Venues for Artists in the Local Area
Connecting artists to artists, artists to the community, and the community to art.
CURRENT & UPCOMING:
EVENTS • EXHIBITIONS • CALLS FOR ART
Art from the Founder's Collection: Celebrating 16 Years of VALA Eastside
WORKSHOP: SOMATIC EKPHRASIS
A QUIET WAY OF LISTENING:
MOVEMENT AND POETRY IN RESPONSE TO ART
2:00-3:00pm | Saturday February 21st, 2026
RASP board member Kari Tai will guide VALA visitors through creating a similar-style verbal response to one of the exhibit’s works by focusing on the bodily, visceral, or physical experience of engaging with the art. We will play with translating visual, tactile, or emotional sensations from art into language. Then the participants who feel “moved” to do so will create simple gestures that represent some of the key words from their writing. No previous writing or movement experience required.
From now through February 22, we’re sharing an exhibition of artworks from the private collection of our founder, Jessica Frances Kravitz Lambert! From abstract to figurative, still life to landscape, you’ll find a menagerie of unique pieces on view in our arts space today.VALA was founded in 2010 with the mission of “connecting artists to artists, artists to community, and community to art” – and we’ve done just that for the past 16 years! Come celebrate this milestone with us, contribute your memories to our timeline, and get excited for the many years of art, connection, and community still to come!
FEATURED ARTISTS
Quinin Birkel
Ellen Borison
Jacqueline K Calladine
Rebecca DeVere
Gianna DiBartolomeo
Milan Heger
Barbara Hennig
Phil Jensen
Jessica Frances Kravitz Lambert
Anna Macrae
Charles Smith
Nino Yuniardi
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Recycled Dreams: Mark your calendars for this exciting show!
Exhibition Dates: March 5 – May 30, 2026
Together Center and VALA Eastside Present "Recycled Dreams," a joint exhibition featuring local artwork created with recycled and reused materials! This show celebrates environmental sustainability through creative practice. Artists transform the found, neglected, discarded, and abandoned into something new – inviting us to look again at what we throw away and what we choose to keep.
Exhibition Locations:
Exhibition Dates: March 5, 2026 – May 30, 2026
VALA Art Center | 8020 161st Ave NE, #104, Redmond, WA 98052
Together Center | 16305 NE 87th St, Redmond, WA 98052
Opening Reception (Two Venues):
Together Center Gallery: March 5, 2026 | 5:00–6:30pm
VALA Art Center: March 5, 2026 | 6:00–8:00pm