FAIRBORN ART ASSOCIATION NEWS!
2018 Piqua Arts Festival
The 2018 Piqua Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, September 1, 2018. The event will feature artists and vendors from across the state of Ohio presenting their art and crafts for you to view and purchase. In addition to the traditional Arts Festival, we will also have live performances by some of the areas best small groups, craft beer, food trucks and a kids art zone. For more info and to REGISTER, click here: Piqua Arts Festival
TIMELINE:
8:00a – Registration Begins for Plein Air Competition & Artists
8:30a – Artists can begin setting up for the festival
10:00a – Festival Opens
– Kids Activity Area Open
– Food and Beverage Sales Open
– Vendors Open
– Live Music Begins
4:00p – Plein Air Wet Paint Sale Begins
4:30p – Quick Paint Competition
6:00p – Awards for Paint Out & Quick Draw Announced
6:00p – Vendors Close
8:00p – Festival Concludes
JUNE 2018 NEWSLETTER
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Dear Members, Patrons, and Friends,
It was a pleasure being your president for this past year. Everyone was so very helpful.
Remember that it is not how you paint or who you paint or what you paint but the fact that you take time to paint what you see through your eyes.
See you at our next meeting on June 5 for our June Social, and remember that everyone is to bring food. We will have a busy and fun meeting, then we break until September. Have a good summer.
Loren Red
President
MEETING JUNE 5, 2018—SOCIAL
Get ready to party–lots of food and fun. Also, lots of last minute business. Outgoing President Loren Red will be making a small announcement. We will present three scholarships to students this year due to contributions and fund matching by FAA. Scholarship winners are Lauren Conroy from Archbishop Alter High, Juno Shemano from Yellow Springs High, and Katie Ferguson from Springfield Clark CTC. We will have installation of our new Board members, introduction of the King and Queen of the Sweet Corn Festival, and voting and awards for the Popular Choice selections of the paintings on display in the Gallery. Please bring a covered dish, snack, or dessert for the group to enjoy.
POPULAR CHOICE AWARDS—You be the Judge!
Each member may bring one or two paintings or other artwork to the June meeting for the Popular Choice Judging. Registration will be from 6 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 Popular 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.
MEMBERS SPRING FINE ART SHOW
Our Members Spring Fine Art Show was so beautiful this year! The juror for the show was Lian Quan Zhen, who gave an inspiring and entertaining demo at our May meeting. Some of the paintings will still be in the Gallery for the June meeting. Don’t miss it!
2018 FAA Prize Winners, Lian Quan Zhen, Juror
Best of Show Yuki Hall – October Rain (Sandy Kinnamon Memorial Award)
First Place Shirlee Bauer – Dance Away (Joan McCoy Memorial Award)
Second Place Patricia Dunker – Emerging Elephant
Third Place Peggy Bowman – Water Fall
Honorable Mentions: Judges Merit Awards:
Sherry Li Cai – Sunrise Patty Dorn – Renaissance Man
Babs Ney – Bandingo Rose Schultz – Three Graces
Billie Dickson – Girl in White Dress Carol Edsal – St. Joseph’s Novato
Tom Kinarney – Cast of Characters Louise Jackson – 3 Lillies
Jim Moore – Mysterious Lady Anne Bongiovanni – Untitled
Connie Gifford – Morning Stroll Libby Rudolf – Cross Country
Linda Owen – Hear the Laughter Dotty Crowley – Moonscape
Susan Scott – Leaf Patterns M.J. White – Read Me a Story
Portrait of a Handsome Cat, by Linda Owen, was voted People’s Choice in our 2018 Member’s Show. This award was named in memory of Joan McCoy. The prize will be presented at our June meeting. Congratulations Linda.
2018/2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The following officers were elected at the May meeting to serve on the 2018/2019 Board of Directors of the Fairborn Art Association:
President – Billie Dickson Vice President – Fran Watson
Recording Secretary – Sheryl Scott Corresponding Secretary – Jackie Albright
Treasurer – Sue Red
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL
Time is getting short! The Sweet Corn Festival is August 18 and 19, 2018. Help is still needed to make a success of this event which provides funding to our Association to pay our rent, award the scholarships, buy needed supplies for the kitchen and repair or replace items in the Gallery. Signup sheets will be available for the various jobs that need volunteers: Information Booth, Watermelon Booth, Vendors Gate, and Setup Field on Thursday.
