Dear Members and Patrons,

Happy New Year to You All. I hope you all are rested from the busy holiday season and ready to get out to socialize with our creative members of FAA. Our guest speaker for February promises to give us an entertaining presentation for our first meeting of 2012. Come, bring a friend or two, and enjoy the evening. Board meeting at 6:30, Meeting at 7:00.

Sue Brezine
President

GUEST SPEAKER FOR FEBRUARY—MEERAH SMALLWOOD
Our guest Speaker for February will be Meerah Smallwood who will be doing a demo on the lost art of pressed flowers, making them into bookmarks and other useful items. She has been doing craft shows since to early 90s. She started by doing wreaths, swags, and floral arrangements. Meerah does bridal arrangements and decorates for weddings. She read up about pressed flowers and fell in love with it and now teaches it. She also does jewelry.

HOLIDAY FINE ART & CRAFT SALE
The 2011 Holiday Fine Art & Craft Sale was very successful. Participating members made $2939.00 with no commission taken by the F.A.A. Jane Trame, Chairperson, would like to thank everyone who participated in one way or another to make this such a successful Sale. Members helped decorate, set up and take down the artwork and equipment, sit the Gallery, and provide snacks. I would especially like to thank Sue Red, Treasurer, and her family for tabulating the sales and disbursements. This Holiday Sale had the second best sales since the Sale was started ten years ago. In order for this event to continue, one or two persons are needed to be chairperson or co-chairpersons. Jane said that she would be glad to help that person or those persons organize the 2012 event. Please call Jane Trame, 937-902-8875, or let an officer on the Board know that you're interested.

IN THE GALLERY
Photography Show Being Planned
Happy New Year members! As I had said before I would like to have photo show in June, after the Social. I need your help now. I have already gotten some of you to sign up for the show. I'll be sending around a sign-up sheet sometime in the first of the year, or call me . I need to do this early in order to answer questions. I can't tell you how many you can bring if you don't sign up. Here is what I do know now. We be setting up the show on Wednesday, June 6 from 10–12 am, and 1–3 pm. I'll need someone to help with that. We'll be open Sundays, June 10, 17, and 24 from 1–4 and I'll need at least two people for each of those days to sit in the Gallery. On Sunday, June 24, we'll be taking the show down. Everything must be taken down so that the next show can go up. So I'll need someone to help with that also. Each week that we are open, you should have some snacks to serve our guests. So get busy and get things framed up and tell ALL your friends and family about this event. It will be up to us to make it successful.
…Submitted by gayle and Robert Beireis

Member Exhibits in the Gallery
Clarice Moore will be exhibiting in our Gallery in February. Dave Yarnall will be exhibiting in our gallery in April. (Dave would like to share the Gallery with someone who would like to exhibit but cannot fill the Gallery alone. If you are interested, please contact David at www.dyartstudio.com. Please don't miss either show.

Tom Kinarney Color Pencil and Pen & Ink Class
Tom Kinarney will be having a color pencil and pen & ink class starting Tuesday, Jan 31, and running through March 20 for 8 weeks, weather permitting. Time 9:30 am–12:30 pm. Cost is $80.00 for nonmembers, $70.00 for members. Please contact Tom at 937-236-1959 for additional information.

FAA MEMBERS EXHIBIT AT STUDIO 14
Nine of our members are participating in a special exhibit devoted to Fairborn Art Association members at Studio 14 Gallery in Tipp City. Fairborn Art Association members included in this exhibit are David Yarnall, Misuk Goltz, Rusty Harden, Yuki Hall, Edy Martin, Connie Weber, Roe Keinle, Ed Wilson, and Clarice Moore. The paintings included are beautiful examples of their work and well worth the trip to Tipp. Dates are January 5 to February 26, 2012. Studio 14, Benkin Gallery of Fine Art, is located in the Loft of the Benkin Building at 14 E. Main Street, Tipp City, OH 45371. Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am–5 pm; closed Sunday and Monday. For additional information, contact Evelyn Staub, Owner/Artist, 937-890-3614, estaub@studio14gallery.com .

AT THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE
If you do not receive the Dayton Daily News, you may have missed all the write-ups on the current Norman Rockwell Exhibit—American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, showing through February 5. The Dayton Art Institute has a website containing information on their hours, charges for admission, and special events surrounding this event. Go to: http://www.daytonartinstitute.org/event/art/exhibitions/current-exhibiti...
For information about membership or group tours, etc., contact Julia Dement, jdement@daytonart.org , The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH 45405, Office: 937-512-0134, Fax: 937-223-3140, www.daytonartinstitute.org .

