WALK-IN WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, ORVarious medium disciplines every Wednesday.
No pre-registration required. Just walk right in!
$25.00
Various medium disciplines every Wednesday.
No pre-registration required. Just walk right in!
$25.00
A fun night for adults of abstract painting and sipping wine, every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Claymaking at its finest! Come learn handbuilding skills and have fun doing it.
Clay, glaze and firing included. Preregistration required.
Continue your clay journey with instructor Pamela Beach and take your handbuilding to the next level. Clay, glazes and firing included! Preregistration Required
Learn wood carving from Wallowa County's premiere wood carver, Steve Arment. Preregistration Required.
Learn the fundamentals of solarplate etching and the intaglio process. Both beginners and practiced printmakers are invited to join us for this fun educational workshop free of hazardous grounds, acids or solvents. Preregistration Required.
Bring your design ideas to the table and learn the basic techniques for block printing using a soft, easy to cut rubbery medium, in this all inclusive three hour workshop.
We invite you to join us for a monthly Interdisciplinary Art Talk, open to artists of all disciplines, beginners to seasoned artists. We will be meeting every first Wednesday of the month, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Topics of discussions are varied and in a professional atmosphere of respect and friendship.
Join Rodd Ambroson for an eight week group exploration of the human figure with live models.
Must be at least 18 years. Pre-registration is required.
A fun night for adults of abstract painting and sipping wine, every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
We invite you to join us for a monthly Interdisciplinary Art Talk, open to artists of all disciplines, beginners to seasoned artists. We will be meeting every first Wednesday of the month, 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Topics of discussions are varied and in a professional atmosphere of respect and friendship.
Heidi Muller teaches all the basics of playing the dulcimer in this five-week workshop. Students can typically play one or two simple songs by the end of the first lesson. Music includes traditional tunes and familiar songs, as students progress from one-finger melodies to using chords. No musical experience required!
Create a collage using a plethora of techniques and materials with Wallowa county's very own triple threat—Janis Carper.
Great gift giving idea- just in time for the holidays, or keep for yourself!
An awesome chess workshop for beginners w. Clem Falbo.
Ages 7 on up and FREE!
This is a fun and easy-to-learn technique that puts an artsy looseness to even the simplest of line drawings. Beginners and high school students are welcome.
Learn from local legend Steve Arment the basics of relief woodcarving. Bring your ideas and designs if you have them!
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn from story telling master beader and Choctaw Tribe member Roger Amerman how to construct a Buckskin Tobacco Bag-coupled with partial accessory contour beadwork and special pony bead brick edge beadwork using traditional methods.
The Sewn Board Binding is one of the most versatile structures in book arts, lending itself to everything from artist's books to self-published chap books to blank journals. This class combines the fundamentals that inform sound construction with the satisfaction of finishing a fun, ready-to-enjoy book
Nunofelting or wet felting is a unique process of combining super fine merino wool roving with an open weave natural fabric, like silk, to create a new lightweight, flexible and drape able fabric.
For this year’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Safe Harbors has teamed up with the Josephy Center and local artist Pam Beach to offer painting classes as a space for participants to explore how violence or abuse has impacted their lives.
Janet and Keith Graham will be here on September 13 from 10am-12pm to teach a workshop on ADVANCED DIRECTIVES. The workshop is free, but donations are welcome.
Join us for a two-day abstract painting workshop with Cheryl North Coughlan. Students will get 2 30x 30 canvases to cover with paint. No experience necessary.
Join us for an evening of painting and sipping wine with Josephy instructor and local artist Tori Suto. Class includes art supplies, canvas and wine.
Ages 21 and up only.
Learn the fundamentals of handbuilding with ceramic instructor Pamela Beach.
Clay, glazes and firing included!
Sip wine and paint a still life on canvas with guidance from local artist and Josephy's own Tori Suto. Class includes art supplies, canvas and wine.
Ages 21 and up only.
Learn the basics of adding color to metal through enameling. Enameling uses finely ground glass which is fused to the metal using a heat source such as a torch or kiln. In class we will be using small torches.
Needle Felting is the process of using barbed needles to turn wool fibers into a more condensed material. The needles are pushed repeatedly through the fibers locking them together. In this class you will learn the basics of needle felting and will create a small spring time animal figure to take home.