MEMBERSHIP FEE IS DUE BY JUNE 1
We will be accepting your membership fee for the 2018-2019 year at the June meetings or you may mail it in. The Membership Form is attached and is on our website www.fairbornart.org. Please use the form to send your dues to Fairborn Art Association, P.O. Box 1231, Fairborn, OH 45324. Please check any of the blocks that apply to you so we can update your record. This helps us in scheduling programs and workshops. Also, please check the blocks regarding inclusion of your email address in the Directory, permission to use pictures of your artwork, and permission to use pictures of you, according to your wishes. It is important to consider these permissions. If you do not give permission and you win a prize, we cannot take a picture of you or your artwork; if you are included in a group photo at a meeting or in a class, we cannot use that photo. Thank you. If you think you have paid your dues, please call Lori Luckner at 937-367-9938 or email her at loriluckner.net, or call Sue Red at 937-879-3238.
Attachment: 2018 Membership Form
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPE SHOW
B-W Greenway has published its flyer for the Landscapes 2018 competition. Copies will be available in our Gallery and on our website www.fairbornart.org. The location this year is Oakes Quarry Park, a City of Fairborn park located near the intersection of Interstate 675 on State Route 235. Some guided tours of the park are being planned for our painters. Watch our website for additional information.
TIMELINE:
Until June 30, 2018, Visit Oakes Quarry Park and produce artwork.
Saturday, June 30, 1-4 pm, Work accepted at Fairborn Art Association Gallery.
Exhibition open to the public, Sundays, July 15, 22, and 29, 2-4 pm.
Opening reception, Sunday, July 15, 2-4 pm, with prizes awarded at 3 pm. Cash prizes total $300.
Sunday, July 29, Final Day of Exhibition. Artists may pick up work at FAA Gallery, 4-5 pm. For more information, please contact Bob Coates at [email protected].
Attachment: Landscapes 2018 flyer
FAIRBORN STREET REPAIRS
The City of Fairborn has notified us that they will be working on curbs and gutters on Central Street beginning NOW and ending approximately June 15. This will affect our access to the parking lots at the Gallery. There is a great possibility that they will be replacing the badly deteriorating curb on the right side of the Senior Apartments building, which also houses our Gallery. The entrance to parking on the left side of the building may also require repair/replacement. They said they will try to leave one entrance open for the use of residents, including our members/guests. This may affect our use of the Gallery on our Paint In days, our June meeting, and on the Sundays the Gallery is open for the Spring Members’ Show. We may have to park on the side streets. Parking is available in the City parking lot at nights and on weekend days.
MEMBER NEWS
Bonnie Kuntz won second place in the Women’s Tri Art Show at Miamisburg gallery. The title is “In Living Color.” Watercolor is the medium and the subject is elephants. Congratulations, Bonnie.
Yuki Hall will be exhibiting her paintings at Charles & Anna Mae Lofino Adult Enrichment & Cultural Center in Beavercreek for the month of June. There will be an opening reception on June 7 from 4 to 5:30 pm. The Center is located at 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH. Everyone is invited.
AREA NEWS
The Beavercreek Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture announces the opening of The Gallery at Lofino Plaza which will feature monthly exhibits of the community’s visual artists of all ages. The Gallery is located inside the Lofino Plaza and Senior Center at 3868 Dayton Xenia Rd., Beavercreek Ohio 45432. For more information contact [email protected]
Entries are still being accepted until June 1, 2018 for the 2018 Maria Stein Shrine Art and Sale. Art Delivery on: Friday, June 8, 9 am – 4 pm and Saturday June 9, 9 am – 4 pm. Awards & Reception: Thursday, June 21, 7 pm. (Awards announced at 8 pm). Art Show & Sale: June 23 – June 29. For more information contact Diana Russell at 419-925-4532 or [email protected].
OR the link below will take you to a brochure with all the information for the show.
WEBSITE NOTES
If you have access to the internet, please go to our website at www.fairbornart.org for additional articles throughout the summer. We also post photographs of meetings and other events that we are unable to publish in the printed version of this newsletter.
