2019 Workshop Catalog

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Connect with nature, explore your creativity

2019

Workshops & Events Oregon Coast

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome!

Last summer, as part of the process of joining Sitka, I participated in a four-day ceramics workshop taught by Ruri (p. 21).

On the first morning, Ruri invited each of us to take two lumps of clay outside and collect imprints. One by one, we passed through the studio’s screen door, lumps in hand, and explored our natural surrounds in search of inspiration. I sought out a Sitka spruce and pressed clay into its bark with my palm.

Walking the grounds, my imagination conjured images of others who have chosen to set roots in this landscape: first peoples and homesteaders, native and invasive species, foresters and hikers, artists and scientists, the Sitka Center’s founders, and the many staff members, board members, donors and volunteers who have stewarded Sitka through nearly five decades of organizational evolution and impact.

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Our Story................................................................. 3 Support Sitka........................................................... 4 Directions................................................................ 5 Workshop Registration.......................................... 6-7 Workshop Index by Subject................................. 8-10 Workshops by Date........................................... 11-35 Grass Mountain & Residency Program............. 36-37 Lodging/Food/Art Supplies & Galleries............ 38-44 Events............................................................... 45-47

The year that lies ahead—my first at Sitka—is ours for the collective discovering. What feels important to preserve and celebrate? Where is adaptation necessary? What wisdom do the elders among us feel most compelled to share? What emerging issues are of greatest urgency to the next generation?

My first call to action is this: engage with the Sitka Center this year.

Take a class (pp. 11-35). Come to the Sitka Art Invitational (p. 45).

Attend a Mingle & Muse event (p. 47). Apply for a residency (p. 37).

Tell a friend. Propose an experiment. Sketch an idea. Send a postcard.

Write a love letter. Write a poem.

However you see to participate, join me this year in actively reflecting on the legacy of this place and space, in articulating why its existence is all the more important now and in shaping what we see to make and do next together.

In collaboration,

Board of Directors Kristin Walrod, Greg Parra, Dan Twitchell, Ruth Spetter, Heidi Beebe, Barbara Triplett, Dan Mueller, Peg Herring, Joe Wedding Executive Director Alison Dennis

Alison Dennis, Executive Director

Cover Art: Sondra Holtzman, Starshower in Puako, Pastel on Hardboard, 2017, 9”x15”

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OUR STORY

Explore your creative spirit and connection to nature.

For nearly 50 years the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has invited thousands of people to explore the interconnections between natural curiosity and personal creativity. Through workshops, residencies and public events the Sitka Center provides time and space for place-based reflection, inquiry and creation.

The Sitka Center is located on Oregon’s central coast between Lincoln City and Neskowin. The coastal forest landscape surrounding the Sitka Center is an inspiring setting for natural exploration, artistic expression and personal growth. Our studios are set among sword ferns and Sitka spruce trees, birdsongs and the roar of the ocean are audible from our courtyards and many of our workshops integrate field-based components.

Workshops (pages 11-35) Whether you are an experienced artist or naturalist, or you are interested in picking up a sketchpad or magnifying glass for the first time, in this catalog you will find over one hundred workshops for all skill levels exploring writing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, ecology and more. Our workshop season runs from May into September.

From poets and painters to zoologists and foresters, our workshop instructors are experts in their fields, with passion for their areas of expertise, and who find joy in sharing their skills and knowledge with others. Our team works together to create a community of learning and sharing where everyone is welcome.

Residencies (page 37) From October to mid-May, selected and invited artists, writers, ecologists, musicians, and interdisciplinary researchers and makers live at the Sitka Center in residence. Residency durations range from two weeks to three-and-a-half months, and studio space is provided free of charge.

Outreach Events and Exhibits (pages 45-47) Free public events at the Sitka Center are offered throughout the year.

Our Mingle & Muse Speaker Series brings diverse and topical art and ecology voices to the Oregon coast, and Resident Show & Tell events share the work of the Sitka Center’s artists and ecologists in residence with the community.

Each November, the Sitka Art Invitational takes place in Portland, Oregon and showcases over 450 pieces of nature-inspired artwork by over 140 Northwest artists, and celebrates the finished product of artmaking as part of a creative process. Talks and receptions create opportunities for visitors and art collectors to meet the artists.

When we give ourselves time and space to reflect on our relationship with the natural world and get in touch with our creative selves, transformation—on all scales—is possible. We invite you to experience the Sitka Center and the power of this landscape for your yourself.

We look forward to seeing you!

To learn more about the Sitka Center, visit us on the web at sitkacenter.org.

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SUPPORT SITKA

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Your Support Matters

Membership Levels

Memberships

$50 Individual

Become a member today and join a growing community that values creativity inspired by nature. Members receive benefits such as early workshop registration and more (see box at right). You can also stay connected to Sitka through our e-newsletter and receive our annual catalog by mail.

~ Early workshop registration ~ Subscription to Sitka’s e-newsletter ~ Discount on event tickets ~ Complimentary entry to the Sitka Art Invitational

Becoming a new member or renewing your membership is easy.

Simply call us at (541) 994-5485 or go online to our Donate/ Membership page at sitkacenter.org.

~ 10% member discount on tuition ~ All Individual benefits

Gift Certificates

~ 10% household discount on tuition ~ All Individual benefits

Give someone the gift of creativity! Gift certificates can be purchased in any amount and may be used for a workshop, membership or merchandise. To purchase, call us at (541) 994-5485.

Other Ways To Be Involved We welcome you to join the Sitka community in a way that fits your life: volunteer, attend events or sign-up for our e-newsletter.

For more information, visit sitkacenter.org.

Join the Sitka Community (Please write legibly. Thank you!)

name__________________________________________________ address_________________________________________________

$100 Supporter

$150 Household

$250 Sustainer

~ 20% discount on tuition ~ All Household benefits

$500+ Benefactor

~ 30% discount on tuition ~ All Household benefits ~ 2 tickets to SAI Preview Party

q I’d like to become a member at this level:_________________________ q Please accept my donation in the amount of:____________________

city/state/zip______________________________________________ q I wish to sponsor the following event: phone__________________________________________________ • Art Invitational email__________________________________________________

To pay with a credit card call 541-994-5485 or go online.

To mail a check: Sitka Center, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368

• Mingle & Muse

$______________ $______________

q I wish to donate $______________ to the Workshop Scholarship Fund

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DIRECTIONS

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Directions 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 north on Hwy 101 to N. Three Rocks Road (look for white barn on left). Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road.

Continue with directions “From N. Three Rocks Road.”

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 north on Hwy 101 to N. Three Rocks Road (look for white barn on left). Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road.

Continue with directions “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 on Hwy 101 to N. Three Rocks Road (look for white barn on left). Turn left on N. Three Rocks Road.

Continue with directions “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 with directions “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 onto 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 blue signs.

Lost? Call the Sitka office at (541) 994-5485.

If stairs are a concern, we can offer assistance and an alternative drop-off point.

Please call the office to make arrangements.

GPS coordinates N 45 02.858, W 123o59.567 o

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WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Workshop Registration Register online or by phone • For online registration visit sitkacenter.org and go to the workshop page.

• For phone registration call (541) 994-5485.

Wait Lists and Fees • If the workshop is full, you may choose to be added to a wait list.

If an enrolled student cancels, we will notify the first person on the wait list.

• Material fees are used to reimburse instructors for supplies they provide for students. Instructors may buy materials that are difficult to find or more economical to purchase in bulk.

• Model fees are used to compensate the person who models.

Scholarships Through generous private donations, Sitka is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to individuals who request financial assistance.

Scholarships are need-based and cover half of a workshop’s tuition.

Recipients are responsible for the remainder of the tuition. Scholarships do not cover cost of travel, lodging, meals, materials or model fees. To apply, download an application from our website’s workshop page. For additional questions, please call or email info@sitkacenter.org.

Members-Only Registration begins February 26.

Non-Member Registration begins March 12.

It’s never too late to become a member! During members-only registration, you can purchase a membership and register early for a workshop.

Cancellations If a workshop is cancelled due to low enrollment, you will be notified at least 14 days prior to the start of the workshop and you will receive a full refund. If you need to cancel from your workshop, please call (541) 994-5485 or email info@sitkacenter.org.

• Cancelling 21+ days prior to workshop = 100% refund less a $35 administrative fee.

• Cancelling 14-20 days prior to workshop = 50% tuition and full materials fee refund with no administrative fee.

• There is no refund for cancellations made fewer than 14 days before the first day of the workshop.

Satisfaction Guarantee

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

Sitka does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

Sitka Center reserves the right to change programs, dates, descriptions and fees noted in this schedule.

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WHAT TO BRING

In Preparation for Your Workshop Lodging

• Because there is no student housing, RV parking or camping available at Sitka, you will need to find accommodations in Lincoln City, Neskowin, Otis or Pacific City.

• For lodging options, visit sitkacenter.org (workshop tab) or see pages 38-40 for a list of places that support Sitka. Some provide discounts to Sitka students.

• More options are available online at the Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau’s website at oregoncoast.org and at pacificcity.org for Pacific City.

Lunch pix(s)

• Bring your lunch. A refrigerator, microwave and dishes are in every studio.

• Locally-roasted coffee and different teas are complimentary.

• Cold drinks and snacks are available for purchase.

Bring

Workshop Supplies

• Material lists are posted on Sitka’s website and are included in your registration packet, which is emailed or mailed depending on your preference, after registration.

Pets/Smoking

• Pets are not permitted at the Sitka Center, including in vehicles in the parking lot.

• Students are asked to refrain from smoking on the campus.

Parking

• Please park only in the two lots with Sitka signs. Do not park in the nearby residential areas.

• There are two parking spaces for people with disabilities. To make arrangements, please call ahead to (541) 994-5485 or email info@sitkacenter.org.

• We can’t accommodate RVs or campers.

• Parking at Sitka is limited. Please carpool to Sitka whenever possible.

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WORKSHOPS BY SUBJECT

BOOK ARTS 13 Artist’s Book Illuminated Alexandra Schaefers • Jun 4-6 14 Mask and Reveal: Papercuts and Storytelling Béatrice Coron • Jun 11-14 CALLIGRAPHY 21 Italic Handwriting Inga Dubay • Jul 12 26 Hand Lettering with the Folded Pen Cora Pearl • Aug 10-11 COLLAGE 18 Collage and the Spirit of Wabi Sabi Donna Watson • Jun 26-27 28 Rich in Elements: Learn to Make Unique Collage Papers Margot Voorhies Thompson • Aug 21-23 31 Painting Portraits with Paper Sandy Oppenheimer • Sep 4-6

CREATIVE THOUGHT 12 Art + Ecology: The Power of Art to Change the World Daniela Molnar • May 28 21 What Can I Do? Social Justice Practices for Emerging Allies Christopher Hirsh • Jul 13-14 22 The Creative Sketchbook Susan Moss • Jul 19-21 DRAWING AND PAINTING 11 Oil Painting Boot Camp Sarah Sedwick • May 25-26 12 Sitka Art Circle: Composition Design Sarah Sedwick • May 27 12 Native Animals of Land, Sea & Sky Ruth Armitage • May 28-30 12 Observation, Imagination and Chance with Watermedia Daniela Molnar • May 29-31

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology 13 Community Open Studio May 31- Jun 3 15 Suminagashi Paper Marbling: From Pattern to Finished Painting Liz Walker • Jun 15-16 15 Color Confidence for Artists Cynthia Herron • Jun 17-18 16 Speed Painting: The Alla Prima Way Dave Roholt • Jun 17-18 16 Abstract Composition in Landscape Cynthia Herron • Jun 19-21 18 Exploring Abstraction: Working in Series Zoe Cohen • Jun 28-30 20 The Dao of Seeing Jef Gunn • Jul 8-11 20 Watercolor Plein Air and the Salmon River Estuary Satoko Motouji, Sarah Greene • Jul 10-11 22 The Spirit of the Rough Sketch Ken O’Connell • Jul 17-18 22 Defining a Sense of Place Through Contemporary Drawing Anne Godfrey • Jul 19-21 23 Nature and Watercolor with a Nontraditional Approach Angela Grainger • Jul 22-24

23 From Bud to Seed: Exploring Nature’s Cycles in Painting Marlana Stoddard-Hayes • Jul 25-27 24 Sitka Arts Circle: Ethnobotanical Sketchbook, Wild Roses and Sitka Spruce Dorota Haber-Lehigh • Jul 28 24 Forest Fragments Dorota Haber-Lehigh • Jul 29-31 24 The Art and Science of Illustrating Birds Nora Sherwood • Jul 29-31 25 Magical Skies and Water in Pastel Sondra Holtzman • Aug 1-2 25 Contemporary Painting Practice: Transforming the Source Michelle Ross • Aug 3-6 26 Sand, Sun & Saltwater: Exploring Mixed Media Landscape and More!

