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VOL. 23 FALL PROGRAMMING SCHeDULE DECEMBER 2022 - FEBRUARY 2023
winter 2022-2023
schedule
Look inside for:
arts classes
artist opportunities
events
Free classes for Kids & teens
galleries
performing arts
Holiday Happenings
Handmade Holidays Makers Market (2019)
1006 Penn Avenue, La Grande, OR 97850 - ARTCENTEREAST.ORG - 541-624-2800
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Greetings to our fellow community members from the Art Center East staff!
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November 15 - December 10 | Annual Galleries Fundraiser
We hope you’re doing well and that you’re enjoying a pleasant fall season. It’s been good to see you in our classes and galleries, and at ACE community ACE’s annual Galleries Fundraiser is once again a collaboration with Wallowa Avalanche Center! A raffle of 11 original paintings raises funds for WAC’s
events such as our annual Día de los Muertos Community Gathering/K-12 Student Art Exhibit. We were also very pleased to see so many of you visit avalanche education programs and the ACE Galleries. artcentereast.org/fundraiser
the Sue Orlaske Retrospective exhibit — we extend deepest thanks to Sue’s husband, Mitch Wolgamott, and to Sue’s close friends and family.
November 18 | 4:00 - 8:00 pm and November 19 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 14th Annual Handmade Holidays Makers Market
ACE’s Winter Quarter (December/January/February) has lots of community-focused classes such as Little Pinecones Book Club, Knitting Visit ACE to shop for handmade goods from 20+ local and regional artists/artisans!
Fundamentals, Workshop Poetry, Whittling: Dala Horses, Lush Canvas: A Night with O’Keeffe, and many more! Many ACE classes are free for youth
ages 18 and younger. November 24 - 29 | ACE Holiday Cyber Sales
ACE is closed Thanksgiving weekend, but look for exciting 24-hour online-only sales — check daily so you don’t miss out! Visit
Here are a few highlights for Winter Quarter: artcentereast.org/holidaycybersales for the latest updates.
• Exciting classes ahead include Beginning Ceramics, Beginner Campfire Guitar, and Intro. to Poetry. Read about these and many more inside! November 24 - December 2 | Pre-order Art Kits for the Holidays
• GivingTuesday (November 29) is a global generosity movement. Consider giving to ACE. All proceeds we receive from GivingTuesday this year go to Pre-order holiday art kits that are free to ages 18 and under! Limit one kit per child. artcentereast.org/learn
the ACE Youth Arts Learning Fund. artcentereast.org/givingtuesday November 29 | GivingTuesday — Give to ACE!
• The Big: Art Center East’s Annual Open Exhibit. You’re invited to a free opening reception and awards ceremony on Friday, December 2 from 6:00 - All proceeds ACE receives from GivingTuesday 2022 go to our Youth Arts Learning Fund. artcentereast.org/givingtuesday
8:00 pm. The exhibit will be on display through January 28, 2023.
• Mark your calendars for artisan pop-up shops at ACE! Crystal Collier of Essential Spirit Jewelry is featured on December 2 and 3 and Sarah West of December 2 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm “The Big” Opening Reception
Teahouse Bakery on December 2 and 17 in the ACE Galleries foyer! Free opening reception and awards ceremony for The Big: Art Center East Annual Open Exhibit.
• Art Kits for the Holidays: free for kids and teens! We have 200 holiday-themed Take & Make Art Kits that are free for ages 18 and younger. Kits are December 3, 10, & 17 | Sip & Shop Saturdays
available December 1 - 23 while supplies last. Limit one kit per child. NEW! Join us for Sip & Shop Saturdays in the ACE Galleries! Each shopper can enjoy one complimentary beverage while browsing for holiday gift items.
• Visit the ACE galleries in December for Sip & Shop Saturdays! Shoppers enjoy a complimentary beverage while browsing for their holiday gift items.
• Year-End Giving: November 29 - December 31. ACE is a nonprofit arts services organization that serves ten Eastern Oregon counties by fostering December 7 | 1:00 - 3:00 pm Candy Cane Cookies (Age 12+)
creative expression, supporting arts education, and advocating for artists. We appreciate your donation! Teaching Artist Jennifer McBride shows you how to create tasty candy cane cookies at Catherine Creek Community Center in Union.
