Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
AQM XX: Contemporary Quilt Exhibition
AQM XX: FAVA's 20th Biennial Contemporary Quilt Exhibition
May 11 - July 7
Reception & Awards: Saturday, June 22, 1-3
Artist as Quiltmaker is the second longest running art quilt exhibition in the world. FAVA deliberately chooses not to define ‘quilt,’ thereby encouraging both established and emerging artists to submit innovative artwork—pushing boundaries and challenging expectations—whether they use traditional or non-traditional techniques or materials.
Our AQM XX Juror, Dutch native Petra Fallaux is an artist, curator, and writer, based in Pittsburgh, PA. She regularly writes articles for Art Quilt Quarterly, Fiber Art Now and catalogue essays for notable quilt artists. She currently co-curates the Springboard Gallery, which is located on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.
ART HEIST: Small Works Exhibition — FAVA's 2024 Micro Fundraiser
Art Heist: Small Works Exhibition is a micro fundraiser featuring donated small-scale artworks at accessible prices! All works will be available for immediate purchase! The works will be hung within a color blocked area of the gallery walls, and as the works are "stolen" (sold) a chalk outline will be made to mark its disappearance! With a maximum size limit of 16″x16”, this exhibit promises to be an impressive showcase of creativity and talent. This exhibition will be hung salon style so that we can showcase as many artists as possible!
All proceeds will help support FAVA in continuing our mission: to foster creativity and community by exhibiting contemporary visual art, educating people of all ages, and strengthening cultural awareness throughout the community.
Learn more and submit a donation entry on our website HERE!
Queer People From Life
QUEER PEOPLE FROM LIFE
Get your pencils, embroidery hoops, markers, chalks, paints, you name it ready for an evening of fun and creative figure drawing with figure model Edson Rosas (he/they).
Edson will be posing for a special figure drawing event in the gallery the closing night of OH Queer: Colorful Contemporary Craft, curated by Moo and Tirzah Legg.
March 13, 2024 from 5:30 - 8:30 at FAVA!
** Bring your own materials and a $10 model fee payable by cash, venmo, zelle, or paypal the night of the event**
OH Queer: Colorful Contemporary Craft
This exhibition is meant to highlight colorful contemporary craft works by queer Ohio artists. Housed in the West side of FAVA's main gallery space. This exhibition will be curated as a warm and colorful domestic space, a respite from the cold winter months to foster community. Sitting areas and cozy corners will encourage spending time among the artworks, and promote a tactile engagement with the work and space. We anticipate hosting craft nights, classes, and workshops that are craft centered, and aimed at community engagement.
Black History Month Public Art Project
Black History Month Public Art Project
Oberlin Highschool & FAVA
Supported by The City of Oberlin
February 1 - March 3
Located in the East Side of our Main Gallery
A collaborative project featuring work by Oberlin High School art students celebrating Black History Month with a gallery exhibition at Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) in partnership with the City of Oberlin. Twelve works were selected by a blind jury to be made into banners which will be featured in a public art display of light post banners on the South Main Street in Downtown Oberlin! At the opening reception held at FAVA Saturday, February 3rd the top three student portrait works will be awarded cash prizes for their entries!
I Dream of You
I Dream of You
Candace Vickers
January 16 – February 18
Located in FAVA’s South Gallery
Love is always an adventure, but finding love later in life can sometimes be unexpected and reveal parts of our inner world we didn’t know we needed to explore. Candace Vickers’ exhibition takes you on a journey through the story of a love affair, now long since passed. She presents her story as a collage through photographs, quotes, poems, and mixed media installation giving the viewer a snapshot of the many emotions she experienced along the way. Joy, ecstasy, pain, sorrow, but never regret.
Loving Something Doomed
Loving Something Doomed
Morgan Rose Free
February 4 - April 2
Closing Reception: April 1, 1-3PM
Based in Columbus OH, Canadian artist Morgan Rose Free is a cofounder of Dream Clinic Project Space and has participated in exhibitions and attended residencies across North America. Free describes this exhibition as an amalgamation of her own romanticization of the natural world and ever-present climate anxiety, Loving Something Doomed attempts all at once to confront our climate crisis, mourn our losses, and create a safe soft place of beauty to escape to.
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Jennifer Masley
February 4 - April 2
Closing Reception: April 1, 1-3PM
Jennifer Masley is an artist based in Akron, Ohio and currently works as an adjunct instructor at Kent State University. Masley describes her most recent work as compositions of the familiar with the strange. She views them as a way of tryin to see her surroundings with new eyes and inject generic objects with personal memories.
Black History Month Banner Competition
Black History Month Banner Competition
FAVA in collaboration with Oberlin High School & the City of Oberlin
February 1 - February 28
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4th 1-3PM at FAVA
Jurors: Jean Weigl, Brittnei Sharrod, Elizabeth Meadows, and OHS Principal Brent Betts
A collaborative project celebrating Black History Month with a gallery exhibition featuring work by Oberlin High School art students at Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) in partnership with the City of Oberlin. Twelve works were selected by a blind jury to be made into banners which will be featured in a public art display of light post banners on the South Main Street in Downtown Oberlin! At the opening reception, Saturday, February 4th at FAVA the top three student works will be awarded cash prizes for their entries!
