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  • 16 Jul
    by 910 West
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    Call to Artists for 8th annual Fine Art Show

    CONTACT:  Jean Turner-Smith TELEPHONE:  480.497.0677 EMAIL:  GilbertArt@USA.com GILBERT, AZ – The Gilbert Visual Art League (GVAL) invites Arizona fine artists to participate in the 8th annual Juried Fine Art Show.  There will be over $1000 awarded in cash prizes.  The exhibition will be held from November 5 through November 20, 2010 at the Gilbert Historical [...]

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  • 12 Jul
    by 910 West
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    Summer 2010 Artist Challenge: Creative Use of Light and Shadow

    Don’t forget to work on your piece for the Summer 2010 Artist Challenge. The them this summer is the creative use of light and shadow. Ideas to Spur Creativity Light direction: backlighting, underlighting — scary Time of day: long shadows in morning and later afternoon Color of shadow: blue, complement, darker shade of local color [...]

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  • 2 Jul
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    Fall Oil Painting Workshop

    Fellow Valley ARTISTS: Gilbert Visual Arts League invites you to join us for a weekend oil workshop in October 2010 with renowned artist Dustin Van Wechel. If you are interest, download the workshop flyer or contact GVAL Chairperson, Michelle Cornelius at 480.545.4515 with any questions. To secure your seat, send the registration fee of $125* [...]

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  • 3 Jun
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Hands On With Shadows and Lighting

    Jean did a great presentation on shadows and lighting and got us all involved with some hands on watercolor painting.  Check out the photos from the meeting.

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  • 2 Jun
    by 910 West
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    Acrylic Teaching Opportunity

    We recently received this request from Chartpak, a manufacturer of fine art supplies, looking for acrylic artists to teach workshops. Read on for details. Dear Gilbert Visual Art League, I am writing to you in hopes that you might share the following job opportunity with acrylic painters and/or arts organizations in Gilbert, AZ. I would [...]

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  • 26 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Open Invitation for The People’s Biennial (SMoCA)

    Letter from Christine Htoon at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: To Whom It May Concern, As part of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, I would like to extend an open invitation for members of the Gilbert Visual Art League to participate in an artists’ call for The People’s Biennial. Angela Young, a previous [...]

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  • 18 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Gilbert Grows Art

    Gilbert Grows Art is a group dedicated to bridging the gap between artists, business and the community leaders so arts and culture can thrive here in Gilbert and the Southeast Valley!! Find out more at GilbertGrowsArt.com OR join their Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=121938364483006

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  • 18 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    May/June News and Events

    Though membership meetings will take a break for the summer, we still have a lot of things going on with GVAL in May and June. Logo Competition Announced GVAL wants you (to create a great logo that is). The club has been transitioning our look for some time now. The last piece of this makeover [...]

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  • 11 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Art Hanging and Reception at Bergie’s

    New place to hang some artwork! We have an opportunity to have work shown at Bergie’s Coffee house on Gilbert Road! It’s a little house with a few walls and some space in the bathrooms (for the captive crowd). Even though it’s small, the place has a lot of business every morning. Choose work that [...]

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  • 10 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Cinco de Mayo

    Suzy Muller and Michelle Cornelius had a fantastic time on Cinco de Mayo in Down Town Gilbert! They sat at a table and distributed information to the community about GVAL! Watching the children play in the fountain under the water tower was very entertaining. HALE Theatre was handing out FREE theatre passes. Many conversations were [...]

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