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/2025/04/May-25-call.pdf
Newsletter
Book Review
I purchased “The Materials & Methods of Sculpture” to better understand the technical underpinnings and improve my knowledge base back in 2021. The preface really pulled me into the book “The true sculptor possess for their material a respect that us the result of knowledge and understanding of the substances with which they work, and […]
2025 Gathering of the Guilds, It was a Great Show!
The 2025 Gathering of the Guilds is now behind us. It has been a long journey to the show that Martin Kagan started a year ago. It really took a village to pull this off. It may surprise many people that this was a big leap of faith by the PNWS board. We committed more […]
The Value of Demonstrating
Demos do more than bring in new members…they inform and inspire. reflections from GotG
“Conjunction” by artist Gil Reynolds
“Sharing our unique sense of beauty is the responsibility of every artist,” says internationally recognized author, educator, inventor, and artist Gil Reynolds.
April Events
Upcoming PNWS events in April to note:
Wednesday, April 9th 7:00 – 8:00pm: Monthly Sculpture Conversation online
Thursday, April 17th 7:00 – 8:00pm: Gathering of the Guilds Team Meeting online
Tuesday, April 22nd 7:00 – 8:00pm: PNWS Board Meeting online
April 25th – 27th, 2025: Gathering of the Guilds at the Oregon Convention Center
Saturday, April 26th 3:00 – 5:00pm: PNWS Meetup at Gathering of the Guilds on International Sculpture Day
Volunteer Demonstrators Wanted!
PNWS is looking for volunteers to do live sculpting demonstrations at several upcoming events:
Square Training Opportunity
As many of you may know Square was used as the point of sale system at the Home and Garden Show. Plans call for it to also be used at the Gatering of the Guilds for the member gallery. Acknowledging that some members wish to have their own ability to sell. Bob is planning to […]