Current Exhibit in the Gallery

THIS MONTH Green Cab Artists are featured in Valley Art Gallery.
Artists include Jeff Hall, Lisa Griffen, Elina Zebergs, Bruce Ulrich, Penny Forrest, Jim Zaleski, Helvi Smith, Anne E Brown, and Barbara Martin.
The show will end on February 26, so time is short.
Join with us to appreciate these lively artists.

Getting There ... .

WELL, things are coming along with the help of many people. Be sure and check out the grand reopening poster below in an earlier post.
On Saturday, Feb. 21, some of Forest Grove's and Valley Art's most generous benefactors converged to unload items to put back into the renovated gallery.
Of course, renovations are still ongoing, but getting things back into the gallery is important too.
Here, above, you can see the back (west end) of the gallery with the newly opened skylight making things a lot brighter. A persimmon and sage green wall draw the eye to the back of the gallery, and will draw art lovers in too.
These new classroom light fixtures will be pleasing on the eye and lighten up the office, classrooms and pottery studio.
The podiums that were previously in the gallery have stood the test of time for being eminently useful, so they will be brought into service once more, with a fresh coat of paint.
Bob Richards, Pat Truax and Jerry Hoerber stand ready at Valley Art's doors to help unload cupboards from the van to bring into the gallery at 2022 Main St.
Pete Truax and Jerry Frye helped unload these cupboards from the van (big thank-you to VanDyke Appliance). The hydraulic lift on the back of the truck certainly helped with this chore, and where would we be without wheels?!
Mayor Richard Kidd was inside scoping out the office to see where the Internet hook-up should go.
It is satisfying to note how the community - and that is a wide community, from Vernonia to Hillsboro and beyond - has always come together when Valley Art needs help. Whether it was for the contributions to help this renovation along or the hours to apply for grants or painting the walls and woodwork or working with contractors, everyone pitched in to lend a hand.
Remember: The grand reopening is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 9 and we will have a celebration to end all celebrations when we welcome in our new gallery. Be there!

Chalk Art Festival Was Spectacular!

WOW, what fun we had. September 20, 2008, is come and gone now, but the 18th annual Chalk Art Festival turned out great. The weather was nearly perfect (no rain).
Over 380 people participated and chalked up squares of sidewalk with brilliant designs and pictures. What imaginations we humans have!
American Gothic - the chalked square - was done by Lillian Read.
There were lots of others and they will appear her soon in a slide show presentation. Stay tuned ... and mark your calendars for next September's third Saturday for the 19th Chalk Art Festival.