2013 Sitka Workshop Catalog by Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

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2013 Workshop Catalog

On the Central Oregon Coast

Dedicated to expanding the relationship between art, nature and humanity

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Our Story...................................3-5 Directions/What to Bring..........6-7 Membership/Gift Certificate......... 8

WELCOME

Workshop Registration...................... 9 Workshops................................. 10-35 Events........................................ 36-37

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Lodging/Food/Shops.................. 38-43 Index of Workshops................... 44-46 Sitka Art Invitational....................... 47

Cover Art: Larry Thomas, October Drawing (detail), 2010, engraving, sumi ink, acrylic wash on paper

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Welcome to Sitka

A Place to Nurture Your Creative Spirit Nestled in a grove of Sitka spruce trees and with the Pacific Ocean in view, the Sitka Center is a pristine, tranquil environment enticing folks to relax, breathe and nourish their creative side. From May to November, we offer more than 100 workshops, spanning 16 different subject areas related to art and ecology such as painting, drawing, woodcarving, photography, writing, mushroom hunting and many more. Whether you’re taking a workshop inside the studio or outside in nature, you’ll be struck by the surrounding natural world. It’s gorgeous here! In addition to your workshop, you may choose to hike the Cascade Head trail seeing delicate, unfurling Lady Fern fronds, a forest understory splashed with dense, bright green moss, and long, slender grasses that dance in the wind. Or, you may choose to sit on a bench outside quietly writing or simply relax and soak in the atmosphere. However you choose to shape your Sitka experience, we’ll do our best to make it extraordinary. We invite you to flip through these pages and find the workshops that excite you. Stretch yourself to learn a completely new skill, challenge yourself to practice a new technique in an area you already know or step outside your comfort zone by diving into a workshop that gives you butterflies of excitement in your belly! Have fun choosing and we’ll see you at Sitka, -The Sitka Center Board and Staff

WELCOME

OUR STORY

Board of Directors Marlys Pierson, President Jane Boyden, Vice President Laura Doyle, Secretary/Treasurer Sarah Greene Kregg Hanson Nancy Tauman Pat Thompson Martha Wylder

Staff Jalene Case, Executive Director Caroline Brooks, Program Manager Ernie Rose, Sponsorship Manager Mindy Chaffin, Events Coordinator Dawn Stetzel, Studio Technician Rebecca Welti, Outreach Coordinator

Left to right: Mindy Chaffin, Ernie Rose, Jalene Case, Caroline Brooks and Dawn Stetzel.

OUR STORY

ABOUT SITKA CENTER

About the Sitka Center Founded in 1970, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology offers residency and workshop programs on the central Oregon coast just north of Lincoln City near Cascade Head. We foster creativity, intellectual inquiry and education in harmony with the inspirational coastal environment. By helping others discover more about their core creative selves and their connections to nature, the Sitka Center works to fulfill its mission of expanding the relationships between art, nature and humanity. This is a place where diverse people come together, converge ideas and depart transformed. Sitka’s Residency Program, which runs from October to May, offers the beauty and solace of the central Oregon coast combined with the gift of precious time and space. Our residencies are an opportunity to delve deeply into one’s work for 3 1/2 months and to share with other residents and the local community. We welcome applications from visual artists, writers, musicians and from scientists who engage with the environment. Applications are due on April 19 for residencies beginning this fall.

surroundings. Those interested in teaching at the Sitka Center are encouraged to submit a workshop proposal online by October 1.

From May to November, our Workshop Program provides 1- to 4-day workshops in the visual and literary arts as well as ecology and music. All instruction takes place in one of the Center’s four studios, our library or outdoors in the spectacular

We invite you to nurture your creativity by experiencing what the Sitka Center has to offer. For more information on our programs, please visit our website at www.sitkacenter.org or call us at (541) 994-5485.

Each fall, we take Sitka to the World Forestry Center in Portland during the Sitka Art Invitational. This dazzling art exhibit and sale allows us to build awareness about Sitka while supporting regional artists and Sitka’s programs. A variety of workshops are offered at the World Forestry Center during the week of the event.

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ABOUT SITKA CENTER

OUR STORY

DIRECTIONS

Directions From Portland

From Portland, take I-5 South to Salem. Turn on Hwy 99 East/Salem Pkwy at exit 260A. Turn on Hwy 22 West, then on Hwy 18 West (follow signs for “Oregon Coast”). Turn on Hwy 101 North. Travel one mile to the junction of Hwy 101 and N. Three Rocks Road. (Look for white barn on left.) Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road. Continue directions with “From N. Three Rocks Road.”

From Eugene

From Eugene, take I-5 North to Salem. Turn on Hwy 22 West at exit 253, then on Hwy 18 West (follow signs for “Oregon Coast”). Turn on Hwy 101 North. Travel one mile to the junction of Hwy 101 and N. Three Rocks Road. (Look for white barn on left.) Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road. Continue directions with “From N. Three Rocks Road.”

From Lincoln City and South

Take Hwy 101 North toward Tillamook. After going under the Hwy 18 overpass just north of Lincoln City, go 1.1 miles to the junction of Hwy 101 and Three Rocks Road. (Look for white barn on left.) Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road. Continue directions with “From N. Three Rocks Road.”

From Tillamook and North

Take Hwy 101 South toward Lincoln City. After passing Neskowin, travel the road as it climbs up and over Cascade Head. At the bottom of the hill turn right on N. Three Rocks Road. Continue directions with “From N. Three Rocks Road.”

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You’re almost there . . .

From N. Three Rocks Road Travel west toward the ocean on N. Three Rocks Road. Drive 2.3 miles to a “Y” in the road. Watch for the blue Sitka Center signs. At the “Y” turn right on Savage Road. Go up the hill and take the first right, on to Ridge Road. Keep following the road around and turn left into the Sitka parking lot.

Please only park in the Sitka parking lots designated by the blue signs.

Lost? Call the Sitka Center office at (541) 994-5485 for further help. If stairs are a concern, we can offer assistance and an alternative drop-off point. To make arrangements, please call us in advance at (541) 994-5485.

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WHAT TO BRING

In Preparation for Your Workshop . . . HOUSING OPTIONS • Because there is no student housing, RV parking or camping available at the Sitka Center, you will need to find accommodations in Lincoln City, Neskowin, Otis or Pacific City. • Visit our website (www.sitkacenter.org on the workshop tab) or see pages 38-40 for lodging options offered by places that support the Sitka Center. Some provide discounts to Sitka students. • More options are available at the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau (www.oregoncoast.org) and for Neskowin, Oregon (www.neskowinoregon.com). LUNCH • Bring a sack lunch and food for the day. A refrigerator, microwave and dishes are available for you to use. • Coffee and tea are provided. Sodas and snacks are available for purchase.

Bring

MATERIALS • Some instructors expect students to bring materials with them. Material lists are posted on Sitka’s website and are included in registration packets. PARKING • Please carpool to the Sitka Center whenever possible. • Parking at Sitka is limited to its designated lots. There are 2 parking spaces for people with disabilities. • If you have special access needs, please call ahead at (541) 994-5485 or email info@sitkacenter.org. • We have no facilities for RVs or campers. PETS • Pets are not allowed at the Sitka Center.

MEMBERSHIP & GIFT CERTIFICATE

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Memberships A membership at the Sitka Center is more than just a way to be first in line on registration day and to receive discounts on workshops, although students love these benefits! Being a member connects your personal enthusiasm for the Sitka Center with a larger purpose. It sends a message to the world about the important priority you put on creativity, art and nature. It says, “I believe in the value of nourishing creativity, of exploring nature and of seeing more art in our world!” When you become a member, you are making Sitka stronger, financially and as an organization. Individually we can do great things. Together, we can do amazing things.

Gift Certificates Gift certificates make an excellent gift for friends and family while providing support for the Sitka Center. Gift certificates may go toward all or part of a workshop tuition, membership or merchandise at Sitka. Visit www.sitkacenter.org or call us at (541) 994-5485 to purchase a certificate. To purchase your membership or a gift certificate, visit www.sitkacenter.org or call us at (541) 994-5485.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS

All members receive the benefit of early workshop registration and subscription to our monthly e-Newsletters. $50 Individual $100 Supporter 10% member discount on tuition $150 Household 10% household discount on tuition $250 Sustainer 20% discount on tuition $500+ Benefactor 30% discount on tuition

REGISTRATION

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Workshop Registration You may register online or by phone, fax, or mail. • ONLINE registration is on the workshop page at www.sitkacenter.org. • PHONE registration is available by calling (541) 994-5485. • MAIL or FAX a downloaded registration form with your payment. Address: 56605 Sitka Dr, Otis, OR 97368 Fax: (541) 994-8024

Members-Only Registration begins February 25. Non-Member Registration begins March 11. If you are not a member and wish to join at the same time you register for a workshop, you will be entitled to our membersonly early registration period.

Wait Lists and Fees • If the workshop is full, you may choose to be added to a wait list. If an enrolled student cancels, Sitka will attempt to fill the vacancy by immediately notifying the first person on the wait list. • Material fees are used to reimburse instructors for supplies they purchase and provide for students. Instructors may bring materials that are difficult to find or more economical to purchase in bulk. Material fees help to offset these expenses. • Model fees are used to compensate for time to work with a live model.

Registration Cancellations and Schedule Changes • Registration cancellations must be made in writing—via mail or email—to info@sitkacenter.org. • Canceling a registration 21+ days prior to workshop = 100% refund less a $35 administrative fee. • Canceling a registration 14-20 days prior to workshop = 50% refund with no administrative fee. • There is no refund for cancellations made less than 14 days before the first day of the workshop. • Refunds will be issued by initial payment method or applied toward registration in another workshop. • Sitka may cancel a workshop 14 days prior to the start date if enrollment is too low; we will notify you and you will receive a 100% refund.

Satisfaction Guarantee

If you are not satisfied with your workshop experience, you may request a full refund.

People of any race, sex, color, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual preference or disability are welcome at all Sitka Center programs and activities, and will enjoy all the same rights and privileges. Sitka Center reserves the right to change programs, regulations and fees noted in this schedule.

APRIL-MAY

WORKSHOPS

Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhano, & Louise Carslake

Winds and Waves: Recorder Workshop

Intermediate through advanced recorder skills • Age 16+

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Kim Stafford

Oregon Symphony in Green All skill levels • Age 18+

Faculty Concert: Friday, April 26, 8pm St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church, Lincoln City

A friend calls spring in western Oregon “the symphony,” as root, stem, and leaf burst forth singing green. Write in the spirit of this rush, in celebration of the life principle at the heart of the natural world, and in us. “Every leaf is a beginner.” Writing exercises will invite you to find your own direction as we share our work and teach each other.

Apr 27-29

May 25-26

Faculty includes Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhano and Louise Carslake, all of whom perform, record, teach and conduct workshops throughout the United States and abroad. Blaker, who also composes for recorder and other instruments, and Berlin are based in the San Francisco Bay area and form the duo Tibia (www.tibiaduo.com). Galhano, originally from Brazil, lives and teaches in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is on the faculty of Macalester College and other Twin Cities institutions. Carslake directs the Early Music Ensembles at Mills College in Oakland, California, and teaches Baroque flute at University of California, Berkeley. She is a 2013 Recorder-Artist-in-Residence at the Sitka Center.

Kim Stafford is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute, and author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. In addition to Sitka, he has taught writing workshops at the annual Fishtrap Writers Gathering and at colleges and literary centers in Oregon and abroad. www.kim-stafford.com

Come work on a wide variety of music from the recorder repertoire with an internationally renowned recorder faculty. Classes are divided into three ability groups: intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced. The final hour on Monday is a “Grand Consort” with all participants playing together. The hours for this workshop are Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 5:15pm, and Monday, 9am to 3pm. A ticket to the Faculty Concert on Friday and catered lunches are included.

9:00am-5:15pm on Sat & Sun, 9:00am-3:00pm on Mon Tuition: $255 Total Cost: $255

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $265 Total Cost: $265

WORKSHOPS MAY

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Lori Latham

Painting Abstract Landscapes All skill levels • Age 18+

Karen Ulvestad

Of the Land, Sea & Air: A Coastal Photographic Adventure All skill levels • Age 16+

Take risks and explore a variety of ways to paint abstract landscapes in an exciting, fast-paced environment. Experiment with different viscosities of Golden Fluid acrylic paint, a full range of mediums, and an assortment of non-traditional painting tools. Students will have ample opportunity to explore new ways of working with paint and develop their paintings.