REMINDERS
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 5, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the September Newsletter is Monday, August 20, 2018. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.
NOTES FROM OUR NEW PRESIDENT, BILLIE DICKSON
We are in need of volunteers for the FAA Gallery.
First of all, Larry Hawkins has resigned his position as greeter, so we need a friendly face to be at the desk before meetings, make sure we fill out our name tags (and door prize labels), and welcome new members and guests. Larry also selects and buys the door prizes, and helps to set up the gallery for meetings. Our meetings start at 7 p.m. so the greeter would need to be at the desk by 6:30 p.m. at the latest.
Secondly, we need a Chairperson to take on the Members’ Show . This person secures the ribbons for the show, works with the Workshop Chair (who arranges for the workshop presenter to judge the show), makes sure the prospectus is ready by the March meeting, recruits volunteers to help with the receiving of art, hanging the show, and sitting with the Gallery on open Sundays. I have filled this position the past 2 years and can tell you it is not a difficult job at all, and there are LOTS of members who help out regularly and know what they are doing!
We have been without a Historian for at least 2 years. This person takes printed information and photos of meetings and shows and turns them into scrapbooks for all our members to view. Going forward, we would like to have this information saved digitally where it can be placed on our website.
We also would like to find people who would be interested in maintaining our flower beds on either side of the front door, set up and take down tables and chairs for our meetings, and any number of small jobs around the Gallery that need to be done from time to time. You will definitely be asked to volunteer at the Sweet Corn Festival, as well.
Please call or text me at 937-902-6410, or email me at [email protected], if you are willing to help with any of these jobs.
FAA is a well run organization thanks to our many volunteers. Thank you all for all you do.
Billie Dickson
FEALING LIN WORKSHOP
Fealing Lin Workshop, October 2-5, 2018, presented by the Fairborn Art Association, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, in the Gallery at the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building, 221 N. Central Ave., Fairborn, OH 45424.
Award-winning watercolorist, Fealing Lin of San Marino, California, was born in Taiwan and began her journey into artistic expression as a protégé of renowned professor Ching-Jung Chen in Taiwan, subsequently pursuing her career in the United States with watercolorist and senior art historian professor Verna Wells.With a fluidity of colors, Ms. Lin combines impressionistic strokes and semi-abstract techniques to elicit life and movement in her portrait and landscape watercolors. Her paintings adorn the paper with both harmony and emotion. Although briefly diverted from her passion by a family tradition of medicine and dentistry, Fealing ultimately abandoned her tray of instruments and high-speed drills in favor of her pallet and brushes. Now she is a teacher, demonstrator, judge, and active exhibitor. “Fealing Lin paints poems that vibrate with light and color … long may she continue to delight the eye and move the spirit. “My passion for watercolor,” says Ms. Lin, “comes from the opportunity it gives me to be totally spontaneous in the pursuit of traditional watercolor transparency which is the ‘glow’ from the white paper that emerges through the paint once a fusion occurs from the application of wet onto wet. Fealing was an annual guest instructor at Yosemite National Park for more than 10 years, an instructor at Brand Art Studios at Brand Library in Glendale, and San Gabriel Recreation center in San Gabriel. She was featured at Descanso Gardens Gallery for 10 consecutive years. She has taught watercolor workshops throughout California and the US. Fealing has been enthusiastically embraced by the general public and private collectors alike. Fealing is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, San Diego Watercolor Society and the Missouri Watercolor Society. Her works have been juried in many national exhibitions including NWS, WW, TWSA (Transparent Watercolor Society of America), Brand National, Audubon Artist, San Diego Watercolor International, and many others. She has won numerous awards among these shows. Fealing’s works also appear in many magazines and books, including Watercolor Magic, Artist Sketch Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Best Watercolor, and Splash (9, 10, 11,12 & 14).
To register: Please send a non-refundable deposit of 440 along with the following form to:
Pat Dunker, 30 Innisbrook Close, Xenia OH 45385
Make Checks payable to Fairborn Art Association. Final payment must be made by 9-21-2018.
For questions: Call Pat Dunker at 937-562-3014 or cell 937-271-4798 or email [email protected].
