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!
The forests of the Cascadian bioregion are rich with medicine, and there is never been a better time to discover and re-connect with these gifts of life and the grandeur of the natural world. In this workshop we will learn to identify specific trees, lichen, plants, and fungi that contain therapeutics beneficial for human health, learn how to responsibly harvest them, and make first aid products for home use. Participants will walk away with an overview of the ecology of healing with plant medicines, ID skills, and techniques for making wound sprays, liniments, and muscle balms.
$30 per person. Handouts and a take-home sample included.
RSVP souwesterwellness@gmail.com OR call our front desk @ 360.642.2542
Space is limited to 10 folks
Let’s meet @ the wellness camper!
So sorry folks….due to zero students signing up for this class we have to cancel it.
Animation & Painting Workshops with Rachel Blumberg
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 9 10am – 2pm
Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Found Object Fun
You are invited to enter the wonderful world of stop motion animation! In this workshop you will learn a few simple stop motion techniques and make your own short film using materials we’ll collect on a nature walk, as well as anything you’d like to bring from home. Bring your imagination and learn the magical art of animated storytelling! Fun for kids and adults alike.
Each student or parent/kid team will need
Animation Tools:
- A laptop computer with a compatible digital camera and tripod.
- OR an ipad with stand or tripod.
- OR a smart phone with a tripod.
- AND the charging device for what they are bringing.
And An Animation Program:
- iStopMotion 3 https://boinx.com/
istopmotion/mac/ - OR Stop Motion Recorder app – https://itunes.apple.com/
us/app/stopmotion-recorder/ id373313019?mt=8 - OR the Smoovie app – http://www.smoovie.com/
Please bring an additional material fee of $10 paid directly to the instructor.
Wed Aug 10 10am – 2pm
Stop Motion Animation Workshop: Colors and Shapes
You are invited to enter the wonderful world of stop motion animation! In this workshop you will learn a few simple stop motion techniques and make your own short film using cut paper shapes and characters. Bring your imagination and learn the magical art of animated storytelling! Fun for kids and adults alike.
Each student or parent/kid team will need
Animation Tools:
- A laptop computer with a compatible digital camera and tripod.
- OR an ipad with stand or tripod.
- OR a smart phone with a tripod.
- AND the charging device for what they are bringing.
And An Animation Program:
- iStopMotion 3 https://boinx.com/
istopmotion/mac/ - OR Stop Motion Recorder app – https://itunes.apple.com/
us/app/stopmotion-recorder/ id373313019?mt=8 - OR the Smoovie app – http://www.smoovie.com/
Please bring an additional material fee of $10 paid directly to the instructor. Bring a pair of scissors too!
Thurs Aug 11 10am – 1pm
Painting Workshop: Make Your Own Tea Towels
Make your own beautiful household art. In this class you will learn several water based painting on fabric techniques and discuss how to choose subject matter with a focus on storytelling and narrative in art. Painting experience is not necessary. This is great relaxing fun for kids and adults alike!
Please bring an additional material fee of $15 paid directly to the instructor. Please wear clothes ok for you, or others, to get paint on.
Rachel Blumberg is a multi-media artist and educator who works in the fields of visual art, music, and stop motion animation. As a visual artist she makes paintings, drawings, found object pieces and other work inspired by dream land, folklore, history, nature, and people’s stories. She shows regularly as well as creating many commissioned works. As a musician she has performed, toured and recorded with many widely acclaimed artists including The Decemberists, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Califone, Norfolk & Western, Laura Gibson, Death Vessel, Tara Jane O’Neil, Michael Hurley and many more, as well as composing and performing her own music. As a stop motion animator she has created shorts and music videos for Nada Surf, Tom Hagerman (Devotchka), and Musee Mechanique among others. As an educator she teaches drums and general music, stop motion animation, painting, and mixed media arts to kids and adults privately, in workshops, camps, and has also worked for many public and private schools and non-profits. Originally from Portland, OR, she now lives in Rhode Island.