Judy Vogland • Aug 8-11 28 New Foundations for Drawing and Painting Corrine Loomis-Dietz • Aug 19-20 28 Tips for Drawing Leaves Realistically Janet Parker • Aug 20-21 29 Abstracted Play in Oil and Cold Wax Dayna Collins • Aug 22-25 29 Beginning Landscapes and Seascapes in Oil Katia Kyte • Aug 26-28

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WORKSHOPS BY SUBJECT 17 Stitching Your Story Maude May • Jun 23-25

19 Music of the Landscape Ben Cosgrove • Jul 5

22 Natural Indigo and Tannins Rio Wrenn • Jul 15-16

NATURE

23 Text into Textile: Interpreting Poetry through Clay and Cloth Carolyn Drake • Jul 26-28 24 Woven Abalone Shell Stephanie Craig, Joe Craig • Aug 1-2

30 Small Art: Big Ideas Rebecca Wild • Aug 29-31

34 Layers of the Forest: A Day of Painting Annamieka Davidson • Sep 15

31 Sitka Art Circle: Nature Inspired Art and Text Rebecca Wild • Sep 1

34 Intro to Painting in Oil & Cold Wax Lynne Wintermute • Sep 16-18

31 Connectivism Krista Eddy • Sep 5 32 Watercolor Pencil Basics Patricia Schmidt • Sep 6 32 Sketchbook Basics Patricia Schmidt • Sep 7-8 32 Creating the Figurative Drawing Natalie Craig • Sep 9-10 33 Nature Inspired Abstract Art Zebith Thalden • Sep 9-11 33 Expressive Figurative Drawing and Painting Natalie Craig • Sep 11-12

35 Sketch and Paint Birds of the West Molly Hashimoto • Oct 29-30 35 Land Lines: Watermedia Mark-Making for Personal Landscapes Ruth Armitage • Oct 31- Nov 1 FIBER ART 13 Willow Bark Hats Judy Zugish • Jun 3-6 15 Sculptural Basketry Angela Eastman • Jun 11-14 17 Sitka Art Circle: A Stitch in Time Maude May • Jun 22

31 Silk Paint Linda Swindle • Sep 3-4 JEWELRY 20 Metalsmithing Art and Alchemy Debra Carus • Jul 6-9 METAL WORK 33 Introduction to Luted Crucible Casting Piers Watson • Sep 12-15 MIXED MEDIA 34 Image Transfer: Acrylic Skins and Mixed-Media Cheryl Rogers-Tadevich • Sep 14 34 Combining Media: Printmaking & Polaroid Transfers/Lifts Lexi Coburn • Sep 16-17 MUSIC 11 Winds and Waves: Recorder Workshop Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhan, Adéla Gardavskáo • May 4-6

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18 Incorporating Compassion in Conservation Valerie Stephan-LeBoeuf • Jun 28 28 Salmon River Estuary: A Physical Transformation Kami Ellingson • Aug 19 PHOTOGRAPHY 14 Sitka Art Circle: Cyanotype Sun Printing Karen Hymer • Jun 7 16 Mastering the Digital SLR Nicole Jean Hill • Jun 19-20 16 Photography and Place Nicole Jean Hill • Jun 21-22 23 Creating a Visual Story of the Forests of Cascade Head Kelly James • Jul 22-25 32 Photographic Art with an iPhone Kat Sloma • Sep 7-8

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WORKSHOPS BY SUBJECT SCULPTURE 17 Introduction to Andamento: Taking Your Mosaic to the Next Level Jennifer Kuhns • Jun 23-24 21 Table Top Mosaic Mark Brody • Jul 12-14 21 Hand Building: Abstracted Forms Ruri • Jul 15-18

PRINTMAKING 14 Photopolymer Gravure: Transforming your Photographs Karen Hymer • Jun 8-10 19 Sitka Art Circle: Botanical Triple-Printing Krista Eddy • Jul 1

26 Spontaneous Clay: Sculpting with Paper Clay Slabs Michele Collier • Aug 12-13 30 Intro to Smalti Mosaic Glass Joanne Daschel • Aug 30

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology WOOD WORK 27 Finding Your Wood Muse Monica Setziol-Phillips • Aug 13-16 27 Green Wood Spoon Carving Kiko Denzer • Aug 17-18 WRITING 11 Digital Storytelling: Nature’s Green Blur & the Tiny Film Kim Stafford, Perrin Kerns • May 25-27 13 Take a Page from the Poet’s Notebook: Creating Tight and Succinct Prose Jennifer Springsteen • Jun 1-2 14 The Story Writer’s Path: Penning the Novel Charlotte Dixon • Jun 7-9

19 Relief Printmaking Portfolio and the Environment Pete Railand • Jul 1-3

15 Weaving with Words: Introduction to the Braided Essay Erica Berry • Jun 15-16

25 Draw, Scratch, Print: Drypoint Printmaking Jennifer Anderson • Aug 5-8

17 Earth Recordings Gabriella Klein, Carrie Kappel • Jun 25-27

26 Sitka Art Circle: Explore with Prints & Color Jennifer Anderson • Aug 9

18 Mining Your Life for Laughter Robert Balmer • Jun 29-30

30 Monotype: Patterns in Nature Marcy Baker • Aug 27-29 33 Block Printing Patterns Jenna Lechner • Sep 13

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19 The Lyric Essay: the Art of the Collage Perrin Kerns • Jul 2-3 20 Poetry: Expressing the Inexpressible Kim Stafford • Jul 6-7 25 Voice Lessons: Finding Your Writing Voice Laura Lampton Scott • Aug 3-4

27 Dr. Carr’s Word Forage: You, Too, Can Write a Poem!™ Emily Carr • Aug 14-16 27 The Art of the Letter: Writing, Collage & Mail Art Laura Moulton • Aug 17-18 29 The Power of Place Nancy Linnon • Aug 24-25 29 Sitka Art Circle: The Writer Within Nancy Linnon • Aug 26 30 The Crucible of You: Write Yourself from Hurt to Healing Sage Cohen • Aug 31- Sep 1

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WORKSHOPS MAY

Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhano and Adéla Gardavská

Sarah Sedwick

Intermediate to Advanced | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Winds and Waves: Recorder Workshop

This year’s theme is “Germany and Bohemia.” Work on a wide variety of music from the recorder repertoire with an internationally renowned recorder faculty.

Classes are divided into three skill levels: intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced. The end of the day 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 (May 3) and catered lunches are included.

May 4-6

Sat & Sun 9am-5:15pm, Mon 9am - 3pm Tuition: $285 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $285

Faculty includes Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin and Cléa Galhano, all of whom perform, record and teach workshops in the United States and abroad. Frances, who composes for recorder and other instruments, and Letitia are based in the San Francisco Bay area and form the duo Tibia (www.tibiaduo.com). Cléa, originally from Brazil, lives and teaches in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is on the faculty of Macalester College and other Twin Cities institutions. Guest instructor Adéla Gardavská is a recorder player and teacher, and a culture anthropologist. She is originally from the Czech Republic, where she started to learn the recorder at the age of 6. She studied at the Conservatory of Evangelical Academy in Olomouc with Jitka Konecna and graduated in 2017. Adéla performed with the Czech recorder ensemble Flauto Dolce and participated in workshops and early music masterclasses with well-known recorder players, such as Alan Davis, Jostein Gundersen, Saskia Coleen and Ashley Solomon. Currently, Adéla is a member of the Washington Recorder Society and the recorder ensemble Sine Nomine. In addition to her musical background, she has a bachelor’s degree in Culture Anthropology and French philology, and a master’s degree in European studies.

Oil Painting Boot Camp This fun and focused workshop hits the basics of value and composition design, while being all about rich color and lively brushwork. Learn the alla prima oil painting technique and pack your paintings with confident, harmonious color while simplifying your palette. Get a new perspective on the still life and great tips for bringing inspiration to your home studio practice.

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Kim Stafford & Perrin Kerns

Digital Storytelling: Nature’s Green Blur & the Tiny Film All Skill Levels | Age 18+

This is a studio experience in which participants write and produce a digital story, joining a personal narrative with images and sound.

Participants craft and record narratives, collect images and video from the Sitka landscape, add music to deepen the narrative and follow a process through peer response and instructor support to edit their stories.

May 25-26

May 25-27

Sarah Sedwick has a BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art, and has lived in Eugene, Oregon since 2007. Her oil paintings celebrate the simple beauty of everyday objects and are most often inspired by color combinations and perceptual effects. All are painted from life. sarahsedwick.com

Kim Stafford is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute and author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. In May, 2018, Gov. Kate Brown named him Oregon's 9th Poet Laureate. Perrin Kerns served as the Director of Writing at Marylhurst University where she taught English literature and creative nonfiction.

Her personal documentaries have appeared in festivals around the US and in Ireland. www.kim-stafford.com

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $30 Total Cost: $295

Sat-Mon 10am-4pm Tuition: $500 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $500

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MAY

Sarah Sedwick

Sitka Art Circle: Composition Design All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! Learn tips on designing successful paintings and techniques for value studies using black and white markers on toned tan paper.

Plan paintings that grab the viewer’s eye and learn a new way to sketch.

May 27

Mon 10am-2pm Tuition: $15 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $25

Sarah Sedwick has a BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art, and has lived in Eugene, Oregon since 2007. Her oil paintings celebrate the simple beauty of everyday objects and are most often inspired by color combinations and perceptual effects. All are painted from life. sarahsedwick.com

WORKSHOPS

Daniela Molnar

Art + Ecology: The Power of Art to Change the World All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Welcome to the inspiring, thriving world of ecological art. Students will learn about a wide range of artists making work that addresses, challenges and remediates environmental issues. We will develop an understanding of the tactics that these artists use and consider how we can apply creative ecological thinking to our own lives.

May 28

Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $80 Materials fee: $2 Total Cost: $82

Daniela has been teaching students of all ages since 2007. She is a full-time Associate Professor teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she founded and leads the Art + Ecology program. She also coordinates and leads educational trips with Signal Fire. danielamolnar.com

Ruth Armitage

Native Animals of Land, Sea & Sky All Skill Levels | Age 18+

This workshop will focus on painting the spirit of creatures native to the Pacific Northwest. You’ll explore secrets of color, line and texture used by master artists, experiment with collage and acrylic paint, and leave with symbolic paintings that express your connection to some of the elusive creatures encountered in this enchanting environment.

May 28-30

Tue-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $395 Materials fee: $5 Total Cost: $400

Ruth has been honored with signature status in the National and Northwest Watercolor Societies. She has been featured on OPB’s “Oregon Art Beat” and in many national publications and exhibitions. Her work is represented by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. Students enjoy her organized and creative approach to teaching. rutharmitage.com

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Daniela Molnar

Observation, Imagination and Chance with Watermedia Intermediate | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

This workshop explores exciting new techniques and processes for watermedia that will help you create innovative new paintings. We will begin by focusing on painting from observation, then playfully and creatively consider what might come after observation. You will learn more about intuitive painting and the approaches of many relevant artists.

May 29-31

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $7 Total Cost: $247

Daniela has been teaching students of all ages since 2007. She is a full-time Associate Professor teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she founded and leads the Art + Ecology program. She also coordinates and leads educational trips with Signal Fire. danielamolnar.com

WORKSHOPS

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Community Open Studio All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Gather in the beautiful Boyden Studio for an opportunity to explore and create among a community of fellow artists. Bring the medium and supplies of your choice, and we’ll provide an intimate studio with tables and easels, coffee and tea.