The Oregon coast is an excellent place to photograph birds and marine life. Improve your wildlife spotting skills as well as your photographic technique including exposure and composition. Highlights may include the Common Murre, Cormorants and Harbor Seals. The hours of this workshop are 8am to 2pm and there will be travel to photo sites.

May 25-28

May 28-29

Sat-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $370 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $390

Lori Latham continually experiments to discover new ways of applying paint to canvas that will reveal a landscape. She brings these discoveries with her each summer to share at her workshop. She believes sharing what we know with each other is the greatest vehicle for artistic growth. www.lorilatham.com

Tue-Wed 8:00am-2:00pm Tuition: $160 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $165

Karen Ulvestad’s work has been published in brochures, websites, and cards. She writes a blog titled, “Just About Birds,” which discusses photography techniques, birdfriendly gardens and birding sites. She gives photography presentations at events such as the Concrete Eagle Festival. Her work spans more than twenty-five years. www.igotheshot.com

Jean Wells Keenan

Quilting: Simply the Land Intermediate • Age 16+

Let the flowing forms of nature be your inspiration in this art quilting design workshop that focuses on line and color. Land, water, sky, rocks, details in leaves and wood can all be starting points for this process. Short exercises will be followed by the planning and execution of an original design in fabric.

May 29-31

Wed-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $355 Materials Fee: $3 Total Cost: $358

Jean Wells Keenan is an award winning textile artist, author, educator and owner of The Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon. She is founder of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Jean is a committed artist working with natural configurations in an intuitive way focusing on line and color. www.jeanwellsquilts.com “I loved letting go of worries and just going for it!”

Jenny Bates

Your American Life: Writing the Creative Non-Fiction Essay All skill levels • Age 18+

Each week the NPR program “This American Life” brings its listeners stories covering a wide range of topics, crafting narratives about what it means to be human. Using this program as a starting point, we’ll compose our own stories, while learning the elements of effective and engaging creative non-fiction.

May 31-Jun 1

Fri-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $205 Total Cost: $205

Fueled by a love of words, how they get together and create new worlds and ideas, Jenny Bates writes her way toward a life for art’s sake. She teaches writing at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and acts as Editor-in-Chief for OCAC’s arts and letters magazine, Analogy.

JUNE

WORKSHOPS

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Linda Swindle

Tash Wesp

Tom Crawford

David Riedel

All skill levels • Age 16+

If you can hold a paintbrush, you can paint on silk! Use vivid, flowing dyes as you learn direct dyeing, gutta resist, texturing, dry verses wet, color mixing and design techniques. Paint one or more scarves depending on your pace. Consider taking this workshop in conjunction with Nuno Felted Scarf on June 2 with Tash Wesp to felt your painted scarf with wool.

Derived from the Japanese word “nuno” which means cloth, nuno felting is a process of felting together wool and silk. Learn the nuno wet felting technique to make your own unique scarf. Consider taking this workshop in conjunction with Silk Scarf Painting on June 1 with Linda Swindle to felt your painted scarf.

Hit the ground “singing,” not running in this experimental workshop. Write poems and read them aloud to discover your own process for creating poetry. It’ll be a recitation for the ear—every image a note. Play with heart to discover your own voice and expect to have a delightful time.

Jun 2

Sun-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $155 Total Cost: $155

Silk Scarf Painting

Jun 1

Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $80 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $120

Linda Swindle is a watercolor artist and silk painter who enjoys the spontaneity and freedom of expression each medium lends. For Linda, inspiration for subject matter comes from our walk through everyday life. Her teaching philosophy is, “if it isn’t fun, why do it?” www.lswatercolors.com

Nuno Felted Scarf

Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $80 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $100

Tash has been a felt maker for twenty years. She creates collectable one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art and felt objects and hangings. Her art, like her teaching and her life, is whimsical, fun and full of passion to create. www.tashwesp.com

It’s Your Music: Writing Poems

Jun 2-3

Tom Crawford is the author of six previous books of poetry, and the recipient of the Pushcart Prize, ForeWord Book of the Year, the Oregon Book Award for Poetry (Lauds), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. His most recent collection, The Names of Birds, is published by Western Edge Press. www.tomcrawfordpoetry.com

Drawing Portraits

Improve your portrait drawing skills by working from a live, clothed model. Learn to choose the most important information to convey the overall structure of the head, while using a broad array of line, shade, smudges and marks to create beautiful drawings. These skills will also help with drawing other subject matter.

Jun 3-5

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $215 Model Fee: $50 Total Cost: $265

David Riedel attended The Art Students League in New York and studied with several of its fine instructors including David Leffel. He has painted professionally for over twenty years. His teaching style is based on his experience including skills learned at the Art Students League. www.davidriedelfineart.com

“One of the best workshops I’ve ever taken anywhere. Walked into class feeling like I didn’t have much experience in abstract art . . . and left feeling fully equipped to explore it on my own.”

WORKSHOPS JUNE

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Patricia Wheeler

Sarah Swanson & Max Smith

Jennifer Wall

Intermediate • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Journal Journey

Must See Birds of the Oregon Coast

Direct Metal Casting

Strengthen your voice to create a unique and personal journal, rich in authentic expression. Take a new sketchbook and bring it to life. Bring materials—photos, drawing and painting materials, collage items—to add a personalized appearance to your journal pages. Class time will include sessions for sketching and writing.

Learn to find and identify birds emblematic of the Oregon coast. Visit the bustling seabird colony at Yaquina Head and the forests and meadows of Cascade Head. We’ll discuss field marks, vocalizations and the fascinating natural history of the birds we find. The hours of this workshop are 8am to 2pm and there will be travel to various sites.

Cuttlefish casting is an ancient and relatively instant casting method which leaves a distinct woodgrainlike pattern in the cast metal piece. Learn cuttlefish carving and casting techniques using both one- and two-part molds, and create a unique ring, pendant or small sculpture. No previous metalsmithing experience is required.

Jun 6

Jun 6-7

Jun 7-9

Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $115 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $140

Patricia Wheeler is a multimedia artist who focuses on community and connections, the collective stories, traits and ghosts we carry as a society. In her work she explores the intersections between language and image, searching for insight into the human story. www.patriciawheelerart.com

Thu-Fri 8:00am-2:00pm Tuition: $130 Total Cost: $130

Sarah Swanson loves to teach people about birds by going out in nature and finding the species that grab people’s attention and make them want to learn more. Sarah and her husband, Max Smith, will be teaching this class together and co-wrote a birding guide being published by Timber Press in 2013.

“Always a delight to come here and experience something new.”

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $240

Jennifer Wall has an MFA degree from the University of Oregon and is the metals studio manager and an instructor at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon in Portland. Her work has been shown in galleries both nationally and internationally. She employs a range of methodologies and material with a focus on the intersection between the machined and the handmade. www.jenniferwall.com

Patricia Wheeler

Painting Archaeology: The Abstract Painting of Place Intermediate • Age 18+

The act of building a painting is in itself transformational: inscription and mark-making activate the surface, while cutting into the work excavates the history of the painting. Using the process of palimpsest, we will employ scripts and symbols to create abstract paintings of place or recollection.

Jun 8-11

Sat-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $425 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $450

Patricia Wheeler is a multimedia artist who focuses on community and connections—the collective stories, traits and ghosts we carry as a society. In her work she explores the intersections between language and image, searching for insight into the human story. www.patriciawheelerart.com

JUNE

WORKSHOPS

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Julianna Waters

Sue Jensen

Shannon Weber

Aimee Erickson

All skill levels • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 18+

All skill levels • Age 16+

The Poetry Wheel

Encaustics: Texture and Abstraction

Embraced by the natural beauty of Cascade Head, we will free-write, use poetry recipes and poetic mapping as tools to dissect and distill our personal stories. Learn a supportive style of feedback and leave with new material and tools. No experience in creative writing is necessary.

Encaustic, also known as hot wax painting, involves using layers of heated beeswax with pigments and mixed media. Delve into the textural possibilities of this luminous medium through carving, embossing, line work, collage and building depth.

Jun 10-11

Wed-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $145 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $175

Mon-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $200 Total Cost: $200

Julianna Waters wears many hats: therapist, songwriter, poet and novelist. She’s been in private practice for over twenty years, specializes in the use of literary therapies and is fascinated by the healing nature of poetry, song and prose. She’s an award winning singersongwriter, accomplished poet, lover of wild places and is currently working on her first novel. www.juliannawaters.com

Jun 12-13

Sue Jensen has been teaching art for twenty years and approaches her teaching with the intent of reaching each student’s skill level. She stresses positivity, creativity, and confidence. Jensen resides in Portland, Oregon. www.suejensenart.com “I love the dedicated time to just paint, with no distractions. Having this much fun just may be illegal!”

Adventures of the Woven Form Learn to random weave reclaimed items and materials found in nature to create a unique vessel. Embellish your form using fabric and paper layered with encaustic medium, object entrapment and other mixedmedia techniques. You will take home one or more finished projects.

Jun 12-14

Wed-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $50 Total Cost: $325

Shannon Weber is a full-time studio artist of merit with over two decades of teaching and exhibition experience. She works with hand collected and reclaimed materials combined with non-traditional applications of surface design layers. Shannon is most noted for her use of sea kelp and large vivid woven forms. www.shannonweber.com

Color Theory for Painters Change how you see and paint by studying the basics of color. Delve into color’s defining characteristics, harmonies and emotional capacity. Detailed exercises will allow you to practice each concept. Leave with a complete set of notes and charts for future reference and a solid understanding of color.

Jun 14-16

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $215 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $220

Aimee Erickson is a freelance painter living in Portland. She paints primarily in oil. She teaches drawing and painting with a particular interest in what enables or inhibits our vision and progress as artists. She has a BFA degree in illustration and teaches at the Multnomah Arts Center. www.aimeeerickson.com

“This is the most glorious and inspiring location for workshops.”

WORKSHOPS JUNE

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Drew Myron

Come to Your Senses All skill levels • Age 16+

Writing comes alive with the detail our senses provide. Exploring the senses of touch, taste and smell, we’ll focus on fresh writing with prompts designed to energize and inspire. In this fun and supportive workshop, generate new work and discover ways to shape and sharpen your writing.

Jun 15

Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $70 Total Cost: $70

Drew Myron is author of Thin Skin, a collection of photos and poems. As a journalist, she has covered news, arts and travel for AOL’s CityGuide, Northwest Best Places and other publications. She now heads DCM, a marketing communications company, and is a writing instructor at Seashore Family Literacy. www.drewmyron.com

Marcy Baker

Silas Stardance & Frank Boyden

Kathryn Ridall

All skill levels • Age 14+

All skill levels • Age 10+

All skill levels • Age 14+

A Collage Approach to Monotype Explore a sampling of techniques for creating monotype prints in this fun, informative workshop. Learn to make your own stamps, stencils and relief plates using the outdoors as inspiration. Then create a monotype series using your handmade tools, a ghost print technique, vibrant layers of oil-based inks and the chine collé method of collage.

Jun 16-17

Sun-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $165 Materials Fee: $35 Total Cost: $200

Marcy Baker received her BFA degree from Syracuse University in 1982. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and is included in the collections of Hallmark and Kansas Wesleyan University. Baker has taught monotype and collage at Multnomah Arts Center and in private studio workshops for eight years. www.marcybaker.com

Crabbing the Siletz River

Ride in a 22-ft North River Sled (motorboat) and experience the Siletz River estuary. Learn about the physical, geologic and biologic systems and how their combined relationships make up this thriving, complex system. The trip features the catching, preparation and consumption of Dungeness crabs. The hours of this workshop are 8am to 2pm. Meet at the Siletz Moorage.

Jun 17

Mon 8:00am-2:00pm Tuition: $165 Total Cost: $165

Silas Stardance, local Northwest Fishing Guide, has lived on the central Oregon coast for his entire life and has been a Lincoln County resident since 1976. He studied Fisheries Science at Oregon State University. His passion for the area is transformed through his knowledge of the central coast’s rivers and estuaries. Frank Boyden is co-founder of the Sitka Center and a local legend as a fisherman and hound of water creatures. www.riverhawkguideserviceonline.net

Calling The Muse

What attracts and what pushes away your muse? In this workshop, learn to understand and strengthen the relationship with your muse through group discussion, visuals, writing exercises and creating a muse map. All feedback on shared writing will be positive and strength-based.

Jun 18-19

Tue-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $130 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $140

Kathryn Ridall came to poetry after a long career as a psychotherapist and university instructor. She is a widely published poet and the editor of Fae Press in Eugene. In her workshops, she provides rich teaching materials and a supportive environment for personal exploration, writing and group sharing. www.kathryn-ridall.com “. . . lots of fun, lots of painting time, and lots of good humor.”

