Faced with a question, our natural instinct is to resolve it as quickly as possible. Our brains are wired to match patterns that solve the problem. In the tangible world, that’s a great approach. Red light means stop. Green light means go. Creative thinking is not required.In the creative realm, it’s different. Patterns that drive […]
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PNWS Request for Volunteers
Pacific Northwest Sculptors Board has revived the Education Committee on the Board, lead by artist and teacher, Toni Parque. Education is the Mission of our non-profit organization, fulfilled by our ongoing schedule of meetings, demos, and online posting. Recreating the goals for an PNWS Education Committee became more obvious while organizing our group show, […]
Art in the Pearl 2023
PNWS members have had an active role in Art in the Pearl, (Named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country) since it’s inception. The Labor Day weekend celebration in the North Park Blocks of Portland gives our members the opportunity to present their studio processes to the public in the […]
Raku on the Coast
The Newport Arts Center was host to their first Raku workshop on June 10th. The workshop was arranged to coincide with the opening of the PNWS sculpture show in their main gallery running through the end of July. Chasse Davidson, director at NVAC, reached out to us asking if we had members who taught sculpture […]
The PNWS 2023 Group Show in Newport, OR is a Resounding Success!
54 exciting and beautiful sculptures created by 31 PNWS members are now showing at the Runyan Gallery in the Newport Visual Arts Center (NVAC) right on Nye Beach on the Oregon coast. Our show “Into the Depths” opened Friday June 2, with an evening reception and continues through July 29th, so invite your friends and […]
PNWS at The Troutdale Arts Festival
This year the annual Troutdale Arts Festivalhttps://troutdaleartsfestival.org/ occurred on the weekend of the opening of the PNWS show in Newport, and members that would have occupied a demonstration booth were busy out on the Coast. PNWS did however, present a face to the public by scheduling the Raku firing piece of a Maskmaking/Raku workshop […]
PNWS Wisdom of the Coast
Our group was founded in Portland, but we are right at home on the Oregon coast. Pacific Northwest Sculptors has just opened the group show, Into the Depths at the Newport Visual Arts Center (NVAC) There are almost too many Thank Yous to give to all for this opportunity. My first thank you […]
WANDER/WONDER: a sculptured dance happening at Price Sculpture Forest on August 19 2023
The big WANDER/WONDER professional dance event will be making an encore this August 19 1-3pm at the Sculpture Forest! Famed choreographer Eva Stone is bringing 11 national caliber dancers into the Forest with all new choreographed performances that enhance and re-interpret selected sculptures. Visitors can stroll from any performance to any other performance throughout the event, which will consist of short dances at each sculpture repeated frequently so visitors can wander through on their own schedule and at their own paces. All donation proceeds will be split between Gifts From The Heart Food Bank and the Sculpture Forest.