Instructors

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• Seth Apter

  

  I am a mixed media artist, instructor, designer, shopkeep, and author from New York City. I came to the world of art later in life, transitioning from a full-time career as a psychologist to being a full-time artist and maker. My artistic practice is based on the concepts of community and collaboration, and I believe in the power of art to bring people together. My work has been exhibited in multiple exhibitions and can be found in numerous books and national magazines. I have also published two books of my own, The Pulse of Mixed Media and The Mixed-Media Artist, with North Light Books. My love of the creative energy that occurs when artists are brought together has led me to spend a great deal of time teaching workshops - both online and in person across the world. As a designer, I have created collections with many companies over the years, including FreeSpirit Fabrics, Impression Obsession, StencilGirl Products, Spellbinders, Emerald Creek Craft Supplies, WOW, Aladine, and PaperArtsy. Art for me is everything and sharing the process in all these different forms makes it even better.

  • Journalography- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • Too Cool for Spool- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Within the Layers- Tue/Wed March 17-18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Michelle Armstrong

  

  Michelle Newby Armstrong was the visual arts teacher at Cardinal Valley Elementary school in Lexington, KY for 31 years. As an activist and artist, she combines her understanding of art and the power that it has to bring beauty and convey a message. She has collaborated with a variety of artists and organizations to celebrate art in the community. Through these efforts she has created many public works of art and has exhibited in several local galleries and hosted workshops, celebrations, and exhibitions. Michelle’s studio is located in LuigART Studios in Lexington, KY where she is fortunate to spend time with several talented artists. Her artwork is often inspired by nature with the hope that we can learn to work together to create a healthier planet.

  • Exploring Color Schemes with Alcohol Ink- Tue Eve March 17 6:30 - 9:30
  • Paperquilling on a Canvas- Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
  • Nature Collage- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Nature Inspired Needle Felting- Sat Eve March 21 6:30 - 9:30
  • Neurographic drawing- Sun Eve March 22 6:30 - 9:30
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• Thomas Ashman

  

  Hailing from Salt Lake City Utah, Thomas Ashman now lives and works in the magical town of Taos, NM, and is a book binder, doll maker, and mixed media artist who likes to create with one foot in the light and one foot firmly in the dark. Reveling in the irony of juxtaposition, Thomas starts with forgotten toys, discarded dolls, rusty metal, and other resurrected materials, then breathes a new and interesting life into these abandoned objects by transforming them into macabre story-tellers and unexpectedly complex studies of the literary characters and supernatural deities that inspire him. The haunting images adorning the covers of his glass and metal journals give his work a kind of classical darkness that conjures a spooky and ‘old-fashioned’ aesthetic.

  Coming from an academic background with a degree in English literature and music, his visual art explorations began back in the early 2000’s, and have allowed him to travel all over the country to teach his original “no-sew” metal book binding technique, and other workshops, at local shops and national retreats such as Artfest, Art & Soul, Art Unraveled, Create, Art Continuum, et.al. Thomas exhibits locally whenever he can, and has had his work published in Cloth, Paper, Scissors, and Somerset Studio magazines, and has received a few awards in juried exhibitions.

  When he isn’t in the studio, Thomas enjoys camping, kayaking, skiing, reading, educational podcasts, horror movies, live music, and banging his head and his drums, as often as possible (with a particular affection for classic heavy metal skullduggery). Thomas also loves just hanging out in his his 100+ year old adobe abode, baking cookies, growing flowers and vegetables, and watching true crime shows with his four favorite ladies. Leighanna, Lily, Peetie, and Jessie, and an ornery ol’ gato gordo named Hairy B.

   

  ThomasAshmanArt@yahoo.com
  www.blacksheepartist.com

  • Have a Dremel Day- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • Dollies de los Muertos- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Copper & Hardware Journal- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Tin Men- Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
  • Deady Bears- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
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• Vicki Assegued

  

  Vicki's approach to the fiber arts is innovative and experimental, leading to a wide variety of projects and techniques she has developed, resulting in gorgeous and unique art. She freely shares all of her methods with her students, encouraging and supporting them to apply the techniques in their individual style and aesthetic, leading to their own special and exciting outcomes.

  All of Vicki's workshops are completely different from each other, providing students with the opportunity to learn new approaches, and create different artworks, in each workshop.

  Along with teaching nationally at locations such as Mendocino Art Center, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and North Country Studio Workshops, Vicki exhibits her artwork in galleries and museums. And, Vicki's students have exhibited and sold their amazing fiber art pieces, which they made during and after her workshops.

  Testimonials from students:
  "I really enjoyed meeting you and learning lots of new techniques. You are a wonderful teacher and I'm grateful that you've decided to share your gift with others."
  
  "I so enjoyed our workshop and want to thank you for your inspirational teaching! I could go on and on but suffice it to say my work will always reflect our time together."

  "The workshop was inspiring & Vicki is a fantastic instructor."
  "Vicki is everything you would want in a teacher. She explains things thoroughly, is encouraging, patient, and joyful."
  "I totally enjoyed the workshop and appreciate you organizing and sharing this unique process!"
  "You brought a joyous feeling to our day together, filled with possibilities."
   