Attachment: Fealing Linn Registration (pdf file)
Attachment: Fealing Linn Registration (open document file)
Pat Dunker Show
Front Street Gallery will be featuring FAA member, Pat Dunker, during the month of June 2018. Pat will be exhibiting her Old Masters paintings along with some watercolors. Pat was a student of Frank Covino , a renowned portraitist for 9 years. She was invited to paint in the Louvre in 2010 and every 2 years, a commission invites 130-140 of the thousands of artists who paint there each year to exhibit their paintings from the Louvre. Pat was chosen along with her copy of Baron Jean Gross’s painting of Madame Pasteur, one of the highlights of her career. Friday, June 1 will be the monthly Art Walk with Pat as the featured artist at Front Street along with the many artists in residence. There will be live music outside along with foodtrucks from 6-9 pm. The gallery is located off Third Street (from Keowee Turn Right) then left at Front Street and right at Second Street.Then turn left at the first drive or right to a parking lot,Saturday is the official opening of the exhibition. As part of the program, Pat will be speaking to the Miami Institute of Food and Spirits. The Gallery will be open from 10 am to 9 pm most days but weekends are the best times for visits besides First Friday.
Libby Rudolf and Diana Hoke Show
MAY 2018 NEWSLETTER
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Dear Members, Patrons, and Friends,
Spring has not sprung yet. Today we had snow again. Maybe by our May meeting we will have spring weather so we can get rid of our winter clothes and ice scrapers and enjoy the evening. Our speaker that night will be the artist who will be the instructor for the spring workshop, Lian Quan Zhen. Hope to see you all there on May 1, 2018, at 7 pm. The Board will meet at 6 pm. I am still looking for replacement for me to mark fields for the Sweet Corn Festival. Please volunteer if you can.
Loren Red
President
MAY SPEAKER— LIAN QUAN ZHEN
Lian Quan Zhen, a very popular watercolorist and Chinese Painting artist will be the featured artist at a workshop at Fairborn Art Association. He will also be the demo artist for the May 1st FAA meeting and be the judge for our Spring Members’ Show. Lian Quan Zhen is a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher in the US and abroad. He is one of the most popular authors of North Light Books. He started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the US in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the US, Hong Kong and China and developed an international following. His paintings hang in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum which has collected 14 of his paintings. His art teaching credentials include at the University of California at Berkeley where he taught watercolor outdoor sketching for 8 years; watercolor and Chinese painting workshops nationwide in the US, and other countries in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, China, South Africa and Australia Also, Lian has been an invited juror for California, Colorado, New Mexico, Georgia, Arizona and Kentucky Watercolor Societies’ exhibitions and other local shows. His paintings have been featured in magazines such as Watercolor 94 Spring, Splash4, Collectors (Hong Kong) and books of Landscape on Watercolor (UK), Finding Your Visual Voice, and Painter’s Quick Reference books by North Light Books: Flowers and Blooms, Dogs and Cats, Birds and Butterflies, Landscapes, and Drawing and Painting Animals – the Essential Guide.
SPRING WORKSHOP WITH LIAN QUAN ZHEN
One of the reasons Fairborn Art Association exists is to bring nationally known artists to present workshops for our members to improve or begin their watercolor skills. May’s workshop from May 2 to May 4 features Lian Quan Zhen, an internationally known artist. I’ve never seen any of his workshops not be overbooked; however we still have some openings. Lian will be doing two paintings with the class: one a landscape and one an animal. His supplies list is on his website (use the list for regular watercolor painting, not Chinese painting). This is a must if you enjoy watercolor painting. For additional information on his workshops and a list of art supplies, see http://www.lianspainting.com/workshops.htm . Please send your deposit of $40 and registration soon. The workshop costs only $250 for members and $275 for non-members. Full payment is due April 23rd. A flyer/registration form is available in our Gallery and on our website www.fairbornart.org. Please contact Pat Dunker at [email protected] for registration and more information.
Attachment: Lian Zhen Workshop Registration (pdf file)
Attachment: Lian Zhen Workshop Registration (open document file)
2018 MEMBERS’ SPRING FINE ART SHOW
Just a reminder that entries for the Spring Show will be accepted on Wednesday, April 25, from noon to 5 pm. The show opens at our meeting on Tuesday, May 1, where prizes will be awarded. Please bring your art ready to hang. The prospectus has all the information needed to prepare your art for the show. The prospectus is available in our Gallery and on our website at www.fairbornart.org.
