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!

Aug
2
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Aug 2 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Aug
16
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Aug 16 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Sep
6
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Sep 6 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Sep
20
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Sep 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Oct
4
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Oct 4 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Oct
18
Wed
Community Clay & Sauna @ Sou'wester Lodge
Oct 18 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Come experience the therapeutic workings of a Finnish sauna in combination with a full body mask of wild foraged mineral clay. These natural therapies joined together, act as powerful means of detoxification, stress relief, muscle relaxant, skin cleanser, and more. Bring your bathing suit and a friend, be prepared to sweat it out with like minded folks, brave a cold plunge, and paint each other with some Skagit river valley clay.

$20 for Sou’wester guests $25 for general public.

 
Dress to accommodate the maximum amount of clay. Towels, clay, information hand-outs, tea and filtered water provided. There will also be an opportunity to purchase wild harvested mineral clay for future personal use.

Space is limited to 8 folks

 
Please RSVP. Any questions? Email mamookwellness@icloud.com

Jan
20
Sat
Workshop: Sculpted Hats – (Full) @ The Sou'wester Lodge
Jan 20 @ 2:00 pm – Jan 21 @ 4:00 pm

Jan 20 & 21

Sculpted Hats: Wet Felted Millinery Workshop (FULL)

w/Mikal Robinson $100

Working with Pacific Northwest grown wool roving and olive oil soap, each student will shape and create a custom felted hat. Learn how to make a hood pattern and felt in 3D using a wet resist. Blocking and shaping will be done with the assistance of a variety of unique hat molds to choose from. As well as your head. Make sure to bring dry extra clothes. This class will clean everything but potentially leave your sleeves and collar a little water logged. Olive oil soap makes this felting class a good choice for sensitive skin or allergies. 

  • Saturday 2-6p
  • Sunday 12-4p

Location: Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion

Mikal Robinson is a queer alterly abled inspired felter, fiber artist, and educator. The lead instructor for Feral Felt and Wild Child Arts Education for over 17 years. Creating containers for shared learning and enthusiasm wherever they roam.

They have been sharing their love of hand crafts and honoring them as a fine art since childhood. Always encouraging people to remember the vital importance of supporting and maintaining our fibersheds. 

Reminding us that clothing is the shelter we wear. A long known way to communicate visually and embody one’s culture and identity. Always an opportunity for adornment.

To learn more about their classes, workshops, camps, afterschool programs, hand hammered jewelry and fiber art check out www. feralfinearts.com 

Jan
27
Sat
Workshop: Ceramic Trinket Trays or Watercolor Palettes @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 27 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Jan 27

Ceramic Trinket Trays (or Watercolor Palettes) Workshop

w/Kimberly Gottschalk $70

Join us for a hands-on, one-day hand-building workshop where you can craft a unique ceramic trinket tray or watercolor palette! Throughout an engaging 4-hour session, you will dive into the art of ceramics, learning the fundamentals of working with clay before creating a unique template to help shape your clay into your choice of tray or palette. Please bring pictures or ideas of shapes to work with.

  • Saturday 2-6p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

Kimberly is an emerging potter who crafts joyful objects, drawing inspiration from personal experiences and nature, shaping the clay through emotion and intention. She owns Lucida Ceramics, specializing in the whimsical, illustrative, and sometimes spooky. Always seeking to learn from the world around her and expand her techniques, you can find her in the woods as often as in the studio.

https://www.instagram.com/lucida.ceramics/

Feb
3
Sat
Workshop: Clay Creatures & Miniature Things @ Ilwaco Artworks
Feb 3 @ 2:00 pm – Feb 4 @ 4:00 pm

Feb 3 & 4

Clay Creatures and Miniature Things Workshop

w/Kaitlyn Nelson $70

In Clay Creatures and Miniature Things we will spend 2 days learning a variety of hand building techniques to create objects such as clay tiles, mini figurines, pinch pots, coil pots and more! On day two we will spend time painting our sculptures using underglazes with a clear top coat.

  • Saturday 2-6p
  • Sunday 12-4p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

 
Kaitlyn Nelson is a multi-disciplinary Artist and Educator. She has a vibrant studio practice working in hybrid media creating surrealism and storytelling infused with a passion for technical craft.  Her creative works amount in a wide breath of material forms as: soft sculpture- mask and costumes, theatrical production, object design, fine art paintings and illustrative book arts. Kaitlyn is originally from Portland, OR where she received a BFA in illustration and Communication Design at PNCA in 2017. She is currently working on a film, “Mistakes Will Be Made” as well as a children’s book / Cumphy synth collaborative album.
Mar
2
Sat
Workshop: Ceramic Candelabras @ Ilwaco Artworks
Mar 2 @ 2:00 pm – Mar 3 @ 4:00 pm

Mar 2 & 3

Ceramic Candelabras Workshop

w/Taylor Stefanski $108

In this 2 day candelabra workshop we will be touching on form and function. Candelabras traditionally are tall candle holders for taper candles – the height of both help illuminate a space. We will cover rolling coils, shaping and designing our forms on the first day. On the second day of class we will refine our taper holders and assemble everything to create our candelabras. This class is great for beginners and experienced folks alike.

  • Saturday 2-6p
  • Sunday 12-4p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

T. Stefanski / Taylor Stefanski is a ceramicist living in Seattle, WA.

Their 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 each 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.

@t.stefanski      tstefanski.com