines to self isolate in our country and that will help us get through this time of danger from this serious illness quickly. I hope you are all healthy, and that you stay that way.
…Submitted by Billie Dickson, President
The deadline for the April newsletter is Monday, March 30, 2020. The newsletter will be published on paper and on this website by the end of next week. Please send your articles – awards, shows, interesting classes, videos, etc. We need to keep in touch with each other. Please send articles to me at [email protected] or call 937-233-7532.
Jackie Albright
Corresponding Secretary
Special Notices
- We sadly report the death of our member Anita Wilson after a long battle with cancer. Her family will join us for a memorial at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery on Thursday, March 19, from 5 to 7:30 pm. Cards may be sent to her address in our Directory.
- We are cancelling our April Members meeting to help increase the safety of our members from acquiring the Covid-19 virus. The Board will meet at 6 pm in the main Gallery so we can spread apart and not be crowded together in the tiny office. Be sure to look for our April newsletter to be available online the last week of March. By then, we may have news relating to future plans or cancellations (hopefully none).
March 2020 Newsletter
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MARCH 2020 NEWSLETTER
Hello All,
March is nearly here and the early signs of spring are all around us. I have daffodils, tulips, and crocus poking through the mulch, and the birds are beginning to sing their spring songs. Just the other day I saw another sign – bags of mulch were being unloaded at the local hardware store.
March 1 is the opening date for the Greene County Senior Show, which runs for the first three Sundays from 1 to 3:30 p.m. and closes on March 18 at 2:00 p.m. It is always a beautiful show so I hope you will bring your friends to view the show and celebrate senior artists and artisans in Greene County.
Daylight Savings Time begins March 8, so we will be able to enjoy an extra hour of daylight in the evenings. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17, and the official first day of Spring is March 19.
Several FAA members enjoyed a tour of the historic Osborne area of Fairborn on February 10. This is the area designated for artists to find inspiration for the BW Greenway Landscape Show. We saw several interesting and unique architectural elements to paint. The tour guide indicated another tour would be held in May when flowers and trees are blooming. Be looking for information on that, and be sure to pick up a prospectus for the show so you will know how to enter your artwork.
FAA is well represented by members who have paintings in the Aqueous Ohio, Southwest 2020 by the Ohio Watercolor Society at Sinclair Community College in Mason. The show runs through May 29. If you want to view the art online, please go to https://www/ohiowatercolorsociety.org/Exhibitions/index.html and then look under Regional Exhibits.
Please keep the families of Maggie Vance and Mark Bauer (Shirlee Bauer’s husband) in your thoughts and prayers as they mourn the loss of their loved ones. Members Lois Kuck and Anita Wilson are still battling health problems. If you know of others who need our support, please let a Board member know, or send the information to Jackie Albright so we know to reach out to them.
Correction: Our March speaker is Kate Santucci who does Encaustic Art. I hope you are as interested as I am to learn more about this art form. The meeting is Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. Louise Jackson will be our speaker at our April 7th meeting. End of Correction
Please open your heart to volunteering to help FAA. We will be needing people to run for office and filling various other positions, including being part of the Nominating Committee in March. It is also time to sign up to help at the Sweet Corn Festival in August. YOU are needed and wanted. I recently read an article on stess reduction techniques, and one of them was to be a volunteer! Please let me know if that could be you, and if you are asked, please remember your “YES” is needed.
Joe Miller (AKA Cheap Joe) says, “Sometimes a blank canvas is a napkin and a studio is a restaurant.” Art is all around us, we just have to open our minds to the possibilities.
Billie Dickson
President
Attachment: Maggie Vance Obit
Attachment: Mark Bauer Obit
CORRECTION: MARCH SPEAKER—KATE SANTUCCI
The Fairborn Art Association (FAA) is hosting a demonstration with artist Ms. Kate Huser Santucci Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 7pm at its regular monthly meeting.
Kate Huser Santucci graduated from Wright State University in 1994 with a BFA in visual art, and participated in an encaustic painting workshop with Susan Mulder at the Krasl Art Center in Michigan. She has taught classes at the Dayton Art Institute and Rosewood Arts Centre, as well as private lessons for children. Santucci’s work has been shown at the Dayton Visual Arts Center, Rosewood Arts Centre in Kettering, has been part of several exhibitions at St. John Gallery in Beavercreek, and has been shown at various restaurants, pubs, and coffee houses in the Dayton area. Public work includes a mural in downtown Dayton on E. 3rd St. Her works are part of private collections in Dayton, Cincinnati, and St. Joseph, Michigan. End of Correction
The Fairborn Art Association is located at the rear entrance of the Fairborn Central Building, 221 North Central Ave., Fairborn. Parking and entrance are located around and behind the former school building, now senior housing.
…Submitted by James M. Gifford, Publicity Chair
2020 MEMBERS’ SPRING FINE ART SHOW
FAA Spring Show paintings will be accepted on Thursday, April 30, from noon to 5 pm. The show opens on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Prizes awarded on Tuesday, May 5 at the FAA meeting. Please bring your art ready to hang, and we do not accept saw-tooth hangers or ring hangers. The prospectus has all the information needed to prepare your art for the show. The prospectus is available in our Gallery and is attached.
Registration: Thursday, April 30 from Noon to 5 pm
Show Opening: May 3, 2020 from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm
Prizes Awarded: Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 7 pm at our May meeting
Gallery Hours: Sundays, May 3, 10, and 17 from 1 pm to 4 pm
Pick Up: Sunday, May 17 from 4 to 6 pm
If you signed up to sit with the FAA gallery, please bring light snacks. We will assign one person in your group to have access to the gallery so you can get in and lock up when you leave. Please check with us when you register your art to make sure who will have gallery access. Light snacks could be cookies or cheese & crackers, or chips & salsa, and a punch or lemonade or something similar. Feel free to bring your artwork to work on while you are there.
Please invite your friends and family to come see the show, and hopefully find a piece of art they would like to hang in their home or office. Remember to share this information with your friends on Social Media such as Facebook.
If you have questions or if you need to deliver or pick up your work at a different time, contact Connie Gifford at [email protected] or (937) 270-7359 or Carol Edsall at [email protected]
Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful art work! …Submitted Connie S. Gifford and Carol Edsall
Attachment: Spring prospectus 2020
MAY 2020 WORKSHOP WITH MISUK GOLTZ
May 4-6, 2020, Fairborn Art Association will welcome Misuk Goltz back to teach a 3-day watercolor workshop. Misuk has won many awards for her watercolor paintings and is an outstanding teacher. For beginners to more advanced. Misuk has planned a fabulous, informative workshop.
This workshop will be at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery from 9:30-4 with an hour for lunch. The cost will be $200 member or $225 non-member, including a $40 nonrefundable deposit which will hold your place for the workshop. Because Misuk has so many followers, get your deposit in soon. Send it to Pat Dunker, 30 InnisbrTook Close, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Pat at 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798, or email [email protected] .
This workshop is currently filled up and has a waiting list. See news below about the new workshop Misuk is offering.
…Submitted by Pat Dunker
Attachment: Misuk Goltz Registration
GOOD NEWS ABOUT MISUK GOLTZ WORKSHOP
Misuk Goltz’s 3-day Journaling workshop is full but the GOOD NEWS is that she has graciously agreed to teach a 2-day Portraiture class on the 2 days following the Journaling class – May 7 and 8. The class will cost $140 for the 2 days and the supply list, if you need to bring anything special, will be in next month’s newsletter.
