The Pacific Northwest
Summer Lake, Oregon - 2010
Come and join us in Summer Lake for a 3 day workshop. During these 3 days, we will record the beauty and the serenity of the Oregon high desert. Over 250 species of birds visit the wildlife refuge, right across from the lodge! You can count on breathtaking landscapes, history, and wildlife to record in your sketchbook!
WHEN: September 20-23 (departure day)
ACCOMMODATION: Lodge at Summer Lake
COST: $475 includes: 3 day workshop, double-occupancy room (single rooms or cabins available with a supplement); daily breakfasts, dinners and packed lunches. Entry fees to the summer Lake Hot Springs and restaurant tips will be at your expense.
You should think of arriving at the lodge on Sunday Sept 19, so we will have 3 full day workshop.
EXCURSIONS: Summer Lake Hot Springs, Winter Rim, and a sketch-walk on the Paiute Medicine Man Path. All excursions will be done with your own transportation. Carpooling is always an option.
To hold your place, send me a registration form. The $100 non-refundable deposit should be sent by June 15, 2010. The balance of $375 will be due August 1st, 2010. See registration form for refund policy.
Astoria, Oregon - 2010 has been cancelled
Being the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, Astoria, with its architecture and its history, has a lot to offer to see and sketch! Lewis and Clark arrived in the region in 1805, quickly followed by thousands of pioneers. Now it is your turn to experience and explore Astoria, taking visual notes in your sketchbook as the explorers did centuries earlier.
WHEN:To be announced.
ACCOMMODATION: The Benjamin Young Bed & Breakfast
COST: $950 includes: 5 day workshop, double-occupancy room, 5 breakfasts and 4 dinners. $400 for participants not needing food or accommodation. Entry fees to museums will be at your expense.
EXCURSIONS: Fort Stevens State Park, the Astoria Column, the Columbia River Maritime Museum. We will explore the city waterfront and sketch some beautiful Victorian homes. We will do a sketchwalk along the Columbia River and ride the 1913 trolley that runs across town and beside the Riverwalk. All excursions will be done with your own transportation. Carpooling is always an option.
$200 deposit for day participants.
Newport, Oregon - June, 2010
A two-day workshop will be held in Newport Or June 12 &13 from 10am to 6pm. However, the introduction to the workshop will be given on Friday the 11th at 7pm and will last until 9pm.
Everyone will be responsible for his or her own food and accommodations.
The “home base” for the workshop will be room 2W at the Newport Art Center at the Bay Front, right below the Sylvia Beach Hotel.
The cost for an 18-hour workshop will be $180.
A $60 nonrefundable deposit will have to be made by March 15. Balance due May 15.