On Display: 48th Annual Juried Art Exhibit Valley Art Center is proud to present the 48th Annual Juried Art Exhibit. For almost fifty years this increasingly prestigious exhibit has spotlighted Ohio and regional artists. Historically we receive approximately 300 to 400 pieces of artwork. The art is juried to approximately 100 works in a wide array of media. Over $1,000 […]
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Ohio has a long and important history with the world of comics. Lancaster, Ohio’s Richard Outcault is credited with creating the first successful newspaper comic strip Hogan’s Alley in 1895. Frederick Opper, from Madison, created the immensely popular Happy Hooligan which ran from 1900 until 1932, the same year that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster met (CRASH!) in high school […]
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Summer in Chagrin Falls always brings a few beloved traditions: blossoms, balloons, popcorn, and Art by the Falls. Held over two days during the second weekend of June, this annual art festival has brought fine artists and crafters to the idyllic Riverside Park for over three decades. Originally held 36 years ago as a way for the young Valley Art […]
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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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