Here is where our member artists are showing their work
Mercer Island Community & Event Center gallery Now Through December 13
The Annual MIVAL Holiday Show is now on display at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. This year we are thrilled to celebrate three new members who have received awards for their work. This annual show is a MIVAL tradition that encourages all members to enter. Thanks so much to June Lindsey for assembling a fabulous team (also including new members!) and spearheading the Show.
Watercolor work by Genny Reese, a beloved MIVAL member who recently passed away are also featured. View the variety of new art on display, including wreaths, paintings, pottery and beautiful gift items. Works are available for sale. Please be sure to drop by if you haven’t already and send your friends by to see this impressive collection of work by over 40 artists. The show will hang until December 13th. It is a very special show.
Celebrate the season with us and you may find the perfect holiday gift too.
MIVAL Annual Holiday Show
October 21 – Dec. 13, 2024
Reception:
Thursday, October 24th, 5 – 7 PM
MICEC Gallery
Location:
Mercer Island Community & Event Center
8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday, 9 AM – 7 PM
Friday & Saturday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Congratulations to the award winners!
First Place: Nancy Abel for her photo “Saltwater Dreams”
Second Place: Dorothy Kimura for her paper clay and wire piece “Coral”
Third Place: Rosalie Frankel for her Mixed Media Encaustic collage “Simplicity”
Honorable Mention: Ann Sekizaki for her painting “LeMans”
Honorable Mention: Zeynep Alev for her Darkfield Monotype “Alice”
MIVAL Gallery
Winter Wonders
Reception Dec. 6th, 4-6 PM
This month will feature Kim McDonald’s watercolors and will include all members of the gallery.
Gallery Hours:
Wed – Sat. 11 – 5 PM
Sunday 11 – 3 PM
MIVAL Gallery
2836, 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040.
Studio 103
A Lament
Two MIVAL artists, Zeynep Banu Alev and Claudia Zimmerman examine the interaction of humans with nature. Zeynep explores this concept as she plays with sticks, leaves and seeds gathered over the years to create this body of work. Claudia uses allegory in her oil paintings to reveal hidden messages about human nature. For Zeynep and Claudia, it is a matter of trying to hear, trying to listen and taking note when nature reveals her stories.
Receptions
11/7: Opening Reception & Art Walk – 4 – 9 PM
11/16: Artists’ Reception: 11:00 – 4:00 PM
November 07-30, 2024
Studio 103 at Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts, Seattle
For more information, contact Zeynep@hotmail.com
COVENANT SHORES LIGHTHOUSE GALLERY
“Artists in Conversation” – Lighthouse Gallery through January 5, 2025
Join MIVAL members Judith Roan, Claudia Zimmerman and Carol Whitaker at a reception for an exhibition of their work at Covent Shores’ Lighthouse Gallery. Their work will be on display from October 8, 2024 through January 5, 2025 during the gallery’s open hours.
Reception
Saturday, October 12 starting at 10:30 AM.
Covenant Shores
9150 Fortuna Dr, Mercer Island, WA
For more information, contact Carol at wcarol11@comcast.net.
Able Acupuncture
Nancy Abel
Photography
Show Dates:
Through January 4th, 2025
Able Acupuncture
2448 76th Ave SE 2nd floor Suit 212
Mercer Island, WA
Mercer Island Library
Judith Roan
Photography
Show Dates:
Through January 4th, 2025
Mercer Island Library
4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA
Local businesses on Mercer Island partner with MIVAL to show our members’ art work in their spaces.
MIVAL Members show work in Mercer Island local businesses and off island. Shows rotate and vary in length.
We have big venues that accommodate up to twenty 2-D pieces as well as smaller venues which take 2D or 3D artwork. Receptions are open to the public.