JUNE

Judy Vogland

Watercolor With a Twist: Breaking Old Rules and Creating New Ones All skill levels • Age 16+

WORKSHOPS

Jude Siegel

Nature Journaling with Watercolor and Pen All skill levels • Age 16+

Frank, Allen, & Bradley Boyden

Edible Shellfish

All skill levels • Age 7+ (under 12 accompanied by adult)

Put traditional watercolor techniques on hold in this exciting workshop focused on composition, color and surface development. Expand your artistic horizons by working with unconventional materials and embellishing new surfaces with rich hues in organic or structured compositions. This workshop will be held in the studio and outside as weather permits.

Nature journaling is a joyful way to be creative, increase awareness and gain skills. In a watercolor journal format, record impressions of the world around you using watercolor, pen, graphite, writing and more. Spend lots of time outdoors and experiment with borders, pen-work, plant prints and other page enhancements.

Collect, prepare and consume local, edible invertebrates with the Boyden Brothers. Examine the ecology of the collection sites, discover and practice proven collection techniques and discuss the biology of various collected species. This workshop will culminate with a great feast at Sitka. Bring a valid Oregon shellfish license. See special hours below.

Jun 18-21

Jun 20-22

Jun 21-23

Thu-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $305 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $310

Tue-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $335 Materials Fee: $18 Total Cost: $353

Judy Vogland, an Oregon painter, has taught surface building with sand and found materials on the Oregon beaches for over thirty years. In addition to teaching at Portland State University, Hillsboro High School and the Sitka Center, Vogland creates public space and corporate artwork, and works in collage/assemblage for gallery exhibitions.

Teaching about nature and art to adults and children for over thirty-five years, Jude Siegel has taught classes through Portland Community College, Haystack, Multnomah Art Center, Pacific Northwest College of Art and the Sitka Center. She currently teaches in Portland. Her book, A Pacific Northwest Nature Sketchbook, was published by Timber Press in 2006. www.judesiegel.com

Fri 5:30pm-6:30pm Sat 5:30am-3:00pm Sun 6:30am-6:00pm Tuition: $190 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $215

Frank Boyden is co-founder of the Sitka Center and a local legend as fisherman and hound of water creatures. Allen has been digging clams for almost sixty years. In 1998 he won first prize in the Central Coast Clam Eating Contest by devouring 228 of the mollusks. Bradley Boyden has been teaching biology to young people for over thirty-five years.

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Krista Eddy

Experiments in Drawing: From Basic Pencil to Scratchboard All skill levels • Age 16+

Learn the fundamentals of drawing by experimenting with a variety of unusual and wonderful methods. Expand your creative horizons as you explore techniques ranging from ink dropper drawings to scratch board.

Jun 23-24

Sun-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $170 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $195

Krista Eddy has taught many children’s art classes through Let There Be Arts as well as adults through Art Associating, both in Lincoln City, Oregon. Her teaching style focuses on energy, fun and creativity. She earned a BFA degree in illustration and has been drawing ever since. www.kristaeddy.com “My favorite moment in this workshop was when I realized, ‘I can do this!’”

WORKSHOPS JUNE

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Taylor Vogland Dreiling

Eileen Sorg

Ken O’Connell

All skill levels • Age 16+

Colored Pencil Stew

Spirit of the Rough Sketch

All skill levels • Age 16+

Discover the world of three-dimensional crochet. Taking inspiration from the natural forms of the rugged Oregon coast, we will use a variety of methods to make unique “beasties” such as sea spheres reminiscent of rope encrusted glass floats. Techniques include quick form building with heavy weight yarns and alternative recycled materials, as well as three-dimensional lace crochet.

Learn to use pen and ink, watercolor and colored pencil together to create richly detailed pieces of art. You will learn application tips, as well as how to extract the best qualities of each medium in this light-hearted, informative workshop.

Learn how to keep an exciting and memory-filled travel sketchbook, as well as how to draw and paint using several media together including graphite, watercolor, ink, marker and colored pencil. Begin a new sketchbook or dust off an old one and take your sketching to the next level.

Jun 24-26

Eileen Sorg’s work is collected internationally and is known for its complexity and vibrancy. Eileen is a Signature member of the Colored Pencil Society, the Society of Animal Artists, The International Guild of Realism, and author of Colored Pencil Made Easy, a beginner’s guide to creating art using colored pencils. www.twodogstudio.com

Beautiful Beasts: Sculptural Crochet

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $305

Taylor Vogland Dreiling’s teaching philosophy emphasizes the integration of form and concept. She sees technical and aesthetic facility not just as an end in itself but primarily as a vehicle for expressing the student’s creativity. Her artistic process and teaching style encourages critical thinking about formal practice and individual creative goals. www.taylorvoglanddreiling.com

Jun 25-27

Tue-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $260 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $265

Jun 27-28

Thu-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $265 Mat’l & Model Fees: $13 Total Cost: $278

Ken O’Connell is Professor Emeritus of Art from the University of Oregon and President Emeritus of Imagination International. He brings energy and a love of sketchbooks to his workshops. He will show you how he filled his seventy-two sketchbooks and teach you how to fill yours. www.kosketch.blogspot.com

“(The instructor) is great at demonstrating processes and making complicated procedures look easy; and has great patience helping beginners.”

Rebecca Wild

Word Art

All skill levels • Age 16+

Explore new techniques that transform words into art. We will examine several 20th century artists whose work incorporates text and textual elements. Through a series of exercises based on masterworks, combine drawing materials and acrylic paint to create richly layered pieces that fuse text, color and image. This process will enable you to add new meaning, depth and possibility to your work.

Jun 28-30

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $320 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $340

Rebecca Wild is an artist and calligrapher in Portland, Oregon. Her work pairs her love of letterforms with drawing and painting. She has a BA degree in studio art and has taught locally at the Sitka Center, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon College of Art and Craft and Portland Community College. www.rwildletterart.blogspot.com

JUNE-JULY

Angela Grainger

Watercolor Painting with Natural Pigments Intermediate • Age 16+

Paint with watercolors you mix yourself from pure, powdered pigments. Before paints were sold in tubes, artists mixed their own with vibrantly wonderful results. In this workshop, you’ll learn to mix paints like artists of the past and create a painting to see the amazing results.

Jun 29-30

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $160 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $180

Angela Grainger is a painter of nature and is inspired by what the casual observer may overlook. Her goal is to give the viewer a look into the unique creations that surround us and to portray a feeling of magic and mystery. www.bluepansycottage.weebly.com “Loved that it stirred up feelings deep inside that could be expressed in a safe space.”

WORKSHOPS

Andie Thrams & Inga Dubay

Making Books & Telling Stories: Book Arts for Kids & Adults All skill levels • Age 8+ (at least one adult per child)

Kids, bring your favorite grownup— mom or dad, grandpa or grandma, aunt or uncle—to explore book arts together! Using the outdoors as inspiration, draw, paint and do calligraphy in your own handmade books. Leave with two amazing books that tell your very own story!

Jul 1-2

Mon-Tue 10:00am-4:00am Tuition: $115 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $130

Andie Thrams creates artist books and paintings in wild forests and teaches art, especially outdoors. Her work is widely exhibited nationally. Inga Dubay is coauthor of Write Now: The Getty-Dubay Program For Handwriting Success, Italic Letters, and the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series. www.andiethrams.com www.handwritingsuccess.com

Barbara J. Walker

Ply-Splitting: Braids, Baskets & Beyond All skill levels • Age 16+

Ply-splitting captivates basket makers, weavers, braiders and other fiber enthusiasts alike. Instead of elements moving over and under, in ply-splitting four-ply cords move through each other. Discover the tools and techniques for ply-splitting and create shaped bands and baskets. After constructing samples, you’ll design and begin your own creations.

Jul 1-3

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $325 Materials Fee: $70 Total Cost: $395

Barbara J. Walker is an internationally recognized fiber artist and juried member of Northwest Designer Craftsmen. She’s taught workshops throughout the United States, England and Canada. Her pieces are the sole examples of ply-splitting in Lark Books’ 500 Baskets. She published Ply-Splitting from Drawdowns: Interpreting Weave Structures in Ply-Split Braiding in 2012. www.barbarajwalker.com

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Stacy Galleher, Dr. Gayle Hansen, & Melissa Murphy

Diving Into Oregon’s Marine Reserves All skill levels • Age 16+

Explore the science of Oregon’s Marine Reserves. Through hands-on activities and watching underwater video, learn about the Reserve’s plant and animal populations as well as social, cultural and economic-related issues.

Jul 6

Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $85 Total Cost: $85

Stacy Galleher is the community engagement coordinator for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Dr. Gayle Hansen is a seaweed expert at Oregon State University. She has been studying taxonomy and biogeography of algae for nearly forty years. Melissa Murphy is the human dimensions monitoring program leader with ODFW. She studies the effects of marine reserves on coastal communities using economic impact research. www.oregonocean.info/marinereserves

WORKSHOPS JULY

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Andie Thrams

Forest Secrets: Seek, Design, Draw, Paint, Reveal All skill levels • Age 14+

Wander, sketch, glean ideas and discover what speaks to you out under the trees. You’ll be able to take this knowledge into the studio to transform and enrich your working process as you create a series of mixed media drawings and watercolor paintings, all forest inspired!

Jul 6-9

Sat-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $410 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $425

Andie Thrams creates artist books and paintings in wild forests. Her work is widely exhibited and is included in collections at Yale University and University of Washington, among others. She earned a BA degree in art practice from University of California, Berkeley, and teaches art, especially outdoors. www.andiethrams.com

Debra Carus

The Alchemist’s Fire: Fusing, Forging and Metal Clay All skill levels • Age 18+

Transform ordinary bits of metal, wire and metal clay into an extraordinary piece of jewelry in this fastpaced metalsmithing sampler course. Learn several techniques, including torch fusing and soldering, forging, “cold joins” to connect parts and methods for creatively texturing metal clay designs that are kiln-fired.

Jul 7-9

Sun-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $265 Materials Fee: $60 Total Cost: $325

Debra Carus is a metal and collage artist in Clackamas, Oregon. She specializes in jewelry fabrication using traditional metalsmithing and metal clay techniques. She is a certified Senior Instructor for Art Clay World and teaches in the Pacific Northwest. www.elentari-handverk.com

Debra Carus

Metal Alchemy II: Hot & Cold Connections Intermediate • Age 18+

Spend an intensive day honing techniques with forging, soldering and riveting on a variety of sheet metals and metal clay. Create jewelry inspired by your imagination while incorporating new or advanced skills. A perfect addition to The Alchemist’s Fire workshop on July 7-9.

Jul 10

Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $95 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $125

Laura Berman

Felted Hollow Sculptures All skill levels • Age 18+

In this intuitive, creative, textural, hands-on class, play with colorful wool fibers using both dry and wet felting techniques to create a hollow 3-dimensional object. Emphasis will be on using wool for color in blending, highlighting, and to add zing to your work. Leave class with a finished vessel plus ideas for future projects.

Jul 10-11

Wed-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $140 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $170

As a child, textiles and clothing captivated Laura Berman’s imagination. Eventually, she earned BA and MS degrees in those areas at Oregon State University, punctuated with art classes. After many years of sewing, she turned to surface design and felting. Today, Berman enjoys the magic of creating felted work with wool fibers. www.lauragberman.com

“I do a workshop every summer and I must say that every workshop has been exceptional—in so many ways.”

JULY

WORKSHOPS

Mark Brody

Jennifer Lauck

All skill levels • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Fused Glass in Mosaics

Write a Vivid Scene

Give your mosaics more depth and liveliness with fused glass. Learn how easy it is to make your own fused glass. Then, incorporate it into an individualized mosaic project with an emphasis on color, pattern and shape. You will leave with an exciting mosaic for your wall or garden.

Create vivid, non-fiction scenes that include location, character, dialogue, detail immersion and sensory infusion. Following the “Scene Recipe Card,” you will learn to break down, practice and understand how to create more compelling, scene-driven prose.

Jul 11-14

Jul 12-13

Thu-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $350 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $390

Fri-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $195 Total Cost: $195

Mark Brody has been a working artist since graduating from Lewis & Clark College with degrees in art and education. His passion for mosaic grew from his study of native building techniques in Spain and New Mexico. He teaches mosaic and creates installations in Portland at schools, libraries and hospitals. www.markbrodyart.com

Jennifer Lauck has written four memoirs about her life and has traveled the world speaking and teaching. She is an advocate of beautifully rendered voice driven narratives that go to the heart of what it is to be alive and human. www.jenniferlauck.com

“The setting is stupendous, the eco-ethic is wonderful, people are inclusive and friendly, the creative potential is palpable – I don’t want to go home!”

