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Silver Street Studios August 27, 2016 Artist Talks Martin Holmes, Matt Adams, Paula Powers and Sally Smith gave short talks about their work. Martin Holmes has been working hard perfecting camera techniques and toddler techniques to make memorable close-up portraits of children 8 to 18 months old. He judges success […]

Artists’ Talks from 10th Invitational



Armando Rodriguez graciously opened his art studio for Visual Arts Alliance members and guests on July 9, 2016. “Studio” seems too simple of a term to describe where he works, however.  It is also a classroom, print shop, and library. Such a space is needed for Rodriguez, who is a […]

Tour of Armando Rodriguez’s Studio



On July 15th, 2016 the Visual Arts Alliance held the opening reception and awards ceremony for the 33th Juried Open Exhibition at BLUEOrange Contemporary Art Gallery. This exhibition was open to VAA members and non-members. Our juror was d.m. allison, owner of the d.m.allison Gallery. He selected 12% of the submitted artworks for […]

33rd Juried Open Exhibition



2016 saw our 3rd execution of ART720 – a 720 minute art event that begins with artists creating work in a communal, outdoor environment followed by a formal exhibit of the freshly made works. Participating artists included: Joan Barkovich, Laura Bourdo, Kay Derry, Margaret Errickson, Juanita Gilbert, Jimmy Hines, MaryAnn Lucas, Tracey […]

3rd Annual ART720 Event