MIVAL Art Gallery Opened on Thursday

The MIVAL Art Gallery had its grand opening on Thursday.
(MIVAL stand for Mercer Island Visual Arts League)  The gallery looks great!  If you are in the area , please check it out.

It is located in the Avellino Building at 2836 78th Ave. SE
Mercer Island ,Washington

          MIVAL Gallery hours
During the Holiday Season/Nov.19th-Dec.2

Thur. 12pm – 7pm

Fri. 12pm – 5pm

Sat. 12pm – 6pm

Sneak Peek at the new MIVAL Art Gallery

The Mercer Island Visual Arts League is getting ready to open a gallery on Thursday November 19th. It is located in the Avellino Building at 2836 78th Ave. SE. The cooperative style gallery will be managed and staffed by  MIVAL artists. There will be 28 fabulous artists represented at this venue. I made a trip over there yesterday to drop off some jewelry and took some pictures. They are hoping to be set up by the end of the week. There is lots of work yet to be done. Paintings are lined up ready to be hung and display cases need to be built.  The walls are freshly painted and the gallery looks beautiful.   There will be  lots of unique art to shop, including pottery, jewelry, glass and of course wonderful paintings. I will post more pictures next week after all the work is finished.

MIVAL Gallery hours:

During the Holiday Season/Nov.19th-Dec.24th:

Thur. 12pm – 7pm

Fri. 12pm – 5pm

Sat. 12pm – 6pm

New Earrings

Playing around with some new earrings designs.  Can a girl ever have too many earrings?  You can find these at my store on 1000markets

MIVAL Hoilday Show

The Mercer Island Visual Arts Counsel show started last week. I tried to take pictures of my display, but the lighting was wrong. But I gave it a try anyway. The show runs until December 19th. There are 52 local artists represented, so the variety of art is fabulous!

Try Handmade Market at 1000Markets

I love buying handmade for gift giving. There is nothing better than receiving a gift that was carefully handcrafted and made with love for the art. So consider buying handmade this holiday season instead of mass produced.

I also appreciate the uniqueness of handcrafted items. This is why I am honored to be a part of the
Try Handmade market at 1000markets.  Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade and has a wonderful blog about the fabulous talent of handmade artisans and their products.  This is a great place to get holiday shopping ideas.  Each day she features a great product that she has discovered.

Holiday Gifts

I found some great key chains that I had forgotten about, in my stash.  These are the best and I can't seen to find this style anymore.  They open nice and easy and still are very secure.  I like a key chain that I can take keys on and off with out fighting with it.  I just had a few of these left , so I decided to add some pretty lampwork and crystals.  They make great gifts!  These are for sale in my 1000markets store .  I have a new collection featuring gift items for the Holidays.

MIVAL Hoilday Show

I just was sent a copy of the advertising poster for the Mercer Island visual arts counsel holiday show.  My bracelet is the second picture down on the right.  The show starts October 17th and runs until December 19th at the Mercer view community center.