About

JA-FA-GIRLS
Just Another F$%#@*g Artist (dirty dirty- it can mean fab, fine, or female ya know ; )

JAFAGIRLS

Nancy Mellon and Corrine aka JafaBrit

who sometimes get together to do projects around Yellow Springs, Ohio with friends and fellow artists  as part of the JafaWorkz Collective

Karen Jane Russell, Pierre Nagely, Teresa Stetler-Clear, Johanna Smith (Knit Knot Tree 11)

Talitha Green, Deb Housh, Jennifer Float (Free Art Fridays)
Jan Jackson, Jen and Jo Caputo

OUR WEBSITE
showcases some of them

Knit Knot Tree, Knit Graffiti, Free Art Fridays
The ChamberPot Gallery (a loo with a view in the train station restrooms), Peeps in the Park (JafaWorkz Collective).

How the Jafagirls Got Started

It all started in 2005 when Jan and I (Corrine aka Jafabrit) had our art reception. We were pouting because hardly anyone showed up despite all the usual methods of advertizing and a nice review by Jud Yalkut in the Dayton City Paper. My husband remarked, “Well  they probably think your just another bunch of  Jafa’s, why would anyone come out of their way on a Saturday Night to a gallery in the middle of nowhere”. He was right! We  burst out laughing and decided we were going to do things a little differently from now on.

No more catering to convention and to heck with elitism.

Corrine aka Jafabrit is a full time artist, community art activist/volunteer, and website/blog administrator for the Yellow Springs Art Council. Corrine also runs the Yellow Springs Arts Blog that features arts around the Yellow Springs community, as well as Free Art Friday Blog that showcases artists from around the world that leave art out for free any given Friday.

Nancy Mellon is also a full time artist, member of the Village Artisans gallery, community arts activist/volunteer and YS Experience Co-ordinator 2011 for the Yellow Springs Arts Council, as well a curator of the YS Arts Council Permanent Collection and Gallery Co-ordinator for the YS Arts Council Gallery.