Gilbert Visual Art League

Welcoming Artists Worldwide
Since 2003

Welcome!  We’re glad you found us!  The Gilbert Visual Art League strives to increase artistic awareness and appreciation in the community. GVAL offers area 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.

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 page under the DATES/NEWSLETTERS/BLOG menu tab for information on upcoming 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.

April 4th Monthly Meeting

Please join us at 6:30pm on April 4th for our GVAL Monthly Meeting. Bring your unfinished art for critique, as well as a current artwork to be considered for the honor of GVAL Artist of the month. The rules for both can be found on our Member Meeting page HERE.

For our monthly presentation, members Sharon Hess, Jean Smith, and Deb Randall will be giving direction on how to properly frame and wire your art for hanging, as well as tips for the best presentation of your art at art shows. In addition, Jean Smith will be answering any lingering questions you may have concerning the board positions in the upcoming election. Nomination requests were emailed on March 14th. If you missed it, you can check it out in the red box below.




Congratulations, Elvie Becker, our March GVAL Artist of the Month! Elvie is pictured here with her winning oil painting,
“In Her Own World”

Artist of the Month

At each regular monthly meeting, members
are invited to bring in
a recently completed, ready-to-hang artwork.

You can find the rules HERE.
Those present at the meeting are asked to vote for their favorite by way of secret ballot. In June, the AOTM winners are voted on for the honor of being named Artist of the Year.


Congratulations, Elvie Becker,
March Artist of the Month!


Get to know our GVAL Members! Many of our members are professional artists. Original artwork makes a wonderful gift which will be treasured for years to come!
Click HERE for the Member 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


Special Events and Venues

We have several special events and venues planned for the 2023/24 season! These sales opportunities benefit you as GVAL members, as well as our organization. Check back often. We’ll post new opportunities as they are made available.


Join us from 9am to 12pm, Saturday, April 6th at the annual Higley Unified School District Fine Arts Festival. This free event will take place at Williams Field High School at 2076 South Higley Road, Gilbert, Arizona 85295.

The event will feature music, art, dance, food trucks and more. Come support our students and local artists! 
Several of our GVAL members will have hands-on art/craft stations set up. Children (and adults) will be able to make an art project or create a crafty keepsake to take home! Thank you, GVAL volunteers!


Verena at Gilbert , 1505 Willis Rd., Gilbert, invited us to participate in an art exhibit and sale on November 17th from 11am – 4pm. There was a reception for the artists with wine, snacks, and entertainment. GVAL members were asked to submit two pieces of art. The show resulted in several sales! Thank you JoAnn Pape for arranging this venue!


Verena at Gilbert invited us to participate in a small works show and sale on December 14th. The show was a success, with multiple sales! You can find more information on our Special Events and Venues Page HERE.


Thank you, Jean Smith for instructing the February watercolor workshop at Verena!


Community Outreach

Gilbert Visual Art League strives to provide education at our monthly meetings through professional artist presentations and by supporting various outreach programs in our community. Currently, GVAL is involved in two educational outreach programs. Volunteer members teach children at House of Refuge in Mesa, and also provide art instruction to children and adults through art workshops at HD South in Gilbert.
To find details and who you can contact to be a part of our Community Outreach efforts, click HERE.


We want to see what you’ve been working on! Did know that our Publicity Coordinator, Donna Finter, updates our Facebook and Instagram pages almost daily throughout the year? You can send your images and let us know what is happening in your art world by contacting Donna at donnafinter@gval.org. And don’t forget to visit our social media sites often to see what our members are sharing! You can also find stories on our blog GVAL Happenings! by clicking the link below. If you are in the News and want to share your story, let Mary Opat know at maryopat@gval.org