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Meetings: Board 12/1 (phone) • Crit TBA • General 11/17 (ZOOM, see article below)

MVAL in-person group activities nixed due to COVID-19 — We will be meeting virtually for now.

Board Positions are Available

Scroll down for more information on how you can participate in making MVAL great! If you don't, who will? An organization is only as strong as its volunteers.

December Virtual Art of the Month
Contest Entry is OPEN!

Submissions are accepted at mval.webmaster@gmail.com for the December contest from now till midnight December 10th. (Voting opens at noon on Sunday prior to the December general meeting.) Click here for instructions & archive of previous contests.

Congratulations to our November winner
Plein air in Maine by Gary Friedman.

Open Board Positions

Auction Chair Needed!
Going once, Going Twice!! The Annual Auction is in need of a director!
You are able to connect with artists and request donations of their artwork. When the big day of the Auction comes, you can see the excitement and smiles from all the bidders as they collect original artwork. If this sounds like something of interest to you, please contact John Byram
or Kate McDaniel (626 644-0006) for more information.
The Auction is an integral part of raising money for the Scholarship Committee.

Virtual General Meetings!!

Check Your Email!!

The MVAL Board of Directors has decided that in order to continue to be with each other and continue to learn during these trying times of COVID, we will take the big leap into the virtual world of ZOOM. Before the meeting date, Julie Crouch will send an email blast to all MVAL members with a Zoom invitation for the general meetings going forward.

The email will give instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting with your device of choice (computer, iPad or smartphone).

Show Your Work

We have a MVAL Gallery at the Live Oak Community Center, 10144 Bogue Street, Temple City. Stop by and have a look at the artwork our talented members have created. This gallery is an important community outreach.
If you have any questions or have any interest in hanging your paintings at the Community Center, please contact Jeannine

Art & the Artist

©Devorah Friedman

November 2021 Cover Art
This month's cover is a portrait by Devorah Friedman. If you'd like to see your artwork on the cover, please send it to Joyce!

The MVAL monthly newsletter is available to download here.

MVAL Workshops ‘21–'22

Great workshops coming! Click a name below for more information or entry forms. Workshops are currently being held virtually on ZOOM.

Upcoming MVAL Workshops

Dale Laitinen,
January 25, 27, & 29, 2022
Online Watercolor Workshop

©Dale Laitinen

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Keep an eye out for
these future workshops:
Richard Scott, March 24, 26 & 28, 2022
Watercolor workshop.
Linda Kemp, May 31, June 1 & June 3, 2022 Watercolor workshop.
Janet Rogers, July 5, 7, & 9, 2022
Watercolor Workshop
Alison Watt, October 2022
3- day workshop

Local Learning Opportunities

We are fortunate to have local arts programs with a variety of classes to choose from, some taught by Julie Crouch, Rosina Maize, Pete Morris, Fealing Lin & John Byram from our MVAL membership!
If you are interested in a new skill, take a look at these offerings (link in title):
Creative Arts Group, 108 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre
San Gabriel Recreation Center, 250 South Mission Dr., San Gabriel
BMAI Studio, 2228 Florencita Dr, Montrose, CA 91020