  • Vivacious Vessels: Coiled Fiber Baskets- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Mixed Media Weaving on a Simple Loom- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Ultra-Textural Weaving & Beyond- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Going Outside the Frame- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Nicole Austin

  

  I am a mixed media artist, designer and instructor from San Jose, CA (currently residing in Tempe, AZ) with a BA in Creative Arts. I believe that everyone has a unique style and desire to create and that we are born curious and creative. Over the years, many of us are discouraged from following our creative urges but I believe it is never too late to begin (or begin again!). I love to encourage my students to draw from their own experience when creating art and to have the courage to take chances. My art is messy, colorful, layered and fun. I have been drawn to the creative arts since I can remember. My first canvas was pretty much every surface in my grandma’s house: the walls, the books, underneath the marble coffee table in the dining room (she didn’t find out until YEARS later and it remains one of her treasured possessions!). I loved playing school and “art gallery” and my dream was to be an artist and teacher. I love the energy that my students bring to class;I love hearing their stories and guiding them through the fear and frustration and reflecting the joy they experience and cheering them on while they (re)discover their creative voice.

  Website: https://www.kinueko.com

  • Color Confidence- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Playful Portraits- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Frankenbook- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Orly Avineri

  

  Orly Avineri is a mixed media artist, a teacher, and an author. She was born and raised in Israel, ended up in Southern California after living in the Netherlands for nearly a decade. Now living in the beautiful Willamette Valley in Oregon she teaches workshops and retreats in intimate settings, locally, in the US, and abroad. Orly’s work’s purpose is to advance the well being of those who seek it through unique and intimate natural and man-made processes and materials. Engaging in a world that is far more expansive than her own enlivens her to no end and she hopes to invoke that feeling in others by introducing and marrying multiple media to inspire freedom of expression and a deep belief in the possibility, the power, and the beauty of change. All for the sake of a deep sense of interconnectedness to all.

  www.orlyavineri.com
  Instagram: @orlyavineri
  Facebook: @orlyavineri
   

  • Exploring Minimalism in Mixed Media- Thur/Fri March 19-20 9:00 - 4:30
  • A Book of Faces- Sat/Sun/Mon March 21-23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Lisa Bebi

  

  Lisa Bebi, since a small child, has loved two things: looking through snapshots in her family album and painting as expression. For over three decades, the San Diego native has married these two things together, and her work has received international awards and recognition for its content, style, and color. Lisa received her BA in fine arts from SDSU, where she developed as a colorist, straddling representation with abstraction. Daughter of a journalist, Lisa always finds ways to tell the untold story she sees in snapshots. “I love the authenticity of the snapshot. It’s a single moment in time but by painting it I can extend that moment, revel in it and bring to life characters and scenarios that I fancy. Working this way gives me enormous pleasure.” She extracts the “behind, the behind” using innovative techniques and finesse. Over the course of her life she has received awards, accolades, and endorsements. She has been a longtime contributor to many international mixed-media magazines and several books; has taught in artist residencies locally and internationally; is a Golden Paints educator; and is often a local juror.  

  • Encaustics for All- Sun/Mon March 15-16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Characters in Mixed Media- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Paintover!- Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Leslie Blackford

  

  Nature is one of her biggest passions in life and one of the biggest inspirations in her work. It’s not uncommon to find that she has incorporated natural materials into her clay like, rocks, dirt, feathers, or the lavender she grows.

  Leslie is known for her ability to express raw emotion in her work. What she feels flies out of her fingertips and becomes Leslie Art. This process is as natural to her as breathing. Polymer clay is the media that she expresses herself with.

  http://themoodywoods.com/index.html

  • I am Fine!- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • No Place Like Home- Sat/Sun March 21-22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Birds of a Feather Bracelet- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Suzi Blu

  

  Suzi Blu is a trail-blazing mixed-media artist and author, known for her whimsical, encouraging teaching style. She authored Mixed Media Girls with Suzi Blu: Drawing, Painting, and Fanciful Adornments from Start to Finish, and built a community of artists and creatives who resonated with her philosophy of self-expression, playfulness, and self-love through art.

  • A Lovely Dream- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • Abstract Layered Portraits Using Tar Gel- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
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• Stephanie Burton

  

  Stephanie Burton teaches Hand-Building in Ceramics & Mixed Media (drawing and painting) Workshops in her peaceful unique home studio in Vancouver, WA and rents out her studio to Ceramic Artists. She has been working for Georgie’s Ceramic & Clay for 10 years as their Hand-building instructor. She sells her artwork at Clark County Open Studios, Portland Ceramic Showcase, Chehalem Mountain Art Affair, Art in the Garden,
  Tigard Grange Show and galleries.
  Stephanie is passionate about sharing her years of experience with others and you can see the joy and energy expressed in each one of her pieces as well as her student’s work. Stephanie’s Ceramic & Mixed Media Workshops are packed full of great techniques and creativity.
  For more information visit Stephanie’s website and find her on social media.
  www.stephanieburtonstudios.com
  Instagram: @stephanieburtonstudios
  Facebook: @stephanieburtonstudios 