If anyone who is registered in the journaling class wishes to switch to the Portraiture Class, let Pat Dunker know ASAP and your deposit will be transferred to the new class, but only until the class is full. If you wish to take both classes, that is also possible but the people on the “waiting list” will be the first members of the new class if they wish. A registration form for this workshop is available on our website at www.fairbornart.org. …Submitted by Pat Dunker
Attachment: MISUK GOLZ Registration-Portraiture
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS FOR 2020
March 3, 2020 Kate Santucci, Encaustic
April 7, 2020 Louise Jacckson, Watercolor
May 5, 2020 Misuk Goltz, and Workshop
June 2, 2020 Social
July 7, 2020 No meeting
August 4, 2020 No meeting
September 1, 2020 Amy Kollar Anderson, Mixed Media
October 6, 2020 Bruce Neville, and Workshop
November 3, 2020 Tim Langenderfer, Drawing
December 1, 2020 Christmas Party
PAINT WITH YUKI HALL IN SPAIN
Yuki Hall will be conducting a workshop titled “Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain” from May 11 to May 21, 2020. The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain with abundant excursions with private tour guides and private transportations. For more information, contact Yuki at [email protected], (937) 679-2464. All level of painters and non-painting companions are also welcome. Workshop brochure and enrollment form are available in the Gallery and are attached.
Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain[1160]
Painting & Sketching the spirit of Spain Enrollment form[1161]
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPES 2020
Brochure and other information are available on our is attached. Paint this winter!
Attachment: Landscapes 2020 Flyer 2pg
Attachment: OHGC flyer with gardener addresses
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our 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.
REMINDERS
The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the March meeting: Cheryl Miracle, Fran Watson, Jason Williams, Carol Edsel, Cass Barth, Carol Collett, Lucy Burns, Ed and Marty Vance, Nyeon Ju Woo, Clarice Moore, and Evvie Moore. Thank you for volunteering.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the April Newsletter is Monday, March 23, 2020. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532
February 2020 Newsletter
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Greetings,
As I write this in mid-January, we have experienced the mildest winter I can remember (I’m not complaining!). I keep wondering what this foretells for February and March. This prompts me to remind you that if we have bad winter weather on a meeting day, we follow Fairborn school closings. If they are closed, so are we. We will try to reschedule for the following week, and will communicate that by e-mail and by posting on our Facebook page.
Our February speaker is our own Yuki Hall. She will be talking about sketching during her recent trip to Europe. She is always a very dynamic and popular speaker, so it should be an exciting program.
For those who enjoyed the Christmas decorations at our holiday party, please thank the Thursday painting group who decorated, and the Friday painting group who carefully packed them away for next year.
If you enjoy painting and sharing with other members, please remember we have the Thursday group which focuses on watercolor and the Friday group which is open to a variety of media, and we have recently added a group on Wednesday which paints “en plein air” during the warmer months and paints inside the gallery in the winter months. To get more information about the groups, contact Carol Collett at [email protected] for Wednesday, Connie Gifford at [email protected] for Thursday, and Billie Dickson at [email protected] for Friday. The cost is $1 per visit and the group sharing is priceless.
Please welcome Debbie Cosenza, who has agreed to be our Meeting Greeter going forward.
I’ve been made aware of several members who have had a variety of health problems since we last met. Please look out for each other and let us know if we can help these folks out. Some are still ill and others are healing and others have family members who are ill, but I know Warren Brown, Shirlee Bauer, Lois Kuck, Connie Weber, Anita Wilson, Jackie Albright, and Sheryl Scott would all appreciate a card or an email of encouragement and comfort. Please let someone on our Board know if others need us to reach out. I’m going to try to include a list in each newsletter going forward.
We are very sorry to report that Maggie Vance lost her battle with cancer this weekend. Information for arrangements should be available Tuesday or Wednesday. Our condolences to her family and friends.
Billie Dickson
President
FEBRUARY SPEAKER—YUKI HALL
The Fairborn Art Association (FAA) is hosting a demonstration with artist Ms. Yuki Hall Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 7 pm at its regular monthly meeting. Yuki Hall is an award winning watercolor artist known for her loose style and impressionistic approach to working with the medium. After earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering, she had a career as an engineer in the automotive industry until 2006, when she decided to leave the workforce and start an artistic journey. Yuki’s journey with watercolor painting started when she took a beginner’s watercolor class at a local art center in 2006. She then further studied the medium with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists such as David Taylor, Eric Wiegardt, and Alvaro Castagnet.
Yuki is a signature member of Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Ohio Watercolor Society and Whiskey Painters of America. In addition to having won numerous awards including eight Best of Show awards from regional juried art/watercolor exhibitions, Yuki’s work has been accepted into various prestigious national & international level watercolor juried competitions including the National Watercolor Society, Annual Member’s Exhibition, San Pedro, CA, 2018, National Juried Exhibition of Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Kenosha, WI (2014, 2017 & 2019), and the Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition, Brea, CA (2014), where she won the Founders Award. Her works also have been published by highly competitive national art/watercolor publications: three consecutive years (April 2014, April 2015 & April 2016 issues) in Watercolor Artist Magazine Watermedia Showcase Winners; and The Best of Watercolor “Splash 16” – Exploring Texture (June 2015) and “Splash 20” – Creative Composition (July 2019) both from North Light Books.
Yuki is also an avid teacher and she teaches watercolor painting workshops both nationally and internationally. She lives in Beavercreek, OH with her husband and two daughters.
A complete biography for Yuki Hall is attached.
…Submitted by James Gifford
Attachment: Yuki Hall Bio
MAY 2020 WORKSHOP WITH MISUK GOLTZ
May 4-6, 2020, Fairborn Art Association will welcome Misuk Goltz back to teach a 3-day watercolor workshop. Misuk has won many awards for her watercolor paintings and is an outstanding teacher. For beginners to more advanced. Misuk has planned a fabulous, informative workshop.
This workshop will be at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery from 9:30-4 with an hour for lunch. The cost will be $200 member or $225 non-member, including a $40 nonrefundable deposit which will hold your place for the workshop. Because Misuk has so many followers, get your deposit in soon. Send it to Pat Dunker, 30 Innisbrook Close, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Pat at 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798, or email [email protected] .
This workshop is currently filled up and has a waiting list. See news below about the new workshop Misuk is offering.
…Submitted by Pat Dunker
GOOD NEWS ABOUT MISUK GOLTZ WORKSHOP
Misuk Goltz’s 3-day Journaling workshop is full but the GOOD NEWS is that she has graciously agreed to teach a 2-day Portraiture Workshop on the 2 days following the Journaling Workshop – May 7 and 8. The Workshop will cost $140 for the 2 days and the supply list, if you need to bring anything special, will be in next month’s newsletter.
If anyone who is registered in the Journaling Workshop wishes to switch to the Portraiture Workshop, let Pat Dunker know ASAP and your deposit will be transferred to the new Workshop, but only until the Workshop is full. If you wish to take both workshops, that is also possible but the people on the “waiting list” will be the first members of the new workshop if they wish. A registration form for this Workshop is attached.
…Submitted by Pat Dunker
Attached: MISUK GOLZ Registration-Portraiture
SCHEDULED SPEAKERS FOR 2020
February 4, 2020 Yuki Hall, European Trip, Sketching
March 3, 2020 Kate Santucci, Encaustic
April 7, 2020 Donna Schwarz, Colored Pencil
May 5, 2020 Misuk Goltz, and Workshop
June 2, 2020 Social
July 7, 2020 No meeting
August 4, 2020 No meeting
September 1, 2020 Amy Kollar Anderson, Mixed Media
October 6, 2020 Bruce Neville, and Workshop
November 3, 2020 Tim Langenderfer, Drawing
December 1, 2020 Christmas Party
PAINT WITH YUKI HALL IN SPAIN
Yuki Hall will be conducting a workshop titled “Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain” from May 11 to May 21, 2020. The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain with abundant excursions with private tour guides and private transportations. For more information, contact Yuki at [email protected], (937) 679-2464. All level of painters and non-painting companions are also welcome. Workshop brochure and enrollment form are attached.