Annie Beedy grew up riding horses, drawing spaceships and skipping class in the idyllic wilds of Northern California. After a failed attempt at institutionalized education, she headed to the Pacific Northwest where she became involved with that region’s incredibly vibrant music and arts scene. These days she identifies as a nature based designer and photographer. Often she can be found covered in dust in her woodshop handcarving kitchen tools, plant stands and furniture as well as designing gardens, interior spaces and floral arrangements. Best known photographically for her casual, photojournalistic portraiture, she captures intimate, real moments in human lives. Annie shoots with natural and available light. No bells and whistles needed, just a good instinct for light and recognition of the right moments. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, Nylon, Dwell and more – and on the sides of Portland’s Tri-Met buses and countless blogs.
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day.
Parent-guided kids ages 6-11 welcome. All kids age 12 and up welcome! Adults welcome! All parent/kid teams welcome! All skill levels welcome. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:10
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542
Paper Mache, Collage & Paint Workshop with Heather McLaughlin
Kids (and Adults) Art Classes: Found Object; Exercise the Creative Mind, Paper Mache and Collage
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 16 10am – 1pm
Wed Aug 17 10am – 1pm
Thurs Aug 18 10am – 1pm
Using tape and contact paper artists can create temporary screen printing stencils. In this workshop we will focus on the ocean for our imagery ideas and create some collaborative prints. In addition to prints on paper, artists can also print on fabric or other flat materials. Artists ages 8 & under please bring a buddy to help.
About Heather:
Heather McLaughlin was born next to the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore Maryland and relocated to Red Lodge Montana, on the north border of Yellowstone Park, in 1991. She continued west to obtain her Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Since 2004 Heather has taught a variety of adult printmaking and youth arts courses in the Continuing Education Program at PNCA, SUN after school programs, and at Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls. From 2008 to 2014 Heather served as the Director of Flight 64 Studio, a non-profit collaboratively run printmaking studio. She currently serves as the Printmaking Studio Manager at PNCA. Heather is an avid arts integration volunteer, bringing art-based learning projects to organizations like New Avenues for Youth and Sea Change 350. In addition to her art, Heather is a musician, performer and production assistant who loves traveling and the ocean.
Examples of Heather teaching can be found on the PNCA Youth Program’s Flickr page (Most recent class: Art and Place SmART Works)
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. In addition, please bring an additional $15 for a material fee paid directly to the instructor.
Geared for kids age 4 – 14 years old but adults are welcome. A skill levels welcome, no art experience needed. Please wear clothes that you, or others, may get paint on. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:10
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542
Paper Mache, Collage & Paint Workshop with Heather McLaughlin
Kids (and Adults) Art Classes: Found Object; Exercise the Creative Mind, Paper Mache and Collage
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 16 10am – 1pm
Wed Aug 17 10am – 1pm
Thurs Aug 18 10am – 1pm
Using tape and contact paper artists can create temporary screen printing stencils. In this workshop we will focus on the ocean for our imagery ideas and create some collaborative prints. In addition to prints on paper, artists can also print on fabric or other flat materials. Artists ages 8 & under please bring a buddy to help.
About Heather:
Heather McLaughlin was born next to the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore Maryland and relocated to Red Lodge Montana, on the north border of Yellowstone Park, in 1991. She continued west to obtain her Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Since 2004 Heather has taught a variety of adult printmaking and youth arts courses in the Continuing Education Program at PNCA, SUN after school programs, and at Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls. From 2008 to 2014 Heather served as the Director of Flight 64 Studio, a non-profit collaboratively run printmaking studio. She currently serves as the Printmaking Studio Manager at PNCA. Heather is an avid arts integration volunteer, bringing art-based learning projects to organizations like New Avenues for Youth and Sea Change 350. In addition to her art, Heather is a musician, performer and production assistant who loves traveling and the ocean.
Examples of Heather teaching can be found on the PNCA Youth Program’s Flickr page (Most recent class: Art and Place SmART Works)
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. In addition, please bring an additional $15 for a material fee paid directly to the instructor.
Geared for kids age 4 – 14 years old but adults are welcome. A skill levels welcome, no art experience needed. Please wear clothes that you, or others, may get paint on. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:10
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542
Paper Mache, Collage & Paint Workshop with Heather McLaughlin
Kids (and Adults) Art Classes: Found Object; Exercise the Creative Mind, Paper Mache and Collage
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 16 10am – 1pm
Wed Aug 17 10am – 1pm
Thurs Aug 18 10am – 1pm
Using tape and contact paper artists can create temporary screen printing stencils. In this workshop we will focus on the ocean for our imagery ideas and create some collaborative prints. In addition to prints on paper, artists can also print on fabric or other flat materials. Artists ages 8 & under please bring a buddy to help.
