Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, 11 AM – 3 PM
now Showing
Winter Wonders
November – December in MIVAL Gallery
Reception Friday, November 1st from 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Featured artist Mary McKelvey, watercolorist
This show also highlights a variety of handcrafted holiday items, each uniquely created reflecting the spirit of the season.
Previous Gallery Shows
Contrasts
Reception Friday, October 4th
This is a group show with our featured artist Shirley Cherberg. Shirley makes wonderful assemblages of wreaths and found objects.
Treasures in Miniature Show
We will begin April with our Fourteenth Annual Treasures in Miniature Show at MIVAL Gallery. This year we have 65 participants and that is a record for attendance! We will officially be open beginning Wednesday, April 3rd at 11:00 AM. The opening reception will be held on Friday, April 5th, from 5:00 – 8 :00 PM. The Gallery will be open from 11:00 AM. We will be announcing our winners at 5:30 PM. Our juror this year will be Michele Cooper. Please bring your family and friends to enjoy our biggest show of the year!
Gallery hours:
Wednesday thru Saturday 11 – 5:00 PM
Sunday 11 – 3:00 PM
Silhouettes and Shadows
Our March theme is “Silhouettes and Shadows”. Come in and explore the varied interpretations of the theme created by our 25 artists. Featured artist is photographer, Nancy Abel.
Gallery hours:
Wednesday thru Saturday 11 – 5:00 PM
Sunday 11 – 3:00 PM
Shades of Gray
Our November and December theme is “Shades of Gray”. This show includes art made specifically for the holidays as well as works that reflect the changing season. The show includes gift items such as wreaths, fiber art, jewelry, glass, ceramics and more!
Patterns of Nature
Our twenty artistic members will explore the theme of patterns of nature in their paintings, ceramics, cards, fiber arts, and photographs.
Portraits
Our gallery this month is showing a selection of portraits. Come see the stories depicted from behind the images.
Genny Rees
Genny’s watercolors are stunningly beautiful. Her large flower paintings are bold and elegant. She’s a master watercolorist… painting for over 40 years.
13th Annual Treasures in Miniature Show
Through May, 2023
Our annual TIM Shows are open calls and are a fascinating display of diverse art work featuring artists from our local community and beyond. This year’s show featured over 200 pieces of art made by 62 talented artists from the Northwest. Whether you like landscapes, jewelry, photography, abstracts, or any other medium of art, even digital, you’re sure to find plenty of discoveries with this show. The quality and variety of pieces are some of the best we have seen. Congratulations on all your beautiful efforts. The work is inspiring whether it be online or in the gallery.
We encourage artists to enter our next TIM show in 2024.
Featured Creatures
Through April, 2023
at MIVAL Gallery
Common Threads
Through February
at MIVAL Gallery
Holiday Craft Show
at MIVAL Gallery and Mercer Island Community and Event Center
Fall Colors
Through October 30th
at MIVAL Gallery
Embrace Abstraction
Now through October 21st
at Mercer Island Community and Event Center
Sunlight and Shadows
Through August 28th
Focus on Florals
Through July 31st
Treasures in Miniature 2022
Click below to view all the work in the slide show
Videos of the gallery
Our gallery exhibits contemporary works of both emerging and established artists working in various mediums including painting, sculpture, jewelry ceramics, encaustics, fiber arts and photography. We also have unique prints and note cards for all occasions.
The Gallery opened in November 2009 and operates in the spirit of a cooperative, offering members the opportunity to exhibit their work, as well as share ideas, work together, and teach. Our goal is to offer gallery space and visibility for MIVAL members as well as increase awareness and appreciation of the visual arts to the community through classes and demonstrations.
Plan your Visit
MIVAL Gallery has become a meeting spot for both artists and patrons. We are a group of about twenty five artists who run the gallery as a cooperative.
Our gallery is open to new members. You must be a member of MIVAL first. Contact Judith Roan, jroan@fhcrc.org, or Nancy Abel nancyabel@mival.org for more information click the button below.
New Gallery hours are:
Wednesday – Saturday 11 – 5 PM
Sunday 11 – 3 PM
Location:
2836 78th Ave SE,
Mercer Island, WA
Next to the north end QFC
Phone: (206) 414-4981
