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Check Out "My Weekend Picks with Tricia Swenson" on Vail Valley Live featuring 2nd Friday ARTwalk, with a shout out to VVAG! Last weekend to ski Beaver Creek, a chance to “ski & tee,” an art walk, youth performances and more in this weekend’s picks! Tricia Swenson | Tricia Swenson · Original audio | Facebook

In collaboration with the Gypsum Public Library, Guild member Allan Finney will present his photography for the month of March. After traveling the world as a jazz musician, Allan Finney turned his attention to photography and the world around him. The natural world is his focus and Gypsum Library has his first photography exhibition. The show runs through the month of March during normal library hours.

Welcome to our monthly guide to upcoming member events, deadlines, and calls for submissions. We'd like your feedback as we continue improving communication with all of you. Find out about this year's Vail Valley Fine Art Show co-hosted with Colorado Mountain College, Calls for Submissions, Photography Lecture with Esther Nooner, Free Alcohol Inks Class for Members, Avon Library Photography Show, and More! CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS The 2022 Vail Valley Fine Art Show We are excited to begin planning for our annual Vail Valley Fine Arts Show! This show will run from October through December at the CMC Edwards campus including a reception planned for Oct 14. The show is educational in nature, providing both Guild members and CMC students a chance to participate in an art show and display a wide variety of art forms to our community. We are asking Guild members, CMC students, and CMC staff to submit up to 5 works. Eligible participants have already received one reminder and will receive a few more before the final deadline of Sept 26. Click here to submit up to 5 works: Second Friday: Call for Submissions & Exhibit Info Please join us on Friday September 9 from 5-8pm for our Second Friday exhibit at our Eagle gallery. This month's theme is "River's Edge". We will be showing member works that express their interpretation of the theme. Photography, abstracts, landscape paintings, and more! Complimentary beverages and individual snacks available. This is part of the Eagle Arts ARTwalk event. Drop off is 10-4 Tues September 6th at the Eagle Gallery. Submit works for this show here: Join us Friday Sept 30 from 3:30-6pm for a fabulous workshop and lecture Esther Nooner: Landscape Photography, a Playful Approach *Limit 10 guests* Don't want to use Photoshop? Try this! Bring in your own prints to create montages—use your phone to re-photograph worked prints. We will explore Esther's unique process of manipulation through chemical alteration using common household products. Register here for only $50 while seats are still available: Photographer Member Meeting Our next Photography Group meeting is planned for Thursday, September 29th at 6:30pm at CMC. Keep an eye out for an email from Rick Spitzer to the VVAG Photo Group email list. If you would like to be included on the list please contact Rick spitzerr@comcast.net Monthly Member Meeting: Alcohol Inks with Margo Join us to learn about Margo's approach to the alcohol ink creative process. $5 supplies fee paid at event. **Free Refreshments & Wine** Please see safety info in event details. Participants must wear a mask while wet inks are in use. September Exhibits (free for the public) Avon Library: Check out the fabulous works from photographers Katrin Peterson, Ken Neubecker, and Raj Manickam. The exhibit will run in September during normal library hours. Summer 2022 Artist Workshops a Wrap! Thank you to our volunteers, instructors, members, and guests for an amazing summer of artist workshops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don Sahli, Instructor Photo credit Joann Carhart Levy Become a Member Become a member now, or renew your membership, to be eligible for entering your works into shows! Donate or Volunteer Love the local arts, but not an artist? Consider donating or volunteering to help support our artists Contact Us Questions, comments, ideas for member activities, members in the news? Drop us a line and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Our artists have two amazing shows lined up for you. Friday Aug 12 5-8pm Eagle Second Friday Saturday Aug 13 9-2 Minturn Market Second Friday Our Second Friday show is entitled “Out West”. Stop by to see a funky western show with YOU in mind. We have all sorts of art. From paintings and photography. To sculptures and pottery. Free drinks and snacks!!! This is part of the Eagle Arts Broadway Street ARTwalk program. C’mon down and support your local businesses and artists! Minturn Market Our Minturn Market show is back again this week! We have the stunning work from Mason Torry and Soodi Kick. Stop by to meet the artists and see their work. Note: all sales go directly to the artists! Photo Credits Margo Thomas Tara Novak Chris Sena Mason Torry Soodi Kick