About Heather:
Heather McLaughlin was born next to the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore Maryland and relocated to Red Lodge Montana, on the north border of Yellowstone Park, in 1991. She continued west to obtain her Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Since 2004 Heather has taught a variety of adult printmaking and youth arts courses in the Continuing Education Program at PNCA, SUN after school programs, and at Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls. From 2008 to 2014 Heather served as the Director of Flight 64 Studio, a non-profit collaboratively run printmaking studio. She currently serves as the Printmaking Studio Manager at PNCA. Heather is an avid arts integration volunteer, bringing art-based learning projects to organizations like New Avenues for Youth and Sea Change 350. In addition to her art, Heather is a musician, performer and production assistant who loves traveling and the ocean.
Examples of Heather teaching can be found on the PNCA Youth Program’s Flickr page (Most recent class: Art and Place SmART Works)
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. In addition, please bring an additional $15 for a material fee paid directly to the instructor.
Geared for kids age 4 – 14 years old but adults are welcome. A skill levels welcome, no art experience needed. Please wear clothes that you, or others, may get paint on. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:10
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542
Weaving, Felting & Crystallizing Workshops with Julia Barbee
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 23 10am – 2pm
weaving with found material on a handmade loom when you’re broke
bring any found materials you collect on a morning walk on the beach, or down your own street, any string, twine, whatever you’d like to incorporate, and we may go for a walk collecting objects as well. plastic bags, old hair extensions, the sky’s the limit! we will construct a loom from recycled materials, warp it, and weave away!
Wed Aug 24 10am – 2pm
felting over found materials, armatures and reconstituting trash
armatures are models made of wood, metal, ceramic, plastic, anything that can withstand water and friction. found objects will be put together into any number of shapes, something small enough to be turned in your hands is preferable starting out. layers of wool roving are wrapped around, soapy water and friction is applied for hours of felting and fulling resulting in a felt-covered piece.
Bring $7 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Thurs Aug 25 10am – 2pm
crystallizing found materials, a way to bring wonder to the mundane
found objects transformed by wrapping, sewing, weaving, felting whatever treatment you chose, then submerged in a crystallizing solution to be further enchanted.
Bring $5 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Julia Barbee is a Portland-based artist who uses autobiographical experience as a catalyst for her ephemera, film, social media, performance and installation work. She has been included in exhibitions in New York, Tacoma, Los Angeles, and Portland.
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. Felting class bring additional $7 material fee paid directly to instructor. Crystallizing class bring additional $5 material fee paid directly to the instructor. Workshop for students age12+ with parent. Beginners welcome. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:12
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 254
Weaving, Felting & Crystallizing Workshops with Julia Barbee
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 23 10am – 2pm
weaving with found material on a handmade loom when you’re broke
bring any found materials you collect on a morning walk on the beach, or down your own street, any string, twine, whatever you’d like to incorporate, and we may go for a walk collecting objects as well. plastic bags, old hair extensions, the sky’s the limit! we will construct a loom from recycled materials, warp it, and weave away!
Wed Aug 24 10am – 2pm
felting over found materials, armatures and reconstituting trash
armatures are models made of wood, metal, ceramic, plastic, anything that can withstand water and friction. found objects will be put together into any number of shapes, something small enough to be turned in your hands is preferable starting out. layers of wool roving are wrapped around, soapy water and friction is applied for hours of felting and fulling resulting in a felt-covered piece.
Bring $7 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Thurs Aug 25 10am – 2pm
crystallizing found materials, a way to bring wonder to the mundane
found objects transformed by wrapping, sewing, weaving, felting whatever treatment you chose, then submerged in a crystallizing solution to be further enchanted.
Bring $5 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Julia Barbee is a Portland-based artist who uses autobiographical experience as a catalyst for her ephemera, film, social media, performance and installation work. She has been included in exhibitions in New York, Tacoma, Los Angeles, and Portland.