Roxanne Evans Stout

The Thread That Weaves: Creating a Mixed Media Artist’s Book All skill levels • Age 16+

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Yuji Hiratsuka

Japanese Water-based Woodcut All skill levels • Age 18+

Embark on a journey of creativity and exploration as you build a mixed media, unique artist’s book that reflects your life, memories and dreams. Using our natural surroundings as your muse, learn book construction, collage and embellishment techniques to create a book you will be sure to treasure.

Learn about the tools and methods of woodcarving using Shina (Japanese plywood) and use water-based inks to print on various Japanese papers with hand pressure. Black and white, deductive color/chiaroscuro and multi-plate color printing will be covered. Receive initial guidance followed by lots of free time to explore the techniques.

Jul 14-15

Jul 15-18

Roxanne Evans Stout is a mixed media artist, workshop designer and instructor who lives and creates in the Pacific Northwest. Her artwork often takes the form of a book and is always inspired by nature. Her work has been published and shown throughout the United States and is also featured in The Pulse of Mixed Media, by Seth Apter. www.rivergardenstudio.typepad.com

Originally from Japan, Yuji Hiratsuka is currently a Professor of Art/Printmaking at Oregon State University. His work has been exhibited internationally and has received numerous awards. His work is in many public collections, including the New York Public Library, the Portland Art Museum and Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Sun-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $225 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $240

Mon-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $320 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $330

WORKSHOPS JULY

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Lauren Mantecón

Silas Stardance & Frank Boyden

Molly Hashimoto

Kim Stafford & Ken O’Connell

All skill levels • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 10+

All skill levels • Age 18+

All skill levels • Age 16+

The Alchemical Artist: Mixing Materials, Paint & Process Expand your art-making process and stimulate your inner muse. Learn to transform common materials and processes of artmaking into uncommon finished works. Starting with handmade gesso on boards, delve into experiments with acrylics, oils, papers, glues, encaustics and the use of various mark-making tools.

Jul 16-19

Tue-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $350 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $390

Lauren Mantecón is an experienced teacher and studio artist known for facilitating ways of expanding the active imagination. She has taught at the University of Portland in Oregon and has worked with diverse populations. Lauren teaches workshops throughout the country and has exhibited internationally. www.laurenmantecon.com

Nestucca River by Boat: An In-Depth Tour

Landscape Watercolor at Cascade Head

Tour the Nestucca River estuary in a 22-ft North River Sled (motorboat) and on foot for an in-depth look at the area’s geography, geology and biology. The estuary is the site of the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is a popular location for anglers and beach-combers. The hours of this workshop are 8am to 2pm. Meet at the Little Nestucca River Boat Launch.

Capture the natural beauty of Cascade Head’s coastal trees, grasses, headlands, rocks and ocean. Learn watercolor techniques including glazing, wet-into-wet and drybrushing. Mornings begin in the studio with skill-building exercises, followed by plein air sketching at nearby locations on the Salmon River estuary and near the Pacific Ocean.

Jul 17

Jul 19-21

Wed 8:00am-2:00pm Tuition: $165 Total Cost: $165

Silas Stardance is a local Northwest Fishing Guide who has lived on the central Oregon coast for his entire life. He studied Fisheries Science at Oregon State University. His passion for the area is transformed through his knowledge of the central coast’s rivers and estuaries. Frank Boyden is co-founder of the Sitka Center and a local legend as fisherman and hound of water creatures. www.riverhawkguideserviceonline.net

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $280

Molly Hashimoto teaches watercolor landscape for the North Cascades Institute and the Yellowstone Association Institute. Her illustrations have been published by Pomegranate Communications for twenty years. Her watercolor sketches appear in Sketchbook Confidential 2, published by North Light Books. www.mollyhashimoto.com

The Written Fragment and the Rough Sketch

Your writing and sketching have lived apart. Now let them join. In this workshop, poet Kim Stafford and artist Ken O’Connell explore writing and sketching in the artist’s journal. By kindling a dialog between two kinds of creative practice, you will enhance your power to bring the journey home.

Jul 20-21

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $325 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $335

Kim Stafford directs the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, where he teaches writing and digital storytelling—both based in faith that the written fragment can grow to fulfill its destiny. Ken O’Connell is a professor Emeritus from the University of Oregon Art department and now focuses his teaching on ways of working in the sketchbook and journal. www.kim-stafford.com www.kosketch.blogspot.com

JULY

WORKSHOPS

Cheryl Rorabeck

Judy Vogland

All skill levels • Age 18+

Intermediate • Age 15+

Full Moon Devils Lake Kayaking

Sand Painting & Mixed Media II

Launching your kayak before sunset we will give witness to a rapidly changing landscape of colors and moods, from golden to pinkish to purple ... the mountains, treetops, reeds and reflective water will transform like magic! When a full moon illuminates the landscape, one’s eyes lose depth perception and all becomes ever so slightly a different reality. Requires moderate physical condition. Meet at D River launch site. Hours are from 7pm-midnight.

Experience a unique style of painting found only at the Oregon coast. Using sand, metal, wood, paper and bone, students returning to this sand painting workshop develop beautiful surfaces on canvas which reflect different adventures with the rugged Oregon coast. Using resists, transfers, collage and 3D objects, students create landscapes inspired by the materials found. This class is designed for returning sandpainters to develop new skills.

Jul 22

Jul 22-25

Mon 7:00pm-midnight Tuition: $145 Total Cost: $145

Mon-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $335 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $350

Cheryl Rorabeck offers a decade of experience with local waterways and has been a key member of Kayak Tillamook since 2004. Complemented by twelve years of teaching biology at Tillamook High School and specialized skills in rescuing and rehabilitating raptors, she is well-suited to lead your educational adventure. www.kayaktillamook.com

Judy Vogland, an Oregon painter, has taught surface building with sand and found materials on the Oregon beaches for over thirty years. In addition to teaching at Portland State University, Hillsboro High School and the Sitka Center, she creates public space and corporate artwork, and works in collage/assemblage for gallery exhibitions.

Paul Sivley

More than Vacation Pictures: Travel Imagery Tips Intermediate • Age 18+

Learn the details of what to do and what not to do to capture memorable images of the people you meet on your travels, including equipment, camera settings, software, recommended destinations and resources. This workshop will include presentations and practical exercises using a model. See special hours below.

Jul 23-24

Tue 9:30am-5:30pm Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $325 Mat’l & Model Fees: $25 Total Cost: $350

Paul Sivley has worked as a professional photographer for ten years, specializing in travel imagery, architectural photography, business portraiture and product photography. He’s traveled in sixty-one countries and is a member of two photography professional trade associations (ASMP, NPPA). His studio is in Wilsonville, Oregon. www.paulsivley.com

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Wuon-Gean Ho

Experimental Linocut All skill levels • Age 16+

Take a spontaneous and playful approach to making prints. Carve on a Japanese vinyl called Gomuban, which is similar to linoleum, and learn how to print in different and creative ways to get exciting results. Experiment with an intaglio press, monoprinting and printing in color.

Jul 25-28

Thu-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $315 Materials Fee: $35 Total Cost: $350

Wuon-Gean Ho has worked in print workshops in Britain, Japan and the United States, and was a Sitka resident in Spring 2007. She works in a mix of traditional Japanese woodcut, linocut and silkscreen printmaking, and has been making artist’s books for the past five years. www.wuongean.com “My most memorable experience was going down to the river to find metaphors.”

WORKSHOPS JULY-AUGUST

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William Park

Carole Berren

Wuon-Gean Ho

All skill levels • Age 18+

All skill levels • Age 16+

Painting the Figure

Light: Abstraction to Representation

Focus on the core of all figure painting—the gesture. Working from a nude model, improve your observation and composition skills through creating several small studies and two larger paintings that capture the essence of the subject. Overcome the complexity of the human form and acrylic paint with confidence.

Learn how light helps direct the narrative in your paintings. After studying examples of masterworks, create an experimental watercolor painting of light patterns and everyday objects that becomes more representational as you progress. Take away a new perspective to apply to future compositions.

Jul 26-29

Jul 30-Aug 1

Fri-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $390 Mat’l & Model Fees: $90 Total Cost: $480

Tue-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $240 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $255

William Park has been drawing and painting full-time since 1987. He has been exhibiting since 1995 and his work is in museums as well as public and private collections internationally. His work can be seen in his studio, Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery or Heidi McBride Gallery. www.williampark.net

Carole Berren was recently granted Signature membership in the American Watercolor Society and has been teaching studio drawing and watercolor to adults for over twenty-five years. With enthusiasm, information and encouragement, she guides students from concept toward an exciting journey of discovery. She believes painting is a personal exploration of perceptions, whether representational or imaginative, in the act of creation. www.caroleberren.com

Artist’s Books: The Summer Forest Join in the fun of making an artist’s book inspired by Sitka’s surroundings. Generate imagery through drawing and making linocut prints, and learn how to incorporate text and visual puns. The first day will be devoted to creating a class book together with a copy for each artist, while the remaining time will focus on individual projects. Flip books, simple folded books and basic bindings will be introduced.

Jul 30-Aug 1

Tue-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $250 Materials Fee: $37 Total Cost: $287

Gala Bent

Portable Thought: Introduction to Bookbinding All skill levels • Age 18+

Explore the form of the book while contemplating the pervasive and powerful history of the medium. Learn about diverse contemporary and historical book forms and make your own series of books utilizing a variety of bookbinding techniques including stab-bound, accordion/ scroll, and single and multiple signature styles.

Aug 2-3

Fri-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $230 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $270

Gala Bent has taught for more than ten years at university level—bookbinding courses, but also drawing, painting, illustration and writing. Her work has been shown internationally and featured in a variety of magazines and journals. She lives in Seattle with her husband and three sons. www.galabent.com

AUGUST

WORKSHOPS

Sarah Rabkin

Inga Dubay

Monica Setziol-Phillips

All skill levels • Age 17+

Beginner • Age 10+

All skill levels • Age 16+

Writing at the Edge

At the lip of a continent or the limits of propriety, edges provide jumpingoff places—unsettling and exhilarating. In this workshop, write poetry and prose inspired by edges of all kinds. Instruction, writing exercises, readings and discussions will connect you with whatever is poised to take flight.

Aug 3-4

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $145 Materials Fee: $12 Total Cost: $157

Sarah Rabkin teaches in the Environmental Studies department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A 2007-2008 Sitka Artist-in-Residence, she loves working at the confluence of language, image and landscape. Sarah is the author and illustrator of What I Learned at Bug Camp: Essays on Finding a Home in the World.

Italic Handwriting

Carving and the World of Hardwoods

Enjoy writing legible, handsome and easy-to-learn italic handwriting. Besides being soul-satisfying, others will also enjoy reading the end result! This workshop includes instruction and practice with the basics of italic handwriting, as well as self-assessment techniques. See the exciting things you can do with twenty-six letters!

In this process-oriented beginning carving class, explore a selection of hardwoods and tools. Focus on gaining a feel for the wood and what it can and cannot do. After trying several woods, select one for carving either a tray or small wall piece. Optional pre-class tour of Monica’s studio in Sheridan, Oregon.

Aug 4

Aug 5-7

Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $100 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $120

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $215 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $235

Inga Dubay taught at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is co-author of Write Now: The Getty-Dubay Program For Handwriting Success, Italic Letters, and the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series. Dubay and Getty have presented 170 handwriting seminars for medical professionals and numerous workshops for the public. www.handwritingsuccess.com

Monica Setziol-Phillips has been carving for over thirty years, having learned the craft from her father, sculptor, Roy Setziol. The experience of carving hardwoods continues to fascinate, and she looks forward to continuing to share some of what she has learned with others.

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Sarah Rabkin

Writing the Image, Drawing the Text

All skill levels • Age 17+

Paint images in language and draw pictures from your words. Create illuminated notebook pages by moving between visual and verbal expression—a refreshing way to jump-start ideas and tap the creative well. Work in graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, watercolor or any other portable medium.

Aug 6-7

Tue-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $110 Materials Fee: $12 Total Cost: $122

WORKSHOPS AUGUST

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Rhoda Fleischman

Exploring Texture in the Ceramic Process All skill levels • Age 16+

Karen Miller

Introduction to Katazome All skill levels • Age 16+

Make your own stamps and rollers inspired by nature. Experiment using them to create patterns on clay slabs and then practice slab-building mugs and pitchers. The unfired stamps and rollers will be yours to take home for use with future projects and may be fired on your own for extended use.