The views of the lush landscape and peaceful setting of Sitka will inspire your creativity.

May 31-Jun 3

Fri-Mon 10am-4pm Tuition: $100 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $100

Sitka Center Staff will be on hand to help with equipment, studio setup, refreshments and for general studio support.

Jennifer Springsteen

Take a Page from the Poet’s Notebook: Creating Tight and Succinct Prose Intermediate | Age 18+

In this workshop students will study poetry for its precision and depth of emotion and use it as a springboard to strengthen their own writing.

Writers are offered techniques to whittle out the fluff and get to the heart of the matter. Bring your notebooks: we’ll be reading and writing.

Jun 1-2

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $135 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $135

Jennifer Springsteen is the co-founder of PDX Writers where she teaches manuscript development and coaches writers individually. She is the recipient of the 2008 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for fiction and a 2015 Fishtrap Summer Fellow. Her stories have been contest finalists nominated for Pushcart prizes. pdxwriters.com

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Judy Zugish

Alexandra Schaefers

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 14+

Learn a new skill and wear it home proudly. By applying basket making basics to a molded form, each student will custom design a wearable hat from Judy’s sustainably grown willow barks. Go home with a new hat and a wonderful new connection to nature.

Learn simple techniques to create a short writing piece from your own experience to letter and illustrate in a soft-cover artist’s book with a spine.

We will complete one book as a draft while learning the binding technique and cultivating our own illuminated voice in fluid acrylics on printmaking paper. We will then make a second book to master the process.

Willow Bark Hats

Jun 3-6

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $100 Total Cost: $365

Judy Zugish is a basketry artist and teacher whose work is experimental and sculpted from nature. She has explored plants in her fiber arts garden for over 30 years with keen curiosity. Her teaching style is innovative and dedicated to the pleasures of sustainable nature. twigtwisters.com

Artist’s Book Illuminated

Jun 4-6

Tue-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $260

Alexandra Schaefers is an artist-poet hybrid from Corvallis where she paints plein air in local woodlands and illustrates poems that celebrate the beauty of the human place in nature. As an art teacher she revels in encouraging people to suspend judgment and create from an inspired and genuine place. alexandraschaefers.com

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WORKSHOPS

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Charlotte Dixon

Karen Hymer

Karen Hymer

Béatrice Coron

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Writing the novel requires a journey across gorgeous but sometimes treacherous terrain. In this workshop, we’ll pack a suitcase full of techniques to guide you. You’ll go home with your bag packed with all the preparation for writing completed and inspiring techniques so that you are ready to embark upon this creative journey.

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! This playful approach to image making will yield surprising results. You will learn to hand coat paper with the cyanotype chemicals and, once dry, make photograms by placing the collected items on the paper and exposing them to sunlight. Each print will be unique.

Transform your photographs into beautiful gravure etchings. Make prints using non-toxic, lightsensitive solarplates that develop in water instead of acid. This environmentally friendly process translates photographic detail into ink on paper with unparalleled beauty. It is a fun process requiring no previous experience. Students will leave with 8 - 10 prints.

In this intense workshop of serious fun, students will study wearable and collapsible structures and explore unique ways to tell stories by cutting paper. Masking and revealing is essential to storytelling and will be playfully explored to take the artist book on the wild side.

Jun 7

Jun 8-10

The Story Writer’s Path: Penning the Novel

Jun 7-9

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $170

Charlotte Rains Dixon is a novelist who has regularly taught writing workshops in Portland, Nashville and France since earning her MFA degree in 2003. She believes mastering the writing craft is imperative, but learning to keep one’s creative juices flowing is the most important skill of all. charlotterainsdixon.com

Sitka Art Circle: Cyanotype Sun Printing

Fri 10am-2pm Tuition: $10 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $25

Karen Hymer is a visual artist and educator living in Silver City, NM. She holds BFA, MA and MFA degrees in fine art photography and has taught for over 25 years. She explores nature and the body through the blending of photosensitive materials, digital media, printmaking and encaustics, specializing in photogravures. karenhymer.com

Photopolymer Gravure: Transforming Your Photographs

Sat-Mon 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $70 Total Cost: $285

Karen Hymer is a visual artist and educator living in Silver City, NM. She holds BFA, MA and MFA degrees in fine art photography and has taught for over 25 years. She explores nature and the body through the blending of photosensitive materials, digital media, printmaking and encaustics, specializing in photogravures. karenhymer.com

Mask and Reveal: Papercuts and Storytelling

Jun 11-14

Tue-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $550 Materials fee: $40 Total Cost: $590

For the last 20 years, Béatrice has been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting and public art. She stages narrative allegories in silhouette to create a dialogue with the viewer in playful fantasies. She enjoys sharing her experience to help others find their creative voice. beatricecoron.com

WORKSHOPS JUNE

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Angela Eastman

Sculptural Basketry All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Beginning with a range of basic basketry techniques using provided material, we will learn to incorporate harvested and gathered material and explore basket weaving as sculpture and performance. Emphasis will be on technical foundations, responsible harvesting and basketry as personal expression. All students will leave with at least four completed baskets.

Jun 11-14

Tue-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $335

Angela Eastman weaves together knowledge of traditional craft techniques and movement exercises to facilitate workshops in engaged art making. Angela received training through the Core Fellowship program at Penland School of Crafts prior to receiving her MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. angelaeastman.com

Erica Berry

Weaving with Words: Introduction to the Braided Essay

Liz Walker

Suminagashi Paper Marbling: From Pattern to Finished Painting

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Explore the concept of the “braided essay,” and learn how to weave different threads of research, memory and observation into a cohesive and lyrical essay. Students will develop strands of their own essays and leave with a finished draft of a braided essay as well as a web of ideas for future projects.

Learn how to create beautiful marbled papers using sumi inks dropped from small paintbrushes into a tray of water and printed on rice paper. Discover how to develop one or more marbled papers into a finished painting using simple collage and painting methods.

Jun 15-16

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $40 Total Cost: $255

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $135 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $135

The winner of the 2018 Steinberg Essay Prize, Erica is the recipient of fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

Her work appears in the New York Times Magazine, Colorado Review, Fourth Genre, The Atlantic and others. She loves teaching students of all experience levelsonly curiosity is required. ericaberry.com

Jun 15-16

Liz Walker, who creates award-winning marbled paintings in her studio in Portland Oregon, has been teaching marbling (both acrylic and suminagashi) for nearly a decade. She received her BA in Art from Trinity University and is a Signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS). lizwalkerart.com

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Cynthia Herron

Color Confidence for Artists All Skill Levels | Age 16+

This introductory class is for anyone wanting to expand their color confidence and knowledge. In this color workshop, Cynthia will demonstrate mixing and matching paint and discuss color schemes using acrylic paint, paper collage, and fabric. We will also discuss color as it appears in nature surrounding the Sitka campus.

Jun 17-18

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $185

Cynthia Herron teaches at Chemeketa Community College and at her own studio in Salem, sharing inspiration and knowledge of art. She creates abstract landscapes in oils; her memoir Paint By Number, describes finding her voice as a painter. She exhibits at Freed Gallery, Bush Barn Gallery and Fog Forest Gallery. cynthiaherron.com

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JUNE

WORKSHOPS

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Dave Roholt

Nicole Jean Hill

Cynthia Herron

Nicole Jean Hill

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Intermediate | Age 16+

Intermediate | Age 16+

Alla Prima (meaning at first attempt) is a fun and satisfying wet-on-wet painting technique. Complete various small paintings working from still life materials using direct observation skills and be challenged by timed exercises that will open your mind to creating fresher, more spontaneous works in oil or acrylic paint.

This is a thorough and exciting introduction to the world of digital photography. Topics covered include non-automatic shooting modes, creative control of camera functions and basic image editing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Extensive hands-on fieldwork and camera software tutorials will provide you with the knowledge and practice to explore exposure, lighting, motion control and creative image-making.

This workshop combines composition, landscape and abstraction so that students can improve technique, strengthen compositions and explore the landscape through forms of abstraction. Examples at the beginning and critiques at the end of each day will provide inspiration and feedback. We will complete three paintings and several drawings.

Through studying the photographic genre as both a documentary tool and the means for artistic expression, the workshop will examine photographic practice as an interdisciplinary collaboration that transcends traditional boundaries of art making.

Students will explore photography from a fine art practice that explores topics within the natural environment and natural sciences.

Jun 19-20

Jun 19-21

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $260

Jun 21-22

Cynthia Herron teaches at Chemeketa Community College and at her own studio in Salem, sharing inspiration and knowledge of art. She creates abstract landscapes in oils; her memoir Paint By Number, describes finding her voice as a painter. She exhibits at Freed Gallery, Bush Barn Gallery and Fog Forest Gallery. cynthiaherron.com

Nicole Jean Hill is a professor of art at Humboldt State University. Her photographs and videos have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon, the Australia Center for Photography in Sydney and the Jen Bekman Gallery in New York City. nicolejeanhill.com

Speed Painting: The Alla Prima Way

Jun 17-18

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $135 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $150

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dave Roholt lived in Japan for two years prior to studying at Utah State University earning a BFA degree. He received an MFA degree in painting from Colorado State University. He is currently a professor of art at Pierce College in Lakewood, Washington. davidroholt.com

Mastering the Digital SLR

Wed-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $190 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $190

Nicole Jean Hill is a professor of art at Humboldt State University. Her photographs and videos have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon, the Australia Center for Photography in Sydney and the Jen Bekman Gallery in New York City. nicolejeanhill.com

Abstract Composition in Landscape

Photography and Place

Fri-Sat 10am-4pm Tuition: $190 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $190

WORKSHOPS JUNE

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Maude May

Sitka Art Circle: A Stitch in Time All Levels Welcome | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! Learn basic stitches and then use these newfound skills by creating a small in-the-hoop embroidered sampler on linen featuring “wise words�. Students will leave with a finished piece, backed with wool felt and ready to display.

Jun 22

Sat 10am-2pm Tuition: $10 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $25

Pulling a needle and colorful thread through cloth is a skill Maude has been learning to master since age five.

Embroidery is a bit like coloring, easy to learn and, while it takes time to master, is very satisfying. maudemakesart.com

Jennifer Kuhns

Introduction to Andamento: Taking Your Mosaic to the Next Level All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Learn the fundamentals of mosaic such as tesserae, andamento and sdoppiamento.

We will explore basic concepts required to control the direction and flow of mosaic, which can define the energy of the artwork. This workshop will include various approaches to andamento exercises for students to practice different andamento and handouts to take home.

Jun 23-24

Sun-Mon 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $50 Total Cost: $370

Jennifer has been creating mosaic for 18 years in her studio in rural western Washington. Her work ranges from strikingly realistic to stylized glass and tile installations. She has installed permanent artwork for corporate, private and public spaces and has been featured in exhibits and galleries throughout the country. jkmosaic.com

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Maude May

Gabriella Klein & Carrie Kappel

All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Stitching Your Story

Hand stitch the story of your family, vacation, pet, garden or whatever captures your fancy by creating a photo fabric collage on linen. Students learn basic stitches by embroidering a needle case, and principles of collage design will be taught during a brief warm-up exercise.

Jun 23-25

Sun-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $26 Total Cost: $291

Pulling a needle and colorful thread through cloth is a skill Maude has been learning to master since age five.

Embroidery is a bit like coloring, easy to learn and, while it takes time to master, is very satisfying. maudemakesart.com

Earth Recordings

Explore the junctures where language, landscape and timescape intersect.

Through writing exercises in concert with fieldwork and excursions, we will hone our skills of observation, inquiry and reflection. Using traditional Coptic bookbinding, we will then build personal field diaries that open flat: perfect for sketching, writing and tracking the unique rhythms of your home place.

Jun 25-27

Tue-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $475 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $500

Gabriella Klein received her MFA from Vermont College. Her poetry collection, Land Sparing, won the Nightboat Prize and was a finalist for the California Book Award. Dr. Carrie Kappelis is a mother, artist, writer and marine scientist at University of California, Santa Barbara.