WOWS WORKSHOP WITH ANDY EVANSEN
Western Ohio Watercolor Society will host a 5-day plein air watercolor workshop with Andy Evansen from April 16 to 20, 2012, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yellow Springs, OH. Andy Evansen is a nationally known artist who lives in Minnesota and teaches watercolor workshop all around the United States. His articles and paintings appeared numerous times in many prestigious art magazines such as Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist magazine, American Artist Watercolor, and International Artist. Andy will teach you how to loosen up your watercolors and to see the big shapes, in order to bring spontaneous quality to your paintings. You can see Andy's work by visiting his web-site at www.andyevansen.com. The cost for this workshop is $240 for a WOWS member, and $260 for a non-member. To register for this workshop, please send a non-refundable deposit of $30 with your name, address, phone number and email address to Yuki Hall, 4136 Fox Fern Ct., Beavercreek, OH 45432. For questions, contact Yuki at yukihall@woh.rr.com , 937-426-7229.

JEAN GRASTORF, A.W.S., N.W.S., T.W.S.A. WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
The Fairborn Art Association is sponsoring a 5-day watercolor workshop for intermediate to advanced artists, instructed by Jean Grastorf, entitled, “Designing With Pattern and Texture.” The workshop will be held Monday through Friday, April 30–May 4, 2012, in the Fairborn Art Association Gallery located in the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building, 221 N. Central Ave., Fairborn. Workshop participants will be using the beauty of transparent watercolors to interpret the shapes and colors of their own unique visions. This workshop will emphasize the creation of paintings with the freedom and spontaneity of flowing pigments while still retaining the beauty of the white paper. Daily demonstrations will include Jean’s “pouring luminous washes” technique—a fun way to balance “chaos” and control. In addition to traditional watercolors, the class will investigate the use of acrylics, gouache, and metallics. Each day will also include discussions on making stronger paintings through more dynamic composition and color. Individual interpretation of representational subjects will be stressed so that participants can make a more personal, creative statement. Individual attention as well as group critiques will aid the class in making the “pouring” technique a part of their interpretation of the light that brings life to whatever it falls on, in, and around. Jean has won the First Award and Silver Star from the National Watercolor Society, First Awards from the Florida, Southern, and Transparent Watercolor Society of America. She was named one of America’s 20 best teachers by Watercolor magazine and inclusion in “Who’s Who In America, Who’s Who In American Art, and Who’s Who in American Women.” There are only two (2) places left at the present time; if interested in registering for this workshop, please sign up soon. Cost for this 5-day workshop is $225 F.A.A. member, $240 non-member. To register for the workshop, please send a non-refundable check for $40 made payable to the Fairborn Art Association, to Jane Trame, 8881 Haddix Rd., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. For further information contact Jane at 937-902-8875, 937-878-1009 or janefvt@yahoo.com.

SUSAN WEBB TREGAY, N.W.S., T.W.S.A., W.H.S. WORKSHOP
The Fairborn Art Association is sponsoring a 4-day watermedia workshop for intermediate to advanced artists, instructed by Susan Webb Tregay, entitled, “Master Disaster, Five New Strategies for Outstanding Paintings!” The workshop will be held Monday through Thursday, October 1–4, 2012, in the Fairborn Art Association Gallery located in the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building, 221 N. Central Ave., Fairborn. Tired of wimpy watercolors? Mystified as to how to take your work to the next level—or beyond? Susan can show you how. In this workshop you will create a “Flip Book” of color and design strategies that will take the mystery out of all of those elements and principles of design combinations. Taking a painting to completion is, by far, the hardest part of art. But unless that painting is finished, it gets tucked away. This workshop is designed to help through the last 20 percent of your painting. Finishing is not magic. It is simply methodical repetition of these five steps. You’ll have no more wimpy watercolors. You will learn how to master disaster. Throughout this workshop artists will be working on two or three unfinished paintings. Ugly, problematic paintings are the best! Then these strategies will be applied to a fresh painting or two. Susan recently won 2nd place in the Miami Watercolor Society’s 2011 Online Exhibition. She also won an award at Watercolor USA, which gave her signature membership in the Watercolor Honor Society. Palette Magazine #38 featured Susan on the cover and in a colorful seven-page article. Cost for this workshop is $180 F.A.A. member, $195 non-member. Limit 22 students. To register for this workshop, please send a non-refundable check for $40 made payable to Fairborn Art Association, to Jane Trame, 8881 Haddix Rd., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. For further information contact Jane at 937-902-8875, 937-878-1009 or janefvt@yahoo.com.

ELIZABETH (BETTE) MARTIN "STUDIES IN WATERCOLOR" CLASS
Bette Martin, an award winning watercolor artist, is presenting a 2-day watercolor class on February 22 and 23, 2012. The group will meet at the Carillon House Condominiums, 2230 South Patterson Boulevard in Dayton from 10 am to 4 pm. The class is for anyone wanting to improve or develop their watercolor skills. Work will be from your photographs. Cost is $50. The study group is limited to 10. To register or for further information, call Bette at 937-293-7278.

REMINDERS
The following people signed up to bring refreshments to the February meeting: Clarice Moore, Toni Laricchiuta, Theresa Mayer, Gayle Beireis, Anita Wilson, and Mary Hart. Thank you for volunteering.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the March Newsletter is Monday, February 20, 2012. Please email your articles to Albright10@msn.com or call Jackie Albright at 937-233-7532.