Looking ahead, we invite you to teach for ACE during Spring Quarter (March/April /May) 2023. If you have an artistic skill – in any medium (visual, December 10 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm Sip & Simple Ceramic Ornaments (Age 21+)
literary, culinary, fiber, performing arts and more) – please submit a class proposal. Submit a proposal/application before December 17, 2022, and you’ll Create ceramic ornaments with Teaching Artist Sophia Aimone as your guide and enjoy a complimentary beverage.
receive a $10 gift card to Short Stop Xtreme Froyo & Espresso! Learn more at visit artcentereast.org/artist/teach-at-ace to donate. December 13 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Color Flame Pinecone Fire Starters (Age 18+)
We wish you happy, healthy, art-filled holidays, and a lovely winter season. Thanks so much for your support. Feel free to get in touch — we love hearing Join Teaching Artist Darcy Dolge for this fun-filled class and create unique pinecone fire starters.
from you. December 15 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Creative Holiday Wrapping (Age 12+)
Darcy Dolge, Executive Director Jennifer Durr, Gallery Director Abigail Shown, Development Coordinator Create beautiful wrapping paper for your gifts this holiday season!
Sophia Aimone, Programs Coordinator Moira Madden, Outreach Coordinator
December 16 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Carols & Cocoa (All Ages)
Vocal instructor Jamie Jacobson leads this community caroling event in La Grande. Begin at ACE, and enjoy hot cocoa and sweet holiday treats there
afterwards!
December 18 | 9:00 - 11:00 am or 12:00 - 2:00 pm Teahouse in the Gallery: Solstice Tea (Age 12+)
Join Sarah West of Teahouse Bakery to learn about and taste tea in the Art Center East galleries.
December 24, 2022 - January 3, 2023 | ACE Winter Closure
Shop online at artcentereast.org while ACE staff takes a break for the holidays. Shop the ACE Galleries, purchase Take & Make Art Kits, and sign up for
classes!
January 27, 2023 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Winter Food Drive at “The Big” Closing Reception
Donate a grocery bag of non-perishable food items during the closing reception of The Big: ACE Annual Open Exhibit and receive five free raffle tickets for
a chance to win an original painting. Food items donated to Shelter from the Storm in La Grande.
February 11 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Punch Needle Hearts (Age 12+)
Teaching Artist Una Walker shows you how to create a punch needle heart: a lovely gift for someone special.
This Class/Events Schedule was published November 12, 2022. Additional classes and events may be added throughout the quarter. Find updated information via our website
(artcentereast.org/calendar), weekly e-newsletter (artcentereast.org/our-story/newsletter), Instagram (@artcentereast), and Facebook (Art Center East).
DECEMBER
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Monthly Sketchbook Challenge (Age 12+) sunset scene. This class is beginner-friendly. Beginner’s Astrology: Zodiac, Planets, & Birth
December 6 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm Students will explore several techniques using oil Charts (Age 12+)
Explore your creativity with a monthly pastels and leave class with a finished landscape. December 11 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm
sketchbook prompt: a creative challenge for rough All supplies included. Please enter through the Curious about astrology? Interested in how
Teahouse Bakery sketches or finished works! Engage your creative 5th Street door.
Sarah West, owner and baker the ancient myths of the cosmos relate to your
side in the mediums of your choice by receiving Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn own life story? This fun class is perfect for you!
December 2 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm a creative drawing prompt and having the Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
December 17 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Students will explore the twelve zodiac signs
opportunity to share how you met the challenge. (Youth Scholarships Available) in Western astrology and their relationship to
Free Admission You’ll leave with a sketchbook full of wonderful
Teahouse is a one-woman cottage bakery in Cove, the planets, learning the basics of how to read
ideas for finished artwork. All supplies included. River Rock Painting (Age 5-8) an astrological birth chart. Students will leave
Oregon, that makes naturally leavened breads, Please enter through the 5th Street door. December 9 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm
cookies, pastries, and desserts for direct sale. class with their unique birth chart in hand, the
Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn Children will paint and decorate rocks by using knowledge and skills needed to interpret other
Sarah celebrates whole grain flours in all of her Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member stencils and acrylic paint. Teaching Artist Rebecca charts, and the basic tools with which to grow
bakes because flour is flavor! (Youth Scholarships Available) keeps the activity fun and relaxed while at the their astrology practice. All supplies included.
same time encouraging children to learn about Please enter through the 5th Street door.
Whittling: Dala Horses (Age 18+) color, form, and the beauty of nature. All supplies Teaching Artist: Jessica Holmes
arts classes December 7 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm provided. Please enter through the 5th Street Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
Watercolor Portraiture for Teens (Age 14-18) This class involves a great whittling project for door. (Youth Scholarships Available)
December 2 from 3:30 - 6:30 pm beginners! Carved Dala horses (traditional in Teaching Artist: Rebecca Curry
Learn how to draw tight and paint loose in this Sweden) are so charming, and Teaching Artist Cost: Free
impressionist watercolor painting class! Students Darcy will show you how to make your own. Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth
will learn fundamental face-drawing skills such You’ll create a figurine or an ornament. You Arts Learning Fund with generous support from
The Big: Annual Open Exhibit (2021) as proportion, measurement, plumb lines, Reilly will leave class with a carved and painted Dala the foundations and organizations listed on page
rhythms, and value before drawing basic heads horse, all necessary tools, two wood blocks, 32.
and heads with specific likenesses. A watercolor
Galleries paintings, prints, blown and fused glass pieces,
and gouache demonstration follows and then
and additional project instructions to continue
whittling through the chilly winter months. No Sip & Simple Ceramic Ornaments (Age 21+)
jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and much more.