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain[1160]
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the spirit of Spain Enrollment form[1161]
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPES 2020
Brochure and other information are attached. Paint this winter!
Attachment: Landscapes 2020 Flyer 2pg
REMINDERS
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our 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.
REMINDERS
The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the February meeting: Barbara Arnold, Jim and Margaret Brooks, Esther Wilson, Esther MLone, Evelyn LaMers, Sue Seitz, Clarice Moore, Evvie Moore. Thank you for volunteering.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the March Newsletter is Monday, February 17, 2020. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.
December 2019 Newsletter
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Holiday Greetings!
FAA is kicking off the season with our 2019 Holiday Party. We meet at 7 pm on Tuesday, December 3. Please bring a refreshment to share, and if you wish to participate in our gift exchange, please bring a small seasonal item ($10 – $15), wrapped but with no names on it. We will have some fun with it for sure.
Please be sure to like our new beautiful Facebook page (the colorful one) and if you have already liked or followed our old page please unlike or unfollow that one so we can discard it. FB search Fairborn Art Association.
We will take a short winter break in January, but we will be back to our regular meeting schedule in February, 2020. Our speaker will be the ever-popular Yuki Hall and she will talk about her recent European painting trip and sketching. Meeting is Tuesday, February 4 at 7 pm.
Now that winter weather is upon us, please remember if Fairborn schools are closed due to weather, we will not meet that night. If weather worsens during the day, we will attempt to send an e-mail blast out to you. Of course, we want everyone to be safe, so if the meeting has not been officially cancelled but you are not comfortable driving, then please stay home.
Cheap Joe (Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff) says, “When we paint to create a masterpiece, we set ourselves up for failure. So instead, set out to have fun and enjoy the journey. Then you’ve set yourself up for success.”
Billie Dickson
President
FEATUREDED SPEAKERS
FEBRUARY 2020 – Yuki Hall, European trip, sketching
MARCH 2020 – Kate Santucci, encaustic art
APRIL 2020 – Donna Schwartz, colored pencil
MAY 2020 WORKSHOP WITH MISUK GOLTZ
May 4-7, 2020, Fairborn Art Association will welcome Misuk Goltz back to teach a 4-day watercolor workshop. Misuk has won many awards for her watercolor paintings and is an outstanding teacher. For beginners to more advanced. Misuk has planned a fabulous, informative workshop.
Watercolor Painting for Art Journaling
Your Travels in Sketches and Paintings
with Misuk Goltz
May 4 – 6, 2020
Why Journaling? Your journal can become a sanctuary where you contemplate, reflect or resolve matters in your life; it’s just like keeping a diary. Or simply giving you the pleasure of recording the moments in your life you want to remember. If you are an artist, you already have the tools you need to create imaginative journal pages. Moreover, journaling will allow you to grow your skills as an observer, creator, and painter. For watercolor painters who want to bring their work to a different level, come and learn different painting methods and practice them with guidance and feedback from the instructor.
Workshop Agenda:
Introduction to Journaling
Brainstorm: “What do I want my journal to be?” Medium to practice sketching and painting? Keepsake? Diary? Travelogue?
Page Design Exercise: Play with different formats: horizontal, vertical, square or your own creation
Journaling Exercise: Demos on painting/sketching (people, landscapes, urban scenes, animals) showing methods and strategies to construct journal pages
Start your journal! Start your painting
Individual discussion (5 minutes for each participant) on each one’s progress
Informal showing of student journals to share ideas
Book Binding: Make your own journal book
This workshop will be at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery from 9:30-4 with an hour for lunch. The cost will be $200 member or $225 non-member, including a $40 nonrefundable deposit which will hold your place for the workshop. Because Misuk has so many followers, get your deposit in soon. Send it to Pat Dunker, 30 Innisbrook Close, Xenia, Ohio 45385. Contact Pat at 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798, or email [email protected] .
…Submitted by Pat Dunker
Attachment: Misuk Goltz 2020 May FAA Workshop Agenda
Attachment: Misuk Goltz Registration
OIL PAINTING STUDY GROUP WITH SHIRLEY DeLAET
Thursdays, 9:00 am – 11:30 am, December 12 – January 23, with a skip date of December 26. Shirley is currently working on the Winter Schedule. The Winter Schedule begins in February, 2020 and will be available once it is approved and booked at the Hayner Center in Troy, Ohio. …Submitted by Shirley DeLaet
Attachment: Oil Painter’s Study Group_FAA[1393]
ONLINE WATERCOLOR PAINTING WITH LOUISE JACKSON
You can now paint along with Louise Jackson while in your pajamas. There’s no need to travel to take a class because you can now watch video lessons online. Louise has taken her 50 years of teaching experience and created a library of amazing painting lessons that you can view from your computer, television, or tablet. You can paint on your own schedule in your home, re-watching the video and fast forwarding and rewinding as needed. Check out the free tutorial video on Painting Waterdrops on Louise’s website. Learn more at https://louisejacksonpaintingclasses.com .
GIFFORD AND HARRIS EXHIBIT
Connie and Jim Gifford along with their daughter and son-in-law, Brandi Harris and Brock Harris, and introducing their daughter, Raven Harris, will have artwork (watercolor, acrylic, and photography) on display in Kettering’s Lathrem Senior Center Hallway Art Gallery from November 1, to December 15, 2019. Lathrem is located at 2900 Glengarry Drive, Kettering. Hours Monday-Thursday 8-8, Friday 8-5, Saturday 9-12 noon and Sunday 12:30-4:30. Phone 937-296-2480. …Submitted by Jim Gifford
HERTZLER HOUSE HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
It’s time to get into the Holiday Spirit Sunday, December 1 at the annual Holiday Open House at the 1854 Hertzler House in George Rogers Clark Park from 1–3 pm. The Christmas Tree, a tradition brought to the US from German immigrants, is featured. Guests are encouraged to count all the trees and win a sweet treat. Savory and sweet refreshments are served in the dining room and Leslie Arendt and sisters will be playing holiday music in the parlor. The event is free but donations are appreciated. …Submitted by Barb Arnold 937-864-1046
WESTERN OHIO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 2019 JURIED MEMBERS SHOW (CORRECTION)
Judy Betts was the juror for the WOWS show that included a total of 20 artists. “Judi took 3 to 3.5 hours judging”. In addition to the four main Excellent awards, Ms. Betts gave five honorable mentions. Some of our FAA members received awards. Award of Excellence in Watercolor: Elizabeth Martin, Rose Schultz. Honorable Mention: Shirlee Bauer, Patricia Dunker, Connie Gifford, Mary Jo White, Linnae Wilson.
PAINT WITH YUKI HALL IN SPAIN
Yuki Hall will be conducting a workshop titled “Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain” from May 11 to May 21, 2020. The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain with abundant excursions with private tour guides and private transportations. For more information, contact Yuki at [email protected], (937) 679-2464. All level of painters and non-painting companions are also welcome. Workshop brochure and enrollment form are available in the Gallery and on our website at www.fairbornart.org.
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain[1160]
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the spirit of Spain Enrollment form[1161]
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPES 2020
Brochure and other information are available on our website at www.fairbornart.org. Paint this winter!
