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FAVA Gallery News Bulletin

Visitors:

Look for our 2025 exhibition schedule below to see what’s coming up at FAVA!

You can visit us, and contact our staff during our regular business hours Tuesday - Friday 11am -5pm.

Our Galleries are normally open 11-5 Tuesday - Friday with limited summer weekend hours which you can find here: Limited Summer Weekend Hours

You can also schedule a weekend visit by emailing our Gallery Director Tirzah Legg at tirzah@fava.org.

We currently have a call for entry you can learn more about them here: Calls For Entry

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Upcoming Exhibitions & Events 2025:

  • FAVA’s National Juried Biennial Photography Show 2025 — May 31 - August 10, Main Gallery

  • Portage — Aaron Foster — June 7 - August 10, South Gallery
    The Office Gallery — Brought to you by FAVA and OBP — Spring - Summer 2025, Oberlin Business Partners

    • Opening Reception: Tuesday April 15, 12 - 2 PM

  • Katharine Krueger — August 23 - October 5, Main Gallery

  • Art Fair in the Square — Saturday, September 13th, Tappan Square, Oberlin

  • Fall Fest & Open House — Día de Muertos Celebración / Day of the Dead Celebration — October 25, 10 - 2

  • Members' Show 2025 — October 25 - December 7, Main Gallery

  • Winter Pop-Up Art Market — December 13, All Galleries


    Past 2025 Exhibitions & Events:

  • The Artist Is In: Michael Boyd Roman — February 1 - March 9, Main Gallery (West)

    • Artist Is In: Fridays & Saturdays 2 - 4 PM

  • Inspire 2025: Artist Talk Series: Michael Boyd Roman — February 1st, 11 AM

  • Black History Month Banner Project: Oberlin High School & the City of Oberlin — February 1 - March 2, South Gallery

  • Dialogue Between Intuition and Form, Bill Rush — February 7 - April 3, Kendal at Oberlin’s Community Gallery, Online at FAVA

  • Inspire 2025: Artist Talk Series: Jean Kondo Weigl & Leslie Bowen— March 1st, 11 AM

  • Real & Imagined — Keith & Diane Dick— March 22 - May 4, Main Gallery (West) 

    • Inspire 2025: Artist Talk Series: Keith Joe Dick & Diane Dick — April 5th, 11 AM

      • Closing Reception: Saturday May 3, 12 - 2

  • roots petals stream — Natalie Petrosky — March 22 - May 4, Main Gallery (East)

    • Closing Reception: Saturday May 3, 12 - 2

  • Soft Shelter — Brought to you by FAVA — April 12 - May 23, South Gallery

  • Spring Pop-Up Market — May 10th, All Galleries

Founded in 1979, The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts is an independent, non-profit art organization in Oberlin, Ohio dedicated to enhancing public appreciation of and participation in the visual arts through exhibitions and related educational and community activities. FAVA presents changing exhibitions of high quality artwork in a variety of styles and media.

Support for FAVA comes from memberships, contributions by individuals and business friends of the arts, commissions on sales, and fundraising events. FAVA also receives support from the Nord Family Foundation, the Community Foundation of Lorain County, the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund, the Stocker Foundation, the Nordson Corporation Foundation, the Bill Long Foundation, the City of Oberlin (bed tax for promotions), Kohl's Associates in Action, Meaden and Moore, and the Ohio Arts Council. In 1994, the board of FAVA established an endowment fund for the organization at the Community Foundation of Lorain County to provide future support for exhibitions and education outreach programs.