Valley Arts and Education

10/09/2026

🎉📚 EXCITING NEWS FROM VALLEY ARTS & EDUCATION!

We're celebrating a very special milestone! ❤️

Our own Kathy Amery is officially a published author of TWO books!

🌸 Grateful in All Things: A Scripture Journal for Gratitude, Reflection & Coloring

A beautiful 7-day journey combining Scripture, gratitude, reflection, and creativity. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

🐻🐶 Grateful in All Things: A Kids Coloring Journal

Join Bear & Puppy as they help children discover gratitude, faith, and God's blessings through coloring and fun activities!

The Kids book is available for direct purchase, with Amazon coming soon!

❤️ Explore both books and order here:
https://www.vaeaz.com/books

Congratulations, Kathy! We're excited to share these faith-filled creative journeys with our community!

See God. Share Thanks. Grow Every Day. ❤️

09/30/2026

🎨🐾 Look what happened when everyone started with the same idea!
Last night’s paint class was all about creativity, personality, and having fun — and just look at these pups! ❤️
One of our favorite things about art is seeing how differently each person interprets the same project. Different colors, different personalities, different styles…and every single one is uniquely theirs.
That’s what creating is all about. There is no “right” way to make art!
👏 Help us give our artists some love! Which little detail catches your eye?

09/16/2026

🎨 What’s Your Favorite Creative Tool?

Apple Tablet 🍎 or Android Tablet 🤖?

Which one do you use for drawing, painting, designing, or other creative projects?

👇 Team Apple or Team Android? Tell us in the comments!

09/14/2026

🎨 Creativity doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to begin.

A blank canvas, a piece of fabric, a handful of beads, a new craft you've never tried—sometimes the hardest part is simply starting.

At Valley Arts & Education, we believe creativity belongs to everyone. ❤️

What are you creating this week?

09/13/2026

09/12/2026

📚 Something NEW is coming…

We’ve been working behind the scenes on something very special for grown-ups AND kids! ❤️

Scripture • Creativity • Reflection • Gratitude

Grateful in All Things is a new faith-filled collection created to encourage us to slow down, notice God’s goodness, and grow a grateful heart.

And yes… Bear & Puppy are coming along for the adventure! 🐻🐶

COMING SOON!

09/12/2026

🎨🇺🇸 What an honor tonight!

Valley Arts & Education had the privilege of providing a FREE paint class at Luke Air Force Base for members of our military community.

Everyone started with the same moonlit-lake painting, but just look at how each person made it their own! Different moons, reflections, mountains, trees, water—and even a few wonderful surprises. ❤️ That’s one of my favorite things about art: there is never just one “right” way to create.

Providing opportunities like this at no charge to our military community is an important part of the mission of Valley Arts & Education. Art gives us a chance to relax, connect, laugh, try something new, and simply enjoy creating together.

Tonight was a reminder of exactly why we do what we do.

🇺🇸 To the men, women, and families of Luke AFB: thank you for welcoming VAE, and thank you for your service. It was truly an honor to create with you tonight.

🎨 Same lesson. Different artists. Completely different masterpieces.