From the Meetings Category

  • 26 Jan
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    February Meeting

    Join us for the next membership meeting—this month we welcome renowned artist Emily McPhie. Emily’s life revolves around family, faith, and art, and her paintings reflect the tenderness and toil of these things. Her art explores motherhood and avenues for gathering strength, beauty and wisdom from life. Emily was born and raised in Orem, Utah. [...]

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  • 13 Jan
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    January Meeting Recap

    In the January meeting we had a great critique session with pieces from several members. Jean Smith won $16 in the 50/50 raffle. And Barbara Janecka was voted artist of the month for her painting “Dory.” We met our new newsletter chairperson, Karen Lockhart. She has a lot of great ideas but needs help from [...]

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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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  • 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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  • 7 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    GVAL Welcomes New and Returning Board Members

    GVAL held its annual election at the May membership meeting. We are pleased to announce the following positions: Co-chairperson: Michelle Cornelius Co-chairperson: Isabella Huin Secretary/Treasurer: Marsha Blumm Membership: Marsha Blumm Show Coordinator: Jean Smith Artist Coordinator: Diane Fales Newsletter/Website:  Michael Hayslip Meeting Coordinator: Suzy Muller The new board members are enthusiastic to get started in [...]

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  • 6 May
    by Michael Hayslip
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    GVAL Board Meeting Minutes

    GILBERT VISUAL ART LEAGUE BOARD MEETING MINUTES April 29, 2010 The meeting was called to order at 6:39 pm by Michelle Cornelius. Attendees:  Michelle, Jasmine, Michael, Diane, Isabela, Jean, Suzy, Marsha Upcoming Board Elections – Board Position Nominations Chairperson – Michelle Cornelius Co-Chair – Isabela Huin Secretary/Treasurer – Marsha Blumm Membership – Marsha Blumm Show [...]

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  • 31 Mar
    by 910 West
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    Summer Artist Challenge: May Membership Meeting

    Join us for a our second Artist Challenge: Creative Uses for Lighting and Shadow on Thursday, May 6. Jean Turner-Smith is preparing a demonstration showing how light defines forms. She will discuss the best times to paint, early morning or afternoon when shadows are long, and why.  She will have spot lights set up so [...]

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  • 16 Mar
    by 910 West
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    Fine Art Reproduction: April Membership Meeting

    Join us for a presentation by Image Craft on Thursday, April 1. We will be joined by several members of their sales team who will discuss how to prepare your art for reproduction, the options available for output, and artist copyright. Image Craft is a full service printing and reproduction house that can put “Any [...]

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  • 14 Feb
    by 910 West
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    The Art and Science of Digital Photography: March Membership Meeting

    Join us for a presentation by Michael Hayslip on Thursday, March 4. Mike is a photographer and GVAL board member. His photo “Lakeside Silos” won first place in the photography category in the 2009 art show. His work is currently on display at Art on Boston gallery in Chandler and the Coffee Cove in Gilbert. [...]

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  • 21 Jan
    by Michael Hayslip
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    Mix It Up at the February Membership Meeting

    Join us for a presentation by Deb Randall on Thursday, February 4. Deb is an active GVAL member who won second place in the mixed media category in the 2009 art show. Her artwork fuses a soft painting style with bits of text and newspaper clippings. The combination creates subtle textures and depth in her [...]

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