An introduction to Nez Perce and other Sahaptin languages. How close are they? What do they share or what makes them different? Accepted linguistic spellings and pronunciations. Common greetings and place names, especially names of places in Oregon and Idaho. Family names--how are they passed down and carried on? Next steps for those who want to really learn the language.
Explore the colorful and fluid world of inks as you learn signature techniques to create expressive landscapes on yupo paper.
This course is for students with clay making experience in the last few years, ages 18 and up.
In this class you will learn the basics of needle felting and will create a small spring time animal figure to take home.
Explore a variety of collaging techniques and materials. Play with design, layering, color, and transparency with Janis Carper.
Learn the basics of adding color to metal through enameling. Enameling uses finely ground glass which is fused to the metal using a heat source such as a torch or kiln.
Workshop participants will learn the basics of beading with seed beads, sizes 10/o and 11/o, as well as a two-needle process in order to construct a beaded neck bag. This method of bead stitching is referred to as "contour" and "lane" bead stitching.
These simple copper earrings are a great way to learn how to solder premade bezel cups and set cabochons while making something unique for yourself or a gift.
Are you a newbie, or a clay maker that's been away too long, wanting to reacquaint yourself with clay? Then this is the class for you! Tap into your creativity and learn the fundamentals of ceramics.
PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED
Are you ready to move to the next level? Learn advanced handbuilding techniques with project driven classes, focusing on form, design & texture. This class requires students to have had clay making experience within the last two years.
PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED
Learn the basic techniques for block (or relief) printing: how to transfer a design, carve with cutting tools, and ink and print an impression of your carved block onto paper.
Every Sunday January 9th through February 13th, 2:00-3:00 p.m. The mountain dulcimer is a sweet-sounding, three-stringed instrument with roots in the Appalachian mountains. It’s easy to learn, even for people with no musical experience!
In this class we will explore two different techniques using wool to create small figures and ornaments.
Janis Carper will help you to explore a variety of collaging techniques and materials. You'll play with design, layering, color, and transparency.
Join ceramicist and instructor Pamela Beach in an eight-week project based clay making journey. Learn the fundamentals of hand building with lessons in design, texture, and glazing. Class includes clay, glazes, firing, and three open studio sessions.
Join ceramicist and instructor Pamela Beach in an eight-week project based clay making journey. Learn more advanced techniques of hand building with lessons in design, texture, and glazing. Class includes clay, glazes, firing, and three open studio sessions.
Join us as we embrace the practice of watercolor painting with Dawn Norman to Guide and direct us in new techniques and refining the old.
Society: companionship or association with one’s fellows Join us as we embrace the practice of watercolor painting with Dawn Norman […]
An eight-week session, every Tuesday, to learn the fundamentals of hand building clay.
Informal discussion about the Indians who once lived in the Wallowa. Every Thursday June 17-August 26.
Help the Josephy Center prepare for the Wallowa Valley Festival of the arts by painting the wine glasses that we give with purchase of an WVFA opening night ticket.
Join instructor Dawn Highberger and arrange beautiful fresh cut summer flowers while sipping your favorite wine.
Create cute critters using pipe cleaners and wrapped wool.
Needle felting is a craft that turns raw wool into all sorts of useful or decorative items.
Join "Old Geezer" Ralph Anderson and whittle your own, unique wooden spoon.
Arrange a variety of spring flowers with instructor Dawn Highberger.
Learn brush and water control while painting a barn.
Join ceramicist and instructor Pamela Beach for eight Mondays to learn the fundamentals of handbuilding.
Learn/practice color mixing while creating a sunset (or sunrise).
Whittle your very own, unique spork.
Learn the basics of watercolors by creating a reference sheet, then practice what you've learned painting cloudy skies.
Join "Old Geezer" Ralph Anderson for this relaxed whittling class.
Learn the basics of adding color to metal through enameling, with instructor Dona Miller.
Join Rich Wandschneider in this class on The Nez Perce Story. Discuss cultural impacts, wars, treaties and much more. This class will take place via zoom.
Learn the basic building blocks of creating jewelry while you fashion your own pendant.
We often think that the best visual story-telling is a video camera (or a cell phone). But still photography has long been, and remains, a very important part of story-telling. A two-week online course!