Carmel Valley Art Association

Carmel Valley Art Association To Explore Educate Foster Promote Create ~ This is ❤️ of our vision & purpose.- nonprofit 501(c)(3) CVAA was co-founded in 2006 by John & Shelley A Aliotti.

The Carmel Valley Art Association (CVAA) promotes local art and artists, which form the heart of our vision and purpose: To Explore, Educate, Foster, Promote and Create art" and present art and culture workshops and events for the community. Our FB page is to keep our community-at-large in the know about the Carmel Valley Art Association. We are now operating as a nonprofit organization, 501(c)(3

), EIN 37-1945902. Our Board Members include: John A. Aliotti, President; Thomas Hawley, Vice President; MaryAnn Leffel, Treasurer; Peggy Hutton, Secretary; Shelley A. Aliotti, Executive Director; Diana Alchimisti, Membership / Sales Director; Valerie Fermor, Events Director; Colleen Marquez, Community Liasion Director; Bobbie Brainerd, Marketing Director.

2020 brought a worldwide pandemic and devastating local fires that dealt blows to our community. Artistic pursuits took a back seat to safety and necessity. Art is a way to heal. Last fall, after two years of hard work and effort, the Carmel Valley Art Association was granted its nonprofit 501(c)(3)status. Soon after we received a generous grant from the Arts Council for Monterey & Monterey County Board of Supervisors. These funds immediately went to work on behalf of the artists, including those for whom art is a passion, career, and emotional outlet. To promote our local art and artists we are currently rebuilding our website: www.cvartassoc.org to better serve our artists and community’s needs. This will soon be finished. Stay tuned! We have recently moved again into our "forever happy place" at #8 Del Fino Place (next to Cafe Rustica). Believing in the generous support of our community at large, we are now busy laying the groundwork for a fantastic year! This recent transition to a nonprofit organization enables us to broaden our outreach among the local art community and bring art experience to more people by:
a) being more inclusive for local studio artists,
b) offering "Just For Kid’s" workshops, FREE under 14 yrs. c) continuing adult instruction in multi media ~ painting in oil and acrylic, mosaic, and other media,
d) starting our own CVAA plein aire group at local C.V. venues with various CVAA Featured Artists,
e) reinstating our popular ‘paint-n-sip’ events with Featured Artist Linda Elling... and so much more. Carmel Valley Art Association has long been the artistic “hub” and the largest fine art gallery in the region with an impressive roster of local talent. The CVAA promotes local art and artists. Visitors and locals alike come to the gallery to enjoy the variety and to be inspired. Please take a moment now to support the arts and artists through CVAA. Large or small, all financial support helps to nurture art in our community. TO DONATE NOW: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLCZWB556PEEP/checkout/HTNAP6HJAKZNM4E3K3Y5K3XT

cvartassoc.org [email protected]
Please check out our Virtual Tour:https://carmelvalleyroadco.com/cv-art-association/

Car Week comes to us!We don’t even have to leave the gallery!!!Carmel Valley Art Association Shelley Aliotti Carmel Va...
08/13/2026

Car Week comes to us!
We don’t even have to leave the gallery!!!

Carmel Valley Art Association
Shelley Aliotti Carmel Valley Locals
Carmel Valley Road Co. John Aliotti

Beautiful sunny Sunday at Carmel Valley Art Association. We had a wonderful visit with a dear friend & past CVAA Feature...
08/11/2026

Beautiful sunny Sunday at Carmel Valley Art Association. We had a wonderful visit with a dear friend & past CVAA Featured Artist Leslie Hodgen (and her family).
She now lives in San Miguel, Mexico but has such fond memories of when she lived here with her husband Dennis... who passed a few years ago
Leslie's cousin saw one of our ceramic pots in the front window made by Featured Artist Mark Muckenfuss... and they knew it needed to go home with them to Portland, Oregon!
SOLD!
Come in and see our local artists and the beautiful art they create!
Shelley Aliotti John AliottiJohn Aliotti

Happy Birthday dear Sam Johnston. We have been celebrating you for over 20+ years! WOW! We 💕you & your amazing oil paint...
08/10/2026

Happy Birthday dear Sam Johnston.
We have been celebrating you for over 20+ years! WOW!
We 💕you & your amazing oil paintings in our gallery… Looks like you are out enjoying celebrating “YOU”!
hugs, Shelley, John & Sunny🐾too

Carmel Valley Art Association John Aliotti Shelley Aliotti

The lights are now on in our CVAA Studio Patio!!! We are lookin’ great! Come in for a visit & see & meet our local art...
08/09/2026

The lights are now on in our CVAA Studio Patio!!! We are lookin’ great! Come in for a visit & see & meet our local artists.


Carmel Valley Art Association
Shelley Aliotti John Aliotti
Sam Johnston Jason Reisig
Emma Reisig Colleen D C Marquez
Bobbie Brainerd, Artist
Judy Verlenden Diana Alchimisti
Carmel Valley Road Co.
Carmel Valley Locals Carmel by the Sea
Michael Wong Sandy Olson Valerie Jackie

John Aliotti has designed a jaadesign custom turquoise & silver bracelet for a semi- local customer who was very happy w...
08/08/2026

John Aliotti has designed a jaadesign custom turquoise & silver bracelet for a semi- local customer who was very happy with the results!

Carmel Valley Art Association
John Aliotti Shelley Aliotti
Carmel Valley Road Co.

Michael, we always 💕 it when you & Zorro ride on over to CVAA and hang out! Great visiting with you two & Sandy also!...
08/08/2026

Michael, we always 💕 it when you & Zorro ride on over to CVAA and hang out!
Great visiting with you two & Sandy also!!! Gotta ❤️our Carmel Valley life!
hugs, Shelley & John


Carmel Valley Art Association
Shelley Aliotti John Aliotti
Michael Wong Sandy Olson

So happy for you Bobbie Brainerd, Artistand also proud to have your beautiful art in our gallery!!Carmel Valley Art Asso...
08/08/2026

So happy for you Bobbie Brainerd, Artist
and also proud to have your beautiful art in our gallery!!

Carmel Valley Art Association
Shelley Aliotti John Aliotti

What a wonderful email to receive today! So thankful for this honor and looking forward to seeing the paintings of the other accepted artists. Congratulations all! To be honest, there are a number of juried shows I have applied to and haven’t been accepted into. And that’s really hard, but I try to take it in stride and keep pressing forward. And I try to encourage others to do the same. LINK TO THE SHOW: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/714600977/

Soooo COOL!!! We watched Emma, our granddaughter and a CVAA Featured Artist, at her real everyday job … Emma “produced” ...
08/08/2026

Soooo COOL!!! We watched Emma, our granddaughter and a CVAA Featured Artist, at her real everyday job … Emma “produced” two episodes on SHARK WEEK! While editing for this Discovery Channel program for several years… this year, they sent HER to New Zealand, in March, with her film crew and equipment for three weeks.

I took these screenshots while watching it with Jason & Rachel when they were here… getting stories from behind the scene… like that she got to name the sharks (one after her cat🤣) and that the team named one of them “ Emma!😁
She is on the boat in some of these photos but otherwise, she is excited to be behind the camera this time!!!
(So fun and very proud of you Em!)

Shelley Aliotti John Aliotti
Carmel Valley Art Association
Emma Reisig Jason Reisig

Address

8 Del Fino Place;
Carmel Valley, CA
93924

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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