Monthly Meetings and Demonstrations Coordinator

by Kathleen Manning,
​Monthly Meetings and Demonstrations Coordinator

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As Meetings Coordinator I have the responsibility of booking monthly presenters and demo artists, a role I have held on our Board of Directors since 2017. This is a fun job where I seek out new and established artists as well as other art-related experts for our monthly meetings. We also host twice yearly critique evenings where established artists offer advice and insight on artwork submitted by members.

​Over the years, all the artists and presenters I have booked have been extremely generous in their support of our organization. A big heartfelt thank you to all of them and to Lisa Riehl who volunteered in this position for many years.

I always appreciate any suggestions for artists and presenters. Please don’t hesitate to contact me and tell me what you would like to learn about or whom you would like to demonstrate. Remember, these evenings are for all of you, our FCA Victoria members.

​Learn more about Victoria FCA Zoom Meetings.

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Previous Artist Demonstrations

For those of you who have not joined our Cedar Hill and Zoom meetings, here is a summary of past presenters:
2016 – 2017  

• Eunmi Conacher, Lisa Riehl, Cim McDonald, Sandu Singh, John Pryce 
• Critique Artists:  Andy Wooldridge and Bryony Wynne Jones

2017 – 2018

• Group demo: Carol Koebbeman, Peter Loebel and Keith Levang,  Kristopher Parley, Mark Heine, Russel Loacher (Social Media and Communication), Kathy Cameron
• Critique Artists:  Catherine Moffat and Ken Campbell

2018 - 2019

• Nicole Sleeth, Robert Amos, Amy Frank, Desiree Bond, Sharon Lennox, John A. Day 
• Critique Artists:  Carol Koebbeman and Marney Ward, Andy Wooldridge

2019 – 2020

• Karen Cooper, Art Rental Coordinator of the AGGV, Christine Reimer 
• Critique Artists:  Carol Koebbeman( fill in for a last minute cancellation) and John Pryce
• January cancelled due to weather, March to May cancelled due to COVID

2020 – 2021

• Surrealist painter Steve Chmilar presentation on his painting methods and style.
• Rose Tanner, Mel Williamson, Ben Eastabrook presentation as well as questions answered regarding artists materials and best practices in our  own studios
• Critique Artist:  Vedrana Ascroft