Attachment: Landscapes 2020 Flyer 2pg
REMINDERS
Everyone please bring your favorite holiday refreshment to our Holiday Celebration at our meeting on 3 December at 7 pm.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the February Newsletter is Monday, January 20, 2020. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie at 937-233-7532.
November 2019 Newsletter
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Happy Halloween,
Hope you all are getting your goodies in for all your neighborhood kids (and haven’t eaten them yourselves already). Halloween seems to kick off the holiday season each year. How fun!
Wanted to make you aware of a benefit of membership we have not promoted lately. YOU can have a show in the Gallery at no charge. It can be a one-person member show or a group show (all must be members in a group show), and it can be for two weeks or up to a month. You are responsible for hanging, having the gallery open for visitors, promoting the show, refreshments, etc. You keep all the proceeds from your sales. To get further information and inquire about available dates, please contact our Gallery Coordinator, Lori Luckner. The more shows we have, the more people are exposed to what a wonderful little Gallery we have.
Reminder that our December meeting is our Holiday Party. There will be no speaker, but there will be lots of fun. Everyone brings refreshments that night so start planning.
Our November speaker is pastel artist Kathryn Smithson. Meeting is November 5, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Joe Miller, aka Cheap Joe, says, “Don’t paint things the way they are, paint them the way you want them to look.”
Billie Dickson
President
NOVEMBER SPEAKER—KATHRYN SMITHSON
Pastel artist, Kathryn Smithson, will be the featured demonstration artist at the November 5 monthly meeting. The public is invited to attend. Smithson, who is from Columbus, Ohio, started drawing in high school using graphite. She was coached by her mother, also an artist, and switched to colored pencil and pastels in 2003. Currently Smithson prefers pastels and has painted many beautiful paintings of birds, pets, various other animals, landscapes, and flowers. Examples of her art may be viewed at: http://www.kathrynsart.50megs.com/ . Smithson is treasurer of the Westerville Art League, and served as its president in 2007-2008. She is also a member of the Ohio Pastel Artists League (OPAL) and is a member of the Arts Council of Westerville. Her artwork currently hangs in Gallery 202 in Westerville, Ohio, and Serindip Gallery in Powell, Ohio.
Anne Paris, PhD, author of Standing at Water’s Edge: Moving Past Fear, Blocks, and Pitfalls to Discover the Power of Creative Immersion, said, “Kathryn’s paintings capture the spirit of whatever she is portraying–whether it be a bird, or chimpanzee, or flower, her use of color and form carry the presence onto the page and into your heart.” Smithson has received several awards for her artwork, including Best of Show in Westerville Art League Spring show; three first-place awards at The Ohio State University College of Medicine shows; a first place, a second place, and four honorable mentions in Westerville Art League Spring shows. …Submitted by Jim Gifford, Publicity Chair
FEATURED SPEAKERS
MARCH 2020 – Kate Santucci, encaustic art
FEBRUARY 2020 – Yuki Hall, European trip, sketching
APRIL 2020 – Donna Schwartz, colored pencil
MAY 2020 WORKSHOP WITH MISUK GOLTZ
June 4-7, 2020, Fairborn Art Association will welcome Misuk Goltz back to teach a 4-day watercolor workshop. Misuk has won many awards for her watercolor paintings and is an outstanding teacher. For beginners to more advanced. Not all the details have been received, but it promises to be a fabulous, informative workshop. This workshop will be at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery from 9:30-4 with an hour for lunch. The cost will tentatively be $225 or $250 including a $40 nonrefundable deposit which will hold your place for the workshop. Because Misuk has so many followers, get your deposit in soon. Send it to Pat Dunker, 30 Innisbrook Close, Xenia, Ohio 45385.
A NOTE FROM JANE TRAME
Thank you to all my friends at Fairborn Art Association for their expressions of sympathy and visitation in the loss of my husband, Jim, the love of my life and my hero. I really appreciated your kindness and caring. Sincerely, Jane Trame
GIFFORD AND HARRIS EXHIBIT
Connie and Jim Gifford along with their daughter and son-in-law, Brandi Harris and Brock Harris, and introducing their daughter, Raven Harris, will have artwork (watercolor, acrylic, and photography) on display in Kettering’s Lathrem Senior Center Hallway Art Gallery from November 1 to December 15, 2019. Lathrem is located at 2900 Glengarry Drive, Kettering. Hours Monday-Thursday 8-8, Friday 8-5, Saturday 9-12 noon and Sunday 12:30-4:30. Phone 937-296-2480. …Submitted by Jim Gifford
HERTZLER HOUSE HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
It’s time to get into the Holiday Spirit Sunday, December 1 at the annual Holiday Open House at the 1854 Hertzler House in George Rogers Clark Park from 1–3 pm. The Christmas Tree, a tradition brought to the US from German immigrants, is featured. Guests are encouraged to count all the trees and win a sweet treat. Savory and sweet refreshments are served in the dining room and Leslie Arendt and sisters will be playing holiday music in the parlor. The event is free but donations are appreciated. …Submitted by Barb Arnold 937-864-1046
OHIO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 2019 JURIED MEMBERS SHOW
Judy Betts was the juror for the show that included a total of 20 artists. “Judi took 3 to 3.5 hours judging”. In addition to the four main Excellent awards, Ms. Betts gave five honorable mentions. Some of our FAA members received awards. Award of Excellence in Watercolor: Elizabeth Martin, Rose Schultz. Honorable Mention: Shirlee Bauer, Patricia Dunker, Connie Gifford, Mary Jo White, Linnae Wilson. …Submitted by Connie Gifford
PAINT WITH YUKI HALL IN SPAIN
Yuki Hall will be conducting a workshop titled “Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain” from May 11 to May 21, 2020. The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain with abundant excursions with private tour guides and private transportations. For more information, contact Yuki at [email protected], (937) 679-2464. All level of painters and non-painting companions are also welcome.
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain[1160]
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the spirit of Spain Enrollment form[1161]
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPES2020 JURIED ART COMPETITION
Go to the Activities tab on our website for the Landscapes2020 brochure and the addresses of Fairborn Garden Club homeowners who will welcome artists to their garden. …Submitted by Pat Higgins, Volunteer, B-W Greenway
Attachment: Landscapes 2020 Flyer 2pg
Attachment: OHGC flyer with gardener addresses
PAINTING WITH LOUISE JACKSON
OIL PAINTING STUDY GROUP WITH SHIRLEY DeLAET
This is a hands on painting group for intermediate to advanced oil painters who wish to join with other artists in a creative atmosphere at the Troy-Hayner Center in Troy, Ohio. A first session is scheduled for Thursdays, 9:00 am – 11:30 am, December 12 – January 23, with a skip date of December 26.
Attachment: Oil Painter’s Study Group_FAA[1393]
REMINDERS
The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the November meeting: Linda Brandenburg, April Coppess, Yuki Hall, Kenny Moore, Carol Williams, Lucy Burns, Louise Jackson, Shirlee Bauer, Nyeon Woo, Ruth Fulmer, Evvie Moore, Clarice Moore. Thank you for volunteering.
Our next meeting will be our Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at 7:00 pm. Everyone who wants to participate in the gift exchange should bring a gift. And everyone will bring refreshments. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the December Newsletter is Monday, November 18, 2019. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie at 937-233-7532.
October 2019 Newsletter
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Hello All,
With September nearly over it is time to look forward to painting those beautiful fall colors and those long shadows created by the sun as our Earth slowly turns away and prepares for winter.
The vote to revise our Constitution and By-Laws passed at the September meeting. Please ask a Board member if you would like to see them.
