Mission Statement
Collective Visions Gallery is an association of West Sound Professional Artists working together to expand awareness of contemporary visual art and make it available for purchase.
We offer an ongoing program of exhibits, lectures, workshops, concerts, and other art-related events to communicate ideas, build community, and enrich and educate our audience.
We host the prestigious annual CVG Juried Show each winter, which brings together artists from all over the State. Throughout the year, we present art by local and international artists in our Underground Gallery.
History
Our doors opened on November 1st 1994 as the Washington Avenue Art Gallery. The Washington Avenue Art Gallery, originally dubbed WAAG, was located in the Enetai Building which has now been torn down to make way for the new Kitsap Conference Center - Bremerton Harborside. It was the second gallery to open in downtown Bremerton, forming the core of the Arts District along with Amy Burnett Gallery. These two galleries instituted the monthly First Friday Art Walks, the first of its kind in the west sound area. They were later joined by the Artists Edge, Metropolis and Glitz galleries, as well as many other downtown shops and museums. In 1996 the gallery moved into its current location in the old McBride's Hallmark building and was renamed Collective Visions.
Today
We are located at 331 Pacific Avenue, in the heart of downtown Bremerton, on the corner of 4th and Pacific and are open Wednesday through Saturday 11 am - 4 pm.
Collective Visions continues as an artist-owned and operated gallery and currently represents works by about 20 Puget Sound artists. The artists produce artwork in many media, including oil, acrylic, pastel, encaustic and watercolor paintings; drawings in pencil and charcoal; etchings, monoprints and collographs; wood carvings; sculpture in stone, wood, metal and polymer clay; a variety of functional and artistic ceramics; color and black and white photography and digital mediums as well.
On the first Friday of each month, Collective Visions plays host to a gala art opening from 5-8 pm where we feature works by one of our artists in our Feature Gallery and display new works by the other Collective Visions artists throughout.
If you are interested in utilizing our space for your next party or reception please contact our gallery manager at 360-377-8327 for more information!
Our Board
President - Rose Guastella
Vice President - Dani Gray
Recording Secretary - Kate Vikstrom
Treasurer- Thomas Petralia
Gallery Manager - Cindy Duvall
Board Member - Alan Newberg
Board Member - Lou Hurlbut