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Meetings: Board 5/7/2025 (ZOOM) • General 05/21/25 (ZOOM and In Person)
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MVAL General Meeting - Next meeting is May 21-7:30 PM.
It is a combination in-person and virtual meeting.
Virtual Meeting:
All members will receive an email before the meeting telling you how to log on to ZOOM to attend. The meeting will be open for log-in starting around 7pm. |
May 21 meeting - In person/ZoomDemonstration by Debbie Abshear. - In Person and via Zoom
Debbie Abshear is a watermedia artist specializing in Plein Air landscapes and Experimental Watermedia. She has exhibited at the National Watercolor Society, Oceanside Museum of Art, Santa Paula Museum of Art, CSU Dominguez Hills, Fallbrook Art Center Signature Show, Watercolor West @ Brea Gallery as well as many local galleries in the Los Angeles area.
Debbie earned her Signature Membership in the Watercolor West organization in 2014 and was honored to be included in the Northlight Publishers book, ‘Splash 15’, featuring the best 100 watercolor artists. Debbie served as a Governing Board Member of the National Watercolor Society for 6 years. She holds membership in the National Watercolor Society, Valley Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, South Bay Watercolor Society, Torrance Artists Guild and the Pacific Art Guild. Debbie has painted extended Plein Air trips to Calico, Valley of Fire, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Manzanar and has participated in Plein Air competitions in Mendocino, California. She regularly paints Plein air in and around her home in Southern California as well as daily studio painting. Debbie recently exhibited paintings, and sketchbooks at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, the National Watercolor Society invitational exhibition features plein air artists work from around the world. Art of the MonthArt of the Month is in person, at the monthly meeting only. Work may be framed or matted so that it can be displayed on an easel. If you have an easel, floor or table style, PLEASE bring it.
Jennifer Zapp - McGroarty Arts Center - Painting like a Master - Intermediate painting - Pete Morris - Creative Arts Guild NEW MEMBERS - Join MVAL todayMid-Valley Art League welcomes new members to join us. If your current organization is no longer meeting, you are new to the area, or are just starting to explore your artistic side, we welcome you. As artists, we find inspiration in being with other artists. We share ideas and enjoy being with like-minded individuals. We learn from each other and need art in our lives. Join us if you wish, but for sure, keep making art!
Click here to access the MVAL New Membership form. Welcome our newest member:
Carol Boulware Sierra Madre, CA Carol studied Fine Art and Graphics at University of Southern California. She has worked as a graphic designer for the last 10 years. Involvement in a watercolor class at the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre has renewed her interest in fine art. Carol works in pen and ink, watercolor, digital work and graphite. |
-Now Finished-2025 MVAL Scholarship Auction
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