We’ve had several volunteers come forward to work on making the Library more accessible. Already they have cleared out more shelf space for the new books that have come in and are working on cataloging and making the books available for members. Please remember, you MUST check out the book and put the card in the card box. There is no set return date but please keep in mind that newer books will want to be read by more people, so return them as soon as you have finished with them. Place returns in the appropriate box and we will take care of the reshelving. Thanks to Carole Collett, Lucy Burns and Barb Olekas for working on this project!
Reminder that the Brush Before Brain Event with Mike Elsass is on Tuesday, September 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Mike’s Front Street Gallery. Cost is $60 and you must preregister. Contact Fran Watson to get the registration link.
There are a few spaces left in the Judi Betts workshop October 1 through 4. Judi is a fantastic artist and a wonderful and friendly instructor. She was invited back by popular demand, so register now to make sure you get in. Look on our website for a registration link, or contact Pat Dunker.
Judi Betts is our speaker for our October 1 meeting. She will do a demo for us in watercolor. Judi is a signature member of several national art organizations, including the prestigious American Watercolor Society.
The art on the wall for October is the fall show of the Western Ohio Watercolor Society. This is the first time FAA has shown the work of another art organization. We agreed to sponsor the show, and the timing is a perfect tie in with our watercolor demo for our meeting.
Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Board meeting begins at 6 p.m. As always, members are welcome to attend the Board meeting. Contact me before September 24 if there is something you would like to see on the agenda.
Billie Dickson
President
JUDI BETTS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
Our Fall workshop with Judi Betts as our featured instructor. Judi Betts AWS, NWS has attained an international reputation for her transparent watercolor paintings. Her paintings have won over 100 awards in major competitions. Paintings by Judi appear on national TV, wine labels (5 International Awards in label competition), CDs, DVDs and in over 35 books. Judi is the author of the award winning books WATERCOLOR…Let’s Think About It! (5th printing) and PAINTING…a QUEST toward XTRAORD!NARY (5 awards) and is also a contributor to many prominent art magazines. Over her career, she has been juror/judge for over 150 national/international and regional competitions. In 2009, she served on the Awards Jury for the American Watercolor Society’s 142nd International Competition. More than 425 workshops have been presented by Judi; and she has given invitational sessions for watercolor societies in Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Canada. A more extensive biography for Judi is attached. Judi Betts Workshop presented by the FAA October 1-4, 2019, 9:30-4:00 pm, located in the Gallery in the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building, 221 N Central Ave. Fairborn, Oh 45434. To Register: Please send a non refundable deposit of $40 along with the following form to:
Pat Dunker
30 Innisbrook Close
Xenia, Ohio 45385
Make checks payable to Fairborn Art Association. Final payment must be made by 9/14/19. After that date, tuition is non-refundable. For questions; Call Pat Dunker 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798 or email [email protected].
Attachment: Judi Betts Biography
Attachment: JUDI BETTS Registration
Attachment: Judi Betts Supply List
FEATUREDED SPEAKERS
NOVEMBER – Kathryn Smithson, pastel
MARCH 2020-Suzanne Accetta, watercolor
FEBRUARY 2020 – Yuki Hall, European trip, sketching
APRIL 2020 – Donna Schwartz, colored pencil
WEEKEND RETREAT WITH ROSIE HUART
Rosie Huart is offering her “Connecting Art & Spirit Retreat Weekend,” October 3-6, 2019, at the Maria Stein Spiritual Center in Maria Stein, Ohio. The cost for the weekend is $375. Take time to renew yourself with a creative retreat designed to implement expressive ways of encountering your soul’s journey through art. be a time to nourish one’s body, mind and spirit through art, prayer and intention. The retreat begins Thursday evening with arrival time at 6:30 PM and ends by noon Sunday. You do not need to be an artist to participate. A basic supply list will be provided after registration. $150 is due August 20, 2019 Send check to: Rosie Huart, 4876 Harlou Dr., Dayton, OH 45432. Remaining balance of $225.00 is due September 20, 2019.
NITA LELAND BOOKS
Surprise! Here’s an early announcement that we are downsizing, but don’t say goodbye yet. It may take a couple of years, but I am sorting my art book collection that I have cherished and selling many of my books at bargain prices. I am making this first announcement of my book sale to FAA members whose friendship and workshops I have appreciated for so many years. I am inviting FAA members and friends to visit my studio in small groups (near the Dayton Mall) to make their selections. The links to my invitation and the entire book list for you to examine are available in the Gallery and are attached. …Submitted by Nita Leland
PIQUA ARTS COUNCIL
The 27th Annual Fine Art Exhibition presented by the Piqua Arts Council is on display from September 6 through September 27. Several of our members have artwork in this show including James and Connie Gifford, Carol Edsall, Shirlee Bauer and Clarice Moore. The show at the Apple Tree Gallery, 405 North Main Street, Piqua, Ohio 45356, is open weekdays from 10:30-5:00, Saturdays from 10:30-4:00
LATHRAM CENTER EXHIBITION
Linda Keller and Fran Watson will have art work on display in the Hallway Art Gallery from October 13-31, 2019, at the City of Kettering’s Lathrem Senior Center, 2900 Glengarry Drive, Kettering. Hours Mon-Thur 8-8, Fri 8-5, Saturday 9-12 noon and Sunday 12:30-4:30. Phone 937-296-2480.
AREA ART EXHIBITION 2019
Middletown Arts Center presents the annual Area Art Exhibition 2019, September 13 – October 17. Bonnie Kuntz was awarded Second Place for Mixed Media for “The Midnight Run.” The Middletown Art Center is located at 130 N. Verity Parkway, Middletown, OH 45042
YUKI HALL WINS AWARD
Yuki Hall’s paining “ Charleston Rain” won the Fourth Place Award in this year’s Watermedia Showcase competition by Watercolor Artist magazine, and it will be published in March/April 2020 issue.
PAINT WITH YUKI HALL IN SPAIN
Yuki Hall will be conducting a workshop titled “Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain” from May 11 to May 21, 2020. The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Costa Brava, Spain with abundant excursions with private tour guides and private transportations. For more information, contact Yuki at [email protected], (937) 679-2464. All level of painters and non-painting companions are also welcome. Workshop brochure and enrollment form are available in the Gallery and are attached.
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the Spirit of Spain[1160]
Attachment: Painting & Sketching the spirit of Spain Enrollment form[1161]
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our 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.
REMINDERS
The following members signed up to bring refreshments for the October meeting: Barbara Olekas, Terri Caprio, Carole Janning, Shirley Harbaugh, Jason Williams, Connie Weber, Linda Keller, Cheryl Miracle, Clarice Moore, Evvie Moore. Thank you for volunteering.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the November Newsletter is Monday, October 21, 2019. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.
September 2019 Newsletter
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Greetings,
Wow, our summer, which had such a late start, is already winding down. September seems to usher in the “busyness” of fall before we are ready.
We have had a busy summer at FAA. The Landscape show was a huge success for the BW Greenway in July, the annual Sweet Corn Festival was in August, and you will notice a freshly painted Gallery, kitchen, and office when you arrive. The restroom was renovated and painted in the spring.
Please help us keep our space looking fresh and new as long as possible. Protect all surfaces by covering art tables, promptly wiping up spills and spatters, picking up chairs and tables when moving them (rather than dragging them), and emptying out the refrigerator and trash cans when you leave. The office has been cleaned out and we want to keep it looking that way, so please put things away rather than leaving them on the table or counter for someone else to deal with. Same goes for the kitchen (please, no food left on the counter)!