JJapanese stencil dyeing is a great way to create patterned fabrics without complex equipment or toxic chemicals. Learn to cut traditional paper stencils, apply rice paste resists and pigment dyes to create one-ofa-kind silk and linen fabrics. Leave with two fabric panels, plus a silk scarf.

Aug 8-9

Aug 8-10

Rhoda Fleischman is a Northwest artist creating works in clay, metal and on canvas. She has worked as a professional potter since 1976 and has taught many classes and workshops. Her functional ware centers around texture and color, working mostly in porcelain. Her sculptures focus on unglazed stoneware. www.flashpointartworks.com

Karen Miller was a marine biologist before retiring to become an expert on katazome, the art of Japanese stencil dyeing. Inspired by natural forms and using her hand cut stencils to apply resist paste she produces fabric for art quilts, silk garments, linen hanging and indigo dyed cottons. www.nautilus-fiberarts.com

Thu-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $250 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $275

Thu-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $310 Materials Fee: $35 Total Cost: $345

Nancy Linnon

The Art of Re-vision: Where Catharsis Meets Craft All skill levels • Age 18+

Change your perspective. Take your prose to the next level by learning to “re-vision” and apply craft to what may have begun as a cathartic release of emotion or story. Discussions and writing exercises will feed your creative spirit as you move your writing forward. Bring a piece of writing you wish to revise—from a promising freewrite or draft to a notebook of writing.

Aug 10-11

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $205 Total Cost: $205

Nancy Linnon has been teaching writing for twenty years. Her work has appeared in publications such as Creative Nonfiction, Los Angeles Review and Yoga International and the anthologies What Wildness is This and Rage and Reconciliation. Her passion is exploring ways of accessing the creative self through the powerful act of writing. www.themovingpen.net

Heather Fortner

New Dimensions in Gyotaku All skill levels • Age 16+

Learn the traditional Japanese art of Gyotaku, or fish printing, to create a series of exquisitely detailed prints of local fish on rice paper. Add the appearance of natural elements by printing plants and dyeing the paper to create the impression of water, and use a Japanese wet mounting technique for the finishing touch.

Aug 11-13

Sun-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $35 Total Cost: $310

Heather Fortner has explored the limits of Gyotaku since 1976, and has taught this printing method with passion for twenty-five years. Trained in both Japan and the United States by master Gyotaku printmakers, she brings an Asian approach to creating scenes based on Gyotaku images with seaweeds and dyed paper. www.heatherfortner.com

AUGUST

Elaine Norberg

Three Dimensional Oil Painting All skill levels • Age 18+

Learn to convey three-dimensions in your paintings. By employing techniques using color theory, composition and light, you will understand how to add perspective and form to a two-dimensional surface. Participants will come away with one or more finished paintings and an understanding of the properties of oil paints.

Aug 12-14

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $195 Total Cost: $195

Elaine Norberg obtained her art education at Pacific Northwest College of Art. She has shown her work in solo, juried and group shows and her work can be seen in the collections of the Bank of Astoria in Manzanita as well as TLC Federal Credit Union in Tillamook.

WORKSHOPS

Margaret Malone

Give Yourself Completely: The Heart of Personal Narrative All skill levels • Age 16+

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Judy Morris

Patricia Schmidt

Intermediate • Age 18+

Beginner • Age 16+

Don’t Tear It Up! Fix It!

Watercolor Pencil Basics

The most successful pieces of memoir combine self-imagination with a fearless dose of honesty. This workshop will focus on writing truthfully about ourselves while remembering that the goal is not for the writer to look good on the page, but to connect with readers through honest exploration.

Judy’s forty-five year history as a successful art teacher has provided her with skills to help make every watercolor painting a success. Bring your painting starts, your questions and your problems. Judy will give you the “tools” that can help make fixing problems easy! All water-based media, including watercolor and acrylic paint, are welcome.

Learn to use watercolor pencils to make fine lines and texture in paintings and sketchbooks. With stepby-step instruction, explore dry and wet application, tonal foundation, layering and toothbrush texture. Projects include painting a still life and creating a color chart you can use for future reference.

Aug 14-15

Aug 15-18

Friday 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $110 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $115

Margaret’s work has been published in The Missouri Review, Oregon Humanities, Swink, latimes.com and elsewhere. She’s the recipient of a 2009 Oregon Literary Fellowship and a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. She’s facilitated workshops with Write Around Portland and currently co-teaches creative writing as a visiting artist at PNCA. www.margaretmalone.com

Judy has been a popular juror for more than forty local, state, national and international watercolor shows. In the past few years she has juried the National Watercolor Society Show in Los Angeles, the American Watercolor Society in New York City, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. She’s coming to share her critic’s eye with artists at Sitka! www.judymorris-art.com

Wed-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $145 Total Cost: $145

Thu-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $570 Total Cost: $570

Aug 16

Patricia Schmidt is a Signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society, a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Colored Pencil Society of America, and SPLASH, a professional artist group. Her paintings have been published in Splash 12, Splash 14 (June 2013 release date) and Watercolor magazine. www.patriciaschmidtart.com

WORKSHOPS AUGUST

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Patricia Schmidt

Judy Vogland

Cheryl Rorabeck

Lee Haga

Beginner • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 15+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Beginner • Age 14+

Sketchbook Basics

You’ll be inspired to fill your sketchbook with descriptive pen lines and textures. Create black ink drawings, then easily add color washes from watercolor pencils or watercolor paints. Sketch in the studio or outdoors and learn tips for sketching people, flowers, landscapes and buildings.

Aug 17-18

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $215 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $220

Sand Painting & Mixed Media Experience a unique style of painting found only at the Oregon coast. Using sand, found objects and collage materials, develop beautiful surfaces on canvas which reflect the rugged coastal landscape. Create land-inspired surfaces using clay slip, wax and paint. Free canvas building workshop held at instructor’s Portland studio (more details upon registration).

Aug 19-22

Mon-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $335 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $350

Judy Vogland, an Oregon painter, has taught surface building with sand and found materials on the Oregon beaches for over thirty years. In addition to teaching at Portland State University, Hillsboro High School, and the Sitka Center, Vogland creates public space and corporate artwork, and works in collage/assemblage for gallery exhibitions.

Full Moon Devils Lake Kayaking Launching our kayaks before sunset we will give witness to a rapidly changing landscape of colors and moods, from golden to pinkish to purple ... the mountains, treetops, reeds and reflective water will transform like magic! When a full moon illuminates the landscape, one’s eyes lose depth perception and all becomes ever so slightly a different reality. Requires moderate physical condition. Meet at D River launch site. Hours are from 7pm-midnight.

Aug 20

Tuesday 7:00pm-midnight Tuition: $145 Total Cost: $145

Fusion: Glass on Metal Explore kiln-fired, powdered and liquid glass on copper, silver foil and steel surfaces. Simple techniques will be combined in quick kiln firings to create lustrous effects. Experimentation is encouraged! Projects include jewelry, small wall panels and vessels.

Aug 20-22

Tue-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $250 Materials Fee: $50 Total Cost: $300

Lee Haga has been a professional metalsmith for thirty-eight years. Experimenting with metal is one of the purest pleasures of Lee’s life. Now residing in Portland, she runs the Metalsmithing/Jewelry program at Mt. Hood Community College. Her artwork reflects a Japanese influence and has been published and exhibited nationally. www.cmaguild.org

AUGUST

Susan Lowdermilk

Techniques in Non-toxic Intaglio Etching All skill levels • Age 16+

Learn how to create etchings safely and sustainably in this printmaking workshop. Etch an original image on a copper plate using the latest contemporary non-toxic techniques and water-soluble inks. A variety of acrylic-based processes will be explored including line etch, aquatint, lift ground, drypoint and direct image transfer.

Aug 23-25

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $305 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $325

Susan Lowdermilk creates artist’s books and limited edition prints in woodcut, wood engraving and etching. She has been teaching printmaking, artist’s books and graphic design at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, for over fifteen years. Her artist’s books are in public collections worldwide and she is represented in galleries throughout the country. www.susanlowdermilk.com

WORKSHOPS

Charles Goodrich

Writing and Walking All skill levels • Age 16+

In this workshop, we’ll consider some of the great literature of walking, and try our hands—and our feet—at composing some walks. We’ll take short walks and write using prompts, then try a longer walk and compose a prose-andpoetry travel piece modeled on the Japanese haibun.

Aug 24-25

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $170 Total Cost: $170

Charles Goodrich is the author of two volumes of poems, Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden, and Insects of South Corvallis and a collection of essays, The Practice of Home. Twenty-five years a professional gardener, he is now the Director of the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. www.charlesgoodrich.com

Becky Busi

Sculpture Utilizing Traditional and Non-Traditional Materials All skill levels • Age 16+

Explore non-traditional sculpture materials as you carve, mold, glue, plaster, paint and staple your way to a contemporary piece of art. Expand your thinking, play, and get messy while utilizing items commonly found in your local hardware store including plaster, fillers, stucco, resin, rubber and more.

Aug 26-28

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $195 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $225

Becky Busi’s love of the Arts bridges age, gender and socio-economic arenas. She enjoys creating for herself and with people. She has an affinity for found objects that have been “touched” by someone before her. Finding a new visual usage for disparate items is seductively inspiring. www.beckybusi.com

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Cathy Valentine

Encaustic and Mixed Media All skill levels • Age 16+

Explore encaustics and mixed media, and expand your ideas of drawing and painting. Experiment with layering drawings, fabric and small objects with encaustic wax to reveal the new and unexpected. Learn to let go and develop your spontaneity, while building confidence with your drawing skills.

Aug 26-29

Mon-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $345 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $385

Cathy Valentine has worked with encaustic for over ten years, with an interest in line and transparency. This medium provides a challenge to work with, as well as spontaneity. Encaustic has continued to provide growth and movement in her artwork. “Sitka and Cascade Head are heaven on earth! Thank you for this wonderful place!”

WORKSHOPS AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

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Tallmadge Doyle

Larry Thomas

All skill levels • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Lines and Layers with Drypoint Create editions of prints and monoprints from sintra plastic and copper plates. Start with an in-depth exploration of drypoint to create layers of line and texture with hand and electric tools. Participants will be able to move briskly through processes and those who choose may explore advanced techniques of color and chine collé.

Aug 30-Sep 1

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $220 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $260

Born in New York, Tallmadge Doyle received her BFA degree in drawing from the Cleveland Art Institute and an MFA degree in printmaking from the University of Oregon where she has been an Adjunct Professor since 1996. She exhibits her work at the Davidson Galleries in Seattle and the Augen Gallery in Portland. www.tallmadgedoyle.com

Drawing Intensive

Utilizing a variety of drawing materials and techniques, make quick notes and sketches from natural forms in the immediate landscape and from a nude model. Further develop those sketches into more complex, deeper interpretations and responses to the natural environment.

Aug 30-Sep 2

Fri-Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $410 Mat’l & Model Fees: $25 Total Cost: $435

Larry Thomas is the former Dean of Academic Affairs and Interim President of the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited widely regionally and nationally and is in many permanent collections. He has taught drawing, painting and printmaking at San Francisco Art Institute and at Stanford University, and has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities. www.larrythomas.info

Jody Dunphy

Ephemeral Vessels, Provocative Objects

All skill levels • Age 16+

Make a series of ephemeral vessels out of paper pulp that can be functional, decorative or for use in creating a sculpture, an art installation, or time-based art. Learn pulp casting and sheet forming techniques as well as pulp painting and dyeing.

Sep 3-4

Tue-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $130 Materials Fee: $18 Total Cost: $148

Jody Dunphy uses art modalities to explore the human/nature relationship. As a former resident, instructor and intern, she’s passionate about and grateful for the nourishing Sitka experience. She holds a BFA degree in printmaking from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and a MFA degree from OCAC+PNCA in applied craft and design. www.secondnatureproject.com

Phyllis Trowbridge

Plein Air Landscape Painting All skill levels • Age 16+

Explore the beauty of the coast with oil, acrylic and/or watercolor. Beginning and experienced painters will have the opportunity to hone perceptual skills as they learn to work outdoors in the landscape. Students will have plenty of in-class time to experiment with class ideas. The hours of this workshop are 8:30am to 2:30pm.

Sep 3-6

Tue-Fri 8:30am-2:30pm Tuition: $370 Total Cost: $370

Phyllis Trowbridge has worked outdoors in the landscape year-round for over twenty years. Her teaching style strives to encourage students’ interests and innate talents as they open to new ideas and ways of working. She received her MFA degree from American University in Washington, DC. www.phyllistrowbridge.com

SEPTEMBER

WORKSHOPS

Stan Peterson

Kathy Lull

All skill levels • Age 16+

Carving What’s On Your Mind Carve your own animal persona from bass wood. Using a knife and chisels, learn to carve an animal or bird head atop a small-scale, standing figure. Finish your work with washes of color. Emphasis will be on safety and basic carving skills.