Registration: Wednesday, April 25 from 12 noon to 5 pm
Show Opening and Prizes Awarded: Tuesday, May 1, 7 pm at our May meeting
Gallery Hours: Sundays, May 6, 13, and 20 from 1 pm to 4 pm
Pick Up: Sunday, May 20 from 4 to 6 pm
If you signed up to sit with the FAA gallery and bring light snacks, I will see that one person in your group has a key to the gallery so you can get in and lock up when you leave. Please check with me when you register your art to make sure who has the key. 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. If you have questions or if you need to deliver or pick up your work at a different time, please contact Billie Dickson, Show Chair, by e-mail at [email protected], or by text or phone at 937-902-6410. Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful art work! …Submitted by Billie Dickson
Attachment: Spring prospectus 2018 (pdf file)
ELECTIONS
Election of Board Members will be held at the May 2018 meeting. Please again think about the leadership of our Art Association. These are all volunteer positions. If you are interested in running for a position, please contact Cheryl Miracle at 937-751-9442 or email to [email protected]. A vote will be held at the May meeting to confirm these officers.
Slate of Officers, if no other volunteers appear:
President – Billie Dickson Vice President – Fran Watson
Recording Secretary – Sheryl Scott Corresponding Secretary – Jackie Albright
Treasurer – Sue Red
MEMBERSHIP FEE IS DUE BY JUNE 1
We will be accepting your membership fee for the 2018-2019 year at the May and June meetings or you may mail it in. The Membership Form is available in our Gallery and on our website www.fairbornart.org. Please use the form to send your dues to Fairborn Art Association, P.O. Box 1231, Fairborn, OH 45324. Please check any of the blocks that apply to you so we can update your record. This helps us in scheduling programs and workshops. Also, please check the blocks regarding inclusion of your email address in the Directory, permission to use pictures of your artwork, and permission to use pictures of you, according to your wishes. It is important to consider these permissions. If you do not give permission and you win a prize, we cannot take a picture of you or your artwork; if you are included in a group photo at a meeting or in a class, we cannot use that photo. Thank you. If you think you have paid your dues, please call Lori Luckner at 937-367-9938 or email her at loriluckner.net, or call Sue Red at 937-879-3238.
Attachment: 2018 Membership Form (pdf file)
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPE SHOW
B-W Greenway has published its flyer for the Landscapes 2018 competition. Copies will be available in our Gallery and on our website www.fairbornart.org. The location this year is Oakes Quarry Park, a City of Fairborn park located near the intersection of Interstate 675 on State Route 235. Some guided tours of the park are being planned for our painters. Watch our website for additional information.
TIMELINE:
Until June 30, 2018, Visit Oakes Quarry Park and produce artwork.
Saturday, June 30, 1-4 pm, Work accepted at Fairborn Art Association Gallery.
Exhibition open to the public, Sundays, July 15, 22, and 29, 2-4 pm.
Opening reception, Sunday, July 15, 2-4 pm, with prizes awarded at 3 pm. Cash prizes total $300.
Sunday, July 29, Final Day of Exhibition. Artists may pick up work at FAA Gallery, 4-5 pm.
For more information, please contact Bob Coates at [email protected].
Attachment: Landscapes 2018 flyer (pdf file)
CONGRATULATIONS TO YUKI HALL
Yuki Hall’s painting “Fourth Street” was accepted into the National Watercolor Society, 2018 Annual Member’s Exhibition and will be exhibited in NWS gallery, in San Pedro, CA from May 3 to June 30.
