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CURRENT & UPCOMING:
EVENTS • EXHIBITIONS • CALLS FOR ART
June, 2025: Out of Isolation: A collaborative art show

In celebration of Pride month, VALA Eastside hosts a curated collection of collaborative art created by PNW-based queer artists and rooted in Disability Justice who are isolated due to ableism regarding the ongoing pandemic. Themes touch on what it’s like to live and value a politically de-valued life, queer joy and connection, transformation, grief, loss, desire, queer history, hope/futurism, and friendship/community through a multi-disciplinary lens.

MASKS REQUIRED KN94+ - FREE 

Sponsors: 

  • Free air filters and masks provided by Seattle Clean Air and Seattle Mask Bloc collective.

  • Queer and Covid-Cautious Creatives (QC3) support with empowering artists to collaborate and submit their collaborators.

July, 2025: Redmond Art Festival

CELEBRATE THE ARTS AND COMMUNITY IN REDMOND!

 VALA Eastside and Redmond Town Center is proud to present the 14th Annual Redmond Arts Festival at Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington. This three-day outdoor festival takes place July 11, 12, and 13, 2025, and features approximately 60 artist booths, a community art project, kids’ chalk art, and live entertainment. MORE>>


ARTS FESTIVAL DATES/TIMES

Friday, July 11th              12 pm - 8 pm
Saturday, July 12th        12 pm - 8 pm

Sunday, July 13th          12 pm - 6 pm

PAST EVENTS

  • “Astitva: Giving Identity to Indian Artists” - May, 2025

  • Love in Bloom: Mother’s Day Art with Flowers and Fragrant Accessories - May, 2025

  • "Art is Me, Art is Us" Group Exhibit - April, 2025

  • Artist Chat: "Art is Me, Art is Us" Group Exhibit - April, 2025

  • Mindful Artist Critique with Ashwini Sadekar - March, 2025

  • Holiday Craft Workshop - Tealight Coasters with gems - December, 2024

  • "Worlds Aglow" - Celebrating Light & Community - December, 2024

  • Holiday Postcard Making - December, 2024

  • Book Event: The Mom Handbook with Lisa Vailencour - November, 2024

  • Chinese Brushwork Painting: Navigating the Complexity of Cultural Identity - November, 2024

  • Artist Chat & Poetry Reading - November, 2024

  • "Worlds Aglow" Community Painting Workshop - November, 2024

  • "Embracing the Dark" Group Exhibit - November, 2024

  • Little Hope Gallery: Ukraine’s Children The Their Stories Through Art Exhibit - September, 2024

  • Create postcards to send to Ukraine's children - September, 2024

  • Downtown Redmond Art Walk: VALA Announces Featured Artist - September, 2024

  • 2024 Redmond Arts - July, 2023

  • 2024 Redmond Arts Festival Artist Showcase - July, 2024

  • "A Story to Tell" Community Art Project - July, 2024

  • Thrive: Queer Joy & Protest - June, 2024

  • "In This Place: How Poetry Connects Us to the Past" - April, 2024

  • Spread Your Wings Community Art Project - March, 2024

  • Binding Brilliance! Learn the Art of Secret Belgian Bookbinding with Kay Bae - December, 2023

  • "Little Vara wants a Puppy" Book Launch - December, 2023

  • Merry & Bright - Window Decorating Party - December, 2023

  • "I Am Not Cursed" Chapbook Release Celebration - November, 2023

  • Forbidden Fruit Group Exhibit - November, 2023

  • Worry Worm Workshop: Crochet for a Cause - October, 2023

  • Dudley Carter on Paper - August, 2023

  • 2023 Redmond Arts Festival - July, 2023

  • 2023 Redmond Arts Festival Artist Showcase - July, 2023

  • Momentary Magic - June, 2023

  • Binding Brilliance! Learn the Art of Secret Belgian Bookbinding with Kay Bae - May, 2023

  • VALA GALA - May, 2023

  • Poetry Workshop & Open Mic Reading - May, 2023

  • Stitching Together: A Mother's Day Workshop with Create2Help - May, 2023

  • Worry Worm Workshop: Crochet for a Cause - April, 2023

  • Through A Poet's Eye - April, 2023

  • Empowerment through Metaphor: A Performance Writing Workshop with Balin Lusby - Feb, 2023

  • Emerging from the Darkness - February, 2023

  • Redmond Lights at VALA - December, 2022

  • Carol Night - A Time of Joyful Noise - December, 2022

  • Merry & Bright - Window Decorating Party - November, 2022

  • Reviving | Artist Chat - November, 2022

  • Felting Workshop - November, 2022

  • Bookbinding Workshop - October, 2022

  • Reviving Group Exhibit - October, 2022

  • Bob Ross Workshop | Fundraiser - October, 2022

  • Home Ground - September, 2022

  • Redmond Public Art Intensive Informational Meeting - July, 2022

  • 2022 Redmond Art Festival - July, 2022

  • 2022 Redmond Art Festival Artist Showcase - July, 2022

  • Silver Threads and Golden Needles Exhibit - April, 2022

  • Art and Memory Exhibit - March, 2022

  • Redmond Lights - December 2021

  • We Are Here - 2021

  • "Back to Redmond" Virtual Exhibit - 2021

  • ... And many more exhibits and projects since 2010

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