Annual FHS Art Exhibit opens in Fairfield

The Fairfield Art Association has announced that the 2023 FHS Art Show will be on display during the month of March in the Main Gallery at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center.

There will be an opening reception on Friday, March 3 from 6-8 p.m. for students, parents, friends and is free and open to the public.

FHS art instructor David Kraemer remarked, "There are over 100 pieces of art, from a variety of classes that will be on display, with a wide range of mediums to view, including; charcoal, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, clay, pewter, and ink. Please come and see the outstanding works created by our FHS art students."

The FAA Board is pleased to announce the addition this year of a representation of artworks by students from Pekin School in the Hallway Gallery at FACC. Grades 7-11 will display works by 14 students in media of chalk, painting, lino prints and mixed media. Matt Guise is the middle school and high school art instructor at Pekin, and a new FAA board member.

According to FAA Volunteer Director, Suzan Kessel, "It is great to have two talented local art teachers on our board and see them share creative ideas from their classrooms. The Fairfield School System has presented art exhibits for all of the 57 years the FAA has existed. I personally remember showing my junior and senior high school art work at the old FAA gallery in the then Fairfield Library basement (Carnegie Building).“

Kessel said the art instructors back then were Don Kremer at the junior high and Bob Glocke at FHS, who are both founders of the FAA and still FAA members. The art teacher after Glocke was Mark Shafer, another founding member of the FAA.

Kessel said Fairfield has had a reputation of having brilliant, dedicated art instructors who have led fabulous art programs.

“We can really celebrate that!"” she said.