LIBBY RUDOLF AND DIANA HOKE “WATERCOLORS AT THE WINDS CAFÉ”
Libby Rudolf and Diana Hoke both love to create watercolor paintings that speak to your soul. They will have their first joint exhibit at the Winds Cafe during the months of May and June with a reception on Sunday, June 3 from 6-8 pm. Libby and Diana met at the Western Ohio Watercolor Society meetings at the Springfield Art Museum, took classes and workshops together, and enjoy being part of the Ohio Plein Air Society. OPAS encourages artists to paint on site, outside in all weathers. They are also each members of Ohio Watercolor Society. Diana has a piece in the traveling exhibit making its way around Ohio currently. Libby is a member of Village Artisans Gallery in Yellow Springs, a multi-media, co-op gallery with a lovely variety of creations. She has painted several WC commissions, made illustrations for children’s books, co-led project-based-learning projects in the local elementary school. Libby loves to explore nature, near and far, seeking inspiration for paintings. Diana has been painting extensively since her retirement and is currently focusing on portraiture. She paints in oil as well as watercolor. She travels extensively visiting family and loves to paint on site, whenever possible. The Winds Café is located at 215 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Libby has additional artwork on display at the Yellow Springs Senior Center, on display through April 27th. The artwork in “A Family Affair” includes Libby’s Watercolors, Family members – woodwork, metalwork, sculpture, photography and fabric embroidery designs and a Project Based Learning handmade book about gardening and energy from food – Sunshine for Lunch with Mills Lawn Elementary students. The Yellow Springs Senior Center Gallery is located at 227 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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 people signed up to bring refreshments to our next meeting: Jean Lutz, Libby Rudolph, Theresa Mayer, Evvie Moore, Clarice Moore, Evelyn La Mers, and Lucille Burns. We may need more volunteers for this popular meeting. We usually have 50-60 members in attendance, so please plan accordingly. Thank you for volunteering.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 5, at 7:00 pm. It is our Spring Social. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the June Newsletter is Monday, May 21, 2018. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.
Sherry Li Cai Painting Class
Sherry Li Cai will offer a class for people who are interested in Arts of the East, such as Chinese painting, on May 10, 2018 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. If you want to participate in the painting, materials (rice paper, etc.) will be available for a reasonable cost. A $5.00 donation is requested of attendees. The donation will go to the Fairborn Art Association for the furtherance of their projects, e.g., the scholarships for students, etc. Please contact Sherry at 937-429-9797 or [email protected].
APRIL 2018 NEWSLETTER
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Dear Members, Patrons, and Friends,
We have several inches of snow on the ground right now. Hopefully that will be gone by the time of our next meeting. Spring is coming, believe it! Meanwhile, keep producing your artwork. Join one of our groups that meet on Thursday for watercolor or on Friday for any media. Or, sign up for one of our classes (see articles below). We also have a great workshop coming in May. See you at our next meeting on Tuesday April 3 at 7:00 pm. The Board will meet at 6:00 pm.
Loren Red
President
APRIL 2018 SPEAKER—DIANA MARRA
Ms. Diana Marra will be demonstrating her art techniques at the regular meeting of the Fairborn Art Association, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Marra loves the elegance and simplicity of the Chinese Brushstroke. Marra said, “Each stroke can represent a leaf, a wing, an emotion. So much can be said with so little. A simple elegant piece transitions into all cultures and fits every décor.”
For as long as she can remember, Diana has wanted to be an artist. Yet for whatever reason, she felt she had to do something scientific and did not pursue art professionally. With a dual major in Chemistry and Psychology from Ohio University, she began a 33-year career with Formica Corporation, primarily in Engineering, Design, and Global Product Development. Being able to visualize the end result as an artist, and develop and implement production steps as an engineer, was a unique and vital combination to her success.
Marra turned a 20-year, sideline pursuit of art into an in-depth investigation into Art History, Designs of the Masters, Color Theory, PhotoShop, Faux Finishing, Botanical Drawing, and Chinese Brush Painting. And there she found her niche: the ancient art of Brush Painting, with such elegance in its simplicity, captured her heart.
2010 began a year of global travel and artistic study, to capture the cultures and landscapes for future paintings, from jungle-trekking and cave-tubing in Belize to the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin. She also toured and studied in Italy and from the Mediterranean to Hawaii.
Marra’s Brush Painting education included the Art Academy of Cincinnati, private study with Karl Feng, and a three-week tour and study with Ning Yeh in China including the New China University in Beijing, climbing The Great Wall, Yellow Mountain and Zhangjiajie, which was the inspiration for ‘Avatar’… old China as seen through an artist’s eyes. Her style includes both Traditional, using Chinese ink and watercolor, matted and framed, and a new Contemporary style using acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas.
