SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
See what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
Jun 29 & 30
Ceramic Charms, Beads & Good Luck Icons
w/visiting artist, w/Emily Wright $120
Create meaningful and magical symbols for you and your loved ones. Carve your own icon of good luck, cast it in plaster, and make beaded charms for yourself and others.
Saturday 2-6p
Sunday 12-4p
Location: Ilwaco Artworks
Live Music: Generifus
6/29. 8. FREE
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
Lê Almeida & Melanie Radford: Presented by Sou’wester Arts
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
Traditional (ceramic) Syrian Water Vessels Workshop w/Leila Piazza. 3-6p. $110.
Learn to hand-build and decorate an “ibreeq,” a traditional Syrian water vessel with handle and spout. We will use coiling and joining techniques to create our vessels, then return on day two to carve out decorations. This is an all-levels class that will cover several pottery techniques as well as some background about Syrian pottery design and decoration. Bring any hand tools you like (especially for carving), but there will also be a selection of tools provided.
Bio – Leila Piazza is a Syrian American writer, potter, and chef. She is dedicated to preserving Syrian culture and history through writing, pottery, cooking, and music. Her pottery work encompasses a wide variety of techniques, including throwing, slab building, and coiling. She focuses on functional pottery, with an emphasis on forms, styles, and decorations unique to her culture, from ancient and modern times, including Islamic calligraphy and traditional sgraffito (carving) decoration and glaze work. When she’s not making pottery, Leila is writing about Syrian American experiences, working on a play, improving her guitar playing, cooking for friends and family, and gathering old stories from her parents’ youth.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
Clay Play is a casual, beginner-friendly session where you can learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. $35/person. Register for any four Clay Plays for $100.
July Clay Plays | 1-4p
- 7/7: Mugs & Cups
- 7/13: Berry Bowls
- 7/14: Candle Holders
- 7/20: Slab Animals
- 7/21: Ceramic Mobiles, Rain Chains or Garland
- 7/27: Ceramic Bookends
- 7/28: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play. No rsvp necessary for 7/28.
August Clay Plays | 10a-1p
- 8/4: Sake Sets- Pinch/coil-built simple pouring vessel/vase with wide belly and narrow neck. Set of 4-6 matching shot-glass sized vessels.
- 8/11: Incense Holders
- 8/17: “The Open Cube” / Five-walled objects – Slab built vases, catch-all’s, herb planters, seed starters, bonsai, wall vases, jewelry holders. Leather hard slab construction.
- 8/18: Wind Chimes
- 8/24: Soft Slab Impression Objects – Soft slabs rolled over local leaves/flora and slump formed over ready-made objects like cups, bowls, cans, etc.
- 8/25: Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Clay Play: Mono Print Tiles. No rsvp necessary for 8/25.
- 8/31: Soft Slab Cups
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.