Dear Members and Patrons of the Arts:

As I write this note to you in mid-April, the Spring days are getting warmer and more beautiful with every passing day. With the flowers blooming their little heads off, I'm sure that all you artists are out every day sketching and painting away. Don't we wish!! Oh well, working on the lawn and in the garden isn't all that bad, is it? But if you will, try to break away from all those home chores long enough to enjoy an evening at the Fairborn Art Association meeting coming up on Tuesday, May 4. It should be another good meeting, and as an added bonus you will get to vote on a new president and vice president. There are some great candidates ready to serve you, helping to ensure good leadership for the years ahead. So plan to join us, won't you? The meeting will start at 7:00 pm, with a board meeting starting at 6:00 pm. I'll be looking for you there!

Jim McCoy
President

ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Election

of Officers to serve on the 2010/2011 Board of the Fairborn Art Association will be held at the May meeting. We will definitely elect a new president and a new vice president. Other current Board members have agreed to continue to serve the Association for the coming year; however, we will welcome nominations from the floor at the May meeting of anyone who would like to serve. There are also several committees which will welcome your participation to keep the Association running smoothly. Candidates for Board members include:

President - Tom Hock, Rose Schultz, Lori Luckner; Vice President (Program Chairman) - Gayle Beireis
Treasurer - Sue Red; Recording Secretary - Carole Janning; Corresponding Secretary - Jackie Albright

MAY DEMO/PROGRAM—FRANK FRANCESE, N.W.S.
Frank Francese will be the featured speaker for the evening and will do a full sheet watercolor demo/program for all members and guests. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm. Frank, a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, Colorado Watercolor Society and many others, lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. His paintings of landscapes, cityscapes, flowers, etc. show vivid and strong, rich watercolor, in a loose and liquid style. Frank will be judging our Members' Spring Fine Art Show and teaching a 5-day workshop here in the F.A.A. Gallery, Monday through Friday, May 3–7, 2010. He has judged many state and national art competitions; most recently, he was the judge and juror of awards for the 2009 Western Colorado Watercolor Society and Watercolor West in 2010. He has taught many workshops throughout the United States. He has won over 30 national watermedia awards, including Best of Show Award in 2009 at the Colorado Watercolor Society 18th Annual Exhibition. Frank has been featured in many artist magazines; in the art book, Creative Watercolor, by Mary Ann Beckwith; and published Watermedia Painting with Stephen Quiller in 2008. Frank's artwork and information about him may be viewed at www.ffrancese.com.

MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DUE
Membership dues for 2010/2011 are due by June 1. We prefer that you mail your dues rather than slowing down the sign-in process at the meeting. Make your check payable to Fairborn Art Association and mail to Fairborn Art Association, P.O. Box 1231,Fairborn, OH 45324. Please complete the attached membership form so we may have an accurate record of your personal information and properly credit your payment.
 
MEMBERS' SPRING FINE ART SHOW
Spring has sprung! Hope everyone has some new and exciting artwork to enter in this impressive show of members' work. This year's show will be judged by Frank Francese, NWS, WW, CWS, TWSA, SDWS, WHS, WFWS, TSW. Yes, Frank is a signature member of all these watercolor societies and lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. He also will be instructing a 5-day watercolor workshop in the F.A.A. Gallery, May 3–7 and do a demo/program for the Tuesday, May 4th meeting. Registration of artwork will be held Wed., April 28 from 10 am–12 noon and Fri., April 30 from 1–3 pm at the F.A.A. Gallery. Artwork may be paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, paste;, 3-D work in sculpture; hand-blown pottery; or wood. Sorry, no photographic prints or computer-generated work. Artwork to be hung must be suitably wired and securely framed; maximum size 30 X 40. It must be easily moveable by one person. Three-dimensional work must be stable and not hazardous to the public. All artwork must be original. It may not be a copy of a work by another artist or a copy of another picture or photograph that has appeared in print. It must be YOUR concept, composition and execution. Recent artwork is preferred. Entry fee for each piece of artwork is $9.00 or 3 entries for $25.00; maximum of three entries. There will be many fine awards worth approximately $600.00 and a limit of one monetary prize per artist. Awards will be presented at the May 4th meeting and program. The sale of artwork to the public is encouraged. If the work is not for sale, it should be marked "NFS." Bring completed entry form from enclosed prospectus with your entries. Please sign-up to help with registration and sit the Gallery for one Sunday in May. Sign-up sheets will be passed around at the April meeting. The show will be on display in the Gallery on Sundays from 1–4 pm, May 2–16. Artwork may be removed by the artist on Sunday, May 16 between 4–5 pm, Monday, May 17 from 10 am–12 noon or remain until the F.A.A. June Social, People's Choice Judging and awards on Tuesday, June 1. For further information, contact Jane Trame, 937-902-8875 or janefvt@yahoo.com.

