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!
Drop-in Clay Session
Wed-Sun By Appointment | $30.00/person | Up to 6 people per day
For people who’ve worked with clay. Drop-in for self-guided creative time! $30 Includes 2lbs. of clay, up to 3 hours fo studio time, glazing and firing. Please select a day and time from the lists below. Please purchase one ticket per person. Work will be ready in 3-6 week for pick up or option to have it shipped for shipping + $15 handling. No experience? No problem! Come create a beginner-friendly ceramic tile.
Drop-in Clay Session
Wed-Sun By Appointment | $30.00/person | Up to 6 people per day
For people who’ve worked with clay. Drop-in for self-guided creative time! $30 Includes 2lbs. of clay, up to 3 hours fo studio time, glazing and firing. Please select a day and time from the lists below. Please purchase one ticket per person. Work will be ready in 3-6 week for pick up or option to have it shipped for shipping + $15 handling. No experience? No problem! Come create a beginner-friendly ceramic tile.
Drop-in Clay Session
Wed-Sun By Appointment | $30.00/person | Up to 6 people per day
For people who’ve worked with clay. Drop-in for self-guided creative time! $30 Includes 2lbs. of clay, up to 3 hours fo studio time, glazing and firing. Please select a day and time from the lists below. Please purchase one ticket per person. Work will be ready in 3-6 week for pick up or option to have it shipped for shipping + $15 handling. No experience? No problem! Come create a beginner-friendly ceramic tile.
Drop-in Clay Session
Wed-Sun By Appointment | $30.00/person | Up to 6 people per day
For people who’ve worked with clay. Drop-in for self-guided creative time! $30 Includes 2lbs. of clay, up to 3 hours fo studio time, glazing and firing. Please select a day and time from the lists below. Please purchase one ticket per person. Work will be ready in 3-6 week for pick up or option to have it shipped for shipping + $15 handling. No experience? No problem! Come create a beginner-friendly ceramic tile.
FRIDAY NIGHT CLAY DATES
A beginner-friendly session, where you’ll learn handbuilding skills to craft a decorative or functional object. Clay Dates are open to solos, duos or friend groups and include a demo, clay, glaze, firing, and plenty of lasting memories for.
Pieces are glazed, fired and ready for pick up in 3-6 weeks. Shipping is available for our visiting attendees for $15 plus shipping costs. Bring friends and enjoy a group discount on additional tickets!
Drop-in Clay Session
Wed-Sun By Appointment | $30.00/person | Up to 6 people per day
For people who’ve worked with clay. Drop-in for self-guided creative time! $30 Includes 2lbs. of clay, up to 3 hours fo studio time, glazing and firing. Please select a day and time from the lists below. Please purchase one ticket per person. Work will be ready in 3-6 week for pick up or option to have it shipped for shipping + $15 handling. No experience? No problem! Come create a beginner-friendly ceramic tile.
Weekend Clay Plays
Clay Plays are casual, beginner-friendly pottery sessions where you will learn basic ceramic handbuilding skills to create functional or decorative objects. Ages 10+ with an adult or ages 14+. Pieces are glazed, fired and ready for pick up in 3-6 weeks. Shipping is available for our visiting attendees for $15 plus shipping costs.
Ideas & Inspiration for upcoming Clay Plays
Please email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist!
Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA
Sat, Feb 15th: Learning Linoleum-Cut Block Printing | 10am-2pm w/visiting artist, Heidi Keith at The Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion. 3728 J Pl Seaview, WA. Ages 10-13 w/an adult or ages 14+. All levels welcome.
Join Heidi to explore the vibrant world of lino block printing and take home your own stunning prints! This workshop provides an excellent opportunity to learn the process of creating beautiful linoleum prints. Participants will be guided step-by-step through the technique, ensuring they gain hands-on experience and develop their skills in this unique art form. This workshop promises to be both educational and fun.
Heidi Keith was raised in western Montana. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she paints and teaches studio art. She earned a Bachelor and Masters degree from Portland State University. Keith also attended Pacific Northwest College of Art as a post bachelorette studying painting. Keith’s work is informed by her community and the land of the Pacific Northwest. Her large scale landscape and figurative projects have been exhibited throughout the west coast.
2/15/2025: Serving Dish Workshop w/visiting artist, Taylor Stefanski
at Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio – 109 1st Ave N Ilwaco, WA. Ages 10+ w/an adult or ages 14+. All experience levels welcome. 2pm-6pm. $72/person
Impress your guests at your next dinner party with a serving dish made by you! In this workshop you will have the opportunity to create and decorate your own serving dish!
TOMO NAKAYAMA LIVE AT THE SOU’WETER
2/15/2025 | FREE AND OPEN TO ALL | 7PM
Live Music: Tomo Nakayama
Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by the likes of NPR, New York Times, and The Stranger. Beginning as frontman of indie bands Asahi and Grand Hallway, and a successful solo career spanning two decades as a singer, songwriter, composer, producer, actor, and curator, Nakayama is one of the most active and recognizable figures in Seattle music. His music has been placed in the Netflix hit “House of Ninjas”, HBO Max’s “Sex Lives of College Girls”, and the Sundance Grand Jury nominated indie dramedy “Touchy Feely”.
After the critically acclaimed indie-folk albums “Fog on the Lens” and “Pieces of Sky” (named “Best Folk Act” by Seattle Weekly), Nakayama surprised his fans by releasing “Melonday” (Porchlight Records), a collection of instantly memorable and undeniably danceable synthpop songs. Co-produced by Yuuki Matthews (The Shins, Sufjan Stevens) and mastered by Dave Cooley (M83, Paramore, Tame Impala), “Melonday” was named one of the Top Albums of the year by Seattle Times, KEXP, and Seattle Met Magazine, and debuted at #1 on KEXP’s NW Charts. The following year he composed the music for Megan Griffith’s feature film “I’ll Show You Mine” and the KUOW podcast “Ten Thousand Things” hosted by Shin Yu Pai, and collaborated on a song with Dave Matthews to benefit SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare).
Nakayama has toured across the US and Japan, sharing the stage with Cornelius, Built to Spill, Thao, Daði Freyr, Fleet Foxes, Buffalo Daughter, Sons of Kemet, Twilight Sad, and Shugo Tokumaru. He has performed and collaborated with Sera Cahoone, Jherek Bischoff, Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate), Donnie Emerson, and experimental dance company Malacarne. A former Artist in Residence at Seattle’s Town Hall, his sound installations and compositions have also been featured at the Museum of Northwest Art and Wing Luke Museum.