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 Acupuncture at the Sou’wester with lara pacheco
Come rest, relax, and heal in the coastal forest with others in the pavilion space at the Sou’wester in Seaview, Washington on Friday, June 14th, 10-2pm with lara pacheco. $25-$55 sliding scale.
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This in-person event will take place at the beautiful Sou’wester Historic Lodge. lara pacheco, a licensed acupuncturist, will be providing community acupuncture as a way of making acupuncture more accessible. Community acupuncture is also a way that multiple people are able to relax in a communal space and share in the wide array of benefits that this ancient medicine provides. Acupuncture can treat anything from depression, anxiety, any kind of pain, digestion, sleep issues, and chronic conditions to also providing overall support for general well being. People can expect to rest anywhere from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours depending on what your body needs and what you are comfortable with. Come experience this simple, yet powerful medicine with community and as an addition to being surrounded by the coast and forest.
Please bring a whatever you need to relax (blanket, mat, cushions). Please dress in comfortable layers and be prepared to roll up pants up to knees and long sleeves that roll up to the elbow and to remove socks and shoes for treatment.
- How does this work? Sign up for a time slot. Tickets will be available in 15 minute slots. You’ll sign up for some short paper work, then find a spot, roll up sleeves and pant legs if that is comfortable for you and lara will start treatment.
- How long do I stay? Depends. At least 30 minutes is recommended but listening to your body’s needs is most important. Sometimes people fall asleep and sometimes they don’t, but what is most important is that they relax.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
our community clay studio!
$35/person | 1-4p
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. *Select Clay Play day from the drop-down menu. Same day registration accepted up to 30min before Clay Play begins.
Get any four Clay Plays for just $100 in May! Add four to your cart. Discount is automatically applied at checkout
- Sun, Jun 2nd: Party Trays- Snacks or Cheese
- Sat, Jun 8th: Seashell Dishes for World Ocean Day
- Sun, Jun 9th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, Jun 15th: Garden Mushrooms
- Sun, Jun 16th: Sushi Sets- Chopstick Holders, Soy Saucers & Rice Bowls
- Sat, Jun 22nd: Ceramic Flair- Magnets & Wearable Pins
- Sun, Jun 23rd: Hanging Planters
- Sat, Jun 29th: Ceramic Poems- Haikus or Words of Inspiration
- Sun, June 30th Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Hours, 1-4pm: Tiles, Trivets, House #s or Magnets. (no registration necessary for June 20th)
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! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
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
Nick Delffs: Presented by Sou’wester Arts
Nick Delffs grew up in Mendocino County, a lawless stretch of coastline that’s hard to get to and, for many, hard to escape. Nick did — emerging in the early aughts as the frontman for Portland band The Shaky Hands, whose sharp, jittery rock was anchored by Nick’s quavering vocals and questing lyrics. The Shaky Hands were mainstays of Portland on the verge of a major shift, and they rode that shift a while, signing to Kill Rock Stars and touring internationally with some of the bigger names in indie rock. But a hiatus in 2011 became indefinite and Nick Delffs was once again cast into the world: working as a sideman, releasing solo records, doing manual labor, going deeper into his spiritual practices, and, crucially, becoming a father.
Becoming a parent can affect different artists in different ways. Nick rode that change with surpassing grace and maturity. 2017’s Redesign, his first full-length under his own name, reflected the transition. In “Song for Aja”, Nick touched on other concerns familiar to those who follow his work: love of the natural world; longing for spiritual and physical connection; the desire to suffer with meaning and exult with abandon, to embrace somehow the world in its maddening contradictions and find the unity at the core.
Childhood Pastimes, his second release on Mama Bird Recording Co., is both more focused and, despite being technically an EP, more ambitious. It’s a four-song cycle — one song with many movements or four songs that bleed into one another, depending on how you hear it — that can be viewed either as a personal journey or an archetypal passage of a human being through four discrete stages: roughly, the movement from childhood innocence into adolescent adventure (The Escape); the sudden immersion into a life of discovery and excitement (The Dream); the first experience of romantic love, followed by the onset of heartbreak, dissolution, breakdown of self (The Affair); the emergence into a new way of thinking, a fresh perspective that encompasses all the suffering and joy into a balanced whole (The Outside).
