
Karen Koegel, President
- Oct 30, 2016
Open Studio in November
When Sally Larson came to me, before we opened the Gallery, with the idea of her having an Open Studio for our members, I was excited. I was familiar with the concept and believed that it would be an additional way of bringing members together.
Unfortunately, we have not drawn a consistent good-sized group…and I wondered why? Maybe we didn’t make it clear as to what it was. So, I asked Sally to write why she believes in Open Studio:
“My friends in San Jose, California p

Karen Koegel, President
- Oct 20, 2016
Scholarship With UF's School of the Arts
For those of you who were at our critique meeting last Thursday, what an incredible success it was! Members were so focused on what Lynn was saying, I am willing to bet, everyone learned something from each piece critiqued. We will do this again next year, so keep your eyes on the topics for each meeting.
Our next General Meeting will be a first for the GFAA. This year we established a scholarship with the University of Florida School of Arts. On November 10th we will meet

Karen Koegel, President
- Oct 20, 2016
Raise Your Hand
Raise your hand if you who have never been in a GFAA workshop, a general meeting, an exhibit, an open studio, or even made a visit to the GFAA Gallery. Ok, too many to count. Since we have over 300 members, I know there are a number of you.
We didn't take your $50 to not have you benefit, to not have you get involved. We want you to experience what this Association waited 93 years to be and to get. We want you to be part of this, so that you can talk about it when we get t
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