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DSPS 2012 Schedule Note: Many of the following activities will take place at 48 High Street Gallery (click for map). Additionally, member meetings in the spring of 2011 will be held at Dayton Art Institute, as noted.

	Note: No member meetings in June, July, August, or December or January. Special arrangements have been made for member meetings for the posted Member Meetings to be held at DAI on the 2nd Tuesdays 7-9 pm.
	DSPS First Friday Friday Feb. 3rd 5 pm - 9 pm	Potluck! by Bridgette Bogle, Michelle Blades and Jessica Roller Jan. 17th- Feb. 8th. Click on the link for the DDN News Story! Potluck! is the name of the Opening Reception of the art exhibit by the same name. Bring food -- or just bring yourself -- and see the great artwork. For a peek check out the photo album at Facebook.
	Cafe DSPS ( drop-in coffee-house) Thursday Feb. 2nd 10 am - noon at High Street Gallery	Join other artists for weekly socializing and brainstorming about your artwork. Bring a friend or come alone! Coffee, tea or OJ, and muffins! Call Betsie Molinsky at 937-2797-0682 or the gallery phone 228-4532 to confirm.
	Cafe DSPS ( drop-in coffee-house) Thursday Feb. 9th 10 am - noon at High Street Gallery	Join other artists for weekly socializing and brainstorming about your artwork. Bring a friend or come alone! Coffee, tea or OJ, and muffins! Call Betsie Molinsky at 937-2797-0682 or the gallery phone 228-4532 to confirm.
	DSPS Member Meeting (2nd Tues 7 pm) Feb. 14	7 pm at DAYTON ART INSTITUTE. Regular members' meeting with presentation Ryan McCullough, sculpture, printmaking, painting, performance Ryan McCullough's concentration at WSU's Fine Art program was in the areas of Printmaking and Sculpture. Internationally exhibited and active in the Dayton area art scene, McCullough works across many media including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, video, visual performance and installation. He is currently an adjunct in the Printmaking and Sculpture Departments at Stiver's School for the Arts. His talk will focus on the intersection between performance, sculpture and painting, and printing in his work.
	Cafe DSPS ( drop-in coffee-house) Thursday Feb. 16th 10 am - noon at High Street Gallery	Join other artists for weekly socializing and brainstorming about your artwork. Bring a friend or come alone! Coffee, tea or OJ, and muffins! Call Betsie Molinsky at 937-2797-0682 or the gallery phone 228-4532 to confirm.
	Cafe DSPS ( drop-in coffee-house) Thursday Feb. 23rd 10 am - noon at High Street Gallery	Join other artists for weekly socializing and brainstorming about your artwork. Bring a friend or come alone! Coffee, tea or OJ, and muffins! Call Betsie Molinsky at 937-2797-0682 or the gallery phone 228-4532 to confirm.
	DSPS First Friday Friday March. 2nd 5 pm - 9 pm	Print Show and Demo! Works from the 7th Annual DSPS Print Show will be on the walls on Friday March 2nd, and a printmaking artist will demo this craft.
	7th Annual DSPS Print Show Sunday March 4th thru Sunday March 25 (gallery open Saturdays and Sundays)	Eligibility: Open to all printmakers in the Dayton area including: Members of DSPS, Dayton Printmakers Cooperative, and University Senior Fine Arts Majors. All work must be traditional printmaking media including relief, intaglio, etching, drypoint, lithograph, monotype, screen print, etc. $10 cost per entry ($5 for University Fine Arts students - none to visit show and no commissions taken). Awards: Monetary Awards of Distinction and nonmonetary Juror's Merit Awards. For more information call: Dayton Printmakers Co-op 937-228-2588 Walt Murch 254-4311 wmurch@sbcglobal.net. For Prospectus see links on DSPS homepage.
	DSPS Member Meeting (2nd Tues 7 pm) March 13	7 pm at DAYTON ART INSTITUTE. Regular members' meeting with presentation Jill Scheibler, art therapist, Director of Programming & Operations, Make Studio A registered and board-certified art therapist as well as a painter and PhD student in Human Services Psychology at U of Maryland, Jill Scheibler has over 11 years experience working in educational and human services settings, most recently at: St. Elizabeth School; Art Enables; as a Visiting Artist with Providence Art Institute and as a volunteer with Access Art. As an art therapist, she has worked in the areas of substance abuse, acute mental health, and special education. She conducts qualitative research in the areas of community arts, women's communities, and the empowerment of marginalized populations. Her talk will focus on art therapy and art made by people with disabilities.
	DSPS First Friday Friday April 6th 5 pm - 9 pm	Portraits of Old, Young, and It Doesn't Matter by Pam Adams, Donna Brinkman and Cynthia Rush will be on the walls during this First Friday event.
	DSPS Member Meeting (2nd Tues 7 pm) April TBD	TBD
	DSPS First Friday Friday May 4th 5 pm - 9 pm	Urban nights/ Tri Art on walls
	DSPS Member Meeting (2nd Tues 7 pm) May 8	7 pm at DAYTON ART INSTITUTE. Regular members' meeting with presentation Jessica Roller, painter Using an intentionally primitive style that utilizes bold, contemporary hues, Jessica Roller paints local flora and fauna in a playful and honest manner, intended to excite the imagination and inspire true feeling and virtue. A full-time artist for the past two years, she has sold over a hundred paintings to art lovers and collectors across the country through art festivals and gallery exhibits. Her talk will focus on alternative strategies of making and marketing your art.