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Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
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Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
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Portrait Sketch
Portrait Sketch
August 4, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Portrait Sketch offers a live model for 2 hours of drawing, painting, or sculpting. Please bring your own materials and $5 to help defray the cost of the model. Join friends and get supportive advice when you ask for it.
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Open Studio at GVA
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GVA Photography Group
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Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
August 6, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Nantucket Baking Co / 615 Lyon Street NE / 10 am – 1 pm / On the corner of Union & Lyon St in Grand Rapids you'll find some old victorian style buildings with colorful outdoor umbrella tables on the sidewalk. Nantucket Baking Co and Lyon Street Cafe are on Lyon Street which is where you'll find free parking on both sides of the street. You'll also find a free parking lot next to The Cafe and then another free lot in the back alley. Even if you're not going to paint, it's a great place to buy fresh bakery bread and a cup of coffee. Restrooms are available in the coffee shop and keep in mind that Lyon Street is one way (going west) so navigate accordingly.
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Scott Kenyon Class
Scott Kenyon Class
August 7, 2025 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
Cost: $20.00 per workshop, $15 for GVA members Students may work in Oil Paint, Charcoal or Graphite mediums. Students may paint or draw from photo reference or still life. Scott will give demonstrations along with one-on-one instruction. Students may also bring work for critique or to work on in the workshop.
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CRITIQUE
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Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
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Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
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Portrait Sketch
Portrait Sketch
August 11, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Portrait Sketch offers a live model for 2 hours of drawing, painting, or sculpting. Please bring your own materials. Join friends and get supportive advice when you ask for it.
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Open Studio at GVA
Open Studio at GVA
August 12, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Feel free to bring your materials and projects to work on in the studio. No instruction is provided. This is your opportunity to use the studio space to finish your work.
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Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
August 13, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
August 13 / Leonard Park / 10 am – 1 pm / 7490 Thornapple Drive SE, Ada, MI / A little park with some wonderful views of the Thornapple River including an old covered bridge. Prior to 1930 this bridge was the main thoroughfare across the river. The bridge today is a reconstruction of the original bridge destroyed by fire in 1979. Free parking and restrooms available.
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Scott Kenyon Class
Scott Kenyon Class
August 14, 2025 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
Cost: $20.00 per workshop, $15 for GVA members Students may work in Oil Paint, Charcoal or Graphite mediums. Students may paint or draw from photo reference or still life. Scott will give demonstrations along with one-on-one instruction. Students may also bring work for critique or to work on in the workshop.
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Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
August 15, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
August 16, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Portrait Sketch
Portrait Sketch
August 18, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Portrait Sketch offers a live model for 2 hours of drawing, painting, or sculpting. Please bring your own materials. Join friends and get supportive advice when you ask for it.
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Open Studio at GVA
Open Studio at GVA
August 19, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Feel free to bring your materials and projects to work on in the studio. No instruction is provided. This is your opportunity to use the studio space to finish your work.
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Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
August 20, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
MEYER MAY HOUSE / 450 Madison SE, Grand Rapids / 10 am – 1 pm If you've never painted at this Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie style house you're in for a treat. Located on the corner of Madison and Logan, the house was built in 1908 and restored by Steelcase in 1987. There are no guided tours on Wednesday which makes it easy to set up and paint on the grounds. The guided tours are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Plenty of parking available on Logan St and on Madison Ave.
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GR CAMERA CLUB
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Scott Kenyon Class
Scott Kenyon Class
August 21, 2025 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
Cost: $20.00 per workshop, $15 for GVA members Students may work in Oil Paint, Charcoal or Graphite mediums. Students may paint or draw from photo reference or still life. Scott will give demonstrations along with one-on-one instruction. Students may also bring work for critique or to work on in the workshop.
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Evening Sketch Session w/costumed models
Evening Sketch Session w/costumed models
August 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
August 22, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
August 23, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Susy Storm Program Healing with Visual Art
Susy Storm Program Healing with Visual Art
August 23, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
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Portrait Sketch
Portrait Sketch
August 25, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Portrait Sketch offers a live model for 2 hours of drawing, painting, or sculpting. Please bring your own materials. Join friends and get supportive advice when you ask for it.
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GVA Board Meeting
GVA Board Meeting
August 25, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
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Open Studio at GVA
Open Studio at GVA
August 26, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Feel free to bring your materials and projects to work on in the studio. No instruction is provided. This is your opportunity to use the studio space to finish your work.
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Pick-up and Drop-off for GVA Gallery Shows
Pick-up and Drop-off for GVA Gallery Shows
August 26, 2025 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Grand Valley Artists, 2661 29th St SE B, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
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Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
Plein Air - Jim Johnson Facilitates
August 27, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
GRAND IDEAS GARDEN / 775 Ball Ave NE / Grand Rapids /10 am – 1 pm This beautiful botanical garden features a well designed rock garden, a multi-level waterfall and hundreds of blooming plants that are all labeled so you will actually know the name of the thing you're painting. There's plenty of parking in the parking lot and the office has always let us use their rest room. 'Hope to see you there.
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Evening Sketch Session w/costumed models
Evening Sketch Session w/costumed models
August 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
Still Life/Open Studio - GVA
August 29, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
Figure Sketch w/Dave Bechtel
August 30, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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