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4 Black Pears, oil by Karen Skelton; click for enlargement & details
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Along the River, pastel by June Parker; click for enlargement & details
 
The Housatonic Valley Art League, (formerly Sheffield Art League), the resource for the arts and art lovers in the Berkshires, is excited about all the events and offerings we have in place for 2008.

The "Painterly Collage" workshop in April with Yura Adams was so successful that it sure to be a repeat offering before long. The 2008 Workshops continue on June 21-22 with a watercolor workshop taught by Joan Boryta; please see the workshop page for details about this workshop as well as the others that have been planned for this year.

Please see the Exhibition Schedule page for the dates for our summer shows, just recently announced by the Board.

MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE that our Annual Meeting and Summer Social will be on Sunday, June 8, 2008, from 5-8 p.m. at Dewey Hall in Sheffield. Business meeting followed by social time over a bring-your-own supper and entertainments. See your newsletter for more details.

With a growing membership spanning an increasingly wider geographical area, combined with a desire to offer events closer and more convenient for local groups, members of HVAL have organized into Connecticut, North and South County regional chapters. There are events being scheduled for each of these areas.

Be sure to look over our community project from 2004, Housatonic River Summer 2004, a summer-long festival so successful that other organizations have joined to follow SAL's lead and are making it an annual affair (see website).

Spring is upon us now - fresh new colors abound, and Berkshire galleries are all open and active, and classes are under way. See our Berkshire Art page for details and links.

Joan Boryta with the watercolor demo painting she has just completed
Workshop teacher Joan Boryta with her watercolor demo painting.