  • Sculpt a Clay Barn Owl- Sun Eve March 15 6:30 - 9:30
  • Transform Magazine Page into Painting- Mon Eve March 16 6:30 - 9:30
  • Transform Your Collage- Wed Eve March 18 6:30 - 9:30
  • Create a Triptych- Thur/Fri March 19-20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Concertina Book - Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
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• Clarissa Callesen

  

  Clarissa Callesen is an international artist and instructor working in sculpture and installation art. Her chosen medium is discarded materials, found objects and textiles. Her work and teaching are inspired by her choice of non-traditional materials.  In choosing this medium, it is her objective to explore the margins to find beauty and value in that which our society has discarded. Clarissa has exhibited her art throughout the US, including the Museum of Northwest Art and solo exhibitions in Seattle, WA, Bellingham, WA, and Boise, ID. She was an artist in residence at Playa Artist Program in Summer Lake, OR, Brush Creek Foundation in Saratoga, WY, and Surel’s Place in Boise, ID, and North Street Collective in Willits, CA. Her work has appeared in the books “Soulful Stitch”, “Threads of Treasure”, “Who’s your Dada?” and “Art without Waste”. Clarissa has been sharing her passion for creativity for 15 years teaching both nationally, internationally, and online with her signature class Creating with Courage drawing hundreds of students. Her teaching style is down to earth and fun; embracing spontaneity and cherishing “mistakes” while challenging students to look at creativity in new and innovative ways. If you would like to get to know her better this is a wonderful interview.

  http://www.clarissacallesen.com/

  Instagram @clarissacallesen

   

  • Eco Dyeing : Color, Chaos & Botanical Magic- Sat/Sun March 21-22 9:00-4:30
  • Beyond the Background: A New Way to Gelli- Mon March 23 9:00-4:30
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• Andrea Chebeleu

  Andrea Chebeleu is a passionate mixed media artist and educator, currently residing just south of Portland, Oregon. Since founding her art business in 1998, Andrea has explored and embraced a wide range of mediums and techniques, constantly expanding her creative practice. She runs workshops and retreats at her Oregon studio as well as her studio in San Jose, California, where she fosters a vibrant community of creatives. Andrea also offers specialty and custom art supplies through her online shop, A Work of Heart, and shares her knowledge and artistic process with a global audience through her mixed media membership platform, Watch Learn Play.

  A dedicated mother of three adult children and wife to her creative partner since 1992, Andrea balances her art with her love of gardening and perfecting sourdough recipes. Whether teaching or creating, she brings a joyful, exploratory spirit to everything she does.

  • Painting BIG on Paper & Canvas- Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
  • Doodling with Watercolor- Wed Eve March 18 6:30 - 9:30
  • Daily Creative Journal (a 12 part journal structure)- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
  • Mixed Media Prompt Deck- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • The Everything Journal- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Mixed Media Reductive- Sat Eve March 21 6:30 - 9:30
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• Pam Cooke

  

  Pam is a full-time science teacher and a part-time artist, indulging her imagination by creating whimsical characters of polymer clay. After dabbling in many forms of mixed media art, Pam found her niche in polymer clay sculpture after taking several classes taught by Lisa Renner.
  Pam enjoys trail running near her home in Northern California and was recently able to be a kidney donor.
    

  • Merry Marionettes - Sun/Mon March 15-16 9:00 - 4:30 & 6:30 - 8:30
  • Whimsical Figurines- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
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• MJ Davison

  

  MJ Connors Davison is a mixed media artist specializing in collage. She invites viewers into various dynamic happenings where self and society, the indoors and outdoors, all interweave as alternative realities. 

  Enjoying both solo projects and those with a collaborative theme, MJ yearly organizes and curates the regional project “Exquisite Community” for Kolaj magazine’s World Collage Day. With her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, she has been exhibiting her mixed media artworks across the US, for decades, in group and solo shows. While living in Philadelphia and New York City, MJ taught paper making, bookmaking, and printmaking. Currently, in both the Greater Portland region and the Bay Area of San Francisco, CA., she teaches design principles applied to collage. Notable collections of MJ’s limited edition books and mixed media artworks include SFMOMA, MoMA NYC, The Smithsonian Libraries, Washington DC, and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, as well as Art Centers, Colleges and Universities, in the US and Canada, and numerous private patrons.

  • Collage Mandala Making- Mon Eve March 16 6:30 - 9:30
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• Laura Denison

  Laura is a lifelong creative who has always thought outside the box…but believes in keeping the box to make something with it! Her education and corporate work in Interior design and architecture contributes to her style in book making and 3D constructed projects. Her nearly life long sewing skills lead to a long time business in quilt design and teaching as well as doll and teddy bear making. She left corporate interior architecture work in 2000 when her youngest child was born. In 2009, when dealing with health issues with her kids, she moved to paper crafting for its easier portability. She quickly fell in love with bookmaking and put her architecture skills to use designing and creating 3D buildings from chipboard and paper. Also known as “Following the Paper Trail” on social media, she was a pioneer in the early days of live streamed teaching. The kids who used to interrupt and show pets during live streams are now grown and in college.
  She puts her skills learned from formal art classes in college, her curiosity for all sorts of mediums, and her innovative book making skills to good use to create fun and interactive books and journals that look complicated but are easy to construct.
  Laura grew up in Alaska and currently lives in the Seattle area with her husband, fur babies and those two college age kids.
   