She has taught hands-on Field ecology and conservation in Washington,California, Baja Mexico and the Rockies.

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JUNE WORKSHOPS

Donna Watson

Collage and the Spirit of Wabi Sabi All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Wabi Sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that grew out of Zen tenets that believe we are all connected to nature and earth in profound ways. Immersed in sense of place, and using acrylics, we will hand paint Japanese washi papers to recreate these textures found in nature.

Jun 26-27

Wed-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $280

Donna Watson, a NW mixed media collage artist, is inspired by nature and her Japanese heritage. She has traveled all over the country teaching workshops on collage, creativity and personal expression. She has won numerous awards, exhibits in galleries and is published in magazines and books including Masters Collage: Major Works

by Leading Artists (Lark). donna@donnawatsonart.com

Valerie Stephan-LeBoeuf

Incorporating Compassion in Conservation All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Differing ideas among stake holders can impede the effectiveness of wildlife management, human-wildlife conflict resolution and wildlife rehabilitation programs. Students will gain insight into current issues affecting local wildlife today and explore their own perspectives on compassion in conservation and the expression of the same through literary and other artistic mediums.

Jun 28

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $65 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $65

Valerie Stephan-LeBoeuf has a master’s degree in education with an emphasis on environmental education and a master’s of science in environmental science. facebook.com/TheAnimalsTrust/

Zoe Cohen

Exploring Abstraction: Working in Series Advanced | Age 16+

Working in a series helps clarify one’s vision. This workshop uses the power of limitation to develop the practice of intentionality in our work. By creating specific guidelines for our paintings, we generate a clear direction for a series, thereby strengthening the work. Guided exercises emphasize line, form, color and composition.

Jun 28-30

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $335

Zoe Cohen is a full-time artist working out of her home studio in the wooded hills of Oregon. Modern non-representational painting, inspired by the mid-century masters, is the focus of her studio practice.

Connecting with others through teaching has become a much loved part of her art. zcohenstudio.com

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Robert Balmer

Mining Your Life for Laughter All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Learn how humor writers turn the painful, the absurd, the odd, the embarrassing, the memorable from their lives into humor. We will look at structure as a means to convey humor through essay or story. In this tranquil setting, we swill sift through our rich lives to find stories, anecdotes and incidents to write about and guide with humor.

Jun 29-30

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $225 Materials fee: $5 Total Cost: $230

Bob Balmer has an MFA from Portland State University and has attended classes at Second City in Chicago. His work has appeared in the Smithsonian and other print media and aired on Market Place Radio and Oregon Public Radio and Television. discoveringlaughter.weebly.com

WORKSHOPS JULY

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Krista Eddy

Sitka Art Circle: Botanical Triple-Printing All Skill Levels | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! Experiment with taking three imprints of each arrangement of semi-dried flowers, leaves and grasses. Learn to include elements like butterflies and ladybugs and color them with colored pencil and embellishments. Most students will leave with 2-3 finished pieces.

A fantastically free and fun way to use nature in your art.

Jul-1

Mon 10am-2pm Tuition: $15 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $25

Krista Eddy is a local artist and the director of the Chessman Gallery in the Lincoln City Cultural Center with a BFA in Illustration from Long Beach State University. kristaeddy.com

Pete Railand

Relief Printmaking Portfolio and the Environment

Perrin Kerns

The Lyric Essay: The Art of the Collage

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Workshop participants will create a linoleum print that addresses current environmental issues. Students will learn to carve and print at a minimum a one-color linoleum block. More advanced students will be able to work in multiple colors or on a larger scale. Students will create prints for each member of the workshop, exchange them and leave with a full print-portfolio generated in the class.

The lyric essay allows many small fragments to be drawn together to create a whole. In this workshop, we will write a series of fragments, and then stitch them together into short essays. You will leave with a sense of how small pieces of writing can grow into essays.

Jul 1-3

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $200 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $235

Pete Railand is a printmaker, educator and founding member of the Justseeds Artist Cooperative. He currently teaches at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and previously taught in New Mexico and Oregon. justseeds.org/artist/peterailand

Jul 2-3

Tue-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $265

Perrin Kerns served as the Director of Writing at Marylhurst University where she taught English literature and creative nonfiction. Her personal documentaries, which grew out of her own lyric essays, have appeared in festivals around the US and in Ireland. She holds a Ph.D. in feminist theory and modernist literature.

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Ben Cosgrove

Music of the Landscape All Skill Levels | Age 14+

Learn and apply different techniques that a wide variety of songwriters and composers have used to wordlessly represent landscape or place in their music. After a quick survey of different examples of landscape-inspired music, a walk and a discussion of the immediate environment’s history and physical characteristics, students will use their own distinct musical vocabulary to develop new songs or pieces that reflect their individual experiences of that setting.

Jul 5

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $90 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $90

Ben Cosgrove is a writer and traveling composer/performer whose work focuses on the human experience of landscape and place. He’s been an artist-in-residence with the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, the Schmidt Ocean Institute andother environmental organizations. bencosgrove.com

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JULY

Kim Stafford

Poetry: Expressing the Inexpressible

WORKSHOPS

Debra Carus

Jef Gunn

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Intermediate | Age 16+

Explore the creation of metal jewelry and small scale containers or treasure boxes by transforming sheets of copper, silver and brass.

Learn and use techniques of sawing, piercing, etching surface patterns, hammering, soldering, riveting and three-dimensional shaping. Learn to set a variety of stones, including cabochons and faceted gems.

Learn how to slow the mind in order to SEE, and then to flow with the tide of creation. This workshop on the repeated practice of looking and painting will take place between the studio and the open air. We will learn specific meditation methods, color mixing, painting wet in wet, Western and Asian composition strategies, using ebb and flow and seeing through momentary conditions.

Metalsmithing Art and Alchemy

The Dao of Seeing

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

In song, magic becomes real. In poems, words do what they can’t say. Through a spell, love is knit into syllables by an honest voice, and we begin to convey impossible secrets of our devotions. We will savor the soft magic of blessing and write in the spirit of song.

Jul 6-7

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $320

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. In May 2018 Gov. Kate Brown named him Oregon’s 9th Poet Laureate. kim-stafford.com

Jul 6-9

Sat-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $355 Materials fee: $75 Total Cost: $430

Debra Carus is a metalsmith and jeweler in Clackamas, Oregon. Her passion is for creating storied art jewelry that reflects her love of nature and her Norwegian roots.

She is a full-time studio artist and metals instructor and also a senior instructor for Art Clay World. elentari-handverk.com

Jul 8-11

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $425 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $450

A Northwest native, Jef Gunn studied drawing and painting in California through the 1970s, held residencies in Barcelona and Paris in the 1980s, and since the mid 1990s has engaged in a passionate study of Asian art. He’s been teaching for 22 years. jefgunn.com

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Satoko Motouji & Sarah Greene

Watercolor Plein Air and the Salmon River Estuary All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Learn watercolor plein air painting skills combined with tours of the estuary and the area around Sitka campus. The goal of this class is to guide participants in understanding the physical, esthetic and intellectual elements of the environment around Sitka and how to capture them in watercolor.

Jul 10-11

Wed-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $290 Materials fee: $50 Total Cost: $340

Satoko has taught at Lane Community College for 30 years and was a part of several oversea programs offered by the University of Oregon for 18 years. Her teaching focuses on the understanding of watercolor materials, cultivating one’s intuitive knowledge and self-reflection.

Sarah Greene is a retired research forest ecologist, a past Sitka board member and a current Sitka volunteer. satokomotouji.com

WORKSHOPS JULY

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Inga Dubay

Mark Brody

All Skill Levels | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Italic Handwriting

Enjoy writing legible, handsome and easy-to-learn italic handwriting.

Besides being soul-satifying, others will enjoy reading the end result.

Gain confidence in the basics of italic handwriting through instruction, practice and selfassessment techniques. See the exciting things you can do with twenty-six letters.

Jul 12

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $115 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $135

Inga Dubay taught at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is co-author of a new book Getty-Dubay Italic Calligraphy: for School & Home as well as Write Now: The Getty-Dubay Program For Handwriting Success, Italic Letters, and the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series. handwritingsuccess.com

Table Top Mosaic Bring your art skills to the table in this workshop. Use pattern, shapes and color to design a unique and functional surface that can be placed indoors or out. Choose from a huge selection of stained glass and learn to cut and place each piece.

Registration includes a sturdy table with 2- or 3-shelf option.

Jul 12-14

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $60 Total Cost: $300

Mark Brody has been teaching art since graduating from Lewis and Clark College with degrees in art and education. His passion for tiles started when he built adobe homes in New Mexico. Mark has been teaching mosaic for 18 years and recently published the popular how-to book, Mosaic Garden Projects. markbrodyart.com

Christopher Hirsh

What Can I Do? Social Justice Practices for Emerging Allies All Skill Levels | Age 18+

What Can I Do? is positive education for social change.

Participants will learn how to engage systems of oppression with compassion, self-examination and positive action. Actionable steps and resources will be provided. Each day will begin and end with a dedication to compassionate and non-violent communication.

Jul 13-14

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $250

Christopher Hirsh ( he / him ) is an activist, vocal empowerment coach, theater artist and content creator residing in Portland, Oregon. His skill as an educator is in creating safe and playful environments which support the expression of the vulnerable and authentic self. mirrorfire.org

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Ruri

Hand Building: Abstracted Forms All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Based on the observation of nature around you, start by making small clay sketches that will be transformed into larger clay forms using pinching, coiling and slab construction. All three techniques will be demonstrated on the first day.

All the work will be bisque fired, and you have the option of wood fire with an extra fee.

Jul 15-18

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $425 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $460

Ruri apprenticed under Tatsuzo Shimaoka, National Living Treasure, Mashiko, Japan, before establishing her studio in Sheridan, Oregon. She has been working with clay over 38 years. Her work has been shown in the United States and Japan, and in the permanent collection of PAM, other museums and in private collections.

RuriClayWork.us

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JULY

WORKSHOPS

Rio Wrenn

Ken O’Connell

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Natural Indigo and Tannins In this intensive workshop, learn how to create a natural indigo vat with fructose and be guided through the process from leaf to extract as you explore the ancient process of the color blue. Make several samples of shades by multiple dipping and discover how introducing a tanninbased dye will create a multitude of blue-green shades.

Jul 15-16

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $30 Total Cost: $245

Rio has been developing processes and studying ancient techniques for the last 18 years. In this time she has created a diverse body of work that has informed her practice and eventually lead her to share these processes with others. The rituals of life are the basis of her work, and this ritual is shared as sacred space in workshops. rawtextiles.com, riowrenn.com

The Spirit of the Rough Sketch

The workshop will consist of each person working actively in their sketchbook with pencil, ink, watercolor and markers. Students will learn the techniques and habits of using the sketchbook as a personal tool and explore sketching natural plants, objects, people, buildings, and the landscape as well as ideas for patterns.

Jul 17-18

Wed-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $285 Materials fee: $5 Total Cost: $290

Ken O’Connell is Professor Emeritus of Art from the University of Oregon and founder 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 89 sketchbooks and teach you how to work in yours. kosketch.blogspot.com

Anne Godfrey

Defining a Sense of Place Through Contemporary Drawing Intermediate | Age 16+

Using the beautiful and complex landscapes around the Sitka Center, students will learn various contemporary drawing methodologies, from extended blind contour line drawing to over drawing, collage, recombining, extreme abstraction and use of nonrepresentational color and line work. Students will create a series of drawings in sketchbooks as well as larger format drawings.

Jul 19-21

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $280 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $295

Anne Godfrey teaches drawing and photography practices in pursuit of engaging the landscape. In 2014 she was named one of the 30 Most Admired Educators by Design Intelligence. Her book PhotoScape (Routledge Press) comes out in 2020. annecgodfrey.com

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Susan Moss

The Creative Sketchbook All Skill Levels | Age 18+

A sketchbook is a way to explore what’s unique about how you see and respond. This workshop uses a sketchbook to enhance your ability to generate ideas and think critically about your work. We’ll begin with a non-evaluative approach, working with little planning, responding to mark-making and writing prompts.