EN PLEIN AIR JURIED ART EXHIBITION
This new juried exhibition is a collaboration between the B-W Greenway Community Land Trust and Fairborn Art Association. The contest is open to artists, 18 yrs and older, living within a 40-mile radius of Fairborn. All entries are to be original 2-D works created from painting outdoors at the Wenrick Wetlands in Medway, Ohio. Painting can be done at the artist's leisure during the months of March, April, and May. Paintings, such as oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor are not to exceed 30 X 40 inches and can include mixed media within the painting. Jurying will be done from actual work. Registration for this exhibition will take place the day after the June 1st Social. The attached prospectus contains additional information. If you have additional questions, you may phone Marti Riddle, 937-879-0725, Greg Leming, 937-401-0295, or Terry Fredrich, 927-322-4988; or email Bob Coates, bobctwin@woh.rr.com or phone 937-689-4855.

JUDI COFFEY, NWS, WORKSHOP, Oct. 4–8, 2010
Fairborn Art Association is excited to present this 5-day abstract painting adventure workshop entitled, “Creative Layering: The Endless Mystery of Collage,” using hand-painted papers, acrylics, stamps, photo copies and most of all, our imagination. The excitement of designing will be done without drawing. The materials used and colors chosen will lead us on this painting journey. The workshop will be held Monday through Friday, October 4–8, 2010, for intermediate to advanced artists, from 9 am–4 pm each day in the Fairborn Art Association Gallery at the rear of Fairborn Senior Housing, 221 N. Central Ave., Fairborn. Judi Coffey, from Cypress, Texas, is a frequent exhibitor in national exhibitions receiving many awards. She is past President of the Watercolor Art Society in Houston, Signature Elite, and I-SEA (International Society of Experimental Artists), Nautilus Fellowship. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Honor Society, Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Texas Watercolor Society (Purple Sage Brush Honor), Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Gold Medallion, Mississippi Watercolor Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media. Her paintings are included in corporate, private and permanent Art Society Collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was featured in publications including: 2010: "The Artistic Touch 4," Houston Chronicle; 2007: “Faces In The Crowd,” Watercolor Magic, Experimental Category; 5th Place 2006 and finalist 2004–2005; 2000: Splash 6, “The Magic of Texture,” North Light Books; 1998: Best of Watercolor, "Creative Inspirations"; 1997: Best of Watercolor, "Composition"; 1995: Best of Watercolor, "The Color White"; Somerset House Limited Publishers, American Artists Magazine, Watercolor; 1989: Watercolor; 1994: “The Color Red”; Watercolor 1995: “The Color White”; The Illustrative Survey of Leading Artists, Southwestern Bell Telephone Talk Pamphlet, and “Sites,” West Wind Review. Judy Richardson Gard, AWS, has this to say about Judi, “Judi Coffey’s pristine washes in her more traditional works are only outdone by her exciting uses of acrylics in her more abstract pieces; a true technical virtuoso, this lady.” Judi’s website is: www.judiart.com. Cost for the 5-day workshop is $185 F.A.A. member, $200 non-member. To register for the workshop, please send a non-refundable deposit of $25, payable to: Fairborn Art Association to: Jane Trame, 8881 Haddix Road., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. For further information, call Jane at 937-878-1009, 937-902-8875 or e-mail: janefvt@yahoo.com.

ARTIST TENT FOR SALE
Diane Coyle has a Craft Hut art show tent for sale. It has a domed roof with skylight, zippered sides and two special awnings. This tent will protect your art in the worst weather. Reasonable price. Aluminum racks with white covers are also for sale. Please consult your directory to phone Diane or email your interest to fairbornart@at&t.net

JUDY PADEN EXHIBITION
Judy Paden invites you to a wine and cheese reception during Dayton's Urban Nights May 14 from 6 - 8 pm at the Dayton Convention Center, second floor foyer. Her current show of 30 large pieces will be on view there through June 30, 2010.

REMINDERS
Our next meeting will be our annual Social on June 1 at 7:00 pm. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the June Newsletter is May 17. Please email your articles to Albright10@msn.com or consult your directory to call Jackie Albright.

The following people signed up to bring refreshments to the May meeting: Virginia Hess, Doris Alexander, Helen Holoviak, Ann Brown, Jon Carter, Shirley Harbaugh, Nancy White, Ginni Roche, Cheryl Miracle, Sue Red, and Ros Nichols. Thank you for volunteering.