Main Gallery & orlaske Galleries The ACE Gift Gallery also carries a selection of the portrait painting begins! This class teaches experience necessary. All supplies included. December 10 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
The Big: Art Center East Annual curated Take & Make Arts Learning Kits. All ACE fundamental (more traditional) portraiture skills Please enter through the 5th Street door. Create special and unique ceramic ornaments for
Open Exhibit Gift Gallery sales benefit the individual artists as but also focuses on loose, experimental painting Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge your Christmas tree, decorative winter display,
December 2, 2022 - January 28, 2023 well as Art Center East, strengthening the role of that is very expressive and fun! All supplies Cost: $72 Member / $86 Non-Member and/or holiday celebrations! While sipping a
Free Admission art and working artists in our rural communities. included. Please enter through the 5th Street door. (Youth Scholarships Available) complimentary beverage, learn how to roll out
The Big: ACE Annual Open Exhibit is featured The ACE Gift Gallery is open Wednesday - Friday Teaching Artist: Rebecca Curry and carve your very own ceramic ornaments with
in ACE’s Main and Orlaske Galleries. The from 12:00 - 5:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am Cost: $40 Member / $50 Non-Member Mountain Sunset: Oil Pastels (Age 12+) Teaching Artist Sophia. All supplies included.
community is invited to attend a free opening - 2:00 pm. (Youth Scholarships Available) December 8 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm Please enter through the 5th Street door.
reception and awards ceremony on Friday, Oil pastels are fun and easy to use! Draw along Teaching Artist: Sophia Aimone
December 2 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The exhibit fills Artisan Pop-ups Fused Glass Pendants (Age 14+) with Teaching Artist Keyla and create a mountain Cost: $40 Member / $48 Non-Member
both galleries with works by Pacific Northwest December 2 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm and
Essential Spirit Jewelry
artists in a wide range of artistic mediums. The December 9 from 5:30 - 6:00 pm
Crystal Collier, owner and artist
Big will be on display December 2, 2022 - January Create four beautiful fused glass pendants! This
December 2 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800
28, 2023 with a free closing reception on Friday, class is a great introduction to the fascinating
December 3 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
January 27, 2023. ACE galleries are open to the world of fused glass. You will learn the elements
Free Admission
public and admission is always free. of fused glass design and create four unique
Essential Spirit Jewelry creates large, bold,
pendants. All skill levels are welcome. All supplies
stand-out pieces as well as everyday wear pieces
Gift Gallery included. Please enter through the 5th Street door.
in high-quality, semi-precious gemstones and
The Art Center East Gift Gallery offers a curated Teaching Artists: Darcy Dolge and
precious metals. Crystal enjoys exploring macro
selection of fine art and functional handmade Sophia Aimone
and nature photography and large scale acrylic
goods by more than 75 local, regional, and Cost: $50 Member / $60 Non-Member
abstract paintings.
international artists. Greeting cards, original (Youth Scholarships Available)
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Color Flame Pinecone Fire Starters (Age 18+) necessary. You’ll paint in acrylic alongside from the University of Connecticut in English Little Pinecones Book Club (Age 0-5)
December 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm Teaching Artist Corrina and enjoy a Literature, as well as master’s degrees in English December 16 from 10:00 - 11:00 am
Alchemy at its hottest plus science and natural complimentary beverage while meeting new Literature and Teaching Writing from Humboldt Join Meghan in the ACE galleries for monthly
materials: talk about fun! Get crafty with these people and exploring painting in a no-pressure State University in California. She has been storytime! Children will listen to Meghan read,
handmade pinecone fire starters enhanced to environment. At the end of the evening, you’ll teaching at the university level for almost 30 then gather downstairs in Studio A to do an
make your fire move and dance with delightful take your amazing painting home. All supplies years, has tutored young people, and has also art-making activity related to the story. Kids
colors. This class is enjoyable whether you’re included. Please enter through the 5th Street door. led professional development workshops for will leave with new friendships, art skills, and
adding a fun activity for the winter months or Teaching Artist: Corrina Stadler businesses and nonprofits. a new-found or renewed curiosity about books
making a gift. Students leave class with three Cost: $45 Member / $55 Non-Member and reading! A parent or guardian must stay
flame-changing pinecones to use as fire starters Private Sessions (one-on-one or manuscript with their child for the duration of the class. All
or additions to a fire that’s already lit. NaturalMonthly Meet-Up: Fiber Arts & Jewelry review) supplies included. Please enter through the Penn
ingredients and safe color compounds. All (Age 18+) 30 Minutes: Member $22 / Non-Member $26 Avenue door.