Jul 19-21

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $325 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $360

Susan Moss has been marking on surfaces since a child: on paper table cloths, fabric, archival paper, large and small. Her work has been exhibited in over eighty venues.

At Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO), she teaches all levels of drawing, contemporary textile art and seminars focused on developing and articulating visual ideas.

Susanmmoss.com

WORKSHOPS JULY

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Angela Grainger

Kelly James

Marlana Stoddard-Hayes

Carolyn Drake

Beginner | Age 14+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

A three-day exploration into creating unique watercolor paintings. Learn how watercolors can be magical by creating dynamic, textured patterns by employing nontraditional techniques using nontraditional materials. See how pigments react, leaving beautiful patterns on your painting surfaces. We will also emphasize composition and design principles while exploring our own individual creativity.

Learn to apply the theories of documentary photography to create a series of images that, combined together, tell a visual story and give a sense of place. Increase your understanding of digital photography and gain experience making images, learn basic image manipulation and digital printing. Students will make at least one digital print.

Forage the Sitka environment to coax shape from a blend of reflection and craft; we gradually build families of paintings organically. Leave with several threads of work, not finished and with no pressure to do so, but all exploring water media combinations in experimental ways to extend your practice forward.

Learn to create an artwork with deep, personal significance that symbolizes your connection to a poem (or other text). You’ll translate your composition into a wall sculpture that features smoke-fired porcelain beads and hand-stitched layers from a mix of natural fibers.

Stitching and embellishing demos will show you how to bind together your symbolic wall sculpture.

Nature and Watercolor with a Nontraditional Approach

Creating a Visual Story of the Forests of Cascade Head

Jul 22-25

Jul 22-24

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $425 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $435

Angela is an award-winning watercolorist and instructor and a juried member of several art societies. She began teaching acrylics in 1984, studied in oil from 2002-2003 and in 2006 she changed directions and studied watercolor techniques in Florence, Italy. bluepansycottage.com

Kelly James is a photographic artist based in Salem, Oregon. He received a BS degree in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University and has operated a commercial photography studio for more than 25 years.

His fine art interests include documentary, figure and landscape photography. Kelly is also an adjunct photography instructor at Chemeketa Community College. kellyjamesphoto.com

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $340

From Bud to Seed: Exploring Nature’s Cycles in Painting

Jul 25-27

Thu-Sat 10am-4pm Tuition: $345 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $360

Marlana Stoddard Hayes has 40 years of teaching experience and is a past Sitka resident. Exhibited internationally in France, China, Vietnam and Africa, she is represented by Butters Gallery in Portland and A.I.R. Gallery, NYC. Widely published, her work explores the tenets of eco-theology. marlanastoddardhayes.com

Text into Textile: Interpreting Poetry through Clay and Cloth

Jul 26-28

Fri-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $275

Carolyn Hazel Drake is a mostly self-taught artist from a long line of craftswomen.

She is a third generation Oregonian, and her aesthetic is grounded in the colors and textures of the Pacific Northwest.

Her approach to teaching is guided by experimentation, self-reflection and play. carolynhazeldrake.com

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JULY-AUGUST

Dorota Haber-Lehigh

Sitka Arts Circle: Ethnobotanical Sketchbook, Wild Roses and Sitka Spruce All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. You will explore simple sketching exercises using pencil, pen and ink and colored pencils and learn how to creatively design an interesting and playful composition in your sketchbook, adding other creative elements to your sketchbook such as text, sound maps, observations and reflections.

Jul 28

Sun 10am-2pm Tuition: $15 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $25

Dorota Haber-Lehigh is an artist, educator and naturalist. She authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: ABC of Coastal Native Plants and Native Berries of the Pacific Northwest. Dorota enjoys teaching Art of Ethnobotany, Botanical Drawing and Sketching Native Plants. dorotahaberlehigh.com

WORKSHOPS

Dorota Haber-Lehigh

Forest Fragments

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Create beautiful portraits of various woodland collections of the coastal habitat: flowers, leaves, seed pods, cones, branches, bark or fungi. Explore realistic style using colored pencils and other supporting media. We will use traditional white background and walnut ink stained background. By the end of the workshop students will complete one or more dynamic and evocative portraits of forest fragments.

Jul 29-31

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $200 Materials fee: $7 Total Cost: $207

Dorota Haber-Lehigh is an artist, educator and naturalist. She authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: ABC of Coastal Native Plants and Native Berries of the Pacific Northwest. Dorota enjoys teaching Art of Ethnobotany, Botanical Drawing and Sketching Native Plants. dorotahaberlehigh.com

Nora Sherwood

The Art and Science of Illustrating Birds All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Beginning with the basics of standard bird anatomy, this workshop will cover various avian features, including their unique characteristics and distinguishing traits. Drawing both form and detail, we’ll compare types, coloration and adaptations that allow them to survive and flourish, and consider how to create a composition that helps the viewer learn more about them.

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Stephanie Craig & Joe Craig

Woven Abalone Shell All Skill Levels | Age 14+

Students will spend one day preparing Western red cedar for weaving and day two weaving.

Using local coastal sedge and cedar, students will learn how to weave around a medium-sized abalone shell. Participants will also learn about local Native American culture, plants and their traditional uses for food, medicine or utilitarian items.

Aug 1-2

Jul 29-31

Thu-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $40 Total Cost: $255

Nora Sherwood has a professional certificate in Natural Science Illustration from the University of Washington. In addition to commissions for scientific journals, Nora shows work in galleries around the Pacific Northwest and teaches workshops. She is inspired by the need to raise awareness of the challenges facing the planet. norasherwood.com

Stephanie Craig is Santiam and Yoncalla Kalapuya, Takelma Rogue River and Clackamas Chinook, and she is enrolled with the Grand Ronde Tribe. She grew up hearing weaving stories from her mother and aunts. Joe Craig is Nez Perce, Umatilla and Cayuse. He spent his entire life on the Reservation, growing up in theTribal Longhouse practicing the old ways as a dancer, singer, drummer, Longhouse leader, hunter and spiritual leader.

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Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $5 Total Cost: $245

WORKSHOPS AUGUST

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Sondra Holtzman

Magical Skies and Water in Pastel All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Sky and water are two elements in a landscape that have inspired and challenged artists throughout history. Working in small to medium format, we will explore various techniques for painting both.

Students work from reference photos and are invited to create thumbnail sketches from life as reference for larger paintings. The final project will be geared to personal style.

Aug 1-2

Thu-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $200 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $225

A record keeper of an evolving life, professional artist Sondra Holtzman’s sketchbooks and artwork reflect musings of travel, afar and close to home. She leads painting explorations all over the world, including Europe, South America and the South Pacific. sondraholtzman.com

Laura Lampton Scott

Michelle Ross

Jennifer Anderson

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

In writing, voice is more than just tone. It’s the accumulation of your experience, perspective, obsession, heartbreak and joy. Delve into the voices of writers with signature sounds through exercises in mimicry and homage. Then test the range of your writing voice by practicing on new and existing work of your own.

Participants will practice new methods of gathering and transforming source material with the goal of creating an archive of preliminary studies from which to begin new painting projects.

Collage, drawing methods, the use of free online digital software, phone photography and oil and acrylic painting are some of the approaches that will be addressed on generating and organizing an image bank for new work.

Voice Lessons: Finding Your Writing Voice

Aug 3-4

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $240

Laura Lampton Scott’s work has appeared in “Michigan Quarterly Review”, Tin House online and Notre Dame Review, among other publications. She’s contributed to two oral histories for the McSweeney’s Voice of Witness imprint.

Holding an MFA from the University of Montana, she currently teaches at Portland State University and Literary Arts. lauralamptonscott.com

Contemporary Painting Practice: Transforming the Source

Aug 3-6

Sat-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $30 Total Cost: $350

Michelle Ross makes paintings out of a variety of materials in order to conjure a physical record and poetic response to being in the world. She is the head of the Drawing and Painting Department at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland. Ross is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

She received her MFA from Washington State University in Pullman.

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Draw, Scratch, Print: Drypoint Printmaking

Drypoint is a non-acid intaglio method of printmaking, created by scratching and scraping directly into a printmaking plate. Participants will create drypoint prints from copper and plexiglass plates, experiencing the rich velvety lines created with this method.

We will also add tones and color with chine collé and monoprinting layers.

Aug 5-8-Aug

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $375 Materials fee: $50 Total Cost: $425

Jennifer L. Anderson is a book artist and printmaker working in many of the printmaking disciplines, primarily intaglio, relief printing and stone lithography.

Anderson has a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Connecticut and completed graduate course work in printmaking and education from Central Connecticut State University and the University of Connecticut. ravenpressart.com

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AUGUST

Judy Vogland

Sand, Sun & Saltwater: Exploring Mixed Media Landscape and More!

All Levels Welcome | Age 16+

Dive into this extraordinary workshop exploring the vast Pacific Northwest landscape through the magic of mixed media collage. Using sand, mixed media, paint and found materials, students develop surfaces that investigate a variety of perspectives on color and unconventional composition that will inform and enrich their own studio practices.

Aug 8-11

Thu-Sun 9am-4pm Tuition: $400 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $420

Oregon painter Judy Vogland has taught surface building with sand and found materials on Oregon beaches for nearly 40 years. In addition to teaching at Portland State University, Hillsboro High School and Sitka, Vogland creates public space and corporate artwork and works in collage/assemblage for gallery exhibitions. judyvogland.com

WORKSHOPS

Jennifer Anderson

Sitka Art Circle: Explore with Prints & Color All Skill Levels | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! Let’s get creative and explore with prints and color. We will create radial designs in a simple relief printmaking technique and print them on brightly painted watercolor designs. Bright colorful paintings are made with liquid watercolors, and then, using foam printmaking plates, participants will ‘carve’ their designs to be printed on the paintings.

Aug 9

Fri 10am-2pm Tuition: $15 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $25

Jennifer L. Anderson is a book artist and printmaker working primarily in intaglio, relief printing and stone lithography. She has a BFA in printmaking and completed graduate work in printmaking and education. ravenpressart.com

Cora Pearl

Hand Lettering with the Folded Pen All Skill Levels | Age 16+

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Michele Collier

Spontaneous Clay: Sculpting with Paper Clay Slabs All Skill Levels | Age 16+

In this workshop we will make a folded pen that we will use in class to learn at least six distinctly different styles of lettering that will help you explore what this type of pen can do. Letters created with the folded pen feel dynamic and organic. We will create a finished piece using the lettering learned in the workshop.

Working with paper clay slabs, you will dare to move your work to the next level. This spontaneous method encourages the happy accident... which isn’t really an accident. Learn to loosen up and follow where the clay leads. Learn the basics while creating a full torso clay piece.

Aug 10-11

Aug 12-13

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $225 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $240

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $270 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $285

Cora Pearl started studying calligraphy at age 11 and has been doing calligraphy ever since. She has a BA in Art and Art History from Oberlin College. Cora is a full-time calligrapher and teacher of lettering arts.

She teaches calligraphy and hand lettering at Portland Community College. corapearlcalligraphy.com

Michele has spent 15 years exploring and perfecting a process she calls “Spontaneous Clay.” Working with paper clay slabs, she encourages the clay to fold, stretch and tear to express her vision for a sculpture. She has been teaching this method to beginners and advanced students for many years with great success. burningclay.com

WORKSHOPS AUGUST

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Monica Setziol-Phillips

Finding Your Wood Muse All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Students will learn or increase carving skills, gouge and chisel techniques. They will become familiar with at least two different woods. Emphasis is on learning about woods and experimenting with tools to achieved desired results. There will be some use of power tools, but no prior knowledge is necessary.