Nick plays nearly all of the instruments here and the result is a unified aesthetic, born ultimately of his deep-seated love of rhythm: the thrum and throb of the acoustic guitars, the percussive melodic bang of the elegantly-crafted piano lines, and always, always the insistent, driving drums, propelling the record, and the listener, on this journey as the four tracks bleed into one another, one body, one blood, one beating heart. The concept of four songs that are really one suite of music requires a sure hand, and Nick’s never shakes: the way the songs blend together while retaining their distinctiveness — from the poppy exaltation of “The Escape” to the cold intensity, almost like an acoustic Kraftwerk, of “The Affair” — shows a songwriter and musician who has fully grown into his powers.
Those who have followed Nick’s career may see this as a culmination of years and years of honing and fine-tuning his bountiful gifts, and wonder with delight what might come next. For those who haven’t listened to Nick before, Childhood Pastimes is the perfect entry point, a distillation of what’s come before and the promise of a new beginning.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
our community clay studio!
$35/person | 1-4p
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. *Select Clay Play day from the drop-down menu. Same day registration accepted up to 30min before Clay Play begins.
Get any four Clay Plays for just $100 in May! Add four to your cart. Discount is automatically applied at checkout
- Sun, Jun 2nd: Party Trays- Snacks or Cheese
- Sat, Jun 8th: Seashell Dishes for World Ocean Day
- Sun, Jun 9th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, Jun 15th: Garden Mushrooms
- Sun, Jun 16th: Sushi Sets- Chopstick Holders, Soy Saucers & Rice Bowls
- Sat, Jun 22nd: Ceramic Flair- Magnets & Wearable Pins
- Sun, Jun 23rd: Hanging Planters
- Sat, Jun 29th: Ceramic Poems- Haikus or Words of Inspiration
- Sun, June 30th Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Hours, 1-4pm: Tiles, Trivets, House #s or Magnets. (no registration necessary for June 20th)
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! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
Always Moving / Magical in Motion By LAURA HEIT + MONA HUNEIDI
- OPENING FILM SCREENING 6/16/24
- FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
- FILM WILL BE SCREENING DAILY 11a & 4p or by request with the front desk
“I am interested in everything that is opaque, that which takes place in secret and behind curtains or in the shadows. My aim is not to make clear or justify, rather I aim to watch/show as if in a dream. My work focuses on the minutiae of human behavior, obsessive habits, arduous matters of the heart, betrayal, espionage and inexplicable phenomenon. These themes are the impetus and the architecture that builds the sets, the mise en scene and the characters I create.
I use wood, glass, transparencies, wire weaves, paper dolls, found objects, doll parts, shadows, tea leaves and texture to create space and the characters that inhabit it. I believe that everyday articles are curious when taken out of context and that still objects, no matter how pedestrian, are magical in motion.” — MONA HUNEIDI
Always Moving / Magical in Motion features the stop-motion, live-action puppetry, hand drawing and computer animation in the short films of artists Laura Heit and Mona Huneidi. Sometimes fantastical, sometimes abstract, sometimes in orbit, these films visualize the things we cannot see, fears, hypothetical stars, moments inside catastrophes, and the future. On view at The Sou’Wester’s Red Bus Microcinema, 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, June – September, 2024, with screenings at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. A special closing event attended by filmmaker Laura Heit will take place in September. More details to come.
Laura Heit is an interdisciplinary artist who currently lives and works in Portland Oregon. Her work has been exhibited and screened in the US and abroad, at venues including Track 16 (Los Angeles, CA), Boise Art Museum (Boise, ID), Adams and Ollman (Portland, OR), The Schnitzer Museum of Art (Eugene, OR), The Schneider Museum of Art (Ashland OR), She Works Flexible (Houston, TX), REDCAT (Los Angeles, CA), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), MoMA (NYC, NY), Millennium Film (NYC, NY), Pompidou (Paris, France), TBA Festival (Portland, OR), the Guggenheim Museum (NYC, NY), Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles, CA), and Detroit Institute of the Arts (Detroit, MI) among others. Her grants include; 2016 Oregon Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship, Artist Project Grant Regional Arts & Culture Council including the 2014 Innovation Award, The British Council, and the MacDowell Colony. She has previously held positions at PNCA as chair of Animated Arts, SAIC, and Cal Arts where she was co-director of the Experimental Animation Department. Her book Animators Sketchbooks was published in 2013 by Thames and Hudson.
