The Red House Studios & Gallery is hosting a Holiday Gift Market and mixed media art show through December.

The market has artist made gifts including turned wood, fiber art, jewelry, altered art, folk art, ceramics, journals, small fine art prints, cards, ornaments and many more original, unique works. “Our artists have priced these items from $10 to $100 to encourage people to buy from local talent for their friends and family,” says Ray Mata, coordinator of the market.

“Dimensions of Mixed Media” is currently on display at the Red House gallery. These works include creations by regional artists using two or more distinct mediums in one integrated piece of art. This allows great versatility and provides a rich viewer experience as the eye uncovers the multiple layers and dimensionality that often characterizes mixed media art. This characteristic of mixed media contributes to its popularity within the modern art world. Viewers will see works that use paint, encaustic, cold wax, collage, assemblage, paper, textiles, found objects, metals, clay, fiber, wood and more.

People think that because we are known as a fine art league we limit ourselves to the development of “traditional” art. However our mission encourages our members to explore all avenues of creativity from experimental to real-life drawing.

The historic Red House, home of the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League is located at 310 West State Street next to the Monte Vista Hotel. Gallery hours for November and December are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information go to www.svfalarts.org or call (828) 669-0351.