Welcome to our monthly guide to upcoming member events, deadlines, and calls for submissions. We'd like your feedback as we continue improving communication with all of you. Scroll to find out about Free Art Shows, Workshops Open To The Public , Discounted Workshops For Members, How To Support Your Local Artists, & Members - Only Activities FREE! Minturn Market Opportunity for Members What a fabulous opportunity for members to take your art to the next level! All members are invited to show and sell their works in our tent at the Minturn Market the next four Saturdays (Aug 6, 13, 20, 27) absolutely free! The Market runs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. If you are interested, please contact Melissa Nelson nonprofitplan@gmail.com for more info regarding booth location, set up and load out times, etc. - and to sign up. If you'd like to participate, but are nervous about being in a show, we can team you up with one of our experienced members to provide advice, coaching, and positive energy. Visit Us at the Minturn Market Stop by the Market on Saturdays in August to support your local artists!!!! Click here for info about the Minturn Market. Artist Workshops We've had an amazing summer of workshops and it's not over yet! Don Sahli's August 29-31 is sold out. However, you never know if someone needs to back out at the last minute. Click here, scroll to bottom, and sign up for the Wait List. Other instructors would like to come back this fall and winter so stay tuned. Photographer Member Meeting Our next Photography Group meeting is planned for Thursday, August 25, at 5:50 pm at CMC. Keep an eye out for an email from Rick Spitzer to the VVAG Photo Group email list. If you would like to be included on the list please contact Rick spitzerr@comcast.net Monthly Member Meeting: Redcliff Redcliff and Plein Air Day! Monday, August 15, 9am-5pm. We have an amazing free day of activities for our members starting with plein air painting then touring Helen Hiebert's paper making studio and Bob Will's sculpture studio. Painters, bring your gear and lunch and meet at the Minturn Ranger Station just off I-70 at 9:00 am to carpool. If you're just studio touring, meet at the Ranger Station at 3:00 to carpool. And maybe we'll head for cocktails or dinner afterwards at Mango's in Redcliff or Rocky Taco in Minturn. Details here. Exhibits (free for the public) Vail Library: Raj Manickman's Wonder in the Woods show. Opening reception: Thursday Aug 4, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (don't show up before then, we need some time to set up!). Stop by anytime throughout the month to see his amazing show! More info here. Please consider sharing this event with your friends, families, followers to help support local artists!! Second Friday Please join us on Friday August 12 from 5-8pm for our Second Friday exhibit at our Eagle gallery. This month's theme is "Out West". We will be showing member works that express their interpretation of the theme. Photography, abstracts, landscape paintings, and more! Complimentary beverages and individual snacks available. This is part of the Eagle Arts ARTwalk event. Calls for Submissions: Out West Second Friday Submissions Due Monday, August 8. This month's theme: "Out West" Active members will receive an email with all of the details. We are excited to put the finishing touches on our flagship event, the CMC/VVAG Vail Valley Fine Arts Show, slated for this October. We anticipate our first Call for Submissions will be later this month. Members can submit up to five works which will be included in our printed and online show catalogs. Become a Member Become a member now, or renew your membership, to be eligible for entering your works into shows! Donate or Volunteer Love the local arts, but not an artist? Consider donating or volunteering to help support our artists Contact Us Questions, comments, ideas for member activities, members in the news? Drop us a line and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

And we don’t know who to thank first! We will start with immense gratitude to our collectors and patrons. We are about supporting local artists and photographers. Without you, none of this would be possible. A huge Thank You to our members. We have several artists and photographers who put themselves out there, challenging one another to put an abstract show together. This is part of the creative process: stepping into a new realm. And wow! The results were amazing. And lastly, not leastly! Thanks to our volunteers who created a fresh look for a fresh show, especially Joann Levy, Pam O'Hara and Melissa Nelson. From donating food, wine and time to taking a chance on a new gallery look. Thank You. We are dependent on the tireless work of volunteers. Thank you for making such a difference in our community. Please contact us with any feedback or inquires.

The EVBH booth located on Gore Creek just outside Mountain Standard. Stop by this weekend to see our cool artworks contributed by Margo Thomas, Melissa Nelson, and Tara Novak. Free raffle entry. Drawing happens after the event. Lots of cool prizes!! Including our art! More importantly, we love seeing such awareness and commitment to mental health in our valley. thank you Vail Health and Eagle County. Join the Guild today to find your soul in art therapy!

In collaboration with the Eagle Valley Library District https://www.evld.org, we are honored to present monthly installments by either theme, artist, or photographer. Stop by to support your local library and artists!! Many pieces are for sale at discounted prices compared to gallery and festival. Direct purchase enquiries to service@vvagco.org. Our month-long exhibit at the Gypsum Library features portraits of people and animals are now on display through June. More info here.

