In the Community
VGA Welcomes the Scouts
On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Webelos Scouts from Troop 726 visited the Village Gallery with their leaders. Adults accompanying the scouts included Scoutmaster Mac Gifford, and Tim and Tammy Tank, parents of Andrew, a scout Denner. Those in attendance spent time in...
Project Art Share 2021 Outcome
We had wonderful results with VGA’s second call to artists for donations to Project Art Share. 14 artists contributed 66 paintings in all sizes and media. We had a last-minute change in destination for half of the paintings. Janet Collamer learned from the Aloha Food...
Village Gallery in the Community
VGA’s Open Studio: When Washington County’s Open Studios are cancelled . . . VGA creates its own opportunities . . . 4 artist demos and an Art Kit Giveaway! Thanks to artists Sue Selby, Chris Boyer, Kalyani Pattani and Virginia Sumner for making this a success! Aloha...
VGA Gives to the Community: Free Halloween Art Kits
An assortment of art kits and sketch books were displayed outside the Village Gallery of Arts and distributed to children for Halloween on October 31. The kits included VGA’s brochure and our children’s class schedule. We hope the big, bad wolf didn’t discourage...
VGA Delivers Art in the Community
Community Art Program – Examples from Prince of Peace Lutheran School
The Village Gallery of Arts distributed art kits to various organizations in the community this summer. Prince of Peace Lutheran School received 10 crayon scratchboard art kits for their pre-school class. The students covered cardboard with crayons, followed by a...
TriMet Access to Village Gallery of Arts
TriMet provides bus service near the Village Gallery of Arts. Route #48 – Cornell Road and Route #62 – MurrayBlvd run about every 15 minutes or less with connections to MAX light rail but less frequently on Sundays and holidays. The Gallery is next to the Cedar Mill...
The Village Gallery In The Community
Mosaic Shell project in progress.Craft Chair, Eileen Millsap’s grandkidsworking on their art! This fall I was picking up a bookfrom the Cedar Mill Library. Iwas presented with a bag of seashells to give my 8 year old granddaughter,Ellie Gober, for her to create...
The First Village Gallery of Art Kits Distributed
On Friday, August 1st, Sharon Dunham and I distributed the first of our VGA art kits. Nine went to Family Promise of Beaverton and we then handed out 36 more in approximately two hours while enjoying the sunshine and camaraderie in front of the gallery. We enjoyed...