SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
Apr 6 & 7
Traditional Japanese Shibori Dying and Sashiko Stitching Workshop
w/Jodie Cord $100
On Saturday 4/6, You will learn about traditional Japanese methods of Shibori dying and then we will put that learning into practice! You will learn how to prepare the indigo dye bath, bind, fold, stitch or otherwise block the fabric to create a pattern, then prepare and dye your pieces. Each person will have the chance to try several methods.
On Sunday 4/7 You will use the Shibori fabric pieces you made to practice the traditional Japanese art of Sashiko stitching. You can bring something to repair or embellish such as jeans or a canvas fabric item, or you can create a work of art to be hung, framed or used for a future project. You can do a basic running stitch pattern or you can use a pattern of your choosing.
- Saturday 2-6p
- Sunday 12-4p
Location: Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion
Mar 30-31 & Apr 6-7
Wheel Throwing Fundamentals Workshop
w/Kaitlyn Nelson $150
Wheel Throwing Fundamentals (getting centered) and hand building exploration. During the two week course we will be developing beginner skills and techniques for wheel thrown ceramics. This course is designed so give each student 1:1 time to learn how to wheel throw. Between individual wheel throwing sessions with the instructor student will be creating hand built objects and are encouraged explore the properties of clay as a medium. Students will likely bring home 1-2 cylindrical objects and a variety of hand built items.
- Saturday 2-6p
- Sunday 12-4p
- Includes 1 week of open studio access between classes (M,W,F 3-7)
Location: Ilwaco Artworks
Drew Martin Live at the Sou’wester
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Drew Martin is a songwriter from Maui, Hawaii. Multi-instrumentalist playing a variety of 12 string guitars, harmonicas, and ukulele. Songs inspired by nature.
Mar 30-31 & Apr 6-7
Wheel Throwing Fundamentals Workshop
w/Kaitlyn Nelson $150
Wheel Throwing Fundamentals (getting centered) and hand building exploration. During the two week course we will be developing beginner skills and techniques for wheel thrown ceramics. This course is designed so give each student 1:1 time to learn how to wheel throw. Between individual wheel throwing sessions with the instructor student will be creating hand built objects and are encouraged explore the properties of clay as a medium. Students will likely bring home 1-2 cylindrical objects and a variety of hand built items.
- Saturday 2-6p
- Sunday 12-4p
- Includes 1 week of open studio access between classes (M,W,F 3-7)
Location: Ilwaco Artworks
Apr 13
Beach Books and Zines Workshop
w/Jessica Hoffman $60
Using found materials from the beach as our inspiration, we will create books that explore the give and take of human influence on the beach landscape. We will experiment with low-tech printmaking methods, such as rubbings and stenciling, to create unique zines and art books that catalog our findings.
- Saturday 2-6p
Location: Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion
Jessica Hoffman was born in Portland, OR, grew up in Southeastern Virginia, spent a few formative years in Washington, DC, nearly a decade in Philadelphia, PA, and currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.
Jessica received her BFA in Photography from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC and her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She currently teaches in the Fine Arts Department at Seattle Central College. Along with her partner, Justin Quinlan, Jessica runs Paper Press Punch, a print studio and bindery focused on producing Risograph printed comics, prints, and artist books.
Jessica’s work investigates memory, obsessive behaviors, and interactions between people and communication technology. Her installations include work in several mediums, among them video, photography, books, and printmaking. Jessica has previously been a resident artist at In Cahoots in Petaluma, CA and Trailer Blaze Comics Residency at Sou’Wester through Short Run. Her work has received numerous awards, including an Artist Trust GAP Grant and Pratt Fine Arts Center Fellowship. She has exhibited throughout the US, including at SOIL Gallery and with Interstitial in Seattle, Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia, and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington. Jessica serves as an Advisory Board Member for Short Run Seattle.
jessicahoffmaninternet.com, paperpresspunch.com
LIVE AT THE SOU’WESTER LODGE
Westmoreland & Lilly Miller
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
Sun, April 14th: Pet Bowls | 2-5p. $35/person. Ages 14+ & all experience levels. Learn handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! Clay Play includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing .
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*Shipping available for visiting attendees! ($15 S&H)
Andrew Jones: Presented by Sou’wester Arts
Since arriving in Portland in 2009 the multifarious bassist, composer and songwriter has been hard to pin down, working with an incredibly diverse roster of artists. His unique sense of musicality has found a home playing and making records with songwriters, rock bands, jazz composers, avante-improvisers, and hip-hop and live electronic acts. Jones has also collaborated with dancers and visual artists as well as visiting experimentalists and theater productions via the Improvisation Summit of Portland and Time Based Arts Festivals. Outside of the NW, Andrew has had recurring work with artists from New York and Los Angeles, most recently an international touring stint with acclaimed songwriter/composer Julia Holter. The two connected when Jones’ opened for her with his own project, The Crenshaw, with drummer Chris Johnedis. That duo’s full length album features Jones singing darkly comic and cathartic lyrics in counterpoint to upright bass ostinatos, off-kilter beats and psychedelic synth samples. For his forthcoming record, Andrew has been working under the name ‘and/or you’ with Mike Lockwood on drums.