Welcome to the Gilbert Visual Art League
The Gilbert Visual Art League strives to increase artistic awareness and appreciation in the East Valley community. We offer artists fellowship and support through monthly meetings, which include professional artist demonstrations. Throughout the year a variety of sales venues are available exclusively to our GVAL Membership. Our members also have the opportunity to participate with volunteering in community events.
The 2025 GVAL Member’s Holiday Social was a tremendous success!
Event coordinators Suzanne Rios and Olivia Shelton did an outstanding job decorating and organizing this year’s celebration. Their hard work created a warm, festive atmosphere for everyone to enjoy.
We were especially delighted to welcome a live performance by Haven Shelton, whose talent added a beautiful musical highlight to the evening. She was accompanied on guitar by her father, Jerome Shelton, making the performance even more memorable.
Members joined in the fun by participating in our Holiday Sweater Contest, and this year’s winner was none other than Olivia Shelton! All contestants showed great creativity and holiday spirit.
GVAL Newsletter
GVAL Members, do you have an art related news item you’d like to share? Contact Jane Bradley, GVAL Newsletter Coordinator at
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Browse earlier copies of our Newsletter by clicking here.
Community Outreach
GVAL serves many people through our Art Community Outreach programs at 6 locations: House of Refuge, Mesa (children 5-11); HD South, Gilbert (all ages); Clarendale of Chandler (assisted living and memory care residents); Cooley Middle School, Gilbert (art students); Verena at Gilbert (retirees); and Higley Schools Arts Festival, Gilbert (all ages). See more about each program here.
These art experiences wouldn’t be possible without GVAL artist volunteers. They not only share their talents and love of art, but they show how much they care about the students.
Our art league is starting a new program in the Fall of 2025 for the mothers at House of Refuge. If you are interested in learning more about any of our art programs, email our Community Outreach Coordinator at donnafinter@gval.org.
Monthly Membership Meetings
Join us! We meet the first Thursday from September through June.
GVAL hosts monthly membership meetings September through June on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Neely room at HD South, Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum. Our meetings generally include a critique of members works in progress, GVAL announcements, a guest presenter, and voting for Artist of the Month. See the upcoming dates for meetings.
Meeting Location: 10 S. Gilbert Road, 85296 (located just south of downtown Gilbert). We meet in the Neely Room. Please use the parking lot off W. Elliot and enter through the open gate as shown on the map. Click here to see a map
January Presenter: Susan Seaborn
Join us January 8th at 6pm for an informative presentation by Susan Seaborn. She is passionate about watercolor and her work is known for its expressive use of color. Whether painting en plein air or in her studio, she paints fast yet deliberate to capture the essence of what is in front of her or recalled from a memory.
Membership Directory
Members, let’s get to know each other and share your art with the world! Just upload a photo of yourself and a photo of your art. You can share your contact information if you wish (optional). Use the easy to fill out form here.