Be sure to swing by Bliss & Vinegar to see the works of jim Markle now on display. While you are there, grab a healthy and deliciously fresh salad. GVA is happy to have this wonderful partnership with B&V. Pay them a visit!

Submitted by Janice Paulson: I joined GVA to take advantage of an opportunity to work with other artists. I had been taking classes with Dana Ziebarth in pastel. She thought all her students should join. I was amazed and intimidated with the talented artists that were members. There reputations preceded them. I had admired Kathleen Kalinowski’s pastel paintings in galleries years before she became my teacher, mentor and friend. I had known of Kathleen Bechtel's oil paintings long before I came to know her as the director of The Franciscan Center.

Download applications at www.rogueriverartists.org. Please fill out and return the application with your exhibitor fee and art photos or link to your web portfolio by August 10, 2018. Contact and Questions: James Falk | falkdesign@me.com | 616 866-3282.

We are always looking for new models and would appreciate adding you to our list. We pay $15/hr/ clothed, $20/hr/nude. 

Rather than several articles, this one article provides links to current Grand Rapids area gallery activities. Be sure to click on "Read more" to see the complete list.

Franciscan Life Process Center
https://lifeprocesscenter.org/services/art-program/

Lowell Arts
www.lowellartsmi.org.

If you are an organization and would like to rent the GVA studio or critique space for one day/evening, the cost is $70. If you are a GVA member and would like to rent the space for one or more days/evenings, the cost is $35 per dayor evening. To rent the space, check with Dave Bazen re availability, then click below for an application. Dave can be contacted at 616-453-6706 or dbazen@bazenelectric.com.