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!

Aug
11
Thu
Animation with Cynthia Star – Summer Camp Series
Aug 11 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

In this workshop students will work with simple apps to make unique stop motion animations using everyday objects like LEGO’s, clay, and more! On our last day we will end with an animation festival of our creations. Instructor Cynthia Star has fabricated for Laika Movies Coraline, ParaNorman and Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken.

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
13
Sat
LAITH : Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Aug 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

LAITH : Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Laith, known by some as Hutch Hartford, hails from the suburban hurricane of Houston, Texas. Laith’s music is soaked withmemories of Grandma and Grandpa’s bayou house, rides on a red vintage lawn mower packed with cousins, and smoky, music filled bars

Aug
16
Tue
Story Collages with Jess Graff – Summer Camp Series
Aug 16 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Explore creativity and personal stories through collage! Students of this hands-on workshop, will draw, paint, cut, and paste their way to layered  finished projects that showcase their own imagination and unique perspectives. 

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
17
Wed
Story Collages with Jess Graff – Summer Camp Series
Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Explore creativity and personal stories through collage! Students of this hands-on workshop, will draw, paint, cut, and paste their way to layered  finished projects that showcase their own imagination and unique perspectives. 

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
18
Thu
Story Collages with Jess Graff – Summer Camp Series
Aug 18 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Explore creativity and personal stories through collage! Students of this hands-on workshop, will draw, paint, cut, and paste their way to layered  finished projects that showcase their own imagination and unique perspectives. 

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
20
Sat
New Victorian : Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Aug 20 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

New Victorian : Presented by Sou’wester Arts

New Victorian is the ethereal, small-rock project from Portlander Scott Taylor. 

Aug
23
Tue
Mythical Creatures with Heather McLaughlin – Summer Camp Series
Aug 23 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Students will use paper mache to sculpt Mythical Creatures by expanding on their current animal knowledge and imagination. Students will also make a painting that depicts their creatures’ habitat and behavior.

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
24
Wed
Mythical Creatures with Heather McLaughlin – Summer Camp Series
Aug 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Students will use paper mache to sculpt Mythical Creatures by expanding on their current animal knowledge and imagination. Students will also make a painting that depicts their creatures’ habitat and behavior.

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Aug
25
Thu
Mythical Creatures with Heather McLaughlin – Summer Camp Series
Aug 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Students will use paper mache to sculpt Mythical Creatures by expanding on their current animal knowledge and imagination. Students will also make a painting that depicts their creatures’ habitat and behavior.

Youth can sign up for the entire camp week M-F 9-4PM, or just the Sou’wester Arts Artist-led Workshops in the afternoons on T, W, Th from 1-4PM. If students would like to only sign up for artist-led workshops, they can email claire@djhcc.org to make arrangements. Please visit DJHCC.org for more information.

Sep
3
Sat
Hanna Haas : Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Sep 3 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Hanna Haas : Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Hanna Haas is a folk singer-songwriter based in Portland whose warm guitar and soft vocals carry songs that speak to the constant rising and falling of life and the eternal beauty of it all.