Valley Visual Artists 20th annual Show and Sale.

The Valley Visual Artists will be holding it's 20th annual Show and Sale.

The opening reception will be on Friday, May 2nd from 5:00 to 7:00pm and the show will run from May 2nd to May 31st at the Courthouse Art Gallery.

Festivities will include flowers for the first 20 mothers, light refreshments, a Tooney draw and painting demos.
We will be having an Open House on May 3rd and 4th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The Courthouse Art Gallery is open Thursdays from 4:00 to 8:00 pm and on Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm and is located at 1840 Nicola Avenue, Merritt, B.C.

2013 Country Christmas

The Valley Visual Artists are pleased to have had a wonderful time at Country Christmas. Our display was set up at the Civic Center in the main hall with a huge assortment of crafters as opposed to the previous year in the tea room.
There was an extremely large turnout- it seemed like every one in Merritt came out for the parade on Friday and then into the Crafters Hall where shopping and socializing to the tunes of Christmas music from the Community Band had all in a merry mood!
We made some sales, gained some new members and overall enjoyed meeting and greeting with all the new and familiar faces.

Valley Visual Artists June Show in Merritt, B.C.

Come and join us on June 7th for the reception of the Valley Visual Artists show on Friday, June 7th from 6:00 to 8:00pm at the Courthouse Gallery in Merritt. There is a lot of art to see -much of it available for purchase- and you will meet with many talented creatives.

Our June Show  will be running for the entire month of June.

Country Christmas

The VVA had their last show and sale of 2012 during Country Christmas. We shared space this season with crafters, bakers and merchants of all kinds at Merritt's Civic Center. The 'tea room' was decorated with oils, acrylics, watercolours and more and overall there was a pretty good turnout! We hope everyone enjoys their Christmas, the holidays and look forward to producing more art in the upcoming year.

Art Show and Sale This Month!

The Valley Visual Artists will be hosting their first Country Christmas Art Sale at the Civic Center Tea Room during the Country Christmas Celebration on Friday, November 23rd and Saturday, November 24th! We are looking forward to seeing everyone and encourage the theme of 'Give the Gift of Art' this holiday season!

VVA AGM

The Valley Visual Artists held it's Annual General Meeting last Sunday and the new executive consists of:

President: Fran McMurchy Secretary: Heidi Koehler Treasurer: Shirley Sauviat Director at Large: Jack Picken

Plans are afoot for our Winter Show and Sale and we are looking forward to showcasing the wonderful art works of our members! With Christmas soon upon us the November show promises to be full of excellent potential gifts for the holidays!

On the subject of members: membership dues are a mere 10 dollars which should be paid up before December 31st, 2012.

New members are encouraged to join up and be part of an active artistic community that puts out two popular art exhibitions each year, has workshops and lessons with well-known accomplished professionals, and regularly hosts creative art sessions that are extremely productive and informative to the creation of art.

18th Annual Valley Visual Art Show & Sale

RESULTS

 The successful 18th annual Valley Visual Artists show and sale provided attendees  a wide range of mediums and subject matter to view as well as illustrated the artistic talent of members of the Nicola Valley club.

Those attending the show were invited to choose their favourite pieces of art. Best In Show went to Fran McMurchy for her watercolour painting titled “Shoreline Meadows”. Fran also took second place with her four miniature apple paintings titled “Orchard” done in acrylic with Bev Veale receiving third place with her pencil sketch of “Shandi”.

The club also held a Tooney Draw offering seven donated items with the following results:

Grizzly Bear coloured pencil drawing– Kathy Pickens
Purse – S. Butler
Flower Painting –Wendy Eeckhout
Jewell Box – Gloria Pongracz
Sunglasses – Wendy Eeckhout
Gloves & Clutch – Robin Brodie
Bear’s Dinner - coloured pencil drawing – Kathy Picken

Many thanks to Shirley Sauviat and her crew for hanging the art and managing the show and sale; to Sharon Hartwick who provided pleasant music on her beautiful harp; to Cecilia Dyck and her pianists (Jensen Cavaliere, Sarah Grund, Gabby and Haley Zabek) as well as Sophia Hartwick for their entertainment during the reception.

A special thank you to the Nicola Valley Arts Council for the use of their grand piano and for Kurt’s assistance.