Aug 13-16

Tue-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $425 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $450

Monica Setziol-Phillips was fortunate to grow up around the sculptures of her father, Roy Setziol. The medium drew her in, and she has now been carving for over 35 years. The character and feel of the wood continue to excite her. Her own work is mostly abstract, as she finds it most meaningful. atticgallery.com

Emily Carr

Dr. Carr’s Word Forage: You, Too, Can Write a Poem!™ All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Dr. Carr’s Word Forage is a poetry board game designed to introduce players to the magic and joy of language by jolting them into poems they didn’t know they had inside them. Participants will leave with creative tools for their own endeavors, whether those involve writing, teaching, imagining or other forms of making.

Aug 14-16

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $400 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $425

Emily Carr directs the MFA at Oregon State University-Cascades. She has an MFA from the University of North Carolina and a doctorate from the University of Calgary. Emily’s recent books include poetry, Whosoever Has Let a Minotaur Enter Them, Or a Sonnet— (McSweeneys, 2016), and short prose, Name Your Bird Without a Gun (Spork, 2019). ifshedrawsadoor.com

Kiko Denzer

Green Wood Spoon Carving All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Carving spoons from green wood is a practical art requiring just basic tools. Start with a basic butter knife/ spreader and spoon. Learn basic and advanced blade work, including safe and precise hatchet work. The skills apply to all kinds of wood work, from sculpture to furniture and timber-framing.

Aug 17-18

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $225

Ten years ago, after an introduction from Bill Coperthwaite, Kiko started carving household wares out of greenwood.

Carving and teaching are now his primary activities. Previously, as a teaching artist, he sculpted wood-fired ovens, murals, outdoor furniture and installations for schools and communities. handprintpress.com

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Laura Moulton

The Art of the Letter: Writing, Collage & Mail Art All Skill Levels | Age 16+

In this workshop, we’ll write letters and illustrate the envelopes that will deliver them into the world.

Through writing, reading and discussion, we’ll explore the ways letter-writing can survive the digital age, strengthening our writing practices, sharpening our skills of observation and enriching our lives.

Aug 17-18

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $160

Laura Moulton is a writer, artist and founder of Street Books, a bicycle-powered mobile library for people living outside.

Her works include collage, text and people in her art projects. lauramoulton.org

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AUGUST

WORKSHOPS

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Kami Ellingson

Corrine Loomis-Dietz

Janet Parker

Margot Voorhies Thompson

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Intermediate | Age 16+

Intermediate | Age 18+

Be immersed in the hydrology of the Salmon River estuary. We will travel into the estuary to experience the tides. Aerial photo and laser image-based lectures and discussion will help us understand the physical transformation of the estuary from a free flowing tidal system to an altered one and back again. Dress for weather and walking/hiking.

The surfaces we draw and paint on affect the outcome of our artwork.

In this workshop we will apply colored gesso and acrylic grounds to paper and wood panel. You will paint with a pallet of acrylic pigments to layer washes and glazes.

These new options will support and inspire your personal approach to painting and drawing.

Be introduced to understanding the vein structure of leaves and also learn a step-by-step approach to drawing leaves curling in space, along with many other interesting facts and characteristics of leaves. Students will complete a realistic rendering, showing the subtle value changes that represent the “hills and valleys” of the top surface of a leaf.

Aug 19

Aug 19-20

Aug 20-21

Start your next collage with an abundance of original material.

Students will spend time creating a collection of papers to use in making their own collages. Students will learn techniques for applying both water and oil-based media to apply marks, gestures, patterns, textures and colors to a wide variety of papers. Both on-press and off-press techniques will be taught.

Salmon River EstuaryA Physical Transformation

Mon 10am-4pm Tuition: $25 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $25

Kami Ellingson is a practical hydrologist with 20 years of field experience. For the past ten years she has provided leadership in tidal wetland restoration of the Salmon River estuary. Kami takes an honest and direct approach to teaching and education through her passion and enthusiasm for this work.

New Foundations for Drawing and Painting

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $145 Materials fee: $30 Total Cost: $175

Corrine Loomis Dietz has a passion for teaching the investigation materials and techniques to develop the visual voice and inspire authenticity. She brings 30 years experience as an artist and instructor to help students gain a confidence with materials and strengthen their intuitive process. corrineloomisdietz.com

Tips for Drawing Leaves Realistically

Tue-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $260

Janet currently teaches Botanical Drawing classes at Oregon College of Art and Craft and Oregon Society of Artists. In May 2015, she earned the NY Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art certificate. She is a founder of Oregon Botanical Artists. janetparker-art-design.com

Rich in Elements: Learn to Make Unique Collage Papers

Aug 21-23

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $360 Materials fee: $50 Total Cost: $410

Margot Voorhies Thompson is a painter, printmaker and calligrapher. Her public art commissions include installations at Portland State University, Woodstock Public Library, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon State Library, Tualatin Kaiser Permanente and OHSU. margotvoorhiesthompson.com

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Dayna Collins

Abstracted Play in Oil and Cold Wax All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Oil and cold wax is a versatile medium that creates rich luminosity and interesting surfaces. Experiment with laying down paint, building texture, scraping away and then doing it all over again. We will work intuitively and abstractly on multiple pieces, exploring texture, layers, composition, design and the use of color through oil paint and pigment sticks.

Aug 22-25

Thu-Sun10am-4pm Tuition: $425 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $445

Dayna Collins is an energetic and enthusiastic abstract painter. She loves experimenting with texture, layers and color, likening her paintings to going on an archeological dig. Her work can be found in two Northwest galleries, and she is featured in several books. alleyartstudio.com

Nancy Linnon

Nancy Linnon

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

In this workshop, we’ll use place as an entry point for writing the stories of our lives. We’ll write to discover the details and meaning of places we’ve known and be inspired by the landscape around us. Together, we’ll uncover how attention to place can provoke and enrich our deepest stories.

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun.

Everyone is welcome! We’ll approach writing as a practice rather than a performance and discover stories we didn’t even know we had to tell.

Exercises and prompts will stir our memories and imaginations and help us discover the writer within, present in every person.

The Power of Place

Aug 24-25

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $225 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $225

Nancy Linnon has been teaching writing for 25 years. Her work has appeared in publications such as Creative Nonfiction, Los Angeles Review, Yoga International, and Mothering, as well as in literary anthologies. Her passion is exploring ways of accessing the creative self through the powerful act of writing. themovingpen.net

Sitka Art Circle: The Writer Within

Aug 26

Mon 10am-2pm Tuition: $25 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $25

Nancy Linnon has been teaching writing for 25 years. Her work has appeared in publications such as Creative Nonfiction, Los Angeles Review, Yoga International, and Mothering, as well as in literary anthologies. Her passion is exploring ways of accessing the creative self through the powerful act of writing. themovingpen.net

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Katia Kyte

Beginning Landscapes and Seascapes in Oil All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Students will be encouraged to paint a number of different landscapes/seascapes creatively using photographs from around the Oregon Coast. Katia will guide students through basic palette color choices and how to mix colors using simple color theory. Students will learn the essentials of oil painting and become comfortable with solvents, oil mediums, brushes and oil paints.

Aug 26-28

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $265

Katia is a Russian born, award-winning oil painter. She has lived on the Oregon Coast since 2008. She paints mostly from life, plein air or in her studio in Lincoln City. katiakyte.com

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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

WORKSHOPS

Marcy Baker

Rebecca Wild

Joanne Daschel

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Monotype: Patterns in Nature Combine watercolor monotype printmaking and the chine collé method of collage to create vibrant one-of-a-kind prints. Inspired by patterns in the natural environment, your line drawings on fine Asian paper are adhered to the print during transfer with a press. The combination of shape, line, color and texture provides intriguing results.

Aug 27-29

Tue-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $375 Materials fee: $30 Total Cost: $405

Marcy Baker was introduced to monotype printmaking 25 years ago while living in Santa Fe, NM. She has taught the process for 15 years, including at Sitka Center, Multnomah Arts Center and in private studio workshops. Her workshops provide a structured and supportive environment for students of all skill levels. marcybaker.com

Small Art: Big Ideas

This idea-packed workshop will introduce you to new techniques that integrate art and words.

Combine drawing materials, acrylics and hand cut stencils with handwriting to create a series of richly layered, meaningful pieces.

You will complete the class with a stunning series that is luminous in both surface and personal reflection.

Aug 29-31

Thu-Sat 10am-4pm Tuition: $360 Materials fee: $16 Total Cost: $376

Rebecca Wild is a Pacific Northwest artist and calligrapher from Port Townsend, Washington. Originally from West Virginia, she has a B.A. in Studio Art. She was a calligraphy and art instructor in Portland, Oregon for 25 years and now teaches workshops at Sitka and throughout the West Coast. rwildart.com

Intro to Smalti Mosaic Glass Explore the traditional mosaic glass of Venice known as smalti using traditional and modern tools to begin a small mosaic. Learn about traditional and contemporary methods of application and cutting smalti and the advantages of each type of smalti as you work in the direct method.

Aug 30

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $105 Materials fee: $50 Total Cost: $155

Joanne Daschel creates mosaics with glass and stone in her studio at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, combining traditional mosaic tools and materials with contemporary design and technique. She teaches from her studio and Artists’ Studio Association in Lincoln City and shows her work at Volta Gallery in Lincoln City. joannedaschel.com

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Sage Cohen

The Crucible of You: Write Yourself from Hurt to Healing All Skill Levels | Age 18+

This workshop will offer a series of poems, prompts, rituals and writing exercises designed to mine “failures” for wisdom and alchemy. We will explore ways to rewrite what hurt you into what eventually heals you.

You’ll leave with several poems, essays or story starts (you choose) and one longer piece to return to on your own.

Aug 31- Sep 1

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $135 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $145

Sage Cohen is the author of Fierce on the Page and three other books. She’s taught creative writing at New York University, Wordstock and the Willamette Writers Conference. Sage believes writing can be a powerful healing path. She’ll show you how. sagecohen.com

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Rebecca Wild

Sitka Art Circle: Nature Inspired Art and Text All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Sitka Art Circles are a way to come together in a casual atmosphere and have a bit of artistic fun. Everyone is welcome! Transform graphite, pastels and acrylics to create multiple transparent layers that sandwich the elements of image, text and texture.

This unique way of working will yield a richly layered piece that has a striking, print-like quality.

Sep 1

Sun 10am-2pm Tuition: $15 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $25

Rebecca Wild is a Pacific Northwest artist and calligrapher from Port Townsend, Washington. Originally from West Virginia, she has a B.A. in Studio Art. She was a calligraphy and art instructor in Portland, Oregon for 25 years and now teaches workshops at Sitka and throughout the West Coast. rwildart.com

Linda Swindle

Sandy Oppenheimer

Krista Eddy

All Skill Levels | Age 12+ (under 14 with registered adult)

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

All Skill Levels | Age 10+ (under 14 with registered adult)

Silk Paint

Learn the properties of silk and the techniques used to create beautiful pieces. This is a great introductory class to art making because you need not have any prior experience in drawing or painting. You will have the opportunity to create at least four projects in our two days together.

Sep 3-4

Tue-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $295 Materials fee: $75 Total Cost: $370

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.

Linda believes that creativity is a gift that needs to be explored and celebrated.

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Painting Portraits with Paper

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Connectivism

Students will create a portrait of a person or animal through the playful and forgiving medium of paper collage. You will learn about the basic principles of art: composition, shape, line, rhythm, color and value and then begin cutting and pasting until you have a finished piece. Each day will begin with a warm-up exercise and end with a helpful critique.

Working from a subject of their choice, students will learn how to expand a sketch by adding lines that connect all the elements of the drawing (subject and background).

Students will learn to create a harmonious composition and transfer it to the canvas to complete the painting using acrylic paint.

Sep 4-6

Sep 5

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $300 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $315

Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $80 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $90

Sandy Oppenheimer is a self-taught artist who “paints with paper� in an intuitive and playful manner. She takes her inspiration from the great artists of the past, beautiful handmade papers from around the world and from the fortunate life she lives in northern California. fisheroppenheimer.com, paperpaintbrush.com

Krista Eddy is a local artist and the director of the Chessman Gallery in the Lincoln City Cultural Center with a BFA in Illustration from Long Beach State University. kristaeddy.com

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SEPTEMBER

WORKSHOPS

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Patricia Schmidt

Patricia Schmidt

Kat Sloma

Natalie Craig

Beginner | Age 16+

Beginner | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 14+

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Learn how wonderful watercolor pencils can easily create fine lines and texture in paintings and sketchbooks.

