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!

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After-School Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson 3:30 pm
After-School Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Nov 30 @ 3:30 pm – Dec 2 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
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Saturday Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson 10:00 am
Saturday Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: COMIC BOOKS AND ZINE MAKING with Kaitlyn Nelson @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
Bob Sumner: Presented by Sou’wester Arts 8:00 pm
Bob Sumner: Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Dec 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Bob Sumner: Presented by Sou'wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
  https://www.pilotlightbooking.com/#/bob-sumner/ “I’m kind of a junkie for sad songs and ballads,” says Bob Sumner, the younger half of Vancouver-based Americana outfit The Sumner Brothers. “As a teenager most of my friends were into hip-hop,[...]
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After-School Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz 3:30 pm
After-School Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Dec 7 @ 3:30 pm – Dec 9 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
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Saturday Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz 10:00 am
Saturday Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Dec 11 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY & PINHOLE CAMERAS with Rose Swartz @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
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After-School Workshop: WAVE OF THE FUTURE DRAWING CLUB with Heather McLaughlin 3:30 pm
After-School Workshop: WAVE OF THE FUTURE DRAWING CLUB with Heather McLaughlin @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Dec 14 @ 3:30 pm – Dec 16 @ 5:30 pm
After-School Workshop: WAVE OF THE FUTURE DRAWING CLUB with Heather McLaughlin @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
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Saturday Workshop: DRAWING AS SEEING: THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHAOS with Heather McLaughlin 10:00 am
Saturday Workshop: DRAWING AS SEEING: THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHAOS with Heather McLaughlin @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
Dec 18 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday Workshop: DRAWING AS SEEING: THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHAOS with Heather McLaughlin @ Sou'Wester Arts & Ecology Center
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[...]
Johnny Franco: Presented by Sou’wester Arts 5:00 pm
Johnny Franco: Presented by Sou’wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
Dec 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Johnny Franco: Presented by Sou'wester Arts @ The Sou'wester
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[...]
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