Great news about our status: we have been granted our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit status from the IRS! We are delighted at the successful review of our application, and express many thanks to all who helped make this possible.
Our Annual Scholarship Show was our first exhibition, at the Welles Gallery of the Lenox Library, Lenox, MA, through May 26. It displayed impressive artwork created by high school seniors from area schools, some of whom were awarded scholarships to the art school they will attend next year. Read the Scholarship Show page for details and images of the prize winning artwork.
The final HVAL Workshop for this year has been completed, with David Dunlop teaching a full house; please see our Exhibition page for details on our upcoming PLACE exhibition, to be held at the Lichtenstein Gallery, 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield. The show runs from Nov 1 - December 9, with an Opening Reception on Nov 3, 5-7 pm and a Closing Reception on Dec 9, 3-5 pm. You may view the Award-winning artwork from our two summer shows in Dewey Hall, Sheffield, as well as from our 2005 and 2004 shows, on our Award Winners page.
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 are now beginning to organize into Connecticut, North and South County regional chapters. More details about who to contact for offerings of workshops, paintouts, demonstrations and shows will soon be available here, as the chapters take shape; the PLACE show is the first project organized by our Northern chapter.
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).
Autumn is upon us now, and Berkshire galleries are all open and active, and classes are under way. See our Berkshire Art page for details and links.
Workshop teacher Joan Boryta with her watercolor demo painting.