  • Baby Dolls with Needle Felting- Sun/Mon March 15-16 9:00 - 4:30
  • The Elements of Felting: A Soft Book- Tue/Wed March 17-18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Rochelle Gaukel

  

  Rochelle has always loved art – it has been a way to express herself and her style. Her road to creating jewelry began 12 years ago where she attended a chandelier class in Cortona, Italy. From that point on she fell in love with the art of soldering and jewelry making. It truly has been the best journey of her life meeting so many wonderful people, learning new things, and opening many doors to new opportunities. 

  • Soldering 101/Glass Charms- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
  • Small Reliquary Pendant with Rosary Chain Necklace - Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Soldered Book Necklace with Resin Pages- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Sacre Coeur Soldered Wall Hanging- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Soldered Journal Book- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Tammy Gilley

  

  In 2022 I turned 60…one of those milestone birthdays. That same year, I traveled to Paris for the first time since I was 21 years old. It was an amazing, joy-full, and life-changing trip. I played the part of an adventurer and instinctively set about my mission to document and observe my trip to Paris as if I’d never traveled before. I took notes. I collected things along my way throughout my days in Paris. I documented my findings in the biggest, juiciest, most beautiful travel journal to date. I noticed patterns in the wallpaper and tiles of the pied-a-terre I rented in Montmartre and copied them into my vintage travel journal. I traced typography from a women’s magazine advertisement from 1896. I focused on just one thing at a time. I recorded only what I was drawn to in those moments.
  I came home wanting to keep that “Paris feeling” alive. That feeling of exploration, of discovery, of living in the moment. That’s when an idea came to me: sharing my love of travel and techniques I use in my handmade vintage travel journals to other like-minded and curious souls.
  The No.1 Ladies Travel Chronicle Society was born.
  I now teach workshops locally and internationally to other travelers. We find a vintage book, deconstruct it, then put it back together with layers and layers of vintage papers and ephemera, notes about what we see, feel, smell, and taste. We layer our pages with bits and flotsam collected throughout our wanderings. We tell our stories.
    Email: good2btlg@comcast.net
  Website: www.tammygilley.com
   

  • Found Objects: An Art Journal Workshop for Collectors- Thur/Fri March 19-20 9:00 - 4:30
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• Beatriz Helton

  

  I am a mixedmedia, fiber and textile bookmaking artist. Making something out of nothing is my passion. When I'm in the zone on an art project, I feel a sense of presence that inspires and challenges me. Whether drawing, painting, paper making, fabric dyeing, stitching, or finding something to add to my work, I enjoy getting lost in the process. My bookmaking is always evolving. No two books are exactly alike. Each page is a different expression of shapes, colors, textures, and impressions from my life. I am always intrigued to find unexpected images presenting themselves in the finished piece. I enjoy when the viewer finds something personal in my work. I believe an individual’s view of art is as unique as their fingerprint. 

  • The Scrap Book- Thur/Fri March 19-20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Creating Extraordinary Pages- Sat/Sun/Mon March 21-23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Pamela Sue Johnson

  

  Pamela Sue Johnson is a mixed-media artist and full-time creative. Known for her engaging teaching style, Pamela's workshops empower her students into more freedom with creative self-expression.
  "All art making is about voice," says Pamela. "I love to help others find and use their voice through art, especially those who are just getting started."
  Pamela makes her home in Vancouver, Washington. Her social media is as engaging as she is in real life as she writes about art, nature and the passion (and anguish) of her creative life. "I invite you to come prowl me as you decide to take one of my workshops," offers Pamela. "I love to be prowled!"

  Find her online at:
  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/pamelasuejohnson11/
  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/pamelasuejohnson/
  Website : https://www.pamelasuejohnson.com/
   

  • Empowered Mixed Media Collage- Sun Eve March 15 6:30 - 9:30
  • Watercolor Face Sketches- Mon Eve March 16 6:30 - 9:30
  • Painted Crows with Acrylic Ink- Wed Eve March 18 6:30 - 9:30
  • Wild and Free Florals- Sat Eve March 21 6:30 - 9:30
  • Collage and Watercolor- Sun Eve March 22 6:30 - 9:30
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• Chris Karpiak

  

  As a mixed media artist and teacher Chris believes in fostering an authentic spirit of inquiry and exploration to develop rich creative experiences. She paints, photographs, assembles, stitches and dyes her way through explorative processes that weave their stories into her life’s journey; art and life are inextricably intertwined to guide and ground her path.

  Chris is blessed to have taught thousands of students across the world.  It is her soul’s purpose to help light students from within as they discover their own voice through creativity and self expression.

  Chris has been an Artist in Residence in Orquevaux, France, October 2023, and is honoured to have her work in the Denis Diderot Gallery (France).  Her work has been part of the 2024 and 2025 Artist Almanac and she is also a regular contributor to Somerset Studio, the world’s premier mixed media magazine.  

