Mark your calendars (and prepare your wares) for the GVA Fundraising Pop-Up Market!
Rent a booth for $40 and sell your wares from 11:00am - 5:00pm.
Make it fun! Decorate your space for the season!
Setup time is 10:00 am at the Fulton Street Farmer’s Market on October 24, 2021.
Email joswann@sbcglobal.net for details and to secure your vendor space!

Curious about Grand Valley Artists? Reviewing the contents of this website, including our archived newsletters (available via the link at the top of this page), is a great way to get to know us. If you decide on an in-person visit, our studio and gallery are open during our regularly scheduled activities; please contact Membership Chair Mary Baine (marymbaine@gmail.com) to make arrangements for a tour of our facility. 

We're taking additional baby steps toward fully opening the studio. Beginning Monday, May 17th, we will no longer require members to sign up in advance online to attend our Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday sketch sessions; plus, you won't need to sign a release form when you arrive.* We will ask you to wear a mask while in sketch unless everyone attending the session has been vaccinated and agrees to not wear them.

We hope to offer an additional evening short pose sketch session on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month; however, before we can start this, we need a facilitator and someone to coordinate models. If you're interested, please contact joswann@sbcglobal.net.

GVA 2021 Plein Air Painting Schedule (1PM – 4PM)
Note: Decisions regarding weather -- and whether Open Studio will meet as an alternative -- will be announced via email.*  

August

Aug 4
Fish Ladder Park – 606 Front Ave NW. Parking: available in Front St. parking lot.

Aug 11
St. Mary Catholic Church – 423 First St NW. Parking: available free on street (park on Broadway, north of church).

Grand Valley Artists has put together three series of note card packages to sell at our various events and to our own members to help offset the loss of revenue from the pandemic-related cancellations of Reeds Lake Art Festival and our sketch sessions. Two sets of these cards are "all occasion" cards, blank inside, so suitable for birthdays, anniversaries, or just a friendly "hello".