Upcoming Events

This anticipated 3rd annual art show at Willows Orchard features a variety of celebrated PNW artists showcasing and selling their work throughout a spectacular setting on Whidbey Island. https://willowsorchard.com/art-show Amazing artists showcase their work across a variety of mediums - including live music! Saturday & Sunday July 6-7, 2024 /// 11am-4pm both days Free to attend, family friendly and plenty of parking. See website for specific event details.

Deposit: $220 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $455 (due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $675 Join this exciting workshop to explore ways to create unique and personal paintings that span the continuum from semi-realistic to abstract. This workshop is for painters at all levels of experience. It offers information, demos, and practice (with individual support) in using a variety of techniques, tools and methods for applying paint and other media. In this class you will play around…

Deposit: $270 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $625 (includes $70 materials, due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $895 In this workshop we will be delving into the relationship between color and light. As David Hornung says in his text Colour, “The relationship between color and light is one of the most powerful aspects of two-dimensional art. Light itself has a mysterious psychological effect. To see light appear to emanate from within a group of colors is an…

Deposit: $390 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $835 (includes $0 materials, due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $1225 Artists have used self portraiture for hundreds of years to tell their story and leave their mark behind in the cultural landscape. It is a journey that can begin with a simple click of the camera. Join Leanne Trivett S. for this journey to tell the remarkable story of you, because every photo we take has a part of…

Deposit: $280 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $595 (due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $875 Have you ever wanted to make your artwork move? Aaron Kramer has been creating automata for 30 years. He blends a creative engineering mindset with a sustainable approach to artmaking. His mechanisms are simple and straightforward while the effects are often sublime. This course will combine several of his favorite things; creating work from found and manipulated objects, storytelling with machines and…

Deposit: $170 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $350 (due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $520 This workshop in Black & White photography will emphasize the cultivation of a poetic eye. Accordingly, an interpretive style will be advocated. And to reinforce this approach a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of composition and design will be provided as we consider the role of line, shape, texture, and depth along with light and time. Field excursions with the instructor will…

Deposit: $230 (includes $25 registration) Balance: $470 (includes $TBD materials, due 60 days ahead of workshop) Total cost of Workshop: $700 Skill Level: Beginner – Advanced Acuna Supply List – pdf Observational painting centers on the notion that we must paint what we see, not what we know. Learning to see the ways that light describes form and space is as important as learning to mix the right color or compose with dynamic principles of design. In this 4-day workshop, students…

We are pleased to announce that the International Conference on Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (ICSON-2024) will be held on November 04-06, 2024, Vancouver, Canada. The three-day conference will bring together leading scientists, researchers, and professionals from various fields of Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures, to share their latest findings, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations. The main goal of the conference is to showcase the advances and challenges in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures, in areas such as Semiconductors Devices, Nanoelectronics, Material Science, Biomedical Photonics, Optical…

Total cost of Workshop: $185 (includes $25 registration and $30 materials) In this workshop I will teach you the basics of how to dye bulk materials for felting using light-fast and wash-fast, high quality acid dyes. We will explore how various protein fiber materials (different qualities of wool, silk fiber and silk fabrics) absorb the dyes differently, and will discuss how to dye solid, shaded, and variegated colors. I will teach you how to dye pastel colors and deep colors,…