Art Models Wanted!
Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United StatesInterested in modeling for Rodd Ambroson's Life Drawing class?
Interested in modeling for Rodd Ambroson's Life Drawing class?
Learn wood carving from Wallowa County's premiere wood carver, Steve Arment. Drop In. Tools provided. No preregistration required! Grab a friend and walk right in! $35
Let’s spring into ceramics with a sculpture workshop. This is an intermediate/advanced workshop for those who have previously taken ceramics classes and feel comfortable and confident with the clay medium.
Create your own unique copper earrings with or without a bit of sparkle added. No experienced need. Just come and have fun creating.
Join Susan Pesti-Strobel for a morning of creating textile art. In conjunction with the Women’s Exhibit, we invite you to bring your thoughts, wishes, “feminine visions,” and the like, and put those in fabric and stitches as you meditate about them, and what they mean for you.
An incredible opportunity for beginners and returning students in watercolor; painting practice is the path for exploring the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an eight-week session for ages 11-17.
Join us for an evening of sipping wine(or other beverage of choice) and painting on a 30" x 30" canvas. Students learn various mark making techniques, composition and more. Bring beverages, snacks, and engage in lively conversation. Class concludes with a group critique. Beginners welcome.
An incredible opportunity for beginners and returning students in watercolor; painting practice is the path for exploring the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an eight-week session for ages 18 and over.
Students will learn slab, coil and pinch construction techniques and various surface design techniques. Preregistration Required.
Students will learn slab, coil and pinch construction techniques and various surface design techniques. Preregistration Required.
In this class students will learn about the reduction printmaking process and complete an edition of six two-layer linocuts. Classes held at The Josephy Center downstairs in the Printmaking Studio.
Join Cody Limbaugh in this beginners drawing course designed to help students build confidence and gain a level of competency that will encourage continued drawing practice long after the course ends!
Join Master Artist Rodd Ambroson for this 8 session introduction to oil painting. Participants will be able to paint competently at an introductory level. Drawing will be emphasized. Working from home is highly encouraged and will support your in-class instruction.
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!
Join us for an evening of sipping wine(or other beverage of choice) and painting on a 30" x 30" canvas. Students learn various mark making techniques, composition and more. Bring beverages, snacks, and engage in lively conversation. Class concludes with a group critique. Beginners welcome.
An incredible opportunity for beginners and returning students in watercolor; painting practice is the path for exploring the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an eight-week session for ages 18 and over.
Claymaking at its finest! Come learn handbuilding skills and have fun doing it. Clay, glaze and firing included. Preregistration required.
Teens learn handbuilding skills to last a lifetime. Great space and a fun, tactile activity.
CREATE • LEARN • GROW
In this class for 8-12 year olds, students focus on drawing & painting using a variety of mediums.
Art: © Eva Junkins, Youth Art Fridays Student
A great learning experience for 5-7 year olds. Little artists have fun practicing the basics of drawing and painting.
Young artists will create a wide diversity of forms using hand-building techniques. Class includes clay, glazes and firing. Preregistration is required.
Discover the art of drawing with instructor Rodd Ambroson, and learn basic skills that are the foundation for all other disciplines. Absolutely no experience necessary. Eight week session. Ages 14 and up.
The Josephy Center has joined forces with the Wallowa Valley Musical Alliance to craft scenic backdrops for their Children's Christmas Musical. Volunteers welcome!
A free photography workshop for ages 12 and up. An opportunity not to be missed!
Do you love art? Have you taught art? Been told you'd be a great teacher? Good with groups of kids or adults? Interested in sharing your unique style and skills with others? Know someone who might be interested?
Join us for an abstract painting class with Cheryl Coughlan. Paint on a 30"x30" canvas. Beginners are welcome. Learn techniques of how to put paint on the canvas, composition and more. Bring your friends or come alone and meet people who want to throw paint around. We welcome snacks, drinks and conversation. After painting, we do a little discussion about the art we created.
Join us on Friday afternoons for a fun filled craft making experience. FREE!
Join Rich Wandschneider Fridays this summer and learn about the Nez Perce in the Wallowa Country. This class will last through the end of August. FREE!
Continue your clay journey with instructor Pamela Beach and take your handbuilding to the next level. THIS CLASS IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS WITH CLAY PRACTICE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. Preregistration Required
Claymaking at its finest! Come learn handbuilding skills and have fun doing it. This class is for students that have not had any clay practice in the last three years. Clay, glaze and firing included. Preregistration required.
This four day camp is an inclusive experience for 4-6 year olds, connecting music, movement and art. Bring your imagination! Scholarships available, email: artdirector@josephy.org
Kids learn what functional wares are with artist and instructor Pamela Beach @peabee.artist and how to make them in this fun four day camp of learning and making with ceramics. "Necessity is the mother of Invention." Ages 7-10 only. Scholarships available, email: artdirector@josephy.org
Crystal Newton takes students on a journey parllelling our Wild Landscape exhibit for a day of El Plein Air painting in the North Country with watercolors. This is an adventure you don't want to miss! Email questions to: Artdirector@josephy.org
The Josephy Center is super stoked to host artist in residence from New York city, Lisa Mackie, for a two-day comprehensive printmaking workshop exploring waterbase drypoint with carborundum aquatint. This is an opportunity, not to be missed!
A fun night for adults of abstract painting and sipping wine. A monthly event held on the third Wednesday of every month.
Preregistration Required.
An incredible opportunity for beginners in watercolor, learning the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an 8-week session.
Learn Calligraphy basics with Jennifer Klimsza in this two hour workshop.
Discover the art of drawing with instructor Rodd Ambroson, and learn basic skills that are the foundation for all other disciplines. Eight week session. Ages 14 and up.
A fun night for adults of abstract painting and sipping wine. A monthly event held on the third Wednesday of every month.
Preregistration Required.
Join Rodd Ambroson for an eight week group exploration of the human figure with live models.
Must be at least 18 years. Preregistration is required.
Join us for an all-ages workshop that delves into the world of Haunt Camp, a unique, extracurricular program that teaches design, fabrication, and performance art to Wallowa County high school students on Saturday, June 17th at 1:30p.m
A Youth Maker Space from 12-4pm, every Saturday during the months of April & May. Most supplies included. Registration not required and it's FREE!
CANCELED TODAY, SATURDAY MAY 13
Teens learn handbuilding skills to last a lifetime. Great space and a fun, tactile activity.
CREATE • LEARN • GROW
In this class for 8-12 year olds, students focus on drawing & painting using a variety of mediums.
Young artists will create a wide diversity of forms using hand-building techniques. Class includes clay, glazes and firing. Preregistration is required.
Learn a few different cording techniques with Kolle Kahl Riggs, including thigh rolling and hand-twisting. Ages 12 and up.
A fun night for adults of abstract painting and sipping wine. A monthly event held on the third Wednesday of every month.
Preregistration Required.
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CREATE • LEARN • GROW
In this class for 8-12 year olds, students focus on drawing & painting using a variety of mediums.
A great fun learning experience for 5-7 year olds, teaching them the basics of drawing and painting.
Young artists will create a wide diversity of forms using hand-building techniques. Class includes clay, glazes and firing. Preregistration is 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.
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!
This handbuilding class for teens will give them the foundation to create in clay successfully. Class includes clay, glazes and firing. Preregistration is 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!
Explore this year's theme of Flowers with Pam and Mary!
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.
Explore this year's theme of Flowers with Pam and Mary!
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.