SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

Intro to Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and Wild Mushroom Foray with instructors Holly Morgan and Jordan Weiss

Enjoy an informative afternoon of mycology!
We’ll start by sharing a basic intro to mycology and discuss the many amazing and different applications of mushrooms. An Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and Inoculation Demonstration by Pals Mushrooms owner/operator Holly Morgan will illustrate the workings of a sustainable urban oyster mushroom farm that you can recreate on a smaller scale at home. Buckets in various stages of growth after inoculation, from colonizing to fruiting will be displayed to illustrate the process and participants will see what primordia and pinners look like as they mature into full grown oyster mushrooms. Spawn will be provided for everyone to take with them after the demonstration. We’ll discuss the materials folks will need so they can cultivate their own mushrooms at home. These materials will not be provided and include a 5 gallon food grade bucket, substrate (straw or coffee grounds), a crock pot or pressure cooker to pasteurize with, a martha (basically a shelf covered in plastic to regulate C02 and humidity) in addition to the provided oyster mushroom spawn. This will be followed a talk and local Wild Mushroom foray by experienced mycologist Jordan Weiss as we move to identifying wild mushrooms. We’ll take a walk on the grounds and identify local species on site! Let’s talk resources, recipes, medicinal and other benefits plus how to find them and grow them! Join us.

Holly Morgan is the owner/operator of Pals Mushrooms, a small urban sustainable oyster mushroom farm in Portland, OR. Jordan Weiss, an experienced mycologist, has been interested in low-tech methods of mushroom cultivation for fifteen years and has given workshops and presentations in Oregon, Washington, Colorado and North Carolina.

COST:  $30 

BRING: Please bring a notebook, pen, and proper clothing for local mushroom foray/walk. Please bring a snack if you would like. Coffee and tea provided.

This workshop is for all ages. 20 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

Spice Rack Remedies : DIY Kitchen Medicine for Common Ailments with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer

The contents of our spice rack, pantry and refrigerator offer much in the way of simple home remedies for the common ailment. That childhood cup of warm milk before bed and Grandma’s aloe plant for your summer sunburn were not just old wives tales! In this workshop, we will make DIY medicines for five prevalent health concerns – headaches, indigestion, rashes, eye irritation and sleeplessness while discussing why these simple solutions actually work. You will go home with a sample of each remedy and a deeper understanding of the herbal allies at your fingertips.

Elyssia Maya Schaeffer is a Certified Wellness Coach, Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Ayurveda & Yoga Teacher living in Portland, Oregon on her little slice of heaven affectionately known as “Schaeffer Family Farms”. When not health coaching, teaching workshops or managing the eclectic medicinary of a Naturopathic and Acupuncture clinic, Elyssia can be found reveling in the joys of her farmstead with her fun-loving husband, two cheeky chihuahuas, a sweet bunny and eight spunky Silkie chickens.

Elyssia believes everyone has the wisdom and power within themselves to make positive changes for their physical and emotional well being and truly enjoys supporting each person’s unique process in creating and putting into action the lifestyle habits that lead to the most balanced, vibrant, authentic expression of themselves.

COST:  $30 

BRING: All supplies provided. Please bring a sacklunch. A winter chai tea, homemade energy bars and fruit will be provided for snacks.

All ages welcome. 8 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

DIY Screen Printing with Contact Paper Stencils with instructor Heather McLaughlin

Saturday Nov 9th noon-4pm
Sunday Nov 10th noon-4pm

Using tape and contact paper artists can create temporary screen printing stencils. This is a great way to make screen at home with little to no chemicals or equipment. In this workshop artists will create successful designs to cut, create the contact paper stencils by hand and pull a small set of prints. In addition to prints on paper, artists can also print on fabric or other flat materials. This workshop is a 2-day class: On Saturday students will participate in a stencil making and printing demo with work time. Sunday the instructor and all the materials will be available so students can complete additional or more complicated projects.

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. After Montana, she continued west to Portland Oregon and continued her studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Heather completed her Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking in 2005. Since 2005 Heather has been teaching printmaking and youth arts classes in PNCA’s Continuing Education Program and a myriad of programs that partner with public schools like SUN and IRCO. Heather has also volunteered as an art instructor at Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls and served as the Director of Flight 64 (a member-run community print studio). In addition to her art, Heather is a musician, studio manger, performer and production assistant.

COST:  $40 plus a $10 materials fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.)

BRING: Please wear clothes that can get messy. Bring an art apron if possible. Students may also bring anything they would like to print onto aside from paper (like t-shirts, handkerchiefs etc.) Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Coffee and tea provided.

This workshop is for students age 16+. Age 11 -15 students okay with an adult partner. 12 students max.

RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

Natural Fiber Dyes with instructor Kate Coulton

The natural world around us has an abundance of color to discover. We will use a variety of plants, including kitchen scraps and local plants, to learn the basics of natural dyeing. Each student will have the opportunity to customize their own unique dye bath to capture the essence of their experience at the Sou’wester. There will also be a walk to learn about plants in the area and their medicinal uses. On Friday night from 7-8pm there is an optional meeting to learn how to prepare the fibers for dyeing. Each student will be able to dye a mini skein of yarn or a silk bandana. *Please specify which you prefer upon registration.

Guided by the wisdom of the natural world and ancestral knowledge, Kate Coulton has forged an inspired career as a medicine maker, plant cultivator, educator, caregiver and artisan. The founder of Pinion Botanicals, Kate is driven by a reverence for the creative and therapeutic potential of all living organisms. Through collaborative projects that involve natural fiber dyeing, herbal remedy crafting, and personal empowerment, she encourages thoughtful interaction with the abundant flora of the Pacific Northwest. Her background in cultural anthropology instilled in her a deep respect for medical pluralism and influenced her current journey of becoming a certified nursing assistant. Gratitude and accessibility are at the core of her practice.

COST:  $25 plus a $5 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.) 

BRING: Please wear clothing that can get dye on and is comfortable to walk in. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided.

OPTIONAL FRI NIGHT 7-8pm MEET & GREET to learn how to prepare fibers

This workshop is for all ages. 20 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm *PLEASE RELAY YOUR DYE CHOICE (YARN OR BANDANA) AT THE TIME OF RSVP.

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

Floral Bundle Dyeing with Brittany Boles

Floral bundle dyeing layers color the same way you make a delicious meal, thoughtful design, scent, texture, and delicious natural ingredients blend together. We’ll steam our fabric like textile dumplings to create lovely Monet-esque designs. We’ll use flowers grown in my dye garden, spices, extracts, and pigments to ceate beautiful water color effects on natural fabric. You’re invited to bring your own bouquet of dried flowers to immortalize as well. We’ll discuss the world of natural dyes and explore hammered leaf and flower prints (hapazome influences) on paper as well. Price includes a premordanted cotton pillowcase and samples of raw silk noil and bamboo/cotton fabric and a handbook with home instructions.

Fiber artist and indigo grower, Brittany Boles, shares her knowledge of the world of plant colors in workshops along the north coast. She maintains a dye garden at NorthFork 53 Farm in Nehalem, specializing in Japanese Indigo pigment extraction. She’s passionate about collaborating with local artists and connecting with her local native dye plants in her small coastal town of Gearhart.

COST: $60 plus a materials fee of $25 (Please pay material fee directly to instructor.) 

BRING: Notebook, pen, dried flowers (optional), and a bag for transporting damp fibers home. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Coffee and tea provided. Please wear clothes that are ok to get dye on.

This workshop is for students age 10 and up. Max students 12.

RSVP: souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

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Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

SoulCollage®: Building Your Deck with Josephine Banks

Discover Your Wisdom, Change Your World! SoulCollage® is an intuitive collage process for self-discovery and community. In this workshop we will make our own decks of 5×8 collaged cards for personal use from images found in purchased or donated magazines, calendars, books, cards, personal photos, etc.

Instructor Josephine Banks:
If you were to ask me what I do I would answer this way, “I create, I search, I love, I forgive, I write, I garden, I farm, I teach, I heal, I learn, I share, I march forward, and so much more.” If you were to ask me who I am I would answer this way. “ I am an artist, a healer, a mother, a writer, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a farmer, a student, a volunteer, an explorer, a seeker, a SoulCollage® Facilitator, an Airbnb Super Host and whoever else I need to be.” None of us, not one can be defined simply. It is my belief that because we are undeniably amazing and diverse Creations we all have the power of Creative Energy in us. All capable of great things. All prisms of light.

The traditional Tiffany copper foil method of glass work was my main medium for 18 years or so. Lately I have put that aside finding great joy in other activities. Always having had an interest in what I call the “old time arts” I have taken several of them up over the years such as soap making, sewing, quilting, cooking, husbandry, beading etc. I will always continue to dabble in these arts. In recent years I have grown fond of many mediums. Creating mixed media canvas work is something I love and try to make time for.

Most of my work relates to nature in some way. Being in the forest, on the beach, in the mountains, on the lakes and rivers is pure joy. My soul feels bonded to the moss, the mushrooms, the ever changing forest floor, the horizon where the sea meet the sky oh gosh the entirety of it! I enjoy taking a variety of art classes.Learning about and exploring color and how it affects us is fascinating to me.

Currently I am working on writing my life story. No deadline on that. After 50 years in this lifetime it came to light that my dad was not my father. After some awesome visits with my therapist and an extensive search my bio family was born. There are no coincidences. My intention in putting it all down on paper is to have my children know and understand who I am so they can better understand themselves and the parts of the journey we are on together.

