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November 2024

The Dunwoody Fine Art Association (DFAA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to:

Promote fine art in the Dunwoody, GA area

Encourage its artists to exhibit their art

Support each other in their creativity and self-expression through lectures, critiques, workshops and exhibits

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso

Direct inquiries to the DFAAnews editor:

Susan Gallo suegallo@comcast.net

Deadline for news items - 15th of each month

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DFAA Leadership Team 2024-2026

IMPORTANT DATES

November 6 - Monthly Meeting, 9:30

November 13 - Board Meeting, 11:00

November 20 - Open Paint/Create, 11:00 - 3

PAST ISSUES

DFAAnews October 2024

DFAAnews September 2024

HELPFUL HINT --- Login is not necessary unless you want to view the member directory.

Letter

PRESIDENT'S LETTER

‘The aim of art is to represent not the outwardappearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle

Dear DFAA Members,

As we experience Fall beauty and the significance of the approaching holidays, one can only reflect on the successes we are having as artists. DFAA members have had significant experiences these past few months and more are coming.

Congratulations to our Best of the Best winners, Harriette Perlstein, 1st, Claudia Botwin, 2nd, Pam Wezel, 3rd and Honorable Mention Cindi Williams and Gayathri Rajamani. Also, congratulations to all the members who have participated in Dunwoody Fine Art Month, the exhibits in Dunwoody Businesses are fantastic. It great seeing the enthusiasm to participate, from so many members.

Eleven members also participated in the Watercolor Pencil Workshop presented by Sharon Weiss. It was a wonderful experience for each of us, and Sharon is a fantastic teacher. We all left the workshop with great enthusiasm and feelings of accomplishment. It was also a great deal of fun and a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other a little better.

Please, if you would like to see more workshops in 2025, let Joan Monroe know. And we welcome your suggestions. We will try to make them happen.

Barbara and Lynne - President and Co-President DFAA

UPCOMING EVENTS

Events

November Presentation Cynthia Frigon

Cynthia Frigon uses the vivid colors, patterns, and textures of magazine pages, postage stamps, and envelopes to substitute for pigment and brush strokes in her collages. Her inspiration comes from personal photos taken at various times and locations. The images she creates with only paper, scissors, and glue can appear hauntingly real from a distance, and only up close can one see the individual pieces—almost non sequiturs—that make up the larger piece.

Cynthia has a Master of Arts Degree in English and taught writing at the college level, as well as literature and drama at the high school level. Prior to becoming a teacher, she was a technical writer, editor, and middle manager in healthcare information systems. Cynthia survived her corporate years by taking art classes around Atlanta but the idea of “painting” with cut paper came to her in a dream that has transformed her life.

"I create fine art from reused images and repurposed paper. With recycled found papers, scissors, and glue, I create visual representations of places I’ve been and items I’ve seen. By focusing on the interconnectedness of the patterns, colors, and shapes of each cut piece, I approach a collage as a puzzle designed to slowly reveal a larger message."

DFAA Holiday Luncheon

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 12:00 P.M.

PETITE VIOLETTE RESTAURANT

More information including the menu choices, cost and address for the restaurant are in the eblast.

If you come to the November meeting and plan to attend the luncheon, please bring completed form with menu choices and payment. If you are unable to come to the meeting, please fill in form and send it with check made out to DFAA to P.O. Box 888567, Dunwoody, GA 30356

View Our Latest Featured Artists!

There are three new featured artists on the ARTISTS page. Be sure to take a look at their lovely work - Anne Trask, Cindi Williams and Gayathri Rajamani.

Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS

Best of The Best Exhibition is Underway

The BoB Dunwoody Library Show installation will be hanging through the end of the year. But we have been notified that the library will be closed from 12/24-27 and 12/31-1/1 and we aren't sure about access to the hallway where the exhibit is hanging. The winners are pictured below.

1st place: Harriette Perlstein - Under the Sea

2nd place: Claudia Botwin - Flowers in a Blue Vase

3rd place: Pam Wetzel - Flower Fantasy

Honorable mentions:
Cindi Williams - A Sunny Morning
Gayathri Rajamani - Lustrous Elegance

Artists

ARTISTS CORNER

How to Download & Print the Directory and Other DFAA Documents Online

Members may access the documents page by creating a login and then being approved by the Webmaster. This is the only page that requires a login as we consider our members personal information to be private.

Sharon Weiss has created a pdf walking you through the process. You may download it below.