  Chris is currently writing a book and creating an oracle deck as well as teaching at retreats, online and in her home studio.

  chriskarpiak.com

  instagram https://www.instagram.com/christinekarpiak/

  you tube https://www.youtube.com/@chriskarpiak/videos

  • Connections- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • For the Love of Botanicals- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Awe & Authenticity- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Soulful Expressions- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Erin Keck

  

  An Assemblage Artist residing in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Erin Keck's artwork results from re purposing found discarded objects. She loves to breathe new life into castaways from yesteryear. Erin's artwork is shown and sold in three prestigious art galleries in Pa. The 2nd Floor in Mechanicsburg, Pa, Village Artisans Gallery in Boiling Springs, Pa, and Perry County Council Of The Arts in Newport, Pa. She has been a Featured Artist in two of the galleries with Private Showings. Recently Erin's work has been published in the book, “1000 Steampunk Creations” by Grymm. Seven of her pieces were chosen for this book. She has taught community craft classes on a monthly basis from 2007 – 2010, and has taught classes at the Charmed I'm Sure Studio owned by friend and colleague and fellow Art & Soul instructor, Jean Van Brederode. Erin has lectured at the Central Pa. Bead and Jewelry Society, and has also taught private classes in her home studio. She has attended Art & Soul retreats for the past three years, and values the inspiration and knowledge that she has received from the Art & Soul instructors.You can see more of Erin's artwork at www.EKCreations.etsy.com. (be sure to view her sold items.)

  • Journal of Steampunk- Wed/Wed Eve March 18 9:00 - 4:30 & 6:30 -9:30
  • Creative Metal Techniques and Cold Connections- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
  • Nutty Buddies - Robot Art Dolls- Sat Eve March 21 6:30 - 9:30
  • Picture This - Faux Metal Steampunk Clock- Sun/Sun Eve March 22 9:00 - 4:30 & 6:30 - 9:30
  • Pop Top Beads- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Kat Kirby

  

  Since the early 1970s, Kat has been a believer in the healing power of the arts and creative self-expression. After retiring from a 40-year career as an Expressive Arts Therapist, her passions include teaching a variety of workshops such as creating art journals, collage, handmade books, Mixed Media arts, watercolors and doodles, and more. Kat enjoys exploring and experimenting with art materials, and sharing her discoveries with her students. She hosts a free Zoom session every Tuesday through her private Facebook group, “Kat’s Clubhouse.” When she teaches, whether it be virtual or in person, her two rules are: 1) You can’t be wrong, and 2) Have fun!

  https://katkirby.com/
  kat4clay@gmail.com
  https://www.youtube.com/c/kat4clay/videos
  https://www.instagram.com/2katstudios/
  https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.w.kirby/
  
  
   

  • Collage Gone Wild Masterboard- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Mark Making Patterns- Tue Eve March 17 6:30 - 9:30
  • Upcycled Books- Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Helene Knott

  

  Art is our universal language. From pre-historic bison scratched onto a cave wall, to the fervent expression of religious faith brushed onto a chapel ceiling; humans have been driven to leave a legacy of their hopes and dreams etched in stone, wrought in metal or wood, woven in cloth or painted on paper and canvas. It is a unique characteristic of human nature to create visual form that goes beyond function into abstract thought. No culture, past or present, has failed to leave this expression of their existence and humanity. The message can be patently obvious as an epic battle immortalized in a Medieval tapestry or as enigmatic as a legion of stone heads staring out to sea on a long deserted island. It can be as realistic as a photograph or as abstract as swathes of color. Art can be used to invoke spirits or exorcize demons. I am driven to speak with my hands, to translate my visions into a form that bridges all language barriers. My visions come from my perception of the world around me, dreams and faint remembrances of lifetimes lost in the past. I am a storyteller at heart and my quilts are my stories.
  I was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula in central California, a beautiful area that served as an inspiration to set me onto a creative path for life. From a very early age I showed a keen interest in art, starting with drawing and painting and exploring different mediums for my self-expression. In the early 70's, I turned my attention to fiber and fabrics with a focus on quilting and embroidery. For the last 40 years or so, fiber and quilting has been my primary focus and passion.
  In 1991, we moved to the Pacific Northwest. I began teaching fiber and quilting classes in 1999. Over the years, my work has won awards at local, regional and national shows and the recognition has served me well in promoting myself as a teacher. In 2006 I received a nomination for the ‘Teacher of the Year’ by Professional Quilter Magazine another teacher ultimately won the top award but to be nominated was an honor itself. Some of my quilts have appeared in the pages of books and the cover of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine; and I have written articles for various magazines and currently design quilt patterns. This year, I became a fabric designer for Northcott Fabrics and my first line came out in May of 2018.
  In addition to art and quilting, I have a passion for gourmet cooking, books (the only place I can get into worse trouble than a fabric store), films and music.