Sep 5-6

Thu-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $275 Materials Fee: $25 Total Cost: $300

Stan Peterson lived in Oakland for many years teaching at Creative Growth Art Center. Now he has returned to a little house and big studio in Portland to carve wood and teach workshops. He exhibits with Jamison Thomas Gallery and with Beppu Wiarda Gallery, both in Portland. www.stan-peterson.com

Acrylic Mosaic

Assemble a mosaic from acrylic paintings. Paint outdoors plein air in the morning. In the afternoon, cut up and reassemble your paintings into a mosaic. Different mounting options will be covered. This is a great technique for recycling “failures!” Plan for some walking.

Sep 7

Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $65 Materials Fee: $15 Total Cost: $80

Kathy Lull is a multimedia artist in Salem, Oregon, working in a wide variety of mediums including painting, fabric, glass, jewelry and sculpture. She loves to boldly experiment with different multimedia techniques and tools. Her sculptures and mosaics are in public Oregon collections. www.designdancestudio.com

“The employees of Sitka are very helpful, friendly and welcoming. I feel like I’m coming home.”

Rita Alves

Figure Drawing: An Anatomical Approach All skill levels • Age 16+

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Jef Gunn

Plein Air Painting with a Long Look Intermediate • Age 18+

Learn to draw from a live nude model. Explore how to use proportion, measurements and reference points on the skeletal and muscular systems to create life-like drawings. Topics include gesture, blocking in masses, contour drawing, basic anatomy, proportional systems and lighting.

Learn to really look. The great landscape painters all practiced a sustained effort of looking along with a patient application of paint to relay the sensation of a place, its presence. We will apply ourselves to deep and repeated study of one chosen subject, making many studies and one long-looked painting in oil or acrylic paints.

Sep 7-8

Sep 8-11

Rita Alves studied figure drawing and painting with Steven Assael and Vincent Desiderio at the New York Academy of Art. She has taught Life Drawing at Portland State University and is a member of Blackfish Gallery in Portland, Oregon. Her approach to teaching combines demonstration, individual feedback and technical information. www.ritaalvesart.weebly.com

Jef Gunn has been evolving his approach over decades from post impressionist to cubist and abstract surrealist work. He is now painting from a stance of quiet resistance informed by Asian art and meditation. He has been teaching since 1996 and he makes all of his experience and insight available to students. www.jefgunn.com

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $130 Model Fee: $35 Total Cost: $165

Sun-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $385 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $395

WORKSHOPS SEPTEMBER

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Jay Haavik

Carving a Spotted Owl in Northwest Native Style All skill levels • Age 14+

During the long, dark winter months, owl masks are, and were, often worn in the masked dramas of the native peoples of the Northwest Coast. Carve a Northwest Coast style owl mask from Western Red cedar with an articulated jaw, eyebrows, and wide, open eyes of bright copper.

Sep 9-12

Mon-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $445 Materials Fee: $45 Total Cost: $490

Jay Haavik has always been interested in older cultures, their art forms and their tools and technology. Topics of interest include the life and art of the Northwest Coast native peoples, the Vikings and their culture and the atelier drawing techniques dating from the middle ages—all of which has occupied much of his forty year professional art career. www.jayhaavik.com

Patricia Schmidt

Watercolor Flowers: Color & Light Intermediate • Age 16+

Paint a floral watercolor using the illusion of color and light to create realistic form. Learn to make an underpainting that allows for richly colored shadows, utilize color theory to mix earthy greens, layer color for effective dark and light values and achieve amazing detail with watercolor pencils.

Sep 12-14

Thu-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $310 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $315

Heather Swan

A Journey into Mindfulness Through Writing All skill levels • Age 16+

Our lives become more rich and meaningful when we tune into the experience of each moment. This workshop aims to create an environment for each person to become more deeply present through writing and experiences which engage all five senses.

Sep 13-15

Fri-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $195 Total Cost: $195

Heather Swan teaches writing and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where she is striving to learn how best to be present and responsible as a human animal on our beautiful planet in this precarious moment. In her opinion, immersion in poetry is a crucial part of this enterprise.

“Sitka sets the gold standard in my experience for clarity of purpose and grace in fulfillment.”

Cynthia Herron

Abstract Composition in Landscape Intermediate • Age 16+

Combine abstraction and landscape painting to strengthen your technique and create unique interpretations of the landscape in oil or acrylic. Constructive critiques will provide direction and encouragement to help you improve your compositions and find your own expressive direction. Some previous painting experience required. Expect to complete three paintings and several drawings.

Sep 15-17

Sun-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $230 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $240

Cynthia Herron has taught college-level art classes for eighteen years, currently teaching at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. She creates abstract landscapes using acrylics and mixed-media. She enjoys facilitating the creative process and encouraging students one-on-one as they develop their skills, self-confidence and artistic intentions. www.cynthiaherron.com

SEPTEMBER

Deborah DeWit

Exploring Personal Imagery with Pastels and Oils All skill levels • Age 16+

“What do I want to express?” and “How do I go about it?” Find answers and develop your own personal well of imagery using photographs, sketches and writings. Bring your ideas to fruition and learn techniques in pastels, oil and/ or acrylic paints.

Sep 16-18

Mon-Wed 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $265 Total Cost: $265

Deborah DeWit has taught workshops in photography and pastel, emphasizing the development of a personal point of view. Self-taught, she has been a working artist for over thirty years, adding oil to her mediums in 1999. Although she has explored many subjects, currently her work focuses on our place in nature. www.deborahdewit.com

WORKSHOPS

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Craig Leaper

Jill Goodell

Jennifer Boyden

Beginner • Age 18+

Beginner • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 16+

Beginning Photography

Beginning Acrylic Painting

Three Perfect Poems

See the world differently and capture images with impact. Learn to get the most from your digital SLR camera in this intensive two-day workshop. Discover what all of the features do and how to set them including shutter speeds, apertures and shooting modes. Learn tips and techniques for composition, lighting, lenses and applying your own creativity.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to paint, this is the workshop for you! Acrylic is an easy and forgiving medium. Learn how to put paint to canvas, use brushes and brushstrokes, and paint on various surfaces while having fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment. Absolutely no experience necessary.

When you’re getting ready to submit poems for publication, it’s good to know they’ve got everything it takes to make it on their own. In this workshop, edit three of your poems (the perfect number to submit), using a variety of creative, useful revision techniques including supportive, small-group discussions.

Sep 18-19

Sep 20-21

Fri-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $145 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $185

Sep 21-22

Wed-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $190 Materials Fee: $10 Total Cost: $200

Craig Leaper is a retired Air Force Photographer and earned his BA degree in photography from Columbia College. He currently resides in beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, photographing nature and wildlife. www.craig-leaper.artistwebsite.com

After spending years in advertising, Jill Goodell returned to fine art. She teaches at Portland Community College and her own studio, Glastonbury Studios. Her work has appeared in local exhibitions and galleries, including Lawrence Gallery. She is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and Oregon Society of Artists. www.jillgoodell.com

“Being able to work in such a natural setting was amazing. For me, as my work is based on my communication with the natural world, this was perfect!”

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $200 Materials Fee: $2 Total Cost: $202

Jennifer Boyden is an award winning poet for whom working with students is a creative passion. Her background as a writer and editor is a perfect combination for a workshop devoted to taking your work to its next level. www.jenniferboyden.com “Outstanding teachers were fun, encouraging and highly knowledgeable—it doesn’t get any better!”

WORKSHOPS SEPTEMBER

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Jane Pagliarulo

Non-toxic Monotype with Water-based Ink All skill levels • Age 14+

Monotype is an immediate and versatile form of printmaking that uses Plexiglas plates to create unique transfer paintings with or without a press. Using layers of Akua ink, create a series of monotypes and explore the subtle and vivid effects of mixing inks, rolling out a flat and using mark-making tools, multiple plates, collage and chine collé.

Sep 22-24

Sun-Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $230 Materials Fee: $40 Total Cost: $270

Jane Pagliarulo cut her teeth as a fine art printer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working one-on-one for seven years in creative collaboration with artists. She holds a BFA degree in printmaking from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is coowner/master printer at Atelier Meridian, a membership printmaking studio in Portland. www.ateliermeridian.com

Jill Goodell

Rebecca Welti & Phoebe Knapp

Beginner • Age 16+

All skill levels • Age 16+

Beginning Drawing

Carving Birds and Other Wildlife

If you know how to write your ABCs, you can draw—something you’ll see firsthand by the end of this workshop! Come learn all the fundamentals of line, shape, form and measurement using pencil and pen. Absolutely no experience necessary. A workbook is included for each student.

An animal carving doesn’t require perfect detail in every feather and fur to come alive. Learn simple woodcarving techniques using knives and gouges with a loose and abstract approach to capture the essence of wildlife. Develop a forgiving attitude while acquiring some useful carving methods and basic wood skills.

Sep 23

Sep 24-27

Mon 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $80 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $100

Tue-Fri 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $395 Materials Fee: $20 Total Cost: $415

Rebecca carved and taught in Alaska before coming to the Sitka Center where she is Outreach Coordinator. Her experience with wildlife and art combine for a playful approach to workshops. Phoebe Knapp graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a third generation cattle rancher, as well as a widely exhibited and collected wood sculptor.

“I really appreciated the step by step approach to moving from realistic sketch to abstract art.”

Terry Louie

Chinese Calligraphy and Tai Chi All skill levels • Age 18+

Tai Chi is a system of slow, smooth body movements designed to achieve a state of relaxation. Delve into basic calligraphy by writing large Chinese characters with brush and ink complemented by Tai Chi (Chen 8 Form). Explore line quality, character construction, positive and negative spacing and historical references in tandem with Tai Chi movements. Your body, mind and spirit will be invigorated.

Sep 28-29

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $175 Materials Fee: $60 Total Cost: $235

Terry Louie is accomplished in the five classical style of Chinese calligraphy, seal engraving and scholar ink painting. He has studied Tajiquan since 1970 with many teachers including Chen Guangji and Feng Xiazhuo. He teaches calligraphy at Pacific Northwest College of Art and Taijiquan for Portland Parks and Recreation.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER

WORKSHOPS

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Wild Mushrooms of the Oregon Coast

Joanne Mulcahy

Cultural Passages: Writing About the Lives and Landscapes of Others All skill levels • Age 16+

Exploring other cultures, whether abroad or close to home, is often life changing. Travel stories, cultural journalism and portraits of people can capture that transformation. In this workshop, we’ll write together based on our cultural excursions. We’ll work from photographs and memory, examining form, style, voice and ethical issues.

Sep 28-29

Sat-Sun 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $215 Total Cost: $215

Joanne Mulcahy teaches at the Northwest Writing Institute of Lewis & Clark College. She is the author of numerous essays and two books—Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island and Remedios: The Healing Life of Eva Castellanoz. She is currently teaching in Mexico through a Fulbright award until August 2013. www.joannemulcahy.com

Wild Mushroom Culinary Exploration

David Arora

All skill levels • Age 21+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Sharon Wiest, Executive Chef

There are so many good edible wild mushrooms beyond chanterelles, yet most are shunned for lack of glamour or reputation. Learn about these lesser-known, but delicious, local species as well as basic identification skills. There will be a mushroom walk plus identification session and discussion and tasting. The hours of this workshop are 1pm to 9pm on Friday and 10am to 6pm on Saturday.

Lincoln City Culinary Center Rob Pounding, Executive Chef Blackfish Café Justin Wills, Executive Chef Restaurant Beck

This workshop is held at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City. In this demonstration-based workshop, chefs will showcase the spectrum of flavors in Pacific Northwest wild mushrooms. We will incorporate the best of what’s available from our coastal fall harvest for this five-course wild mushroom dinner including a mushroom dessert! We’ll serve fabulous local wines and provide recipes so you can recreate the dishes at home. The hours for this workshop are 3pm to 7pm.

