PNWS visits legendary local artist, James Lee Hansen October 18th, 3pm
Newsletter
August Activities
PNWS activities for the month of August 2025.
Upcoming Events in August
Saturday, August 2nd 4pm: Raku firing with Russ in Vancouver at 6th and Broadway
Saturday, August 2nd 10am-8pm: Live sculpture demonstrations by PNWS members at Vancouver Arts and Music Festival
Saturday, August 9th : Mask making workshop at Leslie Crist’s
Wednesday, August 13th 7:00 – 8:00pm: Monthly Sculpture Conversation online
Saturday, August 16th 3pm: Studio tour and potluck at Teri’s
Saturday, August 23rd 3pm: Swap Meet and Maskmaking at Kadence Collective
Tuesday, August 26th 7:00 – 8:00pm: PNWS Board Meeting online
Saturday, August 30th through Monday, September 1st: Art in the Pearl
“WANDER/WONDER: a sculptured dance happening” coming to the Sculpture Forest
WANDER/WONDER where professional dancers interact and reinterpret sculpture through movement and music at Price Sculpture Forest on August 23 2025.
Did someone say POP-UP? I love POP-UPs.
PNWS is now formally adopting pop-ups. While regular monthly meetings and pot lucks will be on the 3rd Saturday of each month (mark your calendars!), members are now free to host and attend pop-ups. If you are a host, send a quick notice to Bob Deasy by the first of the month and your notice […]
President’s Message – July 2025
Challenging ourselves. Challenging each other. Being willing to ask questions and then ask again, probing to understand more deeply. This curiousness and questing have been part of art-making since time immemorial. What is our art saying – or trying to say? The recent member gathering at Ken Zell’s place near Forest Park last month was […]
Call for artists – August 2025
There are a lot of great opportunities this month. Thanks to our hard-working volunteers Sandra Vise, Terry Cook and Alisa Looney, for all their hard work to research all these great opportunities! Check here for details https://pnwsculptors.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/July-25-call.pdf
From the desk of the editor – July
Hello and good day. Here are some items that I hope you enjoy A passing of note in the international sculpture community: https://hyperallergic.com/1020650/joel-shapiro-sculptor-of-emotive-figures-dies-at-83/ Anti-Illusion was a catalytic exhibition, which articulated some of the key terms of the paradigmatic shift in postwar art and theory. Including artists working in a variety of media, the exhibition was […]