VALA Eastside

Tulips can be delicate or bold, literal or symbolic — your interpretation is what brings them to life.​

​ invites artists to submit original 2D or 3D artworks celebrating the tulip. Tulips symbolize renewal, love, and happiness. Artists are encouraged to explore these ideas—or challenge them—through realism, abstraction, surrealism, conceptual work, or experimental approaches. ​Every accepted piece will become part of a larger collective exhibit at VALA Art Center. Presented by the art collective TUL(i)P, this exhibition is centered on the theme “The Impact of Collaboration.” ​

Application Deadline:
Sunday, November 29, 2026

Exhibition Dates:
Friday, January 8 - Sunday March 28, 2027

We want to celebrate how individual voices—unique in style, medium, and interpretation—can come together to form something greater than any single artwork. By participating, artists join a shared creative effort that highlights connection, cooperation, and the power of collective expression.​

Open to adult artists (age 18+) and youth artists (age 10+).​

TUL(i)P CALL FOR ART DETAILS:
https://www.valaeastside.org/tulip-call-for-art

What is home? Is it a place or culture we inherit, a landscape we belong to, or something we build over time? A house, a backyard, a familiar meal, a treasured object—or simply a feeling of safety, companionship, and belonging?

This autumn, make yourself at home at VALA Art Center, and enjoy over 50 small artworks centered on the theme of home. Enjoy the intimacy of works on a smaller scale, and their invitation to reflect on our environment, communities, and everyday rituals.

Perhaps home is a large idea found in small things.

SMALL WONDERS EXHIBITION
Details: https://www.valaeastside.org/exhibitions-and-events -wonders
SOFT OPENING: Saturday, October 3, 2026
RECEPTION & OPENING: Friday, October 9, 2026
EXHIBITION CLOSING: Sunday, December 13, 2026

VALA Eastside Art Center
8020 161st Ave NE, #104, Redmond, WA 98052

It's the 4th annual Redmond Art Walk! Join VALA Eastside tomorrow, Thursday, September 17, 4-7 pm. We're hosting watercolor artist Eva Moon, and Devika Mehrotra will share the "Leaves of Us" mural--a wonderful Community Art Project from the Redmond Arts Festival, And, our special guests, Poetry & Prose Network (PPN), will have a table chock-full of activities outside the art center. Join us!

Wonderful gathering of artists yesterday at VALA Eastside!

We can't wait to spend this Sunday afternoon celebrating the talented artists featured in Spotlight!, an exhibition showcasing selected artists from the 2026 Redmond Arts Festival. Join us to meet the artists. Hear their stories. Light refreshments provided.

Spotlight! RAF26 Artist Chat & Reception:
Sunday, August 23 • 4–6 PM
VALA Art Center, Redmond

VALA Art Center is thrilled to announce our next exhibition - Small Wonders! Size isn't everything - but, for this show, we're looking for small or miniature artworks related to home and heritage 🏠 Apply to help us fit the whole world into one small art center!

We are looking for:
- 2D artworks, no more than 100 square inches in size, including frame
- 3D artworks that fit in the palm of your hand
- Poetry or flash fiction, less than 100 words in length

Find full details on the Call for Art on our website:
https://www.valaeastside.org/exhibitions-and-events

Huge thanks to A Slice of Art for interviewing the artists—and our poet friends—at this year’s Redmond Arts Festival at Redmond Town Center the weekend of July 31-Aug. 2.🎨 You really brought their stories, creativity, and passion to life. We LOVE what you captured! ❤️

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