WORKSHOPS
Led by Sou’wester Artist-In-Residence instructors, our workshops provide hands-on experiences where you can learn a new skill or trade and create a tangible memory. We offer opportunities for both youth and adults to explore a wide range of artistic mediums.
Workshops in printmaking, weaving,
dye-making, photography, fiber arts, stop-motion, jewelry making, and more take place at The Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion on weekends.
Ceramics workshops, multi-week series, Clay Dates, and Clay Plays in handbuilding and wheel throwing take place at our Community Clay Studio, Ilwaco Artworks weekdays and weekends.
Workshop Archive
2024
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- Handbuilt Ceramic Shelves/Altars w/Celina Roseman
- 4-Week All Levels Wheel Throwing w/Hans Miles
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- Introduction to Hand Brooms workshop w/Sarah Benson
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- All Things Glaze w/Hans Miles
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- 2-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing Series w/Hans Miles
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- Intro to the Wheel w/Hans Miles
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- Wheel Throwing 3-Week Series w/Hans Miles
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- Sculptural Coiled Pots w/Taylor Stefanski
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- Refresher/Beginner Wheel Throwing w/Hans Miles
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- Surface Decoration Intensive w/Courtney Murphy
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- Raku Class w/Hans Miles & Thandi Rosenbaum
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- The Magic of Color Woodcut Prints w/Charles Spitzack
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- (ceramic) Ceramic Charms, Beads & Good Luck Icons w/Emily Wright
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- Making (ceramic) Miniatures w/Korin Schneider
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- Glazing & Surface Decoration Techniques Workshop w//Charlotte Deason Robillard
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- Ceramic Butter Dishes w/Taylor Stefanski
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- All About Raku w/Thandi Rosenbaum
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- Ceramic Sculptures: Making faces with clay w/Paige Wright
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- Beach Books and Zines w/Jessica Hoffman
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- Traditional Japanese Shibori Dying and Sashiko Stitching w/Jodie Cord
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- Wheel Throwing Fundamentals Workshop w/Kaitlyn Nelson
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- Nerikomi Plates & Platters w/Ally Bruser
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- Ceramic Handbuilding 101 w/Shelly Hedges
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- Playful & Sculptural Ceramic Cups! w/Ashley Campbell
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- Sgraffito Vases: Ceramic Surface Design w/Jo Pfeifer
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- Clay Creatures & Miniature Things Ceramic Workshop w/Kaitlyn Nelson
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- Ceramic Trinket Trays & Watercolor Palettes w/Kimberly Gottschalk
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- Sculpted Hats: Wet Felted Millinery w/Mikal Robinson
2023
- Basic Handbuilding Series: “In the Kitchen” w/ Shelly Hedges
- Japanese Decorative Paper & Bookbinding w/ Yuka Petz
- Screenprinting With Natural Dyes w/ Katey Rissi
- Handbuilding a Fermentation Crock 3-day w/ Jo Pfeifer
- Handbuilt Pitchers 3-day ceramic w/ Taylor Stefanski
- All About Sauerkraut – How to make it, eat it, and why it rules w/ Sash Sunday
- DIY Screenprinting w/ Azenath Lizárraga and Ian Greer
- Intro to Handbuilding with Clay w/ Mariam Matheson
- Sculpting with Nature w/ Ana Anu
- Clay Teacup Making w/ Midori Hirose
- Intuitive Multimedia Embroidery w/ Chloe Jacobson
- Singing in the land: earth magic, song, and the body w/ ell rieke
- We Hold the Light: Cyanotype Quilts w/ Cordy Joan
- Nerikomi Clay w/ Ally Bruser
- Block Printing on Fabric w/ Ashley Quick
- Activist Printmaking with Karim Shuquem
- Concrete Jewelry Making w/ Arielle Brackett
- The Magic of Moku Hanga/Japanese Woodblock w/ Charles Spitzack
- Not-Knowing: Experiments in Writing w/ Quinn Gancedo and Katie Savastano
- This is Me: Mixed Media Collaging about Identity w/ Angie Ebba
2022
- Analog Film Textures in Super 8 and 16mm Film w/ Stephanie Hough
- Build A Bath Bomb w/ Hannon
- Embroidered Botany w/ Chloe Jacobson
- Printmaking With or Without a Press w/ Jane Pagliarulo
