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August Member Meeting – Well Done

In a quiet oasis in Battleground on a hot summer day, both the bellies and creative spirits of our members were well fed during our August member meeting.  Our host, ceramic artist Linda Kliewer, shared her home, her botanical garden, her studio, and some unusual pets.   Linda had remodeled her studio to include a gallery […]

President’s Message – September 2026

It’s not often art makes a splash beyond the art world. I think of reading about Cristos as a kid, when he and his art partner Jeanne-Claude surrounded Florida islands in pink fabric. Wow! What audacity! In recent times, art has broken into headlines regarding the politics of monumental, historic sculptures. There are also various […]

President’s Message – August 2026

While August is FULL of events (hoping to see you there!), don’t lose track of the members-only show that’s coming right up in November at Art at the Cave. The theme? Coalescence. What is Coalescence? Think of it as fusion, integration or unification – a merging of things, ideas, colors, chemistry or anything else, coming […]

August 2026 Events

Friday, August 7th – Sunday, August 9th: PNWS live sculpting demos and Mask Making Workshop at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival

Wednesday, August 12th, 7-8pm: Monthly Sculpture Conversation online

Saturday August 15th, 4pm: Raku Mask Making Opportunity in Vancouver, WA

Saturday August 22nd, 10am: Raku Mask Making Opportunity in Gladstone, OR

Sunday, August 23rd, 3pm: PNWS Monthly Meet-Up and Potluck at Linda Kliewer’s

Wednesday, August 27th, 6pm: PNWS Board Meeting Online

Saturday, September 5th – Monday, September 7th: PNWS live sculpting demos and Raku Firing at Art in the Pearl in downtown Portland

Vancouver Arts & Music Festival – This Weekend!

Vancouver Arts and Music Festival is this weekend, August 7-9, 2026! PNWS will be showing up on Saturday and Sunday! Our mask making workshops on site have been filled, though there are other upcoming opportunities to make masks (see here: https://pnwsculptors.org/two-mask-making-opportunities-for-live-raku-demo/). We are excited to see our mask makers there and at other events! If you’ve […]

Call for artists – August 2026

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 August Call for Artists