Fall Fest & Open House
Meet us in the front yard of the building Saturday, October 29th 12-3 for the New Union Center for the Arts Fall Fest & Open House! You can enjoy the FAVA Members' Show 2022 opening, refreshments, fall activities, musical performances, and open studios!
Members' Show 2022
Join us for our Annual Member’s Show. Browse and shop for gift made by local artist! This exhibition includes all mediums, subjects, and skill levels!
FRONT: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, the second iteration of FRONT International, will run from July 16 through October 2, 2022. Building on the success of the first edition, FRONT 2022 will further the Triennial’s commitment to stimulating new and sustained cultural conversations within the region.
AQM XIX
The Artist as Quiltmaker is the second-longest-running art quilt exhibition in the world. FAVA deliberately chooses not to define ‘quilt,’ thereby encouraging both established and emerging artists to submit innovative artwork, pushing boundaries and challenging expectations, whether they use traditional or non-traditional techniques or materials. Juried by Elizabeth Kozlowski an independent curator and editor for the Surface Design Association’s quarterly journal, Surface Design Journal.
Katrina Ganson - Oberlin HS IB Program: Senior Exhibition
View Oberlin HS student Katrina Ganson's Senior Exhibition Online! The International Baccalaureate program builds on the Oberlin City Schools’ mission To set the standard for excellence in public education by motivating students to be inquiring and knowledgeable world citizens. International Baccalaureate is highly regarded throughout the U.S. and the world. An International Baccalaureate diploma allows students to earn college credit or advanced standing at many colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad.
TACTILE CURRENTS: Ceramics & Collage
Don’t miss our lates exhibition Tactile Currents: Ceramics & Collage, with local artists Bob Bruch and Randall James, including works by Harley Francis (1940–2017). Exploring texture, layering, and movement, experience the physical and intangible tactility of this work in-person at FAVA Gallery.
Open House
In addition to the opening of our Annual Members' Show, we are hosting a building open house on Saturday, November 20th from 1-3 in partnership with our friends at The MAD* Factory and Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra (NOYO). We’ll have cocoa and hot cider on the lawn (weather permitting), then ask you to don your masks and visit the classrooms, studios (including FAVA’s Dark Room, Ceramic Studio, and Fiber Arts Studio), and galleries! We’ll have live music by NOYO’s talented students, studio demos, and fun for everyone. This is a great opportunity to get to know NOYO and MAD* Factory as well. We hope you’ll join us!
Reception: FAVA's National Juried Biennial Photography Show 2021
Join us at the closing reception for FAVA's National Juried Biennial Photography Show 2021 Saturday October 23, 2021 from 1:00PM - 4:00 PM. Awards will be distributed at 2:00 PM. Please join us to view the exhibition and mingle with some of the artists!
FAVA’s Juried Biennial Photography Show
FAVA’s Juried Biennial Photography Show
Aug. 14 - Oct. 31, 2021
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts invites photographers nationwide to submit their best work for entry into FAVA’s Juried Biennial Photography Show 2021 opening August 14th, 2021 - October 31st, 2021. All photographic processes are considered including but not limited to digital prints, film photographs, photograms, alternative processes, etc., however we cannot accept video submissions for this exhibition.
FAVA’s Juried Biennial Photography Show is a biennial juried exhibition held in odd-numbered years. The exhibition alternates with a curated invitational photography exhibition held in even-numbered years, in order to present in greater depth, the work of individual artists creating in the photographic medium.
Entry has closed.
Juror: Barbara Tannenbaum
Available Awards: $1,100 offered in total awards including:
Oh To Be (Alone)
Oh To Be (Alone)
Paintings & Collages
By Allison B. Hall
July 10, 2021 - August 22, 2021
Art Auction Fundraiser
Art Auction Fundraiser
June 10 - June 13
SAVE the DATE!
FAVA’s 2021 Art Auction fundraiser will be held June 10-13 as a virtual event with a live opening reception. Limited custom charcuterie baskets will be available for curbside delivery or pickup before the live reception. We hope you’ll join us this year for food, fun, and (of course) some really great original art.
Online bidding will be open to everyone; Tickets for charcuterie baskets will go on sale soon. Please mark your calendar; an email update will go out once tickets are on sale.
IB Program Oberlin: Julian Cross
IB Program Oberlin: Julian Cross
March 13th - April 18th
Displaced: Cairo, An American City
DISPLACED: CAIRO, AN AMERICAN CITY
John W. Carlson, Ruddy Roye, Clarence Wilkins, and Shari Wilkins
January 30 - March 28
Curated by Cleveland Print Room’s Strategic Director Shari Wilkins, “Displaced: Cairo, An American City” investigates and responds to the racial inequities and misguided political/economic policies and their long-term impact on Cairo, Illinois, a microcosm of an American city. This project invites viewers to witness the city's slow decline through the consequences of racism and capitalism. Photographs of Cairo are core to this exhibition, along with paintings, mixed media, and a documentary featuring residents of Cairo.