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
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
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
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.
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.
Young artists will create a wide diversity of forms using hand-building techniques. Class includes clay, glazes and firing. Preregistration is required.
A great learning experience for 5-7 year olds. Little artists have fun practicing the basics of drawing and painting.
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
Teens learn handbuilding skills to last a lifetime. Great space and a fun, tactile activity.
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.
A free photography workshop for ages 12 and up. An opportunity not to be missed!
The Josephy Center has joined forces with the Wallowa Valley Musical Alliance to craft scenic backdrops for their Children's Christmas Musical. Volunteers welcome!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 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!
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 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.
Create your own unique copper earrings with or without a bit of sparkle added. No experienced need. Just come and have fun creating.
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.
Tony Chiotti will do a short workshop on mixing a wide variety of greens from a limited palette, so we'll have a chance to move some paint around. Plus we'll do a bit of show-and-tell. Bring your outdoor setup: easel, prochade box, umbrellas, whatever you like to work with. A chance to talk a little shop and learn some new ideas about working outdoors. FREE
