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 […]
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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.
International Sculpture Day 2023 at PDX Scrap
The time spent was marvelous and a video is available here to see what Scrap is all about and how our members had fun creating.
May meet up scheduled for the 13th at One PM
Bring Cookies, items to sell/swap/barter April 8th
Get Smart about AI
McAlister Merchant has had much to say about AI. He is using and learning how to program access to tools (ChatGPT+Siri). There are BIG questions about the effects of widespread uncontrolled implementation of AI programming of art of all kinds. “I think something like licensing, or copyright, or patent should be considered AND IMPLEMENTED sooner […]
Who’s Doing What: May 2023
A few examples of what members have been creating in the past month.
Newport Visual Arts Center Show
PNWS group show – “Into the Depths”
June 2 – July 29, 2023
Opening Reception – Friday June 2nd, 5-9pm
Joseph R. Conrad Passes
Joseph R. Conrad was born July 27, 1941, in Cold Spring, MN to Walter and Martha (Kloeppner) Conrad. He passed away March 7th surrounded by family.
There will be a celebration of life this summer in his sculpture garden. If you are interested in attending, please call Debi @ Conrad Stonecutter – 503-235-3644 or send us your email at info@conradstonecutter.com.