Arts Calendar
Classes and workshops
Ikebana – Learn about the traditional Japanese style of flower arrangement. Participants will be able to take their flowers home. Call ahead to reserve a spot. Monday, Feb. 23. 3:30-5 p.m. $7. Japanese Cultural Center, 4000 W. Randolph Road. (509) 328-2971.
Artisans at Dahmen Barn – Glassblowing: Hands-on instruction in making glass floats, ornaments or paper weights. Learn how to apply color and decoration and blow and shape your own glass objects. For artists 18 and older. $125, materials provided. Students must bring safety glasses and a lunch. Register at www.artisanbarn.org or call (509) 229-3414. Workshop held at Sky River Glass in Clarkston. Wild Women Winter Art Series : Workshops for women on beginning knitting (Sunday), introduction to oil painting (Feb. 15) and art trading cards (Feb. 22), as part of its Wild Women Winter Art Series. For more information, visit www.artisanbarn.org. 1-4 p.m. Highway 195 North, 419 Park Way, Uniontown, Wash. $25/advance registration, $35/day of class. (509) 299-3414.
River Ridge Association of Fine Arts – Mandala Experience Workshop: Find out more about mandalas, from history and cultural aspects to coloring templates and learning to make your own. All supplies provided. Donation only. Saturday, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Auntie’s Bookstore Mezzanine, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206 or www.spokanerrafa.com. Valentine Art Projects: Make your valentine a personal card and bookmarks. Feb. 14, 1-3 p.m. $5.
Artworks Spokane, Artworks Garland and Artworks CdA – Classes include chalk paint demos, cabinet rehab and painted glass tablescapes/wallscapes, Pinterest-inspired project workshops and three-day immersion workshops. All workshops are three hours and cost $65. For dates and locations, visit artworksspokane.com, artworksgarland.com or artworkscda.com.
City of Moscow Arts Commission, the 1912 Center and Heart of the Arts Workshops – Jewelry Embossing with Patricia Cassidy: Participants age 18 and older will learn the act of impressing a design onto a metal surface, and will learn to bend metal to the design of their choice on earrings or pendants. 6-9 p.m. Wednesday. $78, supplies provided. Basic Pastel Painting with Bonnie Griffith: Participants age 18 and over will learn the basics of pastel painting. Students provide their own pastels. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 14-15. $150. Experimental Pastel Painting with Bonnie Griffith: This workshop is for pastelists age 18 and older who want to take their work to the next level. Students will provide their own pastels. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 21. $125. Drawing in Color with Dana Aldis: In this four-session workshop, participants age 15 and older will develop their drawing skills and hand-eye coordination while working from observation (not photographs). Students will learn basic traditional drawing techniques such as line, structure, value/shading and cross-hatching, as well as composition. No experience necessary. All materials will be provided. Students will work at their own pace and complete two or four pieces of art to take home. 4:30-6 p.m. April 8, 15, 22, 29. $32/per class; $128/all four sessions. Photography in Blue: Cyanotype with Harlan Crichton: Participants age 10 and older will use cyanotype, a nontoxic alternative photographic process, to produce images. No photography experience is necessary. 10 a.m. April 25. $25. Register for classes at least two days in advance. 1912 Center, 412 Third St., Moscow, Idaho. For more information, call (208) 669-2249 or visit www.1912center.org.
Social/Recreational and Education Activities for Adults with Disabilities – Classed offered include wood shop, painting, ceramics, art and craft, reading and math, and computers. Held Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Arc of Spokane, Valley Community Center, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., Spokane Valley. Nominal fee applies. Open to ages 18 and older. Call (509) 325-5451 for more information.
Let’s Paint with Tresia Oosting – Color mixing, drawing and painting classes for children ages 4-7. Each week will feature a different project. Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m., or Saturdays, 1-2 p.m., at Spokane Art School, 809 W. Garland Ave. $10; registration required. (509) 325-3001, www.spokaneartschool.net.
Create Arts Center Classes – Open Painting: Open to beginner or advanced painters. Bring your current or future project to paint with the group. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Watercolor Basics and Beyond: Held every third Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost is $35. Supplies available for purchase at the class. Fiber Arts Studio: Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Bring your yarn and knitting needles or crochet hooks. A $2 donation is appreciated. Oil Painting with Barry Dumaw: Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $35 per month. Miss Patty’s Children’s Dance Class: Mondays, 2:30-3:15 p.m. for ages 3-5, 3:30-4:15 for ages 6-8, and 5:30-6:15 for ages up to 17 years. Cost is $35 per month. Oil Painting with Edena Yeager: Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $35 per month. Art after School: For kids ages 8-13. Thursdays, 3-4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Ballroom Dance with Ann Chamberlin: Held the third Friday of each month, 5:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Jessa’s Creative Dance: Jessa Ritter will teach a blend of hip-hop and modern dance. Open to girls and boys ages 10 and older. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Cost is $8 a week or $30 a month. First Saturday: Dawn Hawks teaches craft and art classes on the first Saturday of each month. 1-3 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport, Wash. Call (509) 447-9277, visit www.createarts.org or email create@createarts.org for more information.
Meetings
Listen to Your Mother Spokane – For writers of narrative nonfiction or personal essays. Led by Stacey Conner and Elise Raimi. Thursday, March 12 and April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $80 for a four-month session. Call Elise Raimi at (509) 230-5328 or email listentoyourmotherspokane@ gmail.com for meeting locations and more information.
Weavers Group – Meets the second Wednesday of the month, 1-3:30 p.m., at Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport, Wash. Judy Graham will instruct or assist anyone who would like to weave. Beginners welcome. Participants should bring their own loom. Call (509) 447-9277, visit www.createarts.org or email create@createarts.org for more information.
Writers Group – Held the second and fourth Thursday of the month, 2 p.m., at Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport, Wash. Group meets to share ideas, knowledge and expertise about writing. All levels of experience welcome. Call (509) 447-9277, visit www.createarts.org or email create@createarts.org for more information.
Call for artists
Moscow Farmers Market 2015 Poster Contest – The deadline for submissions is March 30 by 5 p.m. The artist of the winning entry will be awarded $100. Only one entry per individual will be accepted, artists must live within a 200-mile radius of Moscow, Idaho. The jury will select two entries to be considered for the Moscow Farmers Market 2015 Poster. Both entries will be posted on the city of Moscow’s website and the public will vote April 6-13. Application forms and contest rules are available at Moscow City Hall, 206 E. Third St., or can be downloaded online at: www.ci.moscow.id.us/records/ Applications/Poster-Application- 2015.pdf.
2015 Pend Oreille Valley Lavender Festival Poster Contest – The Pend Oreille Valley Lavender Festival is holding a poster contest. The winning artist will receive $300 commission and will be featured in the Festival Artist booth at the 2015 festival. Submissions are due by Thursday. Email iris@povn.com or call Robert at (509) 671-1539 for entry rules.
The Writers Competition – The Coeur d’Alene Library is looking for writers of fiction and nonfiction prose to submit up to two entries of up to 2,000 words for it 27th Writers Competition. Entry forms, rules and a guide to creating an entry are available by visiting the library, by email to dtownsend@cdalibrary.org, or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Writers Competition, Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814-4012. The deadline for entries is March 31. For more information, contact David Townsend, communications coordinator, at (208) 769-2315 ext. 426.
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