David Randall first took pottery lessons at VAC as a little kid in the ’70s. His mother signed him up for two weekend watercolor workshops in 1980, first with Clarence Perkins, and then with Fred Leach, both renowned painters. David reminisces, “I remember it being really different and fun at fourteen! I was in a room full of adults. I […]
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Are you an Art by the Falls artist? Valley Art Center gears up for season 36! The call to entry is open for submissions to Valley Art Center’s 2019 Art by the Falls, an outdoor fine arts and contemporary crafts festival that the center has been bringing to the community every June for over three decades. Every year the event […]
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Annual Juried Art Exhibit Starting this year, it is easier for artists living within a 250-mile radius of Chagrin Falls to submit artwork for consideration to this prestigious annual exhibit. In the fall of 2018, Valley Art Center is boldly going digital and taking the entry process online for the first time in the show’s 47-year history. In the […]
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Telling the VAC Story Through Photography by Valley Art Center Staff When you visit Valley Art Center’s website, open their invitations or see their ads in the local paper, chances are you’ll find photography by Michael Steinberg. Since 2012, Michael has provided the pictures that illustrate the Valley Art Center story. It’s a story of thousands of people deeply engaged […]
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While students and parents often thank VAC instructors for changing their lives and making the world a better place, their teachers say they receive as much as they give. “I give my students everything I would want to receive from a teacher,” says Kim Mettee, “while I also encourage them to cultivate their own authentic identity and aesthetic.” Ms. Mettee […]
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