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!
DIY screen printing will offer students the skills to make their own graphic screen prints to be applied to textiles such as shirts, sweatshirts and patches. 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
In this workshop students will learn a variety of drawing techniques specifically for the application in comic book storytelling. Methods of framing, drawing techniques, material exploration and a final product short comic book will be the outcome of the class. Materials fee for this workshop is $10
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
In this workshop students will learn a variety of drawing techniques specifically for the application in comic book storytelling. Methods of framing, drawing techniques, material exploration and a final product short comic book will be the outcome of the class. 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
In this workshop we will explore alternative processes in photography. Processes include acrylic gel medium transfers, wintergreen oil transfers, and cyanotypes / “sun prints.” We will also make our own pinhole cameras and explore methods of shooting with them. Materials fee for this workshop is $30
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
In this workshop we will explore alternative processes in photography. Processes include acrylic gel medium transfers, wintergreen oil transfers, and cyanotypes / “sun prints.” We will also make our own pinhole cameras and explore methods of shooting with them. Materials fee for this workshop is $30
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
Mike Coykendall: Presented by Sou’wester Arts
In this workshop, students will create imagery from observation and memory. Using natural and found objects and collage, students will start with small drawings that lead into one larger piece. We will explore different materials and processes with a focus on value range, textures, patterns, rhythm, composition, line, realism, abstraction, and fractals. Materials fee for this workshop $10
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
Drawing is a way of seeing, a way of understanding, and an exercise. In this drawing workshop we will focus on plein air (on-sight) observational drawing using the beautiful and chaotic material: sumi ink. We will cover techniques for recording scale, light, patterns and shapes while practicing our understanding and mastery of the sumi ink medium. Materials fee for this workshop is $20
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
Johnny Franco: 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
Eleanor Elektra : Presented by Sou’wester Arts
Eleanor Elektra fuses elements of folk, jazz and classical music within the songwriter idiom to create unique cinematic songs. Largely a self taught guitarist, her playing is both technical and idiosyncratic, skillfully supporting songs that are rich in both composition and execution. Her latest project, Exquisite Corpse explores topics of declining social and environmental systems and evokes artists such as Joni Mitchell, Aoife O’Donovan and Jesca Hoop.
Eleanor has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada. She is based in Boston, MA and is a mainstay of the local music scene, performing at such venues as the House of Blues, the Lilypad, and Club Passim and holding residencies at Bow Market, Grendle’s Den, and Union Street Restaurant & Bar.
“Exquisite Corpse is grander than Elektra’s debut full-length, “The Lumberjack,” a dynamic record that extracted maximum catharsis from just a pair of guitars and Elektra’s voice. On “Exquisite Corpse,” the complexity of her compositions, their sinuous melodies and unexpected cadences, deepens. A group of sensitive young musicians — drummer Ivanna Cuesta Gonzales, fiddler Zosha Warpeha, bassist Tyrone Allen, pianist Jacob Hiser and trumpet player Milena Casado — fill out the sound, merging with effortless liquidity.”
— Wbur The ARTery (Boston’s Local NPR)