Oct 24

Thu 3:00pm-7:00pm Tuition: $100 Total Cost: $100

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Beyond Chanterelles

Oct 25-26

Fri 1pm-9pm (optional mushroom inspired dinner at Blackfish Café) Sat 10:00am-6:00pm Tuition: $320 Total Cost: $320

David Arora stresses the fun in fungi as evidenced by his popular books, Mushrooms Demystified and All that the Rain Promises, and More. He is a recognized authority on wild mushrooms and their uses worldwide and editor of a volume on ethnomycology. During the 1990s he was an adjunct professor in the Forest Science Department at Oregon State University, and now lives in California. www.davidarora.com

Brian Doyle

An Evening with Brian Doyle Portland Location All skill levels • Age 16+

This workshop is held in Portland. Read, riff, ramble, laugh and argue about books and other peculiar and entertaining adventures. With a pencil and notebook in hand, loosen up and jot down wild ideas for your own essays and poems. The hours of this workshop are 7pm to 8:30pm.

Oct 28

Mon 7:00pm-8:30pm Tuition: $35 Total Cost: $35

Brian Doyle edits Portland Magazine at the University of Portland—“the best university magazine in America,” according to Newsweek, and “the best spiritual magazine in the country,” according to Annie Dillard. He is the author of thirteen books, among them the sprawling Oregon novel Mink River. “It feels like such a gift to be able to take a class here.”

WORKSHOPS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER

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Jude Siegel

Nature Journaling: Recording Impressions of Fall Portland Location All skill levels • Age 16+

This workshop is held in Portland. In a watercolor journal format, record impressions of the world around you using watercolor, pen, graphite, drawing, writing and more. Spend lots of time outdoors (weather permitting) and experiment with borders, pen-work, plant prints and other page enhancements.

Oct 29

Tue 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $100 Materials Fee: $5 Total Cost: $105

Nancy Olson

Jennifer Lauck

Marv Ross

All skill levels • Age 14+

All skill levels • Age 18+

Beginner • Age 17+

Weaving A Mini-Cedar Bark Basket Portland Location

The Eight Step Essay Portland Location

This workshop is held in Portland. Learn traditional Haida designs and techniques for weaving red and yellow cedar bark baskets. Build skills in bark preparation, basic twining and plaiting. Projects will include miniature storage and gathering baskets.

This workshop is held in Portland. Create a piece of writing derived from your observations of nature. Learn how to dive deeper into meaning and metaphor. Participants will leave with an outline and possibly a draft of an essay that could be submitted for publication.

Oct 30-31

Nov 1-2

Nancy Olson, taught by Haida Master Weavers in southeastern Alaska, has been weaving since 1992 and has taught individuals and workshops for schools and communities, working mainly with red and yellow cedar bark. She shares stories of weaving experiences, materials gathering and preparation, plus Haida culture and design elements.

Wed-Thu 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $170 Materials Fee: $30 Total Cost: $200

Fri-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $195 Total Cost: $195

“I loved working with a new material. I think it may have opened some new doors for me.”

New Tools for Songwriting Portland Location This workshop is held in Portland. Bring your instrument and enhance your listening and writing skills for songwriting. Forms of 20th century songwriting will be discussed and applied in challenging, but nonthreatening, exercises. Emphasis will be on the “lyric” aspect of composing, and proficiency on an instrument is not necessary to participate.

Nov 3

Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm Tuition: $75 Total Cost: $75

Marv Ross is a songwriter and playwright. A recipient of gold and platinum albums, he also wrote the award-winning musical, The Ghosts of Celilo, and received The Alumni Award of Excellence from WOU. Inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, Marv’s classes stress collaboration, listening and understanding song forms. www.rossproductions.com

EVENTS

Resident Show & Tell This is a great opportunity to be enlightened about the amazing projects undertaken by our Residents in the visual and literary arts, music and natural sciences. Learn more about Sitka and our Residency Program, which runs from October to mid-May. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. Free and open to the public.

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Mingle and Muse This series of presentations opens the door for you to explore the Sitka Center and engage with other creative people over a glass of wine and snacks. Mingling begins at 4:30pm and presentations start at 5pm. This is a a great opportunity to visit the Sitka Center for the first time. Bring a friend and join us for a delightful evening. Free and open to the public.

Saturday, May 11 ~ 1pm

Spring 2013 Residents share about their experience at Sitka.

Wednesday, October 9 ~ 6pm

Fall 2013 Residents talk about their work and what brought them to the Sitka Center.

Tuesday, June 18 ~ 4:30pm with painter Judy Vogland

Monday, July 15 ~ 4:30pm with printmaker Yuji Hiratsuka

Monday, August 19 ~ 4:30pm

with wildlife rehabilitator Cheryl Rorabeck

Wednesday, September 25 ~ 4:30pm

with wood sculptors Rebecca Welti & Phoebe Knapp

EVENTS

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Art in the Garden

Sitka artists inspired by Portland’s Lan Su

Sitka Art Invitational

The Sitka Center is collaborating with Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden to host a series of art exhibits and presentations featuring six Sitka artists. July through September, two artists will exhibit work each month inspired by this traditional Chinese walled garden in downtown Portland. Sitka members receive complementary memberships to Lan Su during this time period.

Join us at the World Forestry Center in Portland for the 20th Annual Sitka Art Invitational. This dazzling exhibit and sale brings together the work of more than 150 Northwest artists and 450 works of art in a spectacular weekend celebration that provides support for artists as well as Sitka’s programs. For one full week a year, Sitka is in Portland offering workshops, events and an art exhibit and sale.

Artists Ian Boyden Dave Haslett Wuon-Gean Ho

Hsin-Yi Huang Margot Voorhies Thompson Phyllis Trowbridge

Location Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett St., Portland Schedule Presentation dates and times are available at: www. lansugarden.org and www.sitkacenter.org

Print by Wuon-Gean Ho

Monday, October 28 - Sunday, November 3 Sitka Workshops in Portland Friday, November 1 Special Opening Event Saturday, November 2 Party with the Artists Saturday & Sunday, November 2 & 3 Public Art Show and Sale For details about registering for workshops, purchasing tickets to events and overall schedule, visit www.sitkacenter.org.

LODGING

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Adorable, artsy, fully-equipped cottage in the village. Cable TV, wood stove, 2 bedrooms and a sleeping loft. Light, bright and steps to beach. Sitka special: $135/night plus cleaning fee.

Affordable Neskowin Rentals

206-525-2407 www.home.comcast.net/~neskowin2006 email: neskowin2006@yahoo.com

Two properties with gorgeous ocean views! 7 miles from Sitka. Immaculately clean. Both feature large ocean-facing decks, BBQ, full kitchen, Cable TV/DVD, all linens and cooking utensils. 2 BR/2 BA: $105/night or $625/week. 1 BR/1 BA: $110/night or $650/week.

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LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS Cascade Head Ranch Condo 03 503-373-3501; 503-949-8403 bschreiber.barb@gmail.com

Walking distance to Sitka Center, 2 BR 2 Queen beds, 1.5 BA, 4 person maximum, NO SMOKING, NO PETS! Unobstructed views, fireplace and deck, free cable and WiFi. $125 per night, weekly rates available.

Cascade Head Ranch Condo #11 Tel: 503-296-9234 Suzanne.Tees3@gmail.com

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Free WiFi and Cable. 3 BR, 2 BA, Sleeps 8-10, $150 per night, weekly rates available. NO SMOKING.

Cascade Head Ranch Condo 14 503-816-8133 lethin@comcast.net

Walk to your class at Sitka! Quiet 2 BR, 1.5 BA condo with meadow and ocean views. 4 person maximum. WiFi. $125 per night. No smoking, no pets.

Cascade Head Ranch Pole House #1 3335 Ridge Road, across from Sitka Center 360-694-3844 jsoelling@aol.com

Ocean view, sleeps 6. 3 bedrooms—one queen, 4 single beds (bring sheets, blankets, towels). Full kitchen. No pets. Total Cost: $95 per night. Call John Soelling.

Cascade Head House #98 ON RIDGE ROAD

Beautiful 3 Bedroom 2 Bath house adjacent to Sitka Center. Large decks, pellet stove, gas BBQ, rowboat, community pool. Special rates for Sitka Center students and Nature Conservancy volunteers.

Call 1-888-720-2154 greyfox@oregoncoast.com

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Grey Fox Vacation Homes 888-720-2154 www.oregoncoast.com/greyfox

10% discount to Sitka workshop participants.

Lake House Bed and Breakfast

2165 NE East Devils Lake Road, Otis, OR 97368 541-996-8938 or 888-996-8938 www.lakehousebb.com Tranquility and peace on lake, 10 minutes from Sitka, discount for students staying 3 or more days, smoke-free rooms with private baths, fireplace, hot tub, sleeps 2 or 4, hearty breakfast. $95 - $150.

Proposal Rock Inn

48988 Hwy 101 S. Neskowin, OR 97149 1-866-404-4974 www.neskowin.com

Just on the north side of Cascade Head you will find friendly and convenient accommodations at Neskowin’s Proposal Rock Inn. Your suite, studio or bedroom is a short walk from a spectacular beach.

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LODGING

SURFTIDES

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2945 NW Jetty Ave, Lincoln City 97367 • 800-452-2159 • wwwSurftidesLincolnCity.com

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FOOD/RESTAURANTS Grateful Bread Restaurant and Bakery

34805 Brooten Road, Pacific City, OR 97135 • 503-965-7337

Bright, cheerful, relaxed atmosphere. Serving breakfast and lunch. Vegetarian specialties, fresh seafood, bakery breads and pastries, homemade soups, wine, beer, and espresso. Restaurant available for rent. Opens at 8am. Drive-thru espresso open 6:30am. Catering available. Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays.

Otis Café

1259 Salmon River Highway, Otis, OR 97368 • 541-994-2813 www.otiscafe.com • otiscafe@live.com

Home cooked food. Lunch and dinner specials. Fresh baked bread, pies, and goodies. Open 7am, 7 days a week.

The Wildflower Grill

4250 N. Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR 97367 • 541-994-9663

Dining in a casual atmosphere. “A Little Bit of Everything.” Homemade desserts, excellent selection of beer and wine. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open 7 days. Catering available. Major credit cards accepted.

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WESTWIND STEWARDSHIP GROUP

Freed Gallery

6119 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Tel: 541-994-5600 • www.freedgallery.com

Located at Siletz Bay, this soaring two-story contemporary gallery features artists from around the world. Famous for glass, paintings, photography, wood, stone, bronze, ceramics, and jewelry.

Ryan Gallery 4270 N. Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Tel: 541-994-5391 www.ryanartgallery.com mail@ryanartgallery.com

Established in 1975, this fine art gallery is at the north entrance of Lincoln City. The gallery exhibits original art and crafts of about 100 artists in a wooded garden setting. Offerings include paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics, and jewelry by local and other Northwest artists. Open 10am - 5pm daily.

Looking for concerts, gallery shows, visitor information and arts festivals on the central coast? You’ll find them at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, inside the former Delake School at the corner of NE Sixth St. and Hwy 101. In the past six years, the non-profit LCCC has transformed this historic landmark into a center for creativity and community. Artists now find exhibition and sales opportunities in Chessman Gallery, Artists’ White Room and LCCC Members Gift Shop. Residents and visitors, arts lovers of all ages, enjoy a full schedule of music, theatre, classes and festivals, throughout the year.

Lincoln City Cultural Center 540 NE Highway 101, Lincoln City, Oregon 97367 541-994-9994 •lincolncity-culturalcenter.org

Westwind is a 529-acre site on the central Oregon coast. We can accommodate groups from a single cabin rental for a weekend getaway to groups for up to 150 people in our rustic, oceanside facilities. The Westwind Stewardship Group’s mission is Conservation...Education...Sustainability.

Please call Anne Cooper, Westwind Office Manager, for further info . . . 541 994 2383

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Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc.

6441 SE Johnson Creek Blvd. Portland, OR 97206 www.skutt.com Manufacturer of Kilns and Potters Wheels Pottery-Glass Fusing-Jewelry

Georgies Ceramic and Clay, Inc.

756 NE Lombard Street, Portland, OR 97211 1-800-999-2529 • Fax 503-283-1387 www.georgies.com

Clay--the ultimate “centering” experience. Everything for the clay artist in you! Kilns, wheels, equipment, clay, glazes, even classes. Friendly, knowledgeable staff will guide you to successful clay creations.

Hall’s Office Supply, LLC

2149 NW Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Tel: 541-994-8118 • Fax: 541-994-5640

Office and art supplies. Oregon-made Graham paints; 40% off oil, acrylics, and watercolors. Also Grumbacher, Liquitex, Arches papers, easels, frames, matte board, etc. 10% discount to Sitka students. If we don’t have it, we’ll find it!

McClain’s Printmaking Supplies 15685 SW 116th Ave, PMB 202 King City, OR 97224-2695 503-641-3555 or 800-832-4264 www.imcclains.com • mail@imcclains.com

A mail-order business dedicated to the art and artists of relief printmaking. Supplies are gathered from around the world for woodblock, linocut and engraving. Japanese-made supplies are our specialty.