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. Felting class bring additional $7 material fee paid directly to instructor. Crystallizing class bring additional $5 material fee paid directly to the instructor. Workshop for students age12+ with parent. Beginners welcome. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:12
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 254
In this special event we will come together in a cooperative effort to educate ourselves and make healthy plans for minimizing stress, living fuller and healthier, with endurance and spacious awareness. As a group we will come together and learn how to create personal refuges based in stress prevention and relaxation techniques. A general overview of stress and anxiety in human health will be met with yoga techniques, breathing methods, recommendations for natural therapeutics, creative outlets, mindfulness meditation, a discussion on diet, grounding techniques, and more. Participants will walk away with a toolbox of resources of personal empowerment, allowing them to improve mood health with understanding and confidence.
$30 per person. Handouts included. Space limited to 10 people.
RSVP souwesterwellness@gmail.com OR call our front desk @ 360.642.2542
Space is limited to 10 folks
Let’s meet @ the wellness camper!
Weaving, Felting & Crystallizing Workshops with Julia Barbee
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 23 10am – 2pm
weaving with found material on a handmade loom when you’re broke
bring any found materials you collect on a morning walk on the beach, or down your own street, any string, twine, whatever you’d like to incorporate, and we may go for a walk collecting objects as well. plastic bags, old hair extensions, the sky’s the limit! we will construct a loom from recycled materials, warp it, and weave away!
Wed Aug 24 10am – 2pm
felting over found materials, armatures and reconstituting trash
armatures are models made of wood, metal, ceramic, plastic, anything that can withstand water and friction. found objects will be put together into any number of shapes, something small enough to be turned in your hands is preferable starting out. layers of wool roving are wrapped around, soapy water and friction is applied for hours of felting and fulling resulting in a felt-covered piece.
Bring $7 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Thurs Aug 25 10am – 2pm
crystallizing found materials, a way to bring wonder to the mundane
found objects transformed by wrapping, sewing, weaving, felting whatever treatment you chose, then submerged in a crystallizing solution to be further enchanted.
Bring $5 material fee paid directly to instructor.
Julia Barbee is a Portland-based artist who uses autobiographical experience as a catalyst for her ephemera, film, social media, performance and installation work. She has been included in exhibitions in New York, Tacoma, Los Angeles, and Portland.
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day paid to the Sou’wester. Felting class bring additional $7 material fee paid directly to instructor. Crystallizing class bring additional $5 material fee paid directly to the instructor. Workshop for students age12+ with parent. Beginners welcome. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. Max # of students:12
Please RSVP souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 254
Vision-Revision Writing Workshops with Meg Jeske and Sara Blackthorne
Three One-Day Workshops: RSVP for 1 or all 3
Tues Aug 30 9:30am – 12:30pm
Ground Your Writing in the Physical World
In this workshop, you will learn to create an image vocabulary. Through a series of prompts and exercises, we’ll practice drawing on that image vocabulary to write descriptive prose without flowery language. Writers of all genres are welcome and will benefit from this class.Taught by Sara Blackthorne.
Wed Aug 31 9:30am – 12:30pm
Anything but Empty
Writers find inspiration anywhere. In this class, we’ll use song lyrics from singer-songwriters as prompts for writing. Fiction and nonfiction writers welcome. We will write, share, and walk away with several bits of fresh writing. The title of this workshop comes from the Sara Bareilles song, “Brave.” Open to all writers. Taught by Meg Weber
Thurs Sept 1 9:30am – 12:30pm
Re-Visioning Your Words
So you’ve got some writing, (maybe from the workshop on Tuesday or Wednesday?!) and you want to take it to the next level. Together we’ll explore tools for re-visioning your writing, and experiment with ways to enliven and communicate exactly what you intend. Taught by Meg Weber
Meg Weber writes to connect with herself and to understand the world around her. She believes in the power of words and in the synergy created by writing in community. Meg holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and is a therapist in private practice. She is currently at work on two book-length memoir projects.
A writer, editor, creative coach, and intuitive ritualist, Sara Blackthorne brings her love of mystery and the journey to her writing and art. She can often be found wandering along the beach, in the forest, or a city street. Learn more at sarablackthorne.com. Together Meg and Sara operate Paper Lion Press. Pounce over to PaperLionPress.com
Cost $75 for all three days or $30 each day.
Please bring a notebook or journal and writing implements. Please bring a snack if needed. Hot tea and coffee provided. Workshop for students ages 15+. All skill levels welcome. Max # of students:12.
Please RSVP by Aug 26 souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360 – 642 – 2542