- Sculptural Painting w/ Ondrea Levey
- Working w/ Natural Materials: A Small Basket In Bark and Leaf w/ Rose Covert
- Blue Mood: Cyanotype on 16mm Film w/ Stephanie Hough
- Memoir Writing w/ Nick Jaina
- Upcycled Fashion w/ Ophir El-Boher
- Cold Forged Wire Jewelry w/ Junko Iijima
- Tools, Toys and Things w/ Kaitlyn McKenzie Nelson
- Explorations in Natural Dye w/ Iris Sullivan
- Woodland Wonders in Clay w/ Jess Graff
- Intro to Printmaking w/ Jess Graff
2021
- Drawing as Seeing: The Acceptance of Chaos w/ Heather McLaughlin
- Alternative Process Photography & Pinhole Cameras w/ Rose Swartz
- Comic Books and Zine Making w/ Kaitlyn Nelson
- DIY Screen Printing w/ Kaitlyn Nelson
- Building Furniture with Reclaimed Materials w/ Rose Swartz
- Foraged Crafts w/ Maggie Doss
- The Ocean in Clay w/ Jess Graff
- Drawing & Painting The Natural World w/ Jess Graff
- Feast Tables & Treasure Maps w/ Iris Sullivan
- Dye Tales & Silk Fireworks w/ Iris Sullivan
- Flower Pillows w/ Iris Sullivan
- Fresh Leaf Indigo Silk w/ Iris Sullivan
- Pigment and Water w/ Daniela Molnar
- Repurposed Objects Animation w/ Cynthia Star (Youth)
- Nature Animation w/ Laura Medina
- Pattern Making Using Relief Printing w/ Heather McLaughlin
- Animal Parade w/ Heather McLaughlin (Youth)
- Drawing as Seeing: Natural Textures w/ Heather McLaughlin
- Fundamentals of Wabi Sabi & Clay w/ Veronica Hwang
- Interactive Figurines w/ Kaitlyn Nelson
- Clay Creatures & Miniature Things w/ Kaitlyn Nelson
2020
- Accessing Ancestral Medicine: A Silent Writing Retreat w/ instructor Melissa Bennett
- Traditional Rug Hooking: Basics plus Embellishments w/ Heidi Grevstad
- Sorry, Knot Sorry: A Creative Healing Macramé w/ Nicole Boyer
- Beginning Traditional Rughooking w/ Heidi Grevstad
- Knots and Sailing Basics w/ instructor Randi Whipple
- Real Red, True Blue & Fast Yellows: Using Ancient Natural Dyes to Create Lasting Beauty w/ instructor Iris Sullivan Daire
- “Workshop Kits” were available 2020-2021. All materials and a video link were provided for people to follow along and craft an object at home or in their accommodation as part of social distancing.
2019
- Write Your Own “Snapshot” Memoir w/ Heather Douglas
- Artful Correspondence w/ Melissa Favara
- SoulCollage®: Building Your Deck w/ Josephine Banks
- The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend
- Floral Bundle Dyeing w/ Brittany Boles
- Natural Fiber Dyes w/ Kate Coulton
- DIY Screen Printing w/ Contact Paper Stencils w/ Heather McLaughlin
- Spice Rack Remedies : DIY Kitchen Medicine for Common Ailments w/ Elyssia Maya Schaeffer
- Intro to Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and Wild Mushroom Foray
- Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing w/ Heather McLaughlin
- Women and the Frontier: Memoir Writing w/ Marianne Monson
- Sandalmaking w/ Rachel Sees Snails Shoes
- Guided Group Meditation w/ Larkin
- How the Light Gets In w/ instructor Suzie Kassouf
- Channeling the Creative Self Through Tarot and Magic
- The Art of Wandering: A Walking and Writing w/ Erica Trabold
- Radiant Fearlessness: Embracing Your Best YOU with the Tools of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
- Crafting and Nourishing Our Way into Summer w/ Lara Pacheco, Paige Common & Kate Coulton
- Find Your Golden Thread: A Writing w/ Madeleine Eno
- Expanding Macramé: Taking Your Macramé Practice To The Next Level w/ instructor Emily Katz
- Natural Dyeing Bag of Tricks w/ Iris Sullivan Daire
- Embodied Creativity w/ Liz Asch Greenhill
- The Subtle Body: Essential Oils, Movement, Mudra and Mantra to Balance the 7 Major Chakras
- Intro to the Subtle Body Rainbow: An Introductory Journey Through the 7 Major Chakras
- Rope Basket Making w/ Jessica Pezalla
- Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo w/ Carolyn Hopkins
- Story is a Chance: Writing as Spiritual Practice
- Coptic Stitch Bookbinding w/ Jillian Barthold
- The Art of Seasonal Nourishment: An Ayurvedic “Cook, Learn & Eat” Dinner Party w/ Elyssia Maya Schaeffer
- Still Life Painting w/ Kristen Flemington
- Cloud Stretch: A Meditative Poetry w/ Ana Anu
2018
- Winter Solstice SoulCollage®: Letting the Light Back In with Josephine Banks
- Floral Bundle Dyeing with Brittany Boles
- Crafting and Nourishing Our Way into Winter with Lara Pacheco, Paige Common & Kate Coulton
- Busy Hands Quiet Minds: Weaving as Meditation with Samantha LaMont & Natalie Novak
- Ecstatic Dance with Scott Schaeffer
- Climactic Dialogue for the Climactic Story Teller: A Writing with Diana Kirk
- Exploring Color: Silk Painting with Jess Beebe
- Mycopigments: Mushroom Dyed Silk Scarf with Alissa Allen
- Spore Printing: A Mushroom’s Unique Mark with instructor Kyla Sjogren
- Printmaking Without A Press: Relief, Monotypes, & Collagraphs Using Akua Non-Toxic Inks with Jane Pagliarulo