SWEET CORN FESTIVAL
Time is passing swiftly and soon it will be time for the Sweet Corn Festival – third weekend in August – and a lot still needs to be done. If you can help, please attend our next committee meeting on April 24 at 7 pm. Loren Red is still looking for replacement for him to mark fields.
Our group that handled parking the last couple of years is moving on so we will need a group to take over this task – it takes 10 to 15 people during each day depending on how they want to assign people. It would be about 10 am till 5 pm on Saturday 8/18 and 10 am till 4 pm on Sunday 8/19. We will supply safety vests, water and radios, and a tent for breaks during the day. The Fairborn Police Department will be available to provide some guidance on the process. There is an honorarium provided for these efforts. Please contact Warren Brown at [email protected] for any questions.
SPRING WORKSHOP WITH LIAN QUAN ZHEN
Get your application form in for this spring workshop soon or we may have to cancel for lack of interest. This is a must if you enjoy watercolor painting.
Mark your calendars for May 2-4, 2018 when Lian Quan Zhen, a very popular watercolorist and Chinese Painting artist will be the featured artist at a workshop at Fairborn Art Association. He will also be the demo artist for the May 1st FAA meeting and be the judge for our Spring Members Show. Lian Quan Zhen is a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher in the US and abroad. He is one of the most popular authors of North Light Books. He started sketching and painting in his childhood and continued as a hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the US in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has had many shows in the US, Hong Kong and China and developed an international following. His paintings hang in numerous institutional and private collections including the MIT Museum which has collected 14 of his paintings. His art teaching credentials include at the University of California at Berkeley where he taught watercolor outdoor sketching for 8 years; watercolor and Chinese painting workshops nationwide in the US, and other countries in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, China, South Africa and Australia. (See http://www.lianspainting.com/workshops.htm for additional information on his workshops and a list of art supplies.) Also, Lian has been an invited juror for California, Colorado, New Mexico, Georgia, Arizona and Kentucky Watercolor Societies’ exhibitions and other local shows. His paintings have been featured in magazines such as Watercolor 94 Spring, Splash4, Collectors (Hong Kong) and books of Landscape on Watercolor (UK), Finding Your Visual Voice, and Painter’s Quick Reference books by North Light Books: Flowers and Blooms, Dogs and Cats, Birds and Butterflies, Landscapes, and Drawing and Painting Animals – the Essential Guide.
A flyer/registration form will be available in our Gallery and is attached. Please contact Pat Dunker at [email protected] for registration and more information.
Attachment: Lian Zhen Workshop Registration (pdf file)
Attachment: Lian Zhen Registration (Word file)
B-W GREENWAY LANDSCAPE SHOW
B-W Greenway has published its flyer for the Landscapes 2018 competition. Copies will be available in our Gallery and is attached. The location this year is Oakes Quarry Park, a City of Fairborn park located near the intersection of Interstate 675 on State Route 235. Some guided tours of the park are being planned for our painters. Watch our website for additional information.
TIMELINE:
Until June 30, 2018, Visit Oakes Quarry Park and produce artwork.
Saturday, June 30, 1-4 pm, Work accepted at Fairborn Art Association Gallery.
Exhibition open to the public, Sundays, July 15, 22, and 29, 2-4 pm.
Opening reception, Sunday, July 15, 2-4 pm, with prizes awarded at 3 pm. Cash prizes total $300.
Sunday, July 29, Final Day of Exhibition. Artists may pick up work at FAA Gallery, 4-5 pm.
For more information, please contact Bob Coates at [email protected].
