• ABOUT GAVA

    The Greenbelt Association for the Visual Arts is organized to provide comprehensive programming in the visual arts, and in interdisciplinary projects, for the population of Greenbelt and the surrounding communities.

    Our goal is to offer quality programs that are accessible to a diverse population, and to serve as advocates for the Greenbelt arts community.

    Our vision is to create a vibrant center for the visual arts which will actively cooperate with other arts and community organizations in Greenbelt, Prince George’s County, and Maryland, and with the City of Greenbelt, to foster creativity and community involvement in the arts.

    The Greenbelt Association for the Visual Arts (GAVA), offers painting, block printing, and comic book art classes at Mowatt Church for home-school and after-school students during the academic year.  Also offered are quarterly sessions of GAVA/GATE Animation Classes for youth 7-18 years-old – with additional classes for home-schoolers and special needs teens.

    GAVA has a partnership with the PTA of Greenbelt Elementary School, helping to bring local artists into the school for special projects that enhance the curriculum. 

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    PAINTING CLASS
    PRINTMAKING CLASS
    ANIMATION CLASS
    COMIC BOOK CLASS

    Registration and Payment

    • Amounts include a fee for using PayPal.
    • You can also write a check or money order to GAVA and send to: GAVA, 129 Northway, Greenbelt, MD 20770
    • To reserve a class space, there is a $25 non-refundable fee that goes toward the remaining class fee.

     

    Art Show

    Art Show

    The Art Show is sponsored by the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Committee and the Greenbelt Association for the Visual Arts (GAVA). The Labor Day Art Shows are displayed in the…

    Gerald Foster

    Gerald Foster completed the short Flash film, Red Tailed Angels as a home-school project in Gava/Gate Animation Class. His youth project was a Finalist selection in the International 2009 MHz Shorties and screened at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Theater in Arlington, Virginia. As an Attending Director, G was able to address an audience and speak about… Read more “Gerald Foster”

    Matthew McLaughlin

    Matthew McLaughlin, a first-time Adobe Flash user, created four short animations in Gava/Gate Animation Class at age 13 and contributed to our first stop-motion Group Project, When Beavers Attack!!! He later attended Ringling College of Art & Design. He found early exposure with working in layers during his youth very helpful when first beginning 3D animation. He… Read more “Matthew McLaughlin”

    Golly So

    Golly So, at age 11, completed a forty second, cut-paper animation with help from her younger sister while in Gava/Gate Animation Class. Her finished short film, Let’s Go Iceskating!, won Second Place in the Children’s Film Category at the 2001 Ottawa International Student Animation Festival (SAFO 01) and High Honors in Youth Film (with a cash… Read more “Golly So”

    Pallas Bane

    Pallas Bane, at age 13, finished a minute-long Photoshop and Flash animation about her favorite food – The Big Cheese. She and her brother composed and sang an original soundtrack that included drumming on a file cabinet. Her film was screened at 2003 Ottawa International Student Animation Festival (SAFO 03), and won the “Gouda Special Award”… Read more “Pallas Bane”

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