Mills Ace Hardware

1-800-278-4043 / 541-764-3323

North 2047 NE 22nd Street, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Tel: 541-996-3334 South 4910 SE Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR 97367 • Tel: 541-996-2131

All your hardware needs now at two locations to serve you. Mills Ace Hardware. Courteous and knowledgeable service. Hours: Monday through Saturday 8am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 3pm.

Trillium Natural Foods Grocery

1026 SE Jetty Avenue, Lincoln City, OR 97367 541-994-5665 www.TrilliumNaturalFoods.net

An excellent selection of organically grown foods including fresh produce, meats, cheese, beans, grains, nuts, dried fruit, and spices. Also top quality supplements at good prices, and books on health. Open Mon-Sat, 9:30am - 7pm, and Sunday 11am - 6pm.

SHOPS/SERVICES

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INDEX Date Workshop

BOOK ARTS

Page

Aug 4.........Italic Handwriting................................................................................. Inga Dubay..........................................................24 Sep 28-29.........Chinese Calligraphy and Tai Chi............................................................ Terry Louie...........................................................33 DRAWING AND PAINTING

Instructor(s)

Jul 1-2.........Making Books and Telling Stories: Book Arts for Kids & Adults............... Andie Thrams & Inga Dubay.................................18 Jul 14-15.........The Thread That Weaves: Creating a Mixed Media Artist’s Book.............. Roxanne Evans Stout............................................20 Jul 30-Aug 1.........Artist’s Books: The Summer Forest......................................................... Wuon-Gean Ho.....................................................23 Aug 2-3.........Portable Thought: Introduction to Bookbinding...................................... Gala Bent.............................................................23 CALLIGRAPHY

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

May 25-28.........Painting Abstract Landscapes................................................................ Lori Latham..........................................................11 Jun 3-5.........Drawing Portraits.................................................................................. David Riedel.........................................................12 Jun 6.........Journal Journey.................................................................................... Patricia Wheeler...................................................13 Jun 8-11.........Painting Archaeology: The Abstract Painting of Place............................. Patricia Wheeler...................................................13 Jun 12-13.........Encaustics: Texture and Abstraction....................................................... Sue Jensen...........................................................14 Jun 14-16.........Color Theory for Painters...................................................................... Aimee Erickson.....................................................14 Jun 18-21.........Watercolor With a Twist: Breaking Old Rules and Creating New Ones..... Judy Vogland........................................................16 Jun 20-22.........Nature Journaling with Watercolor and Pen........................................... Jude Siegel...........................................................16 Jun 23-24.........Experiments in Drawing: From Basic Pencil to Scratchboard................... Krista Eddy...........................................................16 Jun 25-27.........Colored Pencil Stew............................................................................... Eileen Sorg...........................................................17 Jun 27-28.........Spirit of the Rough Sketch .................................................................... Ken O’Connell......................................................17 Jun 28-30.........Word Art .............................................................................................. Rebecca Wild........................................................17 Jun 29-30.........Watercolor Painting with Natural Pigments............................................ Angela Grainger...................................................18 Jul 6-9.........Forest Secrets: Seek, Design, Draw, Paint, Reveal................................... Andie Thrams.......................................................19 Jul 16-19.........The Alchemical Artist: Mixing Materials, Paint & Process....................... Lauren Mantecón..................................................21 Jul 19-21.........Landscape Watercolor at Cascade Head ................................................ Molly Hashimoto..................................................21 Jul 20-21.........The Written Fragment and the Rough Sketch.......................................... Kim Stafford & Ken O’Connell...............................21 Jul 22-25.........Sand Painting and Mixed Media II......................................................... Judy Vogland........................................................22 Jul 26-29.........Painting the Figure............................................................................... William Park........................................................23 Jul 30-Aug1.........Light: Abstraction to Representation...................................................... Carole Berren.......................................................23 Aug 6-7.........Writing the Image, Drawing the Text..................................................... Sarah Rabkin.......................................................24 Aug 12-14.........Three Dimensional Oil Painting............................................................. Elaine Norberg.....................................................26 Aug 15-18.........Don’t Tear It Up! Fix It! ....................................................................... Judy Morris..........................................................26 Aug 16.........Watercolor Pencil Basics........................................................................ Patricia Schmidt....................................................26 Aug 17-18.........Sketchbook Basics................................................................................. Patricia Schmidt....................................................27 Aug 19-22.........Sand Painting & Mixed Media............................................................... Judy Vogland........................................................27 Aug 26-29.........Encaustic and Mixed Media................................................................... Cathy Valentine....................................................28 Aug 30-Sep 2.........Drawing Intensive................................................................................. Larry Thomas.......................................................29 Sep 3-6.........Plein Air Landscape Painting................................................................. Phyllis Trowbridge................................................29 Sep 7.........Acrylic Mosaic....................................................................................... Kathy Lull.............................................................30 Sep 7-8.........Figure Drawing: An Anatomical Approach.............................................. Rita Alves.............................................................30 Sep 8-11.........Plein Air Painting with a Long Look....................................................... Jef Gunn..............................................................30 Sep 12-14.........Watercolor Flowers: Color & Light.......................................................... Patricia Schmidt....................................................31 Sep 15-17.........Abstract Composition in Landscape........................................................ Cynthia Herron.....................................................31

“The whole tone at Sitka is like a fine instrument ready to play music.”

INDEX

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Date Workshop Instructor(s) Page Sep 16-18.........Exploring Personal Imagery with Pastels and Oils.................................. Deborah DeWit.....................................................32 Sep 20-21.........Beginning Acrylic Painting.................................................................... Jill Goodell...........................................................32 Sep 23.........Beginning Drawing .............................................................................. Jill Goodell...........................................................33 Oct 29.........Nature Journaling: Recording Impressions of Fall - Portland Location..... Jude Siegel...........................................................35 FIBER ART

METAL WORK

Jun 7-9.........Direct Metal Casting.............................................................................. Jennifer Wall........................................................13 Aug 20-22.........Fusion: Glass on Metal.......................................................................... Lee Haga..............................................................27 MUSIC

Apr 27-29.........Winds and Waves: Recorder Workshop.................................................. Blaker, Berlin, Galhano, Carslake..........................10 Nov 3.........New Tools for Songwriting - Portland Location....................................... Marv Ross.............................................................35 NATURE

Jun 6-7.........Must See Birds of the Oregon Coast....................................................... Sarah Swanson & Max Smith................................13 Jun 17.........Crabbing the Siletz River....................................................................... Silas Stardance & Frank Boyden...........................15 Jun 21-23.........Edible Shellfish..................................................................................... Frank, Allen & Bradley Boyden.............................16 Jul 6.........Diving Into Oregon’s Marine Reserves................................................... Galleher, Hansen, Murphy....................................18 Jul 17.........Nestucca River: A View from Several Perspectives................................... Silas Stardance & Frank Boyden...........................21 Jul 22.........Full Moon Devils Lake Kayaking............................................................ Cheryl Rorabeck...................................................22 Aug 20.........Full Moon Devils Lake Kayaking............................................................ Cheryl Rorabeck...................................................27 Oct 25-26.........Beyond Chanterelles............................................................................. David Arora..........................................................34 PHOTOGRAPHY

Jul 7-9.........The Alchemist’s Fire: Fusing, Forging and Metal Clay............................. Debra Carus.........................................................19 Jul 10.........Metal Alchemy II: Hot & Cold Connections.............................................. Debra Carus.........................................................19

Oct 24.........Wild Mushroom Culinary Exploration.................................................... Sharon Wiest, Rob Pounding & Justin Wills...........34 JEWELRY

May 29-31.........Quilting: Simply the Land...................................................................... Jean Wells Keenan................................................11 Jun 1.........Silk Scarf Painting................................................................................ Linda Swindle.......................................................12 Jun 2.........Nuno Felted Scarf................................................................................. Tash Wesp............................................................12 Jun 12-14.........Adventures of the Woven Form.............................................................. Shannon Weber....................................................14 Jun 24-26.........Beautiful Beasts: Sculptural Crochet....................................................... Taylor Vogland Dreiling........................................17 Jul 1-3.........Ply-Splitting: Braids, Baskets and Beyond............................................. Barbara J. Walker................................................18 Jul 10-11.........Felted Hollow Sculptures....................................................................... Laura Berman......................................................19 Aug 8-10.........Introduction to Katazome...................................................................... Karen Miller.........................................................25 Oct 30-31.........Weaving A Mini-Cedar Bark Basket - Portland Location........................... Nancy Olson.........................................................35 FOOD

May 28-29.........Of the Land, Sea and Air: A Coastal Photographic Adventure................. Karen Ulvestad.....................................................11 Jul 23-24.........More than Vacation Pictures: Travel Imagery Tips.................................. Paul Sivley...........................................................22

INDEX Date Workshop Instructor(s) Page Sep 18-19.........Beginning Photography......................................................................... Craig Leaper.........................................................32

PRINTMAKING

Aug 5-7.........Carving and the World of Hardwoods.................................................... Monica Setziol-Phillips..........................................24 Sep 5-6.........Carving What’s On Your Mind................................................................ Stan Peterson.......................................................30 Sep 9-12.........Carving a Spotted Owl in Northwest Native Style.................................... Jay Haavik...........................................................31 Sep 24-27.........Carving Birds and Other Wildlife........................................................... Rebecca Welti & Phoebe Knapp.............................33 WRITING

Jul 11-14.........Fused Glass in Mosaics.......................................................................... Mark Brody..........................................................20 Aug 8-9.........Exploring Texture in the Ceramic Process............................................... Rhoda Fleischman................................................25 Aug 26-28.........Sculpture Utilizing Traditional and Non-Traditional Materials................. Becky Busi............................................................28 Sep 3-4.........Ephemeral Vessels, Provocative Objects................................................. Jody Dunphy........................................................29 WOOD WORK

Jun 16-17.........A Collage Approach to Monotype........................................................... Marcy Baker.........................................................15 Jul 15-18.........Japanese Water-based Woodcut............................................................. Yuji Hiratsuka.......................................................20 Jul 25-28.........Experimental Linocut............................................................................ Wuon-Gean Ho.....................................................22 Aug 11-13.........New Dimensions in Gyotaku.................................................................. Heather Fortner....................................................25 Aug 23-25.........Techniques in Non-toxic Intaglio Etching................................................ Susan Lowdermilk................................................28 Aug 30-Sep 1.........Lines and Layers with Drypoint............................................................. Tallmadge Doyle...................................................29 Sep 22-24.........Non-toxic Monotype with Water-based Ink.............................................. Jane Pagliarulo....................................................33 SCULPTURE

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

May 25-26.........Oregon Symphony in Green.................................................................. Kim Stafford.........................................................10 May 31-Jun1.........Your American Life: Writing the Creative Non-Fiction Essay..................... Jenny Bates..........................................................11 Jun 2-3.........It’s Your Music: Writing Poems............................................................... Tom Crawford.......................................................12 Jun 10-11.........The Poetry Wheel.................................................................................. Julianna Waters....................................................14 Jun 15.........Come to Your Senses............................................................................. Drew Myron.........................................................15 Jun 18-19.........Calling The Muse................................................................................... Kathryn Ridall......................................................15 Jul 12-13.........Write a Vivid Scene............................................................................... Jennifer Lauck......................................................20 Jul 20-21.........The Written Fragment and the Rough Sketch.......................................... Kim Stafford & Ken O’Connell...............................21 Aug 3-4.........Writing at the Edge............................................................................... Sarah Rabkin.......................................................24 Aug 6-7.........Writing the Image, Drawing the Text..................................................... Sarah Rabkin.......................................................24 Aug 10-11.........The Art of Re-vision: Where Catharsis Meets Craft.................................. Nancy Linnon.......................................................25 Aug 14-15.........Give Yourself Completely: The Heart of Personal Narrative..................... Margaret Malone..................................................26 Aug 24-25.........Writing and Walking............................................................................. Charles Goodrich..................................................28 Sep 13-15.........A Journey into Mindfulness Through Writing . ....................................... Heather Swan.......................................................31 Sep 21-22.........Three Perfect Poems.............................................................................. Jennifer Boyden...................................................32 Sep 28-29.........Cultural Passages: Writing about the Lives and Landscapes of Others..... Joanne Mulcahy...................................................34 Oct 28.........An Evening with Brian Doyle - Portland Location.................................... Brian Doyle..........................................................34 Nov 1-2.........The Eight Step Essay - Portland Location................................................ Jennifer Lauck......................................................35

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Sitka Art Invitational The 20th Annual

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