With step-by-step instruction learn dry and wet applications, tonal foundation glazing and toothbrush texture. Have fun creating a color chart for future reference and painting cherries, pear, tea cup and a wet-into-wet vase.

Be inspired to fill your sketchbook with descriptive pen lines and textures. Participants will learn how to draw a house with black ink pen lines and texture as well as how to draw trees, shrubs and flowers in a step-by-step class exercise. Learn how to use watercolor pencils to add color to a figure with step-by-step instruction.

You always have your mobile device with you, right? Learn how to make it your primary camera and art-making tool. You will learn the fundamentals of creating photographic images and altered photographic art on an iOS device. You will complete multiple digital images throughout the course, leaving with the confidence to create and share your own photographic art.

The course is dedicated to the practice of building a drawing of the figurative form. This will include proportion, anatomy and the elements of drawing (line, tone and highlight). Time will be spent looking at the strengths of compositional relationships, including the use of positive and negative space for strength of visual statement.

Sep 6

Sep 7-8

Sep 7-8

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials & Model fee: $50 Total Cost: $210

Patricia Schmidt has been painting for over 30 years. She 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 are published in Splash Retrospective, Splash 14’ and Splash 12’. patriciaschmidtart.com

Patricia Schmidt has been painting for over 30 years. She 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 are published in Splash Retrospective, Splash 14’ and Splash 12’. patriciaschmidtart.com

Kat Sloma is an Oregon fine art photographer, author and instructor who has been teaching iPhone photography to all skill levels since 2013. Kat’s book, Art with an iPhone: A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Altered Realities, is in its second edition, released, December, 2017. kateyestudio.com

Watercolor Pencil Basics

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $115 Materials fee: $5 Total Cost: $120

Sketchbook Basics

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $225 Materials fee: $8 Total Cost: $233

Photographic Art with an iPhone

Sat-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $200 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $200

Creating the Figurative Drawing

Sep 9-10

Natalie Craig’s teaching aims to encourage students to delve into their own expressive potential. Natalie is a studio artist with a BA from San Diego State University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She exhibits in the US, and has participated in residencies in Europe, the US, and South Africa. nataliecraigartist.com

WORKSHOPS SEPTEMBER

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Zebith Thalen

Nature Inspired Abstract Art All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Allow nature to become a creative starting point for abstract artwork.

The design process will be both in and out of the studio as we look for subjects that inspire.

There will be plenty of time for drawing, experimenting and sharing artwork. Design principals, species identification and traditional drawing techniques will be discussed.

Sep 9-11

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $240 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $240

Zebith Thalden is the owner and nature illustrator of Intersectus Design in Portland, Oregon. She has taught woodworking, drawing, painting, coppersmithing and environmental education.

She received an MFA from Goddard College and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. intersectus.net

Natalie Craig

Expressive Figurative Drawing and Painting

Piers Watson

Introduction to Luted Crucible Casting

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Intermediate | Age 16+

Learn ways in which line, tones, color and composition enhance the countenance of the human form. The conceptual development of imagery will be discussed and pushed toward strong statement impact, all with the opportunity to exercise the uses of media as a complement to expressive statement.

Make beautiful bronze sculpture and explore the alchemical transformation of material by fire while learning an ancient, lost-wax method of metal casting that uses only natural materials and a below-ground-level furnace. Develop your artistic skills: imagination, intuition, balance and play are all part of this creative process.

Sep 11-12

Sep 12-15

Wed-Thu 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials & Model fee: $65 Total Cost: $225

Natalie Craig’s teaching aims to encourage students to delve into their own expressive potential. Natalie is a studio artist with a BA from San Diego State University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She exhibits in the US, and has participated in residencies in Europe, the US, and South Africa. nataliecraigartist.com

Thu-Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $400 Materials fee: $35 Total Cost: $435

Artist Piers Watson practices, teaches, researches and writes about the Luted Crucible technique. In 2008 and 2012 Watson apprenticed with hereditary, indigenous metal casters in rural India to learn the process. Working with museums, galleries, universities and arts centers, Watson has taught thirty seven workshops in six countries. luted-crucible.org

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Jenna Lechner

Block Printing Patterns All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Learn the basics of block printing by carving rubber blocks, and learn about different repeating pattern structures. This knowledge can be applied to creating patterned fabric for garments, card making, wallpaper, gift-wrap and much more.

At the end of class, you will have a hand-printed set of napkins and many samples, including several carved blocks to print more at home.

Sep 13

Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $100 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $120

Jenna Lechner is an illustrator, writer and teacher based in Portland, Oregon.

Originally from Montana, she holds a BFA degree in Printmaking from the University of Oregon. Some of her illustration and writing clients include Adobe, the Portland Mercury, Pentel Arts, Willamette Week, DailyServing, HTC Mobile and Postfilm Design. jennalechner.com

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SEPTEMBER

Cheryl Rogers-Tadevich

Image Transfer: Acrylic Skins and Mixed-Media

WORKSHOPS

Annamieka Davidson

Layers of the Forest: A Day of Painting

Lexi Coburn

Combining Media: Printmaking & Polaroid Transfers/Lifts

All Skill Levels | Age 16+

All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Intermediate | Age 18+

Explore the many possibilities of image transfer and acrylic skin combinations on a variety of substrates including canvas, paper and wood. Combine image transfer and mixed media to add layers of content to prints and collage. Participants will leave with a collection of samples and the ability to continue working with these processes at home.

In this one-day workshop, we will dive right in and make multiple small paintings, learning to layer color and imagery with paper, paint, pens and pencils. Responding to Sitka’s spectacular setting, imagery of local flora and fauna will make their way in-between abstract layers.

Learn tips about combining printmaking with the alternative photographic process of Polaroid dye transfers/emulsion lifts. Layer stark, deeply etched lines juxtaposed with color photographic imagery. Bring a small copper or zinc intaglio plate that is ready to print (or one will be provided). Students can expect to take home multiple prints.

Sep 14

Sat 10am-4pm Tuition: $80 Materials fee: $20 Total Cost: $100

Cheryl Rogers-Tadevich is a Certified GOLDEN Paint Artist Educator. Cheryl’s work showcases the unique world of mixed media, block print and batik. She teaches the applications of acrylic paints with image transfers and acrylic skins on a variety of substrates.The stunning effects give participant’s a unique experience. crtadevichstudios.com

Sep 15

Sun 10am-4pm Tuition: $160 Materials fee: $15 Total Cost: $175

Annamieka Davidson is a Portland-based artist. She brings energy and a love of artmaking to her workshops where students feel encouraged and at ease. She earned her BFA degree from the University of Oregon and has been involved with the Sitka Center since 2007. annamieka.com

Sep 16-17

Mon-Tue 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $100 Total Cost: $315

Lexi Coburn is an artist with experience in alternative photographic processes and traditional printmaking methods. She has an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Arizona and has taught several printmaking classes, such as a DIY guerilla printmaking course, relief and etching. https://lexicoburn.wordpress.com

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Lynne Wintermute

Intro to Painting in Oil & Cold Wax All Levels Welcome | Age 16+

Learn to create magical and luminous paintings in oil and cold wax medium. From abstract to landscape this medium will entice you with its versatility and richness.

Many paintings will be finished in this workshop in which you will learn all of the basics including texturizing, layering, color study and composition.

Sep 16-18

Mon-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $320 Materials fee: $25 Total Cost: $345

Lynne Wintermute is a Pacific City artist and educator with a BFA from Linfield College and graduate studies at Pacific Northwest College of Arts as well as Universities abroad.

Her work can be seen in various galleries and shows all over the Northwest. lynnewintermute.com

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WORKSHOPS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER

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These Portland workshops are offered during the Sitka Art Invitational at the World Forestry Center in October and November.

Molly Hashimoto

Sketch and Paint Birds of the West

World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon All Skill Levels | Age 16+

Taking a workshop at the Art Invitational in Portland, Oregon is a great way to experience the Sitka Center's inspiring offerings and expert instructors.

Depending on the days of their workshops, students will get to see the Invitational during setup or visit the completed exhibit for creative inspiration.

Join us for the Sitka Center's week in the city!

See page 45 to learn more about the Art Invitational.

Learn how to do quick gestural drawings of birds, emphasizing their movement and energy using pencil, pen and wash. You will employ many techniques, wet into wet, dry brush and more, as you work to create more finished watercolors with a full array of paints, developing landscapes that describe the species’ habitat.

Oct 29-30

Tue-Wed 10am-4pm Tuition: $215 Materials fee: $10 Total Cost: $225

Molly has been working in watercolor for over 35 years and has studied printmaking and etching for the last 13 years. Her teaching approach is to help students discover their own style by offering demonstrations and skill-building exercises. She is the author of Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide. mollyhashimoto.com

Ruth Armitage

Land Lines: Watermedia MarkMaking for Personal Landscapes

World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon All Skill Levels | Age 18+

Join Ruth for a 2-day exploration of personal mark-making inspired by the landscape. Ruth will employ a coaching model rather than demonstration to encourage individuality and creativity.

You’ll delve into working with both gestural and more controlled strokes.

Our lines, dots, patterns and textures will convey our feelings of place more potently than realistic rendering.

Oct 31-Nov 1

Thu-Fri 10am-4pm Tuition: $265 Materials fee: $0 Total Cost: $265

Ruth has been honored with signature status in the National and Northwest Watercolor Societies. She has been featured on OPB’s “Oregon Art Beat” and in many national publications and exhibitions. Her work is represented by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. Students enjoy her organized and creative approach to teaching. rutharmitage.com

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GRASS MOUNTAIN

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Introducing Grass Mountain About Grass Mountain In June 2017 the Sitka Center acquired an 80-acre property known as Grass Mountain, located within the UNESCO Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve, and surrounded by 9,670 acres of protected Cascade Head Scenic Research Area forest. The acquisition was made possible through the generosity of a small group of donors, and the volunteer land restoration and grounds keeping of Jane and Frank Boyden.

History For hundreds of years the only settlements near Cascade Head and the Salmon River were the villages of indigenous peoples. In the 1870s white settlers began to arrive. By 1900, the area was being homesteaded for the grazing of cattle, the growing of crops and the cultivation of timber.

That’s what brought Nettie Long to Cascade Head.

In 1905 at the age of 17 she came to the Oregon Coast and staked a claim to 160 acres. After her husband Bert Walls passed away, she lived on the land for 60 years with her only son. They called the property Grass Mountain because of its open meadows, a name also used to describe Cascade Head itself. Nettie died in 1965, five years before the Sitka Center was founded. Over the next 40 years Nettie’s son, Bob Walls, cultivated timber as the Sitka Center grew and flourished only a mile away. When Bob died in 2011 his family had farmed Grass Mountain for over 100 years.

What does the future hold for Grass Mountain?

The Sitka Center has existed at Cascade Head since 1970 with a reverence for the ecological and cultural histories of this magnificent place. As we become stewards of Grass Mountain we honor those who loved the land before us—indigenous peoples, Netti Long, and Bob and Arlene Walls.

In the coming years the Sitka Center will thoughtfully develop programs and events at Grass Mountain that explore the relationship between art and nature, and that share the Grass Mountain story with future generations.

Q. Is Grass Mountain currently open to the public? No. While planning for the future of Grass Mountain is underway, we are not yet able to safely support unaccompanied public or Sitka member access at this time. Artists and ecologists are currently staying in the historic home on the property by invitation as part of our Residency Program, but there are no public access roads, restrooms, trash bins, marked trails or other public amenities at the site.

Q. How can I visit Grass Mountain? In 2019 watch for pop-up events throughout the year, including guided hikes to explore the grounds and learn about different aspects of the property’s ecology and cultural history (sitkacenter.org/ about/about-grass-mountain) Q. How can I contribute to the future of Grass Mountain? At every stage of this project—from land acquisition and stewardship to operations and program funding—Grass Mountain is growing through the generosity of people like you. Please contact Alison Dennis to discuss how to get involved and contribute to Grass Mountain’s future at alisondennis@sitkacenter.org.

