SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
See what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
COMMUNITY CLAYP PLAY
$35/person | 2-5p
Learn basic handbuilding skills to create a finished piece! No experience necessary. Ages 14+ solo or ages 10-13 with parent. Clay Play Includes a demonstration, clay, glazing & firing.
REGISTER
- Sun, May 5th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, May 11th: Razor Clam Chowder Bowls
- Sun, May 12th: Hanging Planters
- Sat, May 18th: Key Catches
- Sun, May 19th: House Numbers or Welcome Plaque
- Sat, May 25th: Flower Frog Vase
- Sun, May 26th: Ceramic Altars
Email ilwacoartworks@gmail.com to join a waitlist or if you experience any issues with checkout. If you are trying to register for multiple events and run into a checkout error please try purchasing them separately. Thank you!
Handbuilding Butter Dishes w/Taylor Stefanski. 6/1. 2-6p. $72.
In this one day workshop students will create and take home their very own butter dish! We will cover how to roll out and prep slabs, how to use a template and add adornments at the end. All levels welcome, ages 16 and up.
Bio: Her work is deeply inspired by the sea. Explores ideas of imperfection and honors the nature of the tides through meditative repetition. Expressed in the chosen hand building process – each of their pieces are created primarily using a coil building technique. Where she rolls each coil by hand to create unique, one of a kind forms.
Graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a focus on printmaking and sculpture. Their ceramic work is carried in a variety of stores in Seattle, Portland and LA. She currently works and teaches in her studio in Capitol Hill. https://www.tstefanski.com/
Hand building with Clay & Plants
June 8th 2-6p & June 9th 12-4p at Ilwaco Artworks in Ilwaco, WA w/visiting artist, Misha Hahnl
Students will learn the basics of hand building and incorporate found natural elements (plans, sticks, etc) for decoration and texture: each student will leave the studio with either a painter’s palate, mug or bowl textured with found natural elements and glaze. All levels welcome!
Misha is a teaching artist who has worked in the world of art and education for 15 plus years. Her background is in ceramics, printmaking, education, and caregiving. Currently Misha is working on a program focused on how clay can help process grief with the Portland Grief House and Sandy River Studio. She also offers printmaking workshops in various locations (Chehalem Cultural Center, Grey Raven Gallery, etc). You can learn more about her work, process and workshops @softhandstudio and soft-hand-studio.com.
Jun 15
Glazing & Surface Decoration Techniques Workshop
w/visiting artist, w/Charlotte Deason Robillard $80
Students will learn about a variety of ceramic surface decoration techniques. We will provide each student with a bisqued tumbler that they’ll decorate and glaze during the workshop; students are also welcome to bring a piece of their own bisqued work. We’ll go over masking and resistance methods, overlapping glazes, painting with underglazes, using stencils, and techniques for getting clean precise surface designs as well as more organic freehand designs. No previous ceramics experience is required.
Saturday 2-6p
Location: Ilwaco Artworks
June 18 & 19
Natural Pigment Making Workshop
w/Laura Wright $100
Natural Pigment Making: Local Foraging to Create Plant-Based Watercolors. In this workshop, we will make watercolor paints from plants found in the area around Sou’wester. During day 1, we will ethically forage local plants and begin the process of extracting their color. We will also prepare a container for our finished paints. In the second day, participants will learn how to filter out pigment and use it to create watercolor. Each participant will leave with a set of watercolor paints created from the colors of the Sou’wester landscape.
- Saturday 2-6p
- Sunday 12-4p
Location: Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion
Born and raised in Portland, Paige was introduced to ceramics at a young age to help with deficiencies in mainstream academia. She found her stride in making the human form, taking it into college, and earning a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Ceramics. In a constant pursuit to expand her practice, she has participated in many residences in the US and abroad. This passion led her to take ceramic-centric jobs such as production potter, glaze department supervisor, and adjunct ceramic faculty. Currently, she teaches weekly Ceramics classes and Workshops at Radius Ceramic Studio and in her own classroom The Wright Clay Studio in Portland.