Surprise! SNOW in March came just after our trip down or up (depending on where you live) to Thousand Trails Miniatures Venue Friday 16th. Twenty of our talented members had a beautiful exhibition of their talents on display….only to discover an unexpected extended RV MEETING  was held there at our preplanned time to display and hopefully sell our  artwork.  The best part of the day was seeing and visiting with all of you, for me.  It was...

  This Holiday Season our El Valle Artists have much to be thankful for…..besides, our obvious good fortune to be in the VERDE VALLEY, doing our artwork. We had a very successful “Walkin’on Main Street”; great paintings are up at Cottonwood Library, the Cottonwood Bank, No. AZ and the Rec .Bldg. Everyone participating can be pleased with our nice showings. Now it is time for us to give to our much beloved Cottonwood...

As much as I dislike sales pitches, I am loathe to ask you to volunteer serving El Valle Artists Association if you don’t want to. But the fact stands that we’re losing some key people this year who have served you the last two years, and without their functions being filled, the group will be seriously crippled. The Treasurer’s job requires someone who is organized in keeping our books when we have sales and give awards,...

Have you ever been to the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas? Just beyond the Chihuly glass-flowered ceiling lobby, they decorate a solarium in the most exotic ways imaginable; it is absolutely a delight for the eye. The theme this time celebrated the Chinese “Year of the Rabbit.” Red lanterns hung over oversized moss-covered rabbits, and red sails reflected in shimmering lily ponds populated by goldfish. The banks of the ponds...