Attachment: Landscapes 2018 flyer (pdf file)
YUKI HALL WATERCOLOR CLASS
Yuki Hall will be teaching an 8-week watercolor class titled “Watercolor Working with Perspective” starting March 26. The class will meet on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30. In this 8-week course, students will learn fundamental concepts and application of both aerial and linear perspective. Perspective is by far the most important tool to create a sense of 3-dimensional depth in a 2-dimensional picture plane. Used effectively, it allows us to inject a powerful mood and atmosphere in your paintings. However, many students are intimidated about the term “perspective,” thinking it is only understood by artists with some architectural or engineering background. Nothing is farther from the truth. Perspective, discussed and demonstrated in simple, step-by-step fashion with practical examples, can be easily understood and utilized by students of any background and any skill level. A generous amount of class time will be spent on drawing lessons using various perspective tools, as well as other design concepts that are important for creating paintings with strong visual impact. Yuki’s highly organized, friendly, and non-intimidating teaching style has been well received for years by students of all levels. The cost for this 8-week class is $105. To register, please send the payment and the registration form to Yuki Hall, 4136 Fox Fern Ct. Beavercreek, OH 45432. For any questions regarding this class, please call or email Yuki at 937-679-2464, [email protected] or www.yukihallfineart.com . Registration forms are available in the Gallery and is attached.
Attachment: Yuki Hall March 2018 Workshop (pdf file)
Attachment: Yuki Hall March 2018 Workshop (Open Document file)
LOUISE JACKSON WATERCOLOR CLASS
Louise Jackson will teach a one-day class on April 24 which is a Tuesday at the FAA Gallery. This is a 16 x 16, on 300 lb. cp paper. $40 covers teaching fee and all of your paint. Class is 5 hours plus a half hour for lunch. It will be 10 am till 3:30 pm. If you would like to join us, simply email Louise or call at 937-886-5238. Snow will be gone by then. Hope you can come. A photo of the subject will be available in our Gallery and is attached.
Attachment: LOUISE JACKSON WATERCOLOR CLASS April 2018 (Word file)
YUKI HALL WORKSHOPS
Yuki Hall has scheduled several workshops in various Ohio locations. If interested check her website for locations and subjects at http://yukihallfineart.com.
MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
Lori Luckner has taken over the job of maintaining the membership records and she will be producing the new 2018/2019 Directory to be available this autumn. Membership dues must be paid by the June 5th meeting for your name to be included in the Directory. Membership forms will be available in the Gallery and on our website. Please fill out a Membership form and send it with your dues. Be sure to check all squares that apply to you on the form. We use these check marks to help us select demo artists. Also, if you have changes to your address, phone number, or email address at any time during the year, please let Lori know at [email protected] or 937-235-2513.
Attachment: 2018 Membership Form (pdf file)
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. Be sure to check the squares on the Membership form to acknowledge your permission to display your artwork and/or any photo of you (individually or in a group) on the website.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The following people signed up to bring refreshments to our next meeting: Jean Lutz, Jim Brooks, Libby Rudolf, Theresa Mayer, and Evvie Moore, Clarice Moore, Evelyn LaMers, and Lucille Burns. Thank you for volunteering. We usually have 50-60 members in attendance, so please plan accordingly,
REMINDERS
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 1, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the May Newsletter is Monday, April 16, 2018. Please email your articles to [email protected] or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532
Maria Stein Shrine’s 8th Annual Art Show & Sale
Received this flyer by email about the Maria Stein Shrine’s 8th Annual Art Show & Sale and will attach it for full information. But thought the core of the information is worth posting so you can decide if you are interested in downloading the flyer. The flyer includes an entry form and also requests a bio. The show information is below:
Dates: June 23-June 29, 2018/ Weekend 12 pm-6 pm, Weekdays 9 am – 5 pm
For more information, follow Maria Stein Shrine on Facebook or visit their website.
2291 St. Johns Road Maria Stein, OH 45860 / www.mariasteinshrine.org / 419-925-4532
Entry deadline: Friday, June 1, 2018
Art Delivery on: Friday June 8, 9 am – 4 pm and Saturday, June 9, 9 amn – 4 pm
Awards & Reception: Thursday, June 21, 7 pm (awards announced at 8 pm)
Art Show & Sale: June 23 – June 29
Six prizes will be awarded:
$500 – Best of Show
$300 – 1st Place
$200 – 2nd Place
$100 3rd Place
$100 Religious Theme
6 Honorable Mention Ribbons
People’s Choice award and Religious theme award winners are also eligible for all other prizes.
Attachment: 2018 MSS ART SHOW & SALE FLYER AND INFO (pdf file)
Maria Stein, Ohio, is located just north of Sidney on I-75 North. For information about the Maria Stein Shrine itself please open the attached file.
Attachment: Maria Stein Shrine (Word file)