- Arabesque Quilling: Bridging Cultures With Art
- Chocolate and Coffee Making with Becca Roebber & Ryan Rabaca
- Dance Therapy/Healing Through Movement Practice and Creation with Sarah Brahim
- Doodling for Creativity with Cynthia Mosser
- Paint Your Pet: Painting with Cindy Geffel
- Can You Learn To Be A Poet?: A Writing with Nick Jaina
- Artful Correspondence with Melissa Favara
- The Art of Seasonal Nourishment: An Ayurvedic “Cook, Learn & Eat” Dinner Party with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer
- Reconnecting Mind, Body & Spirit (Let That Shift Go!) with Shanna Gillette
- The Art of Wandering: A Writing and Walking with Erica Trabold
- Hand Papermaking with Ivy & Joel Ricci
- Writing Through the Cracks: self-forgiveness and compassion in memoir writing
- Leatherworking Class: Mason Jar Coozie with Liz Wright
- Fermented Vegetables & Fermented Lunch! with Sash Sunday
- The Creative Flash: Writing with Chelsea Werner-Jatzke
- Wild Forage: Forage for Health/Spring Seasonal Transition with Lara Pacheco & Paige Common
- Beginner’s Embroidery with Liz Wright
- Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo with Carolyn Hopkins
- Into the Whirl: Cross-Step Waltz with Steve Carruthers
- DIY Screen Printing & Contact Paper Stencils with Heather McLaughlin
- Plant The Seed Writing: The Magnificent Practice of Getting Out What Your Heart & Guts Have To Say with Franciszka Voeltz & Jennifer Morales
- Hands on Healing for the People with Jason Tschimperle
- Busy Hands Quiet Minds: Weaving as Meditation with Samantha LaMont & Natalie Novak
- Creative Songwriting, Arranging and Rhythm: Tell Your Story through Song with Katie Sawicki & Zanny Geffel
- Type/Writing: Experiments in Creative Nonfiction & Zinecraft with Melissa Favara
- Poetry Through List Making with Heather Douglas
- Objects / Belongings: Writing and Drawing about Our STUFF with Kate Bingaman-Burt
- The Micro Essay and the Prose Poem with Martha Grover & July Westhale
- The Gut-Brain Connection, How to Maintain Mental Health from a Nutritional and Herbal Perspective with Geena Barker & Ingrid Abbate
- Let’s Make a Sandwich with Tommy Habetz & Jason Cohen
- Writing Your Conservative Relatives with Jenny Forrester
- Yoga & Ayurveda for Winter Vitality with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer
- How We Share Nature: with Pete Brook, Dicky Dahl & Melissa Laurie
2017
- Plant Allies and Writing Rituals: Shifting into a New Year of Personal Resilience with Lara Pacheco & Abby Chroman
- Drawing as Seeing: The Figure, Nude & Costume with instructor Heather McLaughlin
- Creating a Travel Journal with Fay Malloy & Marilyn Zornado
- Coptic Stitch Bookbinding with Jillian Barthold
- Cut It Up Art Card Party: “Put A Bird On It” with Mark Elliott
- Settle Your World: Self Empowering Techniques for Fostering a Calm Life in a Wild World with Jason Tschimperle
- Drawing as Seeing & the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing with Heather McLaughlin
- Partner Dancing 101 with Sarah Riddle
- Salsa QuickStart with Sarah Riddle
- Writing is Magic: Mythological Writing with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper
- Mushroom Medicinals with Jason Tschimperle
- Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo with Carolyn Hopkins
- Shorebirds, Seabirds & Little Brown Birds with Mark Elliott
- Nourishing Ourselves into Winter with Food and Herbs with Kate Coulton & Paige Common
- Radio Muse: Writing with Meg Weber
- Ayurvedic Nutrition and Self Care for Autumnal Equinox with Elyssia Schaeffer
- Kinchaku Kago: Japanese Basket Purse with Donna Crispin
- Cedar and Willow Tray with Donna Crispin
- Fermented Vegetables 101 with Sash Sunday
- DIY Succulent Planters with Jamin London Tinsel
- Writing Through the Cracks: Self-Forgiveness & Compassion in Memoir Writing with Cooper Lee Bombardier & Gina Senarighi
- Time/Travel: Experiments in Typewriting Creative Nonfiction about Place and Movement with Melissa Favara
- Custom Mosaics with Damon Ayers & Christy Wiesenhahn
- Yoga in the Sweet Sweet Summertime with Ivy Ross Ricci
- Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing with Heather McLaughlin
- Experiments in Writing & Zine Making with A.M. O’Malley & Grant Gerald Miller
- Macrame Wall Hanging with Liz & Brian Wright
- Writing is Magic: Mechanics with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper
- Writing is Magic: Story Structure with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper
- Type/Writing: Experimental Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, and Zinecraft with Melissa Favara
- Winter Vitality with Elyssia Schaeffer
- Yoga: Service & Self-Care with Ivy Ross Ricci
- Herbal Plant Walk and DIY Elderberry syrup and Herbal Vinegar with Lara Pacheco
- Prose Writing with Nick Jaina