  • From Feathers to Fabric- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Color Theory - Navigating the Color Wheel- Mon Eve March 16 6:30 - 9:30
  • Sashi-Boro - Wed March 18 9:00 - 4:30
  • Persian Pickle Embroidered Applique- Wed Eve March 18 6:30 - 9:30
  • Seminole Salmon - Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Stephanie Lee

  

  I create from my home studio in Southern Oregon in the company of a dog who looks a little bit like a fruit bat, a small flock of chickens, two pigs, and my husband who can do anything I put my mind to.
  As an artist and creativity coach, I merge a variety of materials to create art that invites you to honor your complex stories while also simplifying (and elevating) the continuing stories you tell yourself through your creative process.
  I am the creator of over a dozen popular online art courses and eBooks which provide easy, step-by-step guidance on how to improve your metalsmithing skills in my signature “homesteader” style, how to create original sculpted forms with plaster and found objects, and how to combine plaster, paint, and encaustic medium in luminous two-dimensional work.

  • What a Relief: Narratives in Plaster that Pop- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • Shrine & Dandy- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Ghost Stories: Echoes in Plaster- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
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• Leighanna Light

  

  I am a passionate art instructor, thing-maker, bookmaker, figurative assemblage artist and recovering perfectionist! My background is in fine arts and photography and I’ve been teaching art workshops for the past 25 years at art retreats in the US. I develop my classes by playing, making a mess, making “mistakes” and I can’t think of any better way to live and make a living. I love to create, to hunt for things to create with & to share my creativity with others. It’s what I live for, it’s my oxygen.
  I grew up in a small town in upstate New York and I have spent most of the past 20 years in New Mexico. I am so lucky to live in Taos, the mountains of Northern New Mexico, with my best friends Thomas, Peetie, Lily Jessie and Hairy B.
  
  
   

  • Peeties Book- metal transfers and surface design on canvas- Sun/Mon/Tue March 15-17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Reliquary of Inspiration - Wed/Thur March 18-19 9:00 - 4:30
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• Chas Martin

  

  Chas Martin’s full time pursuit of fine art began in 2006. But his art path spans 40 years of visual communication. After studies at Pratt Institute in New York City, he spent 10 years as an art director and creative director for Boston and San Francisco ad agencies. At night, he began painting to keep his sanity. Experiences directing still photography and video honed his sense of perception, perspective and emotion. His work has always been concept driven.

  In 1980 he pursued painting full time, averaging an oil painting a day for nine months. He transitioned to dimensional work, exploring sculpture, collage and box art. Martin was a member of the Marin Society of Artists and frequently showed his work at several San Francisco area galleries.

  Martin moved to Hood River, Oregon in 1981 and applied his talent to carving wood for several years before returning to communications design. A Portland resident since 1998, he returned to fine art full time in 2006. He works daily from his Multnomah Village studio where he mentors artists and offers classes on acrylic painting, watercolor painting, sculpture and creative processes. He is a former instructor at Boston Art Institute, San Francisco Academy of Art College, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Northwest Academy and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.

  https://www.chasmartin.com/

  • Inspired Mask Making: Put a Face on Your Idea.- Sun/Mon March 15-16 9:00 - 4:30
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• Misty Mawn

  

  Misty Mawn is a full-time artist, international workshop instructor, and author of Unfurling, A Mixed Media Workshop. She has been published in multiple publications from Somerset Studio, Cloth Paper, Scissors, to Spirituality and Health Magazine. She has an insatiable curiosity for the world and finds inspiration everywhere. She loves to share that found inspiration with those she teaches. She is a mother of two and lover of all animals. When not painting or teaching she can be found cooking, hiking, dancing, throwing pottery, or practicing the art of change.

  • Brushstrokes of the Baroque- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • The Art of Nouveau- Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Dream in Color: Painting the Inner Landscape of the Night Mind  - Tue/Wed March 17-18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Maude May

  

  Maude May is a collage artist, layering images utilizing hand stitching and photography. She collects discarded snapshots, copyright-free photos, scans of her own photographic art and more. Images are ink jet printed directly onto either linen or cotton and, then along with both used and new fabrics, are assembled to tell a new visual story. Layers of hand & machine stitching bind everything together. Creating these stitched fabric collage artworks allows her to rediscover (and also imagine) the mysteries of the people, memories, words, landscapes and possessions from both her past, and the lives of others, that were once deemed precious and have been forgotten or left behind.
  Along with creating and showing her work, Maude teaches classes throughout Oregon and Washington.

  www.maudemay.art
  Instagram: @maudeanne
  Instagram: @thetinyhouseartgallery
  Facebook: Maude May

  • Stitch Your Story / Ink jet Printed Fabric Collage Book- Sun/Mon/Tue March 15-17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Stitched & Collaged Journal Jacket- Wed/Thur March 18-19 9:00 - 4:30
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• Lulu Murakami Moonwood

  

  I am very active on instagram: @lulumoonwoodmurakami. See you there! 

  lulumoonart.com

  • Me & My Shadow- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Embracing the Crone- Sat/Sun March 21-22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Pocket Talisman- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Kathy Murphy

  

  With over two decades of hands-on experience, and 14 years as sole proprietor of Macon Mud Pottery Studio in Macon, GA., I have established a career as a multidisciplinary maker, although my primary medium is clay. Trained initially in architecture, I transitioned into art to pursue a “simpler life”. What could be more simple that mud?  Whether in the studio or the classroom, I am process driven. For as long as I can remember, I have been a “maker”, and the process of creating is more important to me than the medium.
   

