Pacific Northwest Sculptors started informally, when several Portland area artists saw the inherent value of sharing resources. People got together and talked, visited each other’s studios, started a mailing list, formed a 501 C3, with an educational Mission. There have been countless ups and downs for our group since that time, over twenty years […]
Members
Welcome to New Members of Pacific Northwest Sculptors.
The PNWS Membership Committee is starting a article to introduce new members. Our intention is produce a posting of members who have joined us in the previous month. We’ll give a little information on each member, their medium(s), interest in PNWS, other skills and interests. We intend to expand to include photos of work, and […]
The Creative Potential of Patience
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 […]
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 […]