GVA was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest art groups in the Midwest and the oldest in Michigan.  Not happy with the then-popular modern art focus of the local art community, Bill Kubiak, Armand Merizon, and Carl Forslund decided to start a group to focus instead on Realism and traditional art. GVA has

GVA was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest art groups in the Midwest and the oldest in Michigan.  Not happy with the then-popular modern art focus of the local art community, Bill Kubiak, Armand Merizon, and Carl Forslund decided to start a group to focus instead on Realism and traditional art. GVA has