Valley Art Center is thrilled to announce the return of Art by the Falls 2025, and this year’s festival promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet! Celebrating its 41st year, this beloved outdoor fine-arts and contemporary-crafts festival will once again take place at the beautiful Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field in Chagrin Falls on June 7 and 8. After […]
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This spring, Valley Art Center proudly presents Dual Exhibition: Paula Damm and Eileen Woods, a captivating showcase featuring two acclaimed artists whose work explores storytelling, personal history, and the intersections of ancient art forms with modern life. Opening March 28, this exhibition unites Paula and Eileen—both former winners of the Annual Juried Art Exhibition—for a powerful dialogue of art that […]
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Valley Art Center is thrilled to unveil the 53rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, where visual art will meet the power of poetry. Running through December 16, this year’s exhibition features an impressive selection of over fifty artworks from artists, living within a 250-mile radius, who are carefully chosen by our esteemed jury panel: Liz Burgess (former owner of Ginko Gallery […]
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This fall, Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, invites visitors to an inclusive art exhibition, In Touch: A Hands-On Exhibition, running from September 13 to October 23. This exhibition focuses on the tactile, presenting a multisensory experience that transcends traditional visual art. In Touch, made possible in large part by a Cuyahoga Board of Developmental Disabilities grant, will feature a […]
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Valley Art Center (VAC) is thrilled to announce a collaborative, public art mural project aiming to turn the Main Street bridge reconstruction site in downtown Chagrin Falls into a canvas of beauty and inspiration. At the project’s core lies a celebration of community: artists within a fifty-mile radius of Chagrin Falls were invited to submit design proposals, and the community […]
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Valley Art Center (VAC) is thrilled to announce the 52nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, where visual art and poetry converge, running through December 13. Artists hailing from a 250-mile radius submitted their works to be juried by an esteemed panel: McKenzie Beynon from Kink Contemporary, Anastasia Pantsios of CoolCleveland.com, and Gina Washington of The Visit Arts Collective. Returning this year […]
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Valley Art Center is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition, Contemporary Debris. This invitational group show will present a remarkable assortment of artwork created with recycled materials, curated by Valley Art Center Assistant Director and Gallery Manager Julie Polsinelli and The Gallery at Lakeland Community College Gallery Coordinator/Exhibition Curator/Installation Designer Mary Urbas. The exhibition will showcase the extraordinary talent of […]
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Valley Art Center (VAC) is thrilled to announce the 39th Art by the Falls festival, a highly-anticipated event that draws art enthusiasts from across the United States. The festival will take place from 10 am to 7 pm on Saturday, June 10, and from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday, June 11, at Riverside Park in the heart of […]
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Valley Art Center is dedicated to bringing joy to our community through art. In line with this mission, we are excited to announce a new public art project in celebration of both World Art Day and Earth Day. VAC is partnering with artist Ron Shelton, who creates environmental displays from ordinary objects that are often made of unstainable materials. He […]
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Valley Art Center will combine poetry and visual arts for the 51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, on display through December 14. Artists within a 250-mile radius of Chagrin Falls submitted artwork for consideration to this prestigious annual exhibition, juried this year by Casey Monda of Casey Monda Art Advisory, Arnold Tunstall, director of galleries at The University of Akron, and […]
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