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!

Oct
23
Sat
Saturday Workshop: DRAWING & PAINTING THE NATURAL WORLD with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Oct 23 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: DRAWING & PAINTING THE NATURAL WORLD with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

In this workshop students will investigate and observe natural specimens to create detailed nature-based artworks. Scientific specimens may include animal skulls, insects, plant materials, and other natural materials. Students will work in pencil and pen with options to include ink and watercolor media. This program teaches various art making techniques while encouraging observational skills, critical thinking, literacy, spatial awareness, and informing on natural sciences. Materials fee for this workshop is $3

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Oct
24
Sun
Joe Kaplow: Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Oct 24 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Joe Kaplow: Presented by Sou’wester Arts

http://joekaplow.net

Singer/songwriter Joe Kaplow lives in a four-acre mansion in the hills of Santa Cruz. Of course, he shares the space with a group of hippies, some rats, and some very dilapidated floors and walls… but it does have a swimming pool.

For Kaplow, becoming a full-time musician – and adopting the lifestyle that often accompanies it – didn’t happen by accident. Having moved from farm life and family in New Jersey to the rich Santa Cruz music community, Kaplow has often found himself living paycheck to paycheck as he departs on three-month U.S. solo tours, records music in various bedrooms of the house where he lives, rehearses with his new band and writes constantly, dedicating himself fully and lovingly to the craft of songwriting.

Kaplow’s debut album Time Spent In Between is simultaneously grounded and exploratory; the music is equal parts intimate and expansive. With raw instrumentation and earthy vocal melodies, Time Spent In Between is rich with folk songwriting brilliance.

 
Oct
26
Tue
After-School Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Oct 26 @ 3:30 pm – Oct 28 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Explore all things underwater in this fun, adaptable clay workshop! Learn basic ceramic hand-building skills while exploring underwater themes! Participants will create their pieces using pinch, coil, slab, and pebble styles of hand-building. Students will also experiment with texture tools, both nature-made and human-made, to create different effects in their clay work. This program informs on natural sciences, encourages special awareness, and builds kinesthetic skills. Materials fee for this workshop is $5

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Oct
30
Sat
Saturday Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Oct 30 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: THE OCEAN IN CLAY with Jess Graff @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Explore all things underwater in this fun, adaptable clay workshop! Learn basic ceramic hand-building skills while exploring underwater themes! Participants will create their pieces using pinch, coil, slab, and pebble styles of hand-building. Students will also experiment with texture tools, both nature-made and human-made, to create different effects in their clay work. This program informs on natural sciences, encourages special awareness, and builds kinesthetic skills. Materials fee for this workshop is $5

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Music: Johnny Franco, Mike Coykendall @ The Sou'wester
Oct 30 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Johnny Franco + Mike Coykendall : Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Johnny Franco is a Brazilian rock n’ roll marauder who now resides in Portland, and who crafts inventive spaghetti western/folk-rock stompers. Armed with propulsive, spindly guitars, Dylanesque vocals, and adventurous vibes, Franco recently signed to label Blanket Fort.

“A sly blender of old-school country & western and modern Americana, “Treated Like Grass” thrives on its rollicking rhythms and catchy, twangy melodies” – Impose Magazine

 

Veteran songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Coykendall has been amazingly prolific over the last three decades or so. Currently most well known for his duties as a sideman, producer, and recordist via his work with M Ward, Blitzen Trapper, She & Him, Annalisa Tornfelt, & Tin Hat Trio, to name a few, Coykendall has been making his own unique outsider records since the mid ’80s.

 

 

Nov
2
Tue
After-School Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 2 @ 3:30 pm – Nov 4 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

In this workshop we will be gathering natural materials to create nature crowns, mandalas and hanging chimes. We will focus on using our imagination and creativity to construct whimsical pieces from materials we see everyday.

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Nov
6
Sat
Saturday Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 6 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: FORAGED CRAFTS with Maggie Doss @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

In this workshop we will be gathering natural materials to create nature crowns, mandalas and hanging chimes. We will focus on using our imagination and creativity to construct whimsical pieces from materials we see everyday. Materials fee for this workshop is $10

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available
Sallie Ford:Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Nov 6 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Sallie Ford:Presented by Sou’wester Arts

Sallie Ford grew up in Asheville, North Carolina before moving to Oregon.According to singer Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers, Ford’s songs have that “rare quality of somehow combining fun with emotional and artistic integrity” and she “fills the room with it” and reminds him of the “energy of early rock ‘n’ roll.”

Nov
9
Tue
After-School Workshop: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND BIRDHOUSE BUILDING with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 9 @ 3:30 pm – Nov 11 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND BIRDHOUSE BUILDING with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Learn about local architecture and building methods from around the world, learn to read blueprints, design your dream house, become familiar with basic hand tools, and build a unique birdhouse. Materials fee for this workshop is $25

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Youth After-School Program Ages 7-11
  • T, W, Th 3:30-5:30 with possible transportation from LB Elementary
  • $75/week + materials fee
  • 20% off when you sign up for all After-School Workshops!
  • Sibling discount an additional 10% off.
  • *Scholarships Available
Nov
13
Sat
Saturday Workshop: BUILDING FURNITURE WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 13 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: BUILDING FURNITURE WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center

Use hand tools and basic power tools to build a small bench or table out of reclaimed materials. This class embraces reuse and reclamation of wooden pallets and other often discarded objects. Get creative while also practicing conservation. Perfect as an intro to woodworking for those with DIY spirit. Materials fee for this workshop is $25

Register here then follow the link in the registration confirmation to submit payment.

  • Adult/Youth Saturday Workshop (under 12 accompanied by an adult)
  • $50 + materials fee
  • *Scholarships Available