Contributed by Marilyn Bennett, Valley Arts Alliance
Weekly Painting Session
Every Thursday – 1PM
Valley Community Recycling Solutions (VCRS), Valley Arts Alliance
Valley Community Recycling Solutions (VCRS)
9465 E Chanlyut Cir. Palmer
FREE Admission
Does your significant other throw away your latest artistic endeavor, thinking it was trash?
Do you feel a need to have a safe place to indulge your artistic abilities?
Do you itch to convene with other artists to exchange ideas and art supplies?
Do you have dead time on Thursday between one and three?
If you answered, “Yes,” to any one of these questions, we have a place for you.
The community recycling center has graciously allowed us the use of the community class room each Thursday from 1pm to 3pm for anyone who is artistically inclined to work on their art project. Art work and recycling have always worked well together.
The idea to have a place for artists to meet once a week and paint was brought to the Valley Arts Alliance meeting by Jerry Kelly. He is an artist who recently moved to the Mat-Su Valley and wanted to get together with other people who enjoy painting. He is volunteering to help those who have never painted with acrylics before and share ideas with those who are experienced. Not only that, he will also generously provide paints and canvasses for the first few aspiring artists.
If you love to paint, want to learn how to paint or just want to get together with other artistic people, this is the place for you. Open to anyone of any age, interested in art and recycling. We are located in the classroom above the community recycling center. We meet every Thursday 1pm to 3pm and are looking forward to meeting more Valley people.
If you would like more information, come to the Valley Arts Alliance meetings, which meets at Sophia’s Café on Thursdays from 11am-1pm, or go to www.valleyartsalliance.com. Valley Recycling Center and Valley Arts Alliance have been partnering for over 10 years. The Wearable Art Show has many outfits made entirely out of recycled materials.
Come out this Thursday to the recycling center to say hello to Jerry, paint for a while and then go out and walk the nature trail. Who knew there is a nature trail at the recycling center? I was given the pleasure of a tour last week and recommend it to all artists and or nature lovers as a way to commune with your inner self, if only for a few minutes.
Hope to see you all next Thursday at 1pm in the classroom or on the trail.