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Resident Show & Tell

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

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A gift of time and space for creative projects and research

free events!

Wed Jan 23, 6pm

Our residency program has provided more than 275 artists, writers, musicians and natural science scholars the opportunity to reflect, regenerate and create in fresh surrounds. Tucked in the forest near Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary on the Oregon coast, the Sitka Center offers an inspiring setting for place-based creation and inquiry. A rotation of residents are on campus from October through mid-May.

Sat Apr 27, 1pm Wed Oct 2, 6pm

The Sitka Center currently offers a variety of specialized residencies: the Howard L. McKee Ecology Residency, the Recorder Residency and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency (for non-printmakers).

Apply for Residency for Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Deadline April 14, 2019

Up to six residents at a time, usually from different disciplines and stages in their careers, live and work on campus anywhere from two weeks to three-and-a-half months, free of charge. See the application on our website for specific dates for fall and spring sessions, and for more information about the application process.

See page 46 for more information on Resident Show & Tell events.

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LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS

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.

AirBnB Listing

Salmon River Estuary Retreat Otis, OR

Call 1-888-720-2154

Private queen bedroom and full bath on first floor of 2-story home. Kitchen/deck/living area shared with host. Overlooks Salmon River Estuary. Walk to Sitka. Inquire through AirBnB. Inquire about extra bedroom.

greyfox@oregoncoast.com

Affordable Neskowin Rental

Cascade Head Ranch Pole House #1

Cozy cottage with beautiful ocean and golf course views.

Quiet. Immaculately clean. Ocean-facing deck. Full kitchen.

BBQ. Cable TV/DVD, WiFi, all linens and cooking utensils.

1BR/1BA. Seasonal $115/125 night or $690/week.

Ocean view, sleeps 6. 3 BR—one queen, 4 single beds (bring sheets, blankets, towels). Full kitchen. No pets.

Cost: $120/night plus 10% county tax.

Call David Soelling or Michele Soelling.

206-445-9233 www.facebook.com/neskowin2006 neskowin2006@yahoo.com

Cascade Head Ranch Condo 14

https://www.vacasa.com/unit.php?UnitID=8852 Walk to your class at Sitka! Quiet 2 BR, 1.5 BA condo with meadow and ocean views. 4 person maximum. WiFi. NO SMOKING, NO PETS.

3335 Ridge Road, across from Sitka Center 425-583-9919 or 425-308-8131 David Soelling: soellingmi@msn.com

Elderberry Cabin

503-789-6584 herzberg.judy@gmail.com

Cozy one room cabin. Walk to Sitka Center, trailhead. Two adults plus children. Queen sleeper sofa and sleeping loft.

Wood stove and electric heat. Bring bedding and towels.

Wind- sheltered sun deck. NO SMOKING, NO PETS. $100/night, including 11% lodging tax.

Sitka Center is located in Otis, OR: 15 min. from Neskowin, 15 min. from Lincoln City, and 25 min. from Pacific City.

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Grey Fox, Inc. has been offering vacation rentals for more than 25 years.

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Oceanfront Penthouse Dining.

Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, with an unbeatable view at Fathoms Restaurant & Bar on the 10th floor of the Inn at Spanish Head Resort Hotel. Perfect for casual dining to special occasions. Early Bird Dinner Specials from $10.50, with bar appetizers starting at just $4.00.

We currently have rental homes in these beautiful coastal communities: Neskowin and Pacific City Book Online: www.neskowinbeachvacations.com Email: greyfoxrentals@gmail.com Phone: 1-888-720-2154 or 503-392-4355

4009 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City, OR Dining Reservations: 541-994-1601 800-452-8127 SpanishHead.com

Lake House Bed and Breakfast

2165 NE East Devils Lake Rd, 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/night.

Neskowin Resort

www.neskowinresort.com Oceanfront Rentals, artist’s dream, where fresh ocean air mingles with Nature’s most alluring canvas. Featuring Hawk Creek, Proposal Rock, Cascade Head, and direct access to an intimate sandy beach. Visit website for more info.

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FOOD/RESTAURANTS Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Open 8am-8pm

Salads • Burgers • Steaks Fresh Fish • Wood Fired Pizza and more . . .

4505 Salem Avenue Neskowin

(503) 392-4400

Fresh Local Produce vegetables, fruit, berries, herbs

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 7 days a week: 7am

Trillium Natural Foods Grocery 20% Off All Boars Head Sandwiches in Store and Small Plates in the Bistro, with coupon

1026 SE Jetty Avenue, Lincoln City, OR 97367 541-994-5665 www.TrilliumNaturalFoods.net Trillium has an excellent selection of organically grown foods including fresh produce, chicken, cheese, beans, grains, nuts, dried fruit and spices. Also top quality supplements at good prices. Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm.

Locally Caught Fish Locally Pastured Meat poultry, lamb, pork Artisan Bread, Pastries & Pies Eggs • Homemade Prepared Foods Handmade Crafts • Flowers • Preserves Saturday 9am-1pm May 18 through September 28

SNAP & SNAP Match: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Neskowin Farmers Market (located at Neskowin Beach Wayside) image © Judith and Ted Schlicting, rowboatgallery.com

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ART SUPPLIES Georgies Ceramic and Clay, Inc.

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Show us your Sitka Supply List for 10% Off!

Providing quality art materials and classes at an affordable price.

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.

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.

Artists supporting artists for 25 years.

Locally owned.

Art Department, Inc. 254 Commercial St NE ~ Salem, OR 97301 503-364-7465 local • 877-780-7465 toll free EMAIL

artinfo@artdepartmentsupply.com WEBSITE

http://www.artdepartmentsupply.com FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/artdepartmentsupply/ INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/artdepartmentsupply/

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GALLERIES

3 4 9 5 0 B ro o t e n R d • Pac i i c C i t y do w nto w n ~ just nor th of the light

503 • 965 • 4590

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2018 S itka Invitat ional Ar t ists at Rowb oat

W i l l i a m Pa rk Shannon Carlson Liisa Rahkonen G ra y s o n M a l o n e M i ch a el S ch l i c t i n g J o n n el C o vau l t S ta n Pe te r s o n S a ra S w i n k K el l y Ho w a r d J u d y Vo g l a n d Jay Ylvisaker

MJ Anderson Fra n k B o y d e n Pa t t y M a l y Arnon Kartmazov V i c k i He r m a n D e bo ra h D e W i t Lilie Nitzan J u d i t h S ch l i c t i n g Ruby Maly G r eg W i l b u r A n gel i ta S u r m o n

LOCAL RESOURCES Mills Ace Hardware

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

All your hardware needs now at two locations to serve you.

Courteous and knowledgeable service. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-3pm.

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We put our money where our heart is: the community.

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PACIFIC

CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC

Dr Robert Hollingsworth 541-994-4093

Community minded, community made.

We volunteer in the communities we serve.

Our employees are empowered to give back.

Lincoln City Branch 541-994-9161 ColumbiaBank.com Member FDIC

Equal Housing Lender

1140 NE Highway 101 Lincoln City

www.pacificchiro.net Quality specialty and emergency services here in Lincoln City

Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital has proudly served the health care needs of residents and visitors since 1968.

Visit samhealth.org/NewHospitalLincolnCity to learn about our new facility coming in late 2019.

3043 NE 28th St. | 541-994-3661

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Sitka Art Invitational

SITKA ART INVITATIONAL Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

Experience nature-inspired artwork in a variety of mediums and interpretations.

Our 26th annual Art Invitational will showcase 450+ works of art, including sculpture, ceramics, paintings, metalwork, glass, fiber arts, book arts and prints by more than 140 Northwest artists. The event kicks off with a party with the artists on Friday evening. Sales are shared 50/50, which helps support the Northwest art community as well as Sitka’s programs.

Party with the Artists November 1 Friday 6-9pm

Party Tickets: Sitka Members $45 Non-Members $65

Exhibit and Sale November 2 & 3 Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm

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With deep appreciation we thank those individuals and businesses who have given an early commitment to sponsoring this year’s special events.

MINGLE & MUSE Mills Ace Hardware Siltstone Wines SITKA ART INVITATIONAL Tom & Ellen Abrego Gordon Akeson Greg and Rosann Berton Framing Resource Greenegaard Farms Bill Hale and Judy Matthies – in memory of Clemens Laufenberg McClain’s Printmaking Supplies Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc. Margot Voorhies Thompson & George Thompson United Pacific Forest Products Judy Vogland and Bob Dayton Interested in engaging a new Portland audience?

This event attracts thousands of art lovers and buyers over a single weekend!

$7 Admission Free for Sitka Members and youth under 18.

Visit sitkacenter.org or call 541-994-5485 to learn more about the Sitka Art Invitational.

To join this list of sponsors, contact Elizabeth Smith for details: info@sitkacenter.org.

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EVENTS

Resident Show & Tell

At a Resident Show & Tell, artists and scientists in residence share their work with the community. These evens are free and open to the public; light snacks are provided.

Wednesday, January 23, 6pm Saturday, April 27, 1pm Wednesday, October 2, 6pm

Sitka Spruce-Up Day Rain or shine, help us make the Sitka Center sparkle. We have chores to tackle and we could use your help. Many hands make light work.

Tasks include weeding, cleaning studios and windows, and more. Free lunch.

Wednesday, April 24 & September 25 9am - 3pm (any amount of time appreciated)

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Conversations Project Mingle & Muse

“What We Risk: Creativity, Vulnerability and Art” Hosted at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, Jason Graham (MOsley WOtta) will lead the conversation. This program is free and open to the public; light snacks are provided.

Saturday, May 11 - 4pm Lincoln City Cultural Center 540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, OR This program is made possible by the generous support of Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Join us for Mingle & Muse, our summer lecture series, focusing on culture and community. These events are free and open to the public; light snacks are provided.

Mingling begins at 4:30pm, and presentations start at 5pm.

Monday, June 10 - 4:30pm Dana Lynn Louis

Monday, July 1 - 4:30pm Adam Kuby

Monday, August 12 - 4:30pm Jane Degenhardt

See page 47 for more information about the Sitka Center’s 2019 speakers.

To find out more about volunteering, contact info@sitkacenter.org or call 541-994-5485.

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Conversations Project

May 11 Jason Graham (MOsley WOtta) What We Risk: Creativity, Vulnerability and Art

What do we risk when we lay ourselves open through music, painting, or any other art form?

What might we give up and what might we gain when we set out to craft something beautiful or provocative or simply expressive that the world did not previously hold? Join artist and educator Jason Graham, a slam poetry champion and speaker who performs as MOsley WOtta, for a conversation exploring the relationship between self-expression and vulnerability.

Graham’s program is made possible through funding from Oregon Humanities, which connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities.

Mingle & Muse June 10 Dana Lynn Louis

2019 SITKA CENTER SPEAKER SERIES Mingle & Muse July 1 Adam Kuby

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Mingle & Muse August 12 Jane Degenhardt

Art and nature provide a context for seeing the threads of connectivity that run through our world. Viewed through the lens of systems thinking, the messy business of creating public murals, paintings and collaborative art with children is a source of innovation. Exploring these artmaking processes, Jane Degenhardt draws connections between seemingly unrelated systems, and discusses the role diversity plays within these systems to foster a greater understanding of culture.

Dana Lynn Louis will share her public works through a visual presentation that traverses the process involved in creating and collaborating with populations ranging from women in the remote village of Sinthain in Senegal West Africa to those experiencing houselessness in Portland. Louis will also draw connections between her installations, studio and public works, illuminating the stepping stone that have formed the path she is on.

Adam Kuby will discuss his approach to creating meaningful site-specific artworks that foreground the environmental forces at work in urban, suburban, rural and wild sites. He will share strategies for making works that are not pristine, but rather thrive on interactions with the world around them, and enlist and incorporate the elements of time, change, decay and erosion as part of their formal and conceptual existence. Kuby will also share how he is redirecting more of his practice towards addressing climate change.

For more information on speakers and topics, please visit sitkacenter.org

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