Village Gallery of Arts featured in  Fall Things to Do in Portland, OR (https://www.rent.com/blog/portland-or-fall-things-to-do/)

by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

Enjoy local art Located near the Cedar Mill Community Library, the Village Gallery Of Arts “has existed to ignite the joy of learning, creating, and appreciating art in our community.” Whether you’re shopping for a new piece for your Portland,...

Membership Corner – Jean Yarger, Membership Secretary

by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

Welcome to our new members! Garineh Baghdasarian is an interior designer with teaching experience, tutoring elementary math, science, art, and adult painting. Her medium is oil and some acrylic. She was looking for an art family, came to the Tualatin Valley...

November Big&Bold – Liz Walker

by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

My Big & Bold painting is “Geisha With Parasol”; acrylic marbling on canvas, 24×30″ framed, $900. This painting began as a marbled underpainting; I painted opaque colors around what became a geisha holding a parasol and I stenciled subtle...

November Featured Artist – M. Aurora Oliva

by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Currently Showing, Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

November Featured Artist – M. Aurora Oliva M. Aurora Oliva is a Filipino-American artist.  She immigrated to the United States with her parents in the 1980’s.  Aurora grew up and was educated in New Jersey. As a child and young adult she was...

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by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

The Village gallery has 119 members including 43 gallery assistants.  

Leah’s Note

by Susan Pozdena | Oct 9, 2024 | Member Announcements, Newsletter Content

Art teachers can be valuable, supportive friends and guides on the creative journey.  There’s nothing quite like getting that personal advice, attention, and direction from someone who has already been where you’re heading.  They can also remind...