Our May 6, 2022, our Member Workshop featured guest instructor Christian Dore. This sold out event was the Vail Valley Art Guild's first joint workshop with the Art Students League of Denver (ASLD). Modeled on the famous Art Students League of New York, The Art Students League of Denver first opened its doors in 1987 with a handful of recognized artists teaching over one hundred students within its first year. Today, located in the historic Sherman School in the West Washington Park area at 200 Grant Street, ASLD engages over 900 students a month with over 200 noted artists who teach diverse fine arts classes throughout the year. Christian Dore is a 1999 transplant to the US from England where he was a graphic artist for the BBC. He became enamored with Colorado landscapes and merged his feelings of the outdoors into colorful, layered representational paintings of animals and tribal motifs. Christian opened the workshop by telling everyone that he was going to change our lives. Through a series of mini-demos and exercises he explained his process in creating an abstract painting in this one-day class - normally an 8 week course for his Denver students. The morning session focused on creating looseness by drawing random shapes in our sketchbooks. We were told to fill a page with doodle shapes, then overlap all the shapes. This created a drawing to give us ideas for the afternoon session. In the afternoon we painted our canvases black, then lightened them with unbleached titanium and drew lines across that with black paint. Next we colored between the lines using only black, titanium, and a green mixed to vary colors. We then added an accent color, scrubbed out most of what we’d done and looked to find an animal to bring out of the “mess.” Most didn’t finish this part but Christian's animals on his website are examples of the end result. All the students in this class came away with exciting new ideas and we hope that we can entice Christian to return again soon. For additional information on Christian Dore see his website: christiandore.com To find out information regarding our future workshops this summer please see our Events list. You can sign up for a future workshop online. All of our workshops are filling up quickly!!

The Vail Valley Art Guild Presents: Winter in the High Country Please join us each month for EagleARTS - 2nd Friday ARTwalk on Broadway! Stroll the sidewalks along the Historic Broadway Street in Eagle, Colorado, visiting our artist popups at several businesses locations, 5-8pm. Be sure to download our new Grandstand App, available at EagleARTS.org to have the interactive map and specials, right on your phone! Visit with our LOCAL ARTISTS Enjoy LIVE MUSIC Try FOOD selections of food vendors & Broadway Restaurants! SHOP Broadway Retailers APRIL 8th Schedule - This month's participating businesses listed North to South, updated daily: ARTSPACE/EagleARTS GALLERY 120 Broadway Street Exhibiting 15+ artisan members - @taranovakART - @pattrensofjoysewing - @firecatjewelry - @landreauxceramic - @metalkitchen - @artistmargaretthomas - @karenschumacher - @bluebirddesigns - @pitaflores - @heart2heart - @sunwardjewelry - @beckyhesseltine - @lieffink - @dreamcolorado - @mason.torry NURTURE SPA 139 Broadway, Unit B - @freeandfleeting - Jewelry Artisan ANTLERS & ROSÉ W. 2nd Street - @KaliMala - Jewlery Artisan ROAMING GOURMET W. 2nd Street - @taranovakart - Fine Art exhibit VAIL VALLEY ART GUILD 108 W. 2nd Street - "Winter in the High Country" exhibit of member photographers & fine artists MOUNTAIN LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES 217 Broadway Street - KC Crafts & Treasures EVERYDAY OUTFITTERS 330 Broadway Street - @sunwardjewelry - Jewelry & more... - @theknittencat - Hand spun yarns ................. FOOD - @roameagle - restaurant - @flavorstop - foodtruck - @elbajonchurros - foodtruck - @mountainminisdonuts - foodtruck Thank you to our amazing sponsors and supportive community! More details, registrations forms, and sponsor information on our website https://EagleARTS.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for updates and tag us @EagleARTScolorado #artwalkeagle

Last Friday, April 1, or rather "First Friday" in April, the Vail Valley Art Guild's Eagle Gallery was taken over by some very talented artists from Battle Mountain High School along with their instructor Max Devito. Rosemary Martinez's paintings were a backdrop for artists Crow Kirchner and Gracie Roberts with visitor MasonTomasic on the left. Several artists were in residence to talk with visitors who came to view the works which included paintings, drawings, ceramics, prints, cards, mixed media and a lighted Fairy House by Piper Scheer who is creating other houses using all natural materials. Gracie Roberts is a senior AP Art student and creator of several provocative paintings including Hyper-Feminine below. She will be attending CU Boulder next year to study art practices and gender studies. Lizeth Martinez' drawings drew lots of attention including "Hopeless" below. The students, along with art students from Battle Mountain High School, will return for the closed street Art Walk on May 13 with their work in a tent in front of our gallery. Please be sure to join us!

Every month, on the Second Friday, the Vail Valley Art Guild hosts the an exhibit where local artists display their work at the VVAG Gallery in Eagle. The theme for the April Second Friday is… - Winter in the High Country! - Members of the VVAG submitted works for this show. Cindy Kelleher presented an oil painting tilted "Winter Solitude." Rick Spitzer included a photograph titled "Early Morning Clouds on Jenny Lake" The exhibit will be Friday April 8th from 5-8pm at the Eagle Gallery at 108 W 2nd St, Eagle, CO. This is ARTwalk!, presented by EagleARTS and the downtown Eagle business community.