Mona Huneidi is an animator/filmmaker who was born and raised in Kuwait. She went to primary schools in Lebanon and Kuwait and arrived in the US in 1980 to pursue her education. She holds a BFA in Filmmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. She worked as an assistant producer for television productions in Kuwait in the late 80s and early 90s. Upon returning to the US, she joined the pre-production team at Imago Theatre working as a puppeteer, a dramaturg, prop master and a set dresser. She earned a Drammy award in 2004 for the projection design on the play Missing Mona. She writes, creates and produces her own animated films, which have been shown locally at Performance Works Northwest, Imago Theatre Cabaret and PCC’s Art Week. Her work has also been screened internationally at Festival Du Cinéma Bruxelles, Festival De Cine Internacional De Barcelona, Animacam Online Animation Festival Galicia, and the Cannes Short Film Festival.
Curated by Nikki Cormaci
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.
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
our community clay studio!
$35/person | 1-4p
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. *Select Clay Play day from the drop-down menu. Same day registration accepted up to 30min before Clay Play begins.
Get any four Clay Plays for just $100 in May! Add four to your cart. Discount is automatically applied at checkout
- Sun, Jun 2nd: Party Trays- Snacks or Cheese
- Sat, Jun 8th: Seashell Dishes for World Ocean Day
- Sun, Jun 9th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, Jun 15th: Garden Mushrooms
- Sun, Jun 16th: Sushi Sets- Chopstick Holders, Soy Saucers & Rice Bowls
- Sat, Jun 22nd: Ceramic Flair- Magnets & Wearable Pins
- Sun, Jun 23rd: Hanging Planters
- Sat, Jun 29th: Ceramic Poems- Haikus or Words of Inspiration
- Sun, June 30th Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Hours, 1-4pm: Tiles, Trivets, House #s or Magnets. (no registration necessary for June 20th)
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! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.
Jun 22
w/visiting artist, w/Korin Schneider $70
Come play with clay and channel your youthful spirit during this lighthearted hand building workshop. Create a collection of mini sculptures and keep them for yourself or give them as tiny treats for friends and family. The options are endless so let’s think big and make small! We will learn the basics of hand sculpting clay including attaching pieces, texturizing and smoothing surfaces, and decorating with underglaze. Each participant will be able to make as many pieces as they can fit into a small box provided.
- Saturday 2-6p
Location: Ilwaco Artworks
COMMUNITY CLAY PLAY
At Ilwaco Artworks
our community clay studio!
$35/person | 1-4p
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. *Select Clay Play day from the drop-down menu. Same day registration accepted up to 30min before Clay Play begins.
Get any four Clay Plays for just $100 in May! Add four to your cart. Discount is automatically applied at checkout
- Sun, Jun 2nd: Party Trays- Snacks or Cheese
- Sat, Jun 8th: Seashell Dishes for World Ocean Day
- Sun, Jun 9th: Mugs & Cups
- Sat, Jun 15th: Garden Mushrooms
- Sun, Jun 16th: Sushi Sets- Chopstick Holders, Soy Saucers & Rice Bowls
- Sat, Jun 22nd: Ceramic Flair- Magnets & Wearable Pins
- Sun, Jun 23rd: Hanging Planters
- Sat, Jun 29th: Ceramic Poems- Haikus or Words of Inspiration
- Sun, June 30th Ilwaco Art Walk Drop-in Hours, 1-4pm: Tiles, Trivets, House #s or Magnets. (no registration necessary for June 20th)
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! Inspiration photos are credited and linked in our “Ideas & Inspiration” page.