Our first meeting is on Tuesday, September 3, with Sharon Stolzenberger as our speaker. She is an art instructor as Sinclair Community College and is best known for her mixed media pieces.
We will have our annual used art supply sale prior to the meeting, so plan to come early and shop. If you want to set up a table to sell your used but still usable art supplies please contact Connie Gifford ([email protected]) and she can give you the details. You are responsible for your own sales and you get to keep all your proceeds.
We’ve had several new donations to our library, and books are awaiting cataloging and shelving. We have made several attempts in the past to handle this but no continuity. So, if someone would like to be our Librarian, we would welcome your service (this can even be a group effort). There is a database (out of date) to get you started, and it would be a longer-term commitment, but worth the effort if we are to continue having the library available. Contact me ([email protected]m) or Jackie Albright ([email protected]) and we will talk.
Meeting begins at 7 pm, but come 45 to 60 minutes early to shop. Board meeting begins at 6 pm.
Hope to see you there.
Billie Dickson
President
SEPTEMBER SPEAKER—SHARON STOLZENBERGER
At the September 3, 2019, 7:00 pm, Fairborn Art Association (FAA) meeting, members and guests will enjoy a mixed media demo, including samples of watercolors, by Dayton-area artist, Sharon Stolzenberger.
Stolzenberger is an adjunct professor at Sinclair Community College where she teaches watercolor classes. Her sensitive watercolors exemplify a passion for both subject matter and medium. She loves the spontaneity of watercolor and prefers the loose, wet-in-wet technique for expressing the essence of her wildlife subjects. Stolzenberger has begun experimenting with collage, image transfers, combined with acrylic, watercolor and drawing to explore new ways of interpreting nature themes. Her paintings are the result of field study, life drawings, and photography necessary for reference and inspiration. Travel has also provided inspiration. She has traveled to Peru, Africa, Nepal and India. Sharon is also a Volunteer Educator at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
Stolzenberger has the following selected exhibits and awards: Ohio Watercolor Society, Silver Medal (three times), Awards of Excellence; Awards of Distinction. Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibitions and Travel Shows National Geographic Society Explorers Gallery, Washington, DC Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, SC The National Zoo Wildlife Show Pacific Rim Wildlife Show, Seattle, Washington Easton Waterfowl Show, MD Middletown Art Center Regional Exhibitions, Best of Show, First Place, President’s Award.
She is featured in several publications: The Creative Artist, by Nita Leland, North Light Books; Exploring Color, by Nita Leland, North Light Books; Drawing and Painting from Nature, by Cathy Johnson, Design Press; The Best of Wildlife Painting II, North Light Books; The New Creative Artist, by Nita Leland, North Light Books; Confident Color, Nita Leland, North Light; and New Creative Collage Techniques, Nita Leland, North Light Books.
Stolzenberger is a signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, currently serving on the Board of Trustees. She is involved in several special projects, including, “It Takes Two” A Dayton Visual Arts Center-initiated collaborative project for The Dayton Children’s Hospital that involved teams of children paired with adults for the creation of various pieces of art for the hospital. She is also a selected artist for the Dayton Visual Art Center’s 25th Anniversary exhibition whereby 25 artists met at the Printmakers’ Co-op to join in collaboration of creating two-dimensional, and other works, for the year-long celebration of DVAC’s anniversary. …Submitted byJames M. Gifford, Publicity Chair
JUDI BETTS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
Our Fall workshop with Judi Betts as our featured instructor. Judi Betts AWS, NWS has attained an international reputation for her transparent watercolor paintings. Her paintings have won over 100 awards in major competitions. Paintings by Judi appear on national TV, wine labels (5 International Awards in label competition), CDs, DVDs and in over 35 books. Judi is the author of the award winning books WATERCOLOR…Let’s Think About It! (5th printing) and PAINTING…a QUEST toward XTRAORD!NARY (5 awards) and is also a contributor to many prominent art magazines. Over her career, she has been juror/judge for over 150 national/international and regional competitions. In 2009, she served on the Awards Jury for the American Watercolor Society’s 142nd International Competition. More than 425 workshops have been presented by Judi; and she has given invitational sessions for watercolor societies in Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Canada. A more extensive biography for Judi is available on our website at www.fairbornart.org. Judi Betts Workshop presented by the FAA October 1-4, 2019, 9:30-4:00 pm, located in the Gallery in the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building, 221 N Central Ave. Fairborn, Oh 45434. To Register: Please send a non-refundable deposit of $40 along with the following form to:
Pat Dunker
30 Innisbrook Close
Xenia, Ohio 45385
Make checks payable to Fairborn Art Association. Final payment must be made by 9/14/19. After that date, tuition is non-refundable. For questions; Call Pat Dunker 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798 or email [email protected].
Attachment: JUDI BETTS Registration
FEATUREDED SPEAKERS
Following are the demo artists/speakers for the next season through April of 2020.
NOVEMBER – Kathryn Smithson, pastel MARCH 2020-Suzanne Accetta, watercolor
FEBRUARY 2020 – Yuki Hall, European trip, sketching APRIL – Donna Schwartz, colored pencil
ACRYLIC WORKSHOP AT HERTZLER HOUSE
The 1854 Hertzler House Museum is sponsoring a Still Life Acrylic Workshop, Wednesday, September 18, from 9 – Noon at the historic house located in George Rogers Clark Park. Gail Eldridge, Teacher. The cost is $25 with all materials furnished. The class is limited to 15 and paid registration is required. For information or to make reservations call Barb Arnold at 937-864-1046 or [email protected]. …Submitted by Barb Arnold
PRIVATE EVENT WITH MIKE ELSASS
You are invited to the following event: Brush Before The Brain FAA Private Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
Front Street
1001 East Second St.
BLDG 100 3rd Floor
Dayton, OH 45402
Event registration is by invitation only. Register with your email address to attend this event. Join artists Mike Elsass in an enlightening afternoon as we celebrate the Summer Solstice, an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the longest period of daylight and the shortest night of the year, here in Dayton.Begin your time in Mike’s studio and embrace the energy of his creative space. Here you will paint freely with no handcuffs, allowing your mind to relax further and your creativity flow. Each person will suit up in a tux shirt, man their station, and paint on multiple pieces of steel. You will get to experiment with a range of mediums Mike uses in his art. This workshop is designed to allow you play with a variety of paints, colors, and textures and explore the energy of color. Enjoy a short inspirational break, and tour the studio spaces of the 3rd floor artist, at Front Street. At the end of the day you will bring home your art. NOTE: Please enter in door B-C, and take the elevator to the third floor. We hope you can make it! Cheers, Mike Elsass.
Attachment: Mike Elsass Link
MIDDLETOWN ART CENTER
Call for Entries: Area Art Exhibition 2019. Submissions due by September 5, 2019. The Middletown Arts Center’s Annual Area Art Exhibition will be held September 13 through October 17, 2019. Information about this exhibition is available on our website at www.fairbornart.org. along with a link to their prospectus and entry form. For more information, contact Kate Dykes, Social Media Coordinator. Middletown Arts Center , 513-424-2417. http://www.middletownartscenter.com/
Attachment: Middletown Art Center Call for Artists
CONNECTING ART & SPIRIT RETREAT WEEKEND
This event will take place October 3-6, 2019, at the Maria Stein Spiritual Center, in Maria Stein, OH. Cost is $375. Take Time to renew yourself with a creative retreat designed to implement expressive ways of encountering your soul’s journey through art. Music, meditation and sharing will be components utilized to enhance the reflective process. It will be a time to nourish one’s body, mind and spirit through art, prayer and intention. The retreat begins Thursday evening with arrival time at 6:30 PM and ends by noon Sunday. You do not need to be an artist to participate. A basic supply list will be provided after registration. $150 is due August 20, 2019. Send check to: Rosie Huart, 4876 Harlou Dr., Dayton, OH 45432. Remaining balance of $225.00 is due September 20, 2019.
OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP WITH STEVEN WALKER
Sponsored by the Piqua Arts Council, November 20-23, 2019. That’s right, our Professional Workshops for Artists are back and we’re bringing in one of the best instructors in the nation. Steven Walker (www.StevenWalkerStudios.com) will be here November 20-23 to teach a 4-day Oil Painting workshop from
9 am-4 pm daily with lunches provided. This is going to be an outstanding workshop and is already filling up fast!! Registration is open to the first 14 artists and will be $350 for Non-Members and $325 for Piqua Arts
Council members. To Register GO HERE – Professional Workshops for Artists are sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council.
Our mailing address is:
Piqua Arts Council
427 N Main St.
Piqua, OH 45356
POSITION VACANCY
Middletown Arts Center announces a vacancy in the position of Executive Director. Please forward the following description to any interested candidates. Thanks!
https://www.middletownartscenter.com/single-post/2019/08/12/MAC-Executive-Director-Position-Opening
Kate Dykes, Social Media Coordinator, Middletown Arts Center, 424-2417
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our 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.
REMINDERS
Refreshments for the September meeting will be provided by our Board Members.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the October Newsletter is Monday, September 16, 2019. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.
Call for Artists Middletown Arts Center
We received the following information regarding the upcoming Middletown Arts Center’s Annual Area Art Exhibition which will be held September 13 through October 17, 2019. Please contact Kate Dykes, Social Media Coordinator, should you have any questions, 424-2417.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Area Art Exhibition 2019, Submissions due by September 5, 2019
ELIGIBILITY: Any artist, 18 years of age or older, living within a 50-mile radius of Middletown, OH. More than one category may be entered. All works must be original (no prints) and never exhibited previously in a juried exhibition.
CATEGORIES:
CERAMICS – Functional and non-functional; hand-built or wheel-thrown.
JEWELRY – Handcrafted fine jewelry (metal, beads, wire wrapped, glass, wood, clay.)
GLASS – Blown, fused, and enamel on metal.
WATERMEDIA – Acrylics, watercolor, or gouache on paper.
OILS/ACRYLICS – On canvas or canvas board.
DRAWING – Pencil, colored pencil, pastels, charcoal or ink.
MIXED MEDIA – Any work showcasing more than one medium from above.
SUBMISSIONS: Work received August 31 through September 5, check prospectus for available business hours.
NOTIFICATION: Accepted work will be posted on our website beginning September 8 at https://www.middletownartscenter.com/events-exhibits
Link for PROSPECTUS with requirements and full details on entry here: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/168dcd_ef7d0b502a414201b32823bfb4e1e86b.pdf
Kate Dykes
Social Media Coordinator
Middletown Arts Center
http://www.middletownartscenter.com/
513-424-2417
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June 2019 Newsletter
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Hello All,
It’s End of Year Celebration time! Our meeting on June 4 is a celebration of a successful season instead of a regular meeting. If you are attending, please bring food or drink to share for refreshments! Yes, everyone. We will have tables set up so you won’t have to balance your plate on your lap.
We will vote for the artwork entered in the People’s Choice Exhibit (see article below), and present awards for your artwork; thank our volunteer leaders for 2018-19; install new officers; announce the Sweet Corn Festival Royalty for 2019; announce our three scholarship winners – Mia Agidenreich from Stivers School of the Arts, Jada Keplinger from Global Impact STEM Academy, and Aliya Moss from Greenon High School. It is a fun evening.
Dues and the Member Information Sheet accompanying dues were due June 1, but we will still allow you to pay them on June 4 to be included in the directory.
Please sign up to help with the Sweet Corn Festival August 17, 18, 19. This is our major fundraiser and helps pay for Scholarships and rent. Contact Warren Brown at 937-879-2859 or [email protected] if you have not already signed up. All hands are needed!
Our FaceBook site (bet you didn’t even know there was one) is being deactivated mid June, but expect a new refreshed site by mid July. Lots of updated information about all our events will be there, and we will send an email blast when it is up and running again. We are working on the website as well.
The Gallery will be painted this summer and the restroom has already been updated. Please be sure to remove your art and other personal belongings after the June meeting to make it easier for the painters. Items left in the office, kitchen (including refrigerator), and gallery will be thrown out or donated unless prior arrangements are made. Be sure to thank Roger and Jean Browning after you are pleasantly surprised with the new look.
Next meeting is Tuesday, September 3 at 7 pm. Board meeting is at 6 pm.
Billie Dickson
President
New Restroom Features
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS—You be the Judge!
Each member may bring one or two paintings or other artwork to the June meeting for the People’s Choice Judging. Registration will be from 6:30 to 7 pm. As members arrive, each piece of artwork will be given a number. At break time, everyone present may vote for his/her favorite three pieces of artwork. Ribbons and cash prizes will be awarded for the artwork receiving the most votes. Awards to be given for First Place – $50, Second Place – $40, Third Place – $30, Six Honorable Mention Awards at $20 and Six Merit Awards at $10. You must be present to win a People’s Choice award. Please take your artwork home with you after the meeting; there will be a show in the gallery in July and classes as well.
FUTURE MEETINGS
July No Meeting
August No Meeting
August 17-18 Sweet Corn Festival
September 3 Meeting
2019 FAA SPRING MEMBERS’ SHOW AWARDS
Best of Show Leopards Tom Kinarney
First Place Neighborhood Watch Diana Hoke
Second Place Old Salt Paula Whittington
Third Place Fall Berries Babs Ney
Honorable Mention
Raspberry Bowl Sue Brezine
Finding Peace Chris Noah Cooper
American Kestral Kathleen Collins
Wanna Play Carol J. Edsall
Easter Patricia Tallman
Blue Footed Booby Linda Brandenburg
Abstract 1 Susan Scott
Still Life 1 Elizabeth Martin
Judges Merit
Misty Morn Barb Olekas
Sunday on Ludlow Carol Collett
Asia Old House Nyeon Ju Woo
Café in Arles Rose Schultz
Morning Splendor Peggy Bowman
The Agony Shirlee Bauer
Peace Journey Sherry Li Cai
What Do You See? Shari Little
Shirlee Bauer won the people’s choice award for the spring show for her painting, The Agony.
Congratulations to all our winners. Thank you to Connie Gifford and Maggie Vance for all your work on this beautiful exhibition.
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL
Our Sweet Corn Festival is only about 2-1/2 months away. As you all know this is our major fund raiser for the FAA. We run on volunteers so we need you to volunteer some time August 15, 16, 17, or 18. We will need help on Thursday the 15 laying out the park; manning the gate and helping vendors find their spot on Friday the 16; the watermelon booth, information booth, and entry gate on Saturday and Sunday 17 & 18. So please sign up on the sheets at the May and June meeting. If you can’t make those meetings, let us know at the FAA number and we can get you on one of the tasks. Shifts usually run 3 to 4 hours; we can work around your schedule. Thanks in advance for your help on this important event.