Finding forgiveness and a deeper understanding of my walk this lifetime has given me an amazing sense of freedom. We all have our story, our walk, our journey and so much to learn within that time. To deny the learning and awareness is an insult to time. During the time my husband and I were searching for my family I was introduced to SoulCollage®. I attended a local workshop and really felt the benefit of the process in my life. It was at Breitenbush Hot Springs (which I highly recommend) for a SoulCollage® workshop when I decided to become a SoulCollage®Facilitator in order to gain a deeper understanding about the process and use it as a tool in my kit for life. Sharing it with others is my privilege and honor.

COST:  $50 

BRING: Please bring a journal, SoulCollage® cards if you have them, and a small item for a collective representation of our gathering. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided. The instructor will also bring a crockpot of vegetarian stew and bread to share.

This workshop is for students age 16 and older. 12 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series
Artful Correspondence with instructor Melissa Favara

Participants will create beautiful one of a kind artifacts to send in the mail that are creatively written and visually appealing during this session through exploring creative writing prompts and play with materials. Creative letter craft will involve writing, gathering ephemera, and collaging with a wealth of curious materials. Typewriters, a variety of other writing implements, and all collage materials will be provided.

Melissa Favara writes creative nonfiction, teaches writing and literature at Clark College, collects typewriters, and curates the 1,000 Words reading series. She is a member of the board of directors of the Independent Publishing Resource Center, writes the zine teen sleuth, and seeks every opportunity to promote reading, writing, and the printed word. Her work has appeared in street roots, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere.

COST:  $30 plus a $5 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.)

BRING: A notebook and pen and a list of people you’ve been meaning to be in better touch with. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided.

This workshop is for teens and adults. 10 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

This class is part of the Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series. All classes are open to the public and all skill levels welcome. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/art/workshops to see the full schedule of artist-led workshops.

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series

Write Your Own “Snapshot” Memoir with Heather Douglas

Do you have a memory floating around in your mind? Harness that moment by writing your own “Snapshot Memoir.” We will use a plethora of writing prompts and exercises to mine for a powerful snapshot and then write a 1-2 page memoir using Donald Murray’s “The Stranger in the Photo is Me” as a mentor text. If possible, bring a photo of yourself from more than 5 years ago.

Heather Douglas is a high school writing teacher, freelance writer and illustrator. She has self-published two hand-illustrated coloring books, a book of poetry and various zines. She was the recipient of Astoria Visual Arts W-i-R Writer Residency and has been published in various publications. 

COST:  $30 

BRING: a printed photo of yourself from more than 5 years ago (please bring your photo PRINTED ON PAPER so it can be shared with the class, sorry the Sou’wester cannot print your photo for you). Bring something to write with, and paper to write on. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot tea and coffee provided.

This workshop is for all ages. 10 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

Winter 2020 Workshop Series

Real Red, True Blue & Fast Yellows: Using Ancient Natural Dyes to Create Lasting Beauty with instructor Iris Sullivan Daire

11am-3pm class each day: Fri, Sat, Sun Jan 17, 18, 19
(optional open studio work time 4-6pm Friday and Saturday)

Indigo, Madder, and Weld – the names are an incantation for the trinity of natural color in the ancient world of Europe and the Near East. Meanwhile in the Americas, they created amazing textiles and painting manuscripts with Indigo, Cochineal and Marigolds starting over 6,000 years ago.

In this three day immersion workshop we will delve into the potential of these 5 nature based dyes to create pure and long lasting colors. Each day will focus on one of the three primaries. Sourcing directly from the raw materials, we will create vibrant hues on cloth and paper.

This class will provide a strong foundation for working with natural dyes, including the science that makes it all work, how to best prepare fibers, and growing dye plants.

The students will work together creating a full rainbow of dyed cloth samples, and experience the alchemy of making pigment lakes that can be turned into inks and paint. Each student will take home a detailed instruction booklet, a rainbow cloth, and the dye portfolio they create for future reference.
(An optional small final project can be completed during the open studio hours outside of class.)

Friday: Royal Reds- Madder Root & Cochineal Bugs
Dye Session, and making a Madder Lake
Saturday: The Sky and Sea – Indigo Blues
Dye session, and Mayan Blue pigment
Sunday: Yellow like the Sun- Pure Weld & Sacred Marigolds
Dye session and Weld Lake

Iris Sullivan Daire is fascinated with plants and color. She lives with her family in Astoria Oregon where she grows dye plants, and is slowly mapping the color potential of the wild plants that grow in and around the Columbia River. She learned how to weave on a floor loom at age seven, and has been working with natural dyes and pigments for over 25 years in her work as an artist. Happily there continues to be new things to learn all the time. Her website is DreamBirdStudio.com

COST:  $135 plus a $100 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.)

BRING: Apron or studio work clothes, notebook, scissors. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack. Hot coffee and tea provided. Optional items: a dip pen or personal paint brushes, up to 8 ounces of wool yarn made into 1 ounce skeins, or 1 yard of prewashed natural fiber fabric.

Children 10 and up with a high interest in the topic are welcome when signed up with an accompaning adult. 12 students max.

RSVP: via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm

The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644