Enjoy the art of your neighbors with the 44th Annual Valley Visual Art Show in Carbondale. “My favorite thing is just to look for all the different kinds of media involved,” Brian Colley, gallery manager,.
When the R2 Gallery opens its doors Friday morning, its walls will be lined with works from 60 local artists for the 43rd annual Valley Visual Art Show.
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The 42nd annual Carbondale Visual Valley Art Show (VVAS) will kick off this Friday, Jan. 22, and run through Feb. 25, at the Launchpad, 76 S. Fourth St. Carbondale. The show will feature unique work from 50 different artists, the majority of them being local to the area.
Brian Colley, gallery manager at the Launchpad, said this show is one of the few venues artists in the area can have their pieces exhibited.
“So this is a great chance to see artists that you don’t know but they’re here. There are so many creative people here and you think you know everyone in the valley but you really don’t. There’s always about a third of the entrants who come in here and I don’t know who they are but their work is amazing,” Colley said.