OCTOBER WORKSHOP—WATERCOLOR WITH JUDI BETTS
Judi Betts, a nationally known artist, who used to have workshops regularly at FAA will be presenting a 4-day workshop Oct 1-4, 2019 from 9:30 am to 4 pm. She was a good friend and mentor to our former member and President, Sandy Kinnamon. Judi Betts AWS, NWS has attained an international reputation for her transparent watercolor paintings. Her paintings have won over 100 awards in major competitions i.e. The National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and Watercolor USA. Paintings by Judi appear on national TV, wine labels (5 International Awards in label competition), CDs, DVDs and in over 35 books. Invitational exhibitions include State of the Art, Taiwan Art Education Institute, Federation of Canadian Artists, Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center, Allied Artists of America at the Butler Institute, Pogan Galleries (CA), “Masters of Watercolor”, and Selected Artists of the National Arts Club. Judi’s paintings were selected to be exhibited in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Invitational Exhibitions of Contemporary International Water-Media Masters.
Judi has received the Louisiana Governor’s Award for Professional Artist, the state’s most prestigious award; the Transparent Watercolor Society of America awarded her their “Master of Watercolor” designation. Judi was selected for a special award for “Contributions to the medium of Watercolor” by Watercolor USA Honor Society and in 2012 received their Lifetime Achievement Award, their highest honor. Judi is the author of the award winning books WATERCOLOR…Let’s Think About It! (5th printing) and PAINTING…a QUEST toward XTRAORD!NARY (5 awards) and is also a contributor to many prominent art magazines. The Artist’s Magazine selected Judi to be a juror for their 2002 International Art Competition which drew over 15,000 entries. She judged the Experimental Art Category. Over her career, she has been juror/judge for over 150 national/ international and regional competitions. In 2009, she served on the Awards Jury for the American Watercolor Society’s 142nd International Competition. More than 425 workshops have been presented by Judi; and she has given invitational sessions for watercolor societies in Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Canada.
Judi is a signature member of the American and National Watercolor Societies. She also holds memberships in both the National and Salmagundi Art Clubs in New York City; and is listed in Who’s Who in American Art. Her paintings are included in corporate, university, museum and private collections.
A flyer/registration form and a list of supplies for Judi’s workshop will be available in our Gallery and are attached. For questions please contact Pat Dunker at 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798 or email to [email protected].
Attachment: JUDI BETTS Registration
Attachment: Judi Betts Supply List
MEMBERSHIP DUES RENEWAL
Everyone should have received their Membership Dues Notice in the mail. Please bring your dues with the renewal form to the June meeting or mail them to: FAA, PO Box 1231, Fairborn, OH 45324. The deadline for renewal is June 4th. If you did not receive a notice in the mail, there will be some available at the Gallery and attached, or you can contact Lori Luckner at [email protected]. Please fill out the form completely as we are redoing the database and want to make sure all information is accurate.
Attachment: FAA Membership Form 2019
FAA LOGO CONTEST
Hello fellow artists! The FAA would like to update our look. Our current logo is in blue and white. Art is about color! We would like to hold a contest to create a new color logo. We would like to see it in value contrast in case we need to have the logo printed in black and white. Also, the FAA will become the owner of the winning logo. We have so many wonderful artists in our organization. I challenge all of you to put color to paper or canvas to create a new logo! Please send me a digital print of your artwork. We will display all the artwork at our June Peoples’ Choice Show. All of you can vote and decide on the winner. Please email me at [email protected]
…Submitted by Sheryl Scott
LANDSCAPES 2019 JURIED ART COMPETITION UPDATE
The Landscapes 2019 juried art competition is underway. The juried competition’s Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, July 14, from 2 to 4 pm; with prizes awarded at 3 pm. Please note this is a corrected date from previous notices. The gallery will also be open on July 21 and 28 from 2 to 4 pm for the community to enjoy.
Each year since 2010, B-W Greenway Community Land Trust and the Fairborn Art Association have sponsored the art competition to heighten the community’s awareness of local greenspaces and the need to preserve them. The Landscapes 2019 location is the Garland Wetland Reserve, a City of Fairborn Park located at 1271 Commerce Center Blvd., Fairborn; at the intersection of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Avenue.
The juried competition is open to all artists 16 years and older, living within 200 miles of Fairborn, OH. Work may be oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, print, drawing, mixed media, photography, or 3D hanging art less than 10 lbs. in weight. Size many not exceed 30 x 40 inches. A non-refundable entry fee of $20 for a total of 3 works must accompany the entry form. All entries will be received at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery, 221 North Central Avenue, Fairborn, OH (in the rear of the building) on Saturday, June 29, 2019, during the hours of 1-4 pm. For additional information, please contact Pat Higgins at [email protected].
FAA MEMBERS IN ROSEWOOD ARTS CENTER EXHIBITION
Shirlee Bauer and Carol Edsall had works selected for the 25th Annual The View juried Landscape Exhibition at Rosewood Arts Center. The juror, Jack Mann, reviewed 207 submissions to select 41 pieces of art, impressive! The View will be on exhibition from May 28 to July 5, with a reception Sunday, June 2, 2:00-4:00 pm, awards announced at 3:00 pm. Rosewood Arts Center is located at 2655 Olson Drive, Kettering.
SUE BREZINE EXHIBITION
Sue Brezine, former FAA President and Kettering Resident, has her art work on display until June 30, 2019, in the Hallway Art Gallery at the City of Kettering’s Lathrem Senior Center, 2900 Glengarry Drive, Kettering. Hours Monday-Thursday 8-8:30, Friday 8-5:00, Saturday 9-12 and Sunday 12:30-4:30. Phone 937-296-2480.
2019 DSA JURIED SPRING SHOW
The Dayton Society of Artists announced the winners of their regional spring show. Included is Clarice Moore who won Third Place for her painting Looking at You: (Scary Andrea). Colleen Kelsey juried 158 submissions from Miami Valley Artists. The show runs through May 25, 2019. Congratulations to Clarice
YUKI HALL WORKSHOPS
Outdoor Sketching Workshops
Yuki Hall will be teaching Session 2 of her outdoor sketching workshops “Fun with outdoor sketching” June 11–June 13, 2019. This is the second of two independent sessions and students can still register for this one. We will be sketching at Cox Arboretum, Carriage Hill Farm as well as The Greene. In this workshop, students will learn about the variety of sketching supplies available, how to select and simplify a complex subject by extracting the most important feature of the subject while leaving unnecessary details out. You will also learn how to steer away from illustrative ‘coloring-in’ sketching style, but to paint in painterly fashion and add finesse to your sketching. We will be sketching mainly with watercolor, with additional use of both permanent and water-soluble pens. All levels are welcome. The cost includes two types of pens. For more information or/and to register contact Yuki at (937) 679-2464, [email protected].
3-Day Indoor Watercolor Workshop
Yuki will also offer a 3-day indoor workshop, “Watercolor – Painting Loosely” at the Fairborn Art Association Gallery from June 24 to June 26, 2019. In this workshop, students will learn how to break away from coloring-in painting style and start painting watercolor with confident brush strokes and expressive edge qualities for more spontaneous and impressionistic appearance. In addition, effective use of eloquent calligraphy will be discussed. This workshop is designed to help students gain insight in discovering the true quality of watercolor so that he/she can create paintings with maximum visual and emotional impact. The cost for this workshop is $140. For more information or/and to register, contact Yuki at (937) 679-2464, [email protected]. A brochure/registration form for each of Yuki’s workshops is attached.
…Submitted by Yuki Hall
Attachment: Fun with outdoor sketching pdf
Attachment: Painting Loosely.pdf
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our 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.
REMINDERS
Debbie Suter is our Sunshine Chairperson. Debbie sends cards for significant events, such as serious illness or death, in our members’ lives. Please contact a Board member if you would like Debbie to send a card to a member or an immediate family member.
Our next meeting will be September 3 at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the September Newsletter is Monday, August 19, 2019. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.