August 2022 Youth Summer Camp Age 7-11: Flowers
Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United StatesExplore this year's theme of Flowers with Pam and Mary!
Explore this year's theme of Flowers with Pam and Mary!
After reviewing why an Advanced Directive is so necessary and how it is used, this experienced duo (Janet Graham, MA retired Family Counselor, and Dr. Keith Graham, retired Internist) will review the three parts of the AD pamphlet and answer questions.
On Tuesday, August 9, at noon, a Ranger from The Nez Perce National Historical Park will speak at the Josephy Center. The Park is unique in that its sites are not all connected, and not even all "owned" by the Park Service. Some of them, iincluding the Old Joseph Grave Site at Wallowa Lake, the Joseph Canyon Overlook, and the Dug Bar crossing site on the Snake River, are in Wallowa County.
Come take a brief stroll through the ages to modern use of metals and stones in jewelry. From amulets and talismans for expressing status and beauty, to the creation of one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces.
Author David H. Wilson will be at the Josephy Center to discuss his new—and highly acclaimed—book, Northern Paiutes of the Malheur: High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country.
National Geographic Photo Camp Oregon is a photography learning experience, led by National Geographic Explorers and photographers Sara Hylton and Tailyr Irvine. This event showcases local youth photography from the camp.
Spend an hour with Rich every Thursday at 1pm where Rich talks about Nez Perce history and culture for an hour. Guests are welcome to share and ask questions. The event is free but donations are always welcome.
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.
Come enjoy a fabulous opening ceremony for the 40th annual Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts, in beautiful Joseph, Oregon!
Seth Kinzie will talk about his travels through Ethiopia, Somalia, and Malawi, and Joan Gilbert and Kasiah Sword will do live "peace mapping" painting throughout the event. Don't miss it!
Join us for this wonderful Brown Bag on Tuesday, September 27 at noon. Rich will interview Ellen Morris Bishop and Rita Ehrler who recently released Stories of Wallowa Lake - A History of the Lake and Its Communities.
We're hiring a new intern! Come join our team.
Kathleen Bennett, who has worked in the healthcare field and then in health insurance in Wallowa County for over 20 years, will be our Brown Bag presenter on Tuesday, October 11.
The Josephy Center and Safe Harbors are jointly sponsoring a "community read" of Tina Ontiveros' award-winning memoir, Rough House. The author will be at the new Fishtrap space, the Bowlby Building on Main Street in Enterprise, on Thursday, October 13, at 7:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Kristy Athens and Janis Carper discuss the art of multi-media collage: their techniques, and their approaches and goals for their work.
The impact of violence on our world, on our communities, and on ourselves, has tangled roots that run deep— detangling those roots through self-expression is, for many, a path toward healing and reclamation.
Come join us for free food, drinks, music, dancing and kids art activities. For ten years, The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture has provided high-caliber exhibits, arts education and programs. We are excited to celebrate our accomplishments with our donors, volunteers, and friends!
HAUNT CAMP is an extracurricular class that teaches design + fabrication to Wallowa County high school students. Our team of collaborators will build an avant-garde haunted house for the whole community to enjoy over Halloween weekend.
Allen Pinkham on Plateau drums and drumming, in a zoom format.
Join us November 10th at noon for a discussion of "The Forest Lover" by Susan Vreeland. The story of Emily Carr's troubled career as an artist is a long and sometimes tedious journey.. National acclaim waited until Emily was in her 50s, waited while she overcame being just a good "woman artist," waited until Native themes were ok in polite Canadian society.
All artwork is small in size less than 10 inches in any direction and priced under $200!
The authors of Eminent Oregonians: Three Who Matter will be hosting a virtual author event via Zoom at noon on Tuesday, November 22.
This closing reception is a special shopping day. We will provide refreshments, kids activities, and additional sales on books and art supplies, all proceeds will go to support Youth Art Programming.
We invite you to read the attached short stories and then join us at noon on Tuesday, December 13th, at the Josephy Center to talk about these short pieces--and others you love. We can look at and talk about the Little Art Works as well.