  Artistic Philosophy: As both a maker and educator, I am driven by the belief that each step of the creative journey offers an opportunity for discovery. My architectural background informs a disciplined approach to structure and composition, while my love of traditional craft techniques keeps the work grounded. Whether shaping clay, carving linoleum, forging metal, or building three-dimensional forms, I try to foster an environment where experimentation and skill‐building go hand in hand.

  For inquiries about workshops, commissions, or collaborations, please contact:

  Kathy Murphy    maconmud@gmail.com     maconmud.com   IG:@maconmudpottery

   

  • Create Beautiful Botanical Inspired Linocut Prints- Sun AFT March 15 1:30 -4:30
  • “Mushroom Hunters” Ceramic Mushroom Mug - Sun AM March 15 9:00 - 12:00
  • What a Relief! Block Printing with Linocut Techniques - Mon March 16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Block Printing on Textile - Mon Eve March 16 6:30 - 9:30
  • 3-D Figure Study Using Armatures and Air Dry Clay - Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
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• Jacqueline Newbold

  

  Her life journey gives Jacqueline Newbold a never-ending source of inspiration to represent gems of the world in her color-filled paintings. Her watercolor journal has become a visual diary and constant companion everywhere she travels. Using a warm and playful color palette, Jacqueline enjoys capturing a moment in time by painting the dappled sunlight on a field of lavender, or the brilliance of a tropical beach. She introduces color in the shadows and sun-drenched areas, which creates a luminous glow in her paintings. Primarily a watercolor artist, she uses her watercolor journal as a springboard for exploring creative ways to incorporate mixed media into her art and providing the bases for her larger creations.

  Jacqueline is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Northwest Watercolor Society and the High Desert Art League. She teaches watercolor workshops locally, nationally as well as leading painting workshops in France and Italy. She has several articles published in the mixed-media magazine, Cloth-Paper-Scissors about creating art while on your journey. Jacqueline has partnered with Daniel Smith Art Supplies to create a watercolor traveling kit. Her self-published book, Watercolor Journeys is a helpful guide for beginning to advanced watercolor enthusiasts and her workshop DVD with Interweave has just been released: Art Journals On-The-Go: How to pack, prep, paint, and more.
  
  Website: www.newboldart.com
  Blog: http://djnewbold.blogspot.com
   

  • The Art of Watercolor- Tue/Wed March 17-18 9:00 - 4:30
  • Chasing Butterflies, Birds & Flowers- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
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• William Reichle

  

  "William Reichle is a stained glass artist and traveling instructor. He has introduced over 800 people to the joy of creating with stained glass through his satellite workshops. He looks forward to continuing sharing his passion for this craft with more people and empowering others to create with this captivating medium."

   

  • Golden Tears- Sun Eve March 15 6:30 - 9:30
  • All Seeing Eye- Mon AM March 16 9:00 - 12:00
  • Sunflower Power- Mon Aft March 16 1:30 -5:30
  • Let the Waters Rise- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Mountaineer- Wed March 18 9:00 -3: 30
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• Jesse Reno

  

  Jesse Reno is a self-taught mixed media painter. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil, and painting and exhibiting his works since 2000.
  Jesse has amassed over 3000 paintings in the last 12 years, and has exhibited his work extensively across the US and Canada as well as France and Mexico. Jesse's work has been covered in various art publications including Juxtapoz, Artnews, Artension, dpi and Somerset Studio just to name a few. One of his largest works can be seen in Winnipeg, Canada where he was commissioned by the Province of Manitoba to create a 25 x 40 ft mural as a reminder to the cultural importance of the Native American people in the region.
   

  • Freedom to Create- Sun/Mon/Tue March 15-17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Ancient Faces - Experimental Painting- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Susan Schenk

  

  Collage is a wonderful way to wake up the sleeping artist within. Collages are unique individual expressions, just like the artists are. I am exploring a range of subjects without a political agenda, welcoming the technical challenge of making realistic renderings from recycled materials. I enjoy making something attractive from discards, appropriating images and putting them together in intriguing ways.  Like any artist, I am especially thrilled when my work calls to a viewer to come closer and spend some time engaged in the piece.  While my pictorial collages are best viewed from a distance, a close up inspection can reveal a very different piece of art.

   

  "My goal as an artist is to let my work bring joy to the viewer."

