Founded 1943

News and Notes January 2025

Paul Brand • January 4, 2025

Midwinter Sanctuary   Nancy Pickens

ART IS, after all, only a trace—like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.   Robert Henri (1865–1929)

Peggy Hadden, The Quotable Artist.


From Bren Clixby, President

Christmas Tree donated by Andrea Clarkson

HAPPY 2025 EVERYONE! Hope your holidays were nice. I want to thank all of you that take the time to sit on the board and volunteer at our many events and participate in our many projects. Heralding the Holidays was a great success thanks, to all the great silent auction baskets, vendors, and volunteers who made baked goods and staffed it. It was fun! And profitable


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Drawing the clothed model

Practice your drawing and painting skills in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere at the Hyter Portrait Group. On Saturday mornings a clothed model is present at each session. Bring your own art supplies. Chairs are provided. The cost is $5 per session. For more information contact Bruce Watrol at 419-893-8268. If you are interested in modeling, please let Bruce know!


Common Space
Glann Elementary School
1700 North Reynolds Road
Toledo, Ohio
Saturdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.


In Memoriam

Janis Marie Butzier, long time member of the Toledo Artists' Club, watercolorist and musician, passed away at home January 4 of this year. Our condolences to her friends and family


2025 INDUSTRY, INVENTION & PROGRESS SHOW

FINDLAY ART LEAGUE

 Show Dates Feb 4 -26 , 2025
Opening Reception Friday, February 7 5-9 p.m.
Awards presented at 7 p.m

Prospectus

A letter from TFAS President Condessa Croninger

More than 107 years ago, in June of 1917, a small group of enterprising leaders in the arts, led by Toledo Museum of Art Director George Stevens, came together to form the Toledo Federation of Art Societies. Their mission: to strengthen the arts through collaboration and provide professional development opportunities for local artists, presenting their first juried exhibition in May of 1918. The annual "May Show" became the renowned Toledo Area Artists exhibits at the Museum for 94 years, later revived as a self-hosted juried regional, the TFAS:100+ exhibitions, in 2020 and 2022. Hundreds of thousands of dollars (not adjusted for inflation) were distributed to thousands of artists over the ensuing 100 years. In 1948, a new component of professional opportunities for artists was launched with the creation of the Federation's Permanent Collection.

From a few disparate clubs in 1917 to the vast network of the arts we enjoy in our community today, the work of our Founders and the hundreds and thousands of artists who came after them succeeded far beyond those initial expectations of 1917—They made the arts a powerful, shining light in our community.

But the world has changed in 107 years, how could it not? An all-volunteer band of delegates from myriad organizations, meeting monthly (at 10:10 on Saturday mornings) can no longer administer to all the aspects of arts administration required to maintain a regular schedule of professional exhibition and care for an annually increasing art collection.

In the face of this long-approaching state of affairs, the Federation is now ended. But that collaboration first envisioned by our Founders does not end; it is everywhere, integrally part of the very fabric of Toledo, ironically proving that, truly, we no longer need TFAS. A rarity among non-profits, we are one that has fully achieved its mission.

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MLK Day: More Than A Dream

Monday, January 20, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Green Building,
Free for All:    Adults Families & Kids

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