  • Collaged Nest on a Cradle Board- Sun March 15 9:00 - 4:30
  • Writing Compelling Artists Statemens- Sun Eve March 15 6:30-9:30
  • Landscape and Architecture Collage- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
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• Carol Spohn

  

  Carol’s painting journey started when she learned to paint with acrylics during her lunch hour at the office where she worked. If not for the step-by-step process of decorative painting, she would not have been introduced to the world of painting. In 2000, Carol started painting primarily in transparent watercolor and her teaching career was launched. Carol paints primarily with watercolor accented with multimedia.
  Carol’s workshop is a perfect opportunity for the beginner as well as the experienced painter to learn techniques enabling them to complete successful paintings. Carol shares her step-by-step approach to painting with students of all levels. All projects include written instructions, a line drawing and a color photo. Drawing ability is not necessary, allowing the student to focus on the mechanics of painting.
  The creative backgrounds in Carol’s paintings set her artwork apart from other artists. Her use of color and textures invite you into her joyful paintings. Each lesson is designed to introduce the student to a new technique or way of looking at art. Students paintings are successful when they “trust the process” of Carol’s methodical instructions. No two paintings are alike, and that is a good thing!
  Carol recently retired to be a full time artist and instructor. Painting is her joy and often times, her therapy. As much as she enjoys painting, Carol’s first love is teaching painting to others. Carol is a popular instructor at community education classes in St. Paul, MN, decorative painting conventions and travel workshops throughout America, France, Italy and Canada.
  A lifetime resident of Minnesota, Carol lives in a 125+ year old house in Saint Paul, Minnesota with her husband Coz and their two cats, Mickey and Bailey.
   
  
   

  • Learn the Rules of Watercolor- Thur March 19 9:00 - 4:30
  • Not So Still Life- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Watercolor Batik- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
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• Becky Springer

  

  Becky Joan Springer is an “accidental” and intuitive abstract painter, largely self-taught and still (un)learning. She studied art in undergrad, but didn’t pick up a paintbrush again until her mid 30s. She was a longtime college educator and counseling instructor working with marginalized communities, burnt out, and far removed from creative spaces.

  When she followed the whispers and invited art back into her life as a daily practice, everything changed. Her colorful and bold art tells her story as a recovering perfectionist, with learned vulnerability, and untethered joy. ?Creating became a salve for the soul and has evolved from a hobby to a thriving daily practice, with the creation of a studio where she teaches in-person painting workshops and retreats. 

  She believes that we’re all artists, that art is healing, and that creating in community can be transformative. Her classes integrate a mind, body, and soul approach to intuitive painting. She strives for welcoming spaces where students are encouraged to be brave, to let their stories inform their art, and to play in paint together. 

  Becky is represented by the Artistic Portland Art Gallery and her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Helzer Gallery, Cambium Gallery, Radius Gallery, Om Base Gallery, as well as Quartz, a multimedia arts 
  magazine. Her paintings have been purchased for the City of Portland Public Art Collection. Additionally, she has a licensing partnership with the online platform iCanvas. 

  She lives and creates in Portland, Oregon. 

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckyjoanspringer/
  Website: https://www.beckyjoanspringer.com/ 

  • Intuitive Painting- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Brave Blooms- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Fearless Faces- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Kate Thompson

  

  Kate's experience as a fiber artist was working with fabric and fiber to create abstract 3-dimensional forms. In 2009 she started painting and hasn't stopped since. Her current work is the combination of the two disciplines. Using watercolors, acrylics, inks and pastels she paints on substrates such as layered vintage linens, fabrics, laces, plaster, paper and wood. The portrait or figure is the focal point and she works at creating images that parallel her spiritual and personal life.
  She teaches art online and on location. She is as passionate about teaching as she is creating. The creative process is where all the energy is and she loves and gets energized by sharing her artistic journey.
  To learn more about Kate visit her at:
  www.fracturedangelics.blogspot.com
  fracturedangelics.com
  facebook.com/katethompsonartist
   

  • The Abundant Book- Sun/Mon March 15-16 9:00 - 4:30
  • Talisman Pouches- Tue/Wed March 17-18 9:00 - 4:30
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• Dina Wakley

  

  Dina’s colorful, expressive style is anchored by her design hallmark, the creative use of white space. Her personal, organic design aesthetic strikes a balance between “artsy” and “classic”.
  Dina is a mixed-media artist and teacher. She loves everything about art: creating it, thinking about it, looking at it, and teaching it. She has been scrapbooking since 1995, stamping since 1996, and art journaling since 2004. She believes in writing yourself down, expressing yourself, and making your mark on the world. As a Ranger Signature Designer, Dina designs a line of mixed-media art supplies that includes acrylic paints, mediums, brushes, rubber stamps, stencils, and more.
   

  • The Painted Face- Fri March 20 9:00 - 4:30
  • Exploring a Theme in a Series- Sat March 21 9:00 - 4:30
  • Dina's Art Gospels- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
  • Textual Healing- Mon March 23 9:00 - 4:30
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• Rio Wrenn

  

  Rio is an environmental artist that has been working with the earth to garner colors and pigments as well as found objects to create abstract works in sculpture and textiles. For over 20 years she has created, exhibited, and performed locally and nationally. By 2013 she began teaching her processes and techniques to adults and children across the nation. In 2023, she published an inspirational memoir, 'Spirituality of Rust - A Sacred Language of Iron Though Art'. Always learning and exploring new ways to manifest with this earth is her passion. Connecting with community and sharing is her mission.

  • Rust Fusion - Grey Scale- Tue March 17 9:00 - 4:30
  • Thread Intuition- Sun March 22 9:00 - 4:30
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