supplies included. Please enter through the 5th December 17 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 45 Minutes: Member $30 / Non-Member $36 Teaching Artist: Meghan Ballard
Street door. Once a month, join your fellow fiber and jewelry 1 hour: Member $35 / Non-Member $42 Cost: Free
Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge artists at Art Center East to brainstorm ideas, Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth
Cost: $40 Member / $48 Non-Member have an open discussion, or work on your Group Sessions Arts Learning Fund with generous support from
(Youth Scholarships Available) creations for ACE’s upcoming 7th Annual 30 Minutes: Member: $62 / Non-Member $66 the foundations and organizations listed on page
Fiber Arts & Jewelry Exhibit Living Rural: 45 Minutes: Member $80 / Non-Member $86 32.
Creative Holiday Wrapping (Age 12+) Poetry in Fiber (February 3 - March 25, 2023). 1 hour: Member $100 / Non-Member $120
December 15 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm This gathering is participant-facilitated and ACE Writing Project (Age 12+)
Looking for some fun gift-wrapping options this you can join at any point during the two-hour Poetry Post December 21 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
holiday season? Hand print your own wrapping timeslot. Please bring your own supplies. If you Visit the Poetry Post! It’s located outside the ACE The ACE Writing Project hosts monthly literary
paper selecting from a collection of over 300 need poems to inspire you in creating artwork building on the corner of Fourth Street and Penn events. Enjoy an evening of literary arts and
stamps and learn about furoshiki, a Japanese submissions for the exhibit, ACE has a well- Avenue in La Grande. The Poetry Post is a place learn about the talent hiding in our backyard!
form of wrapping! You’ll take away three 24”x36” rounded collection of poetry (including poems for everyone in the community to read some Following the featured event, we open the floor
sheets of hand-printed wrapping paper, a reusable about rural living) available for purchase or for poems, write a poem, and/or leave a poem of to anyone interested in sharing an original piece.
wrapping cloth, and up to three die-cut miniature browsing! Please enter through the Penn Avenue their own! Writers of all genres are welcome; open mic sign- Lush Canvas: A Night with Van Gogh
boxes for tiny gifts. Other natural materials are door. up starts at 6:45 pm on a first-come basis (limit
You can also contribute to ACE’s Poetry Post Teaching Artist: Jamie Jacobson
provided. All supplies included. Please enter 10 readers per night). Please keep your reading
collection by emailing your poem to Cost: Free (donations gladly accepted) Teahouse in the Gallery: Solstice Tea (Age 12+)
through the 5th Street door. under five minutes.
info@artcentereast.org or mailing it to Art December 18 from 9:00 - 11:00 am or
Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge
Cost: $40 Member / $48 Non-Member
literary classes Center East, P.O. Box 541, La Grande, OR 97850.
Facilitators: Nancy Knowles and Amelia Díaz
Ettinger
Culinary classes from 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Private and Group Writing Sessions (Age 10+) By leaving your poem at (or sending a poem to) Candy Cane Cookies (Age 12+) Celebrate the winter solstice with a candlelit
(Youth Scholarships Available) Cost: Free (donations welcome)
Improve your writing skills and enjoy writing the Poetry Post, you give ACE permission to December 7 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm tasting of three transformative teas (each served
Location: HQ (112 Depot St. in La Grande) or
even more! Nancy Knowles offers writing, grant share your poem with the community at large. Baking and art combine when you make these with a light snack pairing!) in the ACE Gallery.
Lush Canvas: A Night with Van Gogh (Age 21+) virtual via Zoom
writing, editing, proofreading, and tutoring artcentereast.org/learn/poetry-post delicious, eye-catching treats that everyone will You will learn about the Chinese tradition of gong
December 16 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
for private and group sessions. She has a PhD enjoy! In this easy baking class, participants fu: tea brewing while exploring tea more deeply
Paint Vincent van Gogh’s beautiful sunflowers
using a variety of techniques! No experience performing arts learn to make a basic whole-wheat cookie dough
(divided into two colors) and form it into candy
than you may have before in terms of flavor,
Carols & Cocoa (All Ages Welcome) texture, emotion, and physical effects on the
REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800 cane shapes. This is a fun and entertaining way body and mind. Come to be surprised by a cup of
December 16 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
to build culinary skills and be part of baking tea – stay for the good company! No experience
Art Center East and Jamie Jacobson invite you
traditions. Students leave with their hand- necessary. All supplies included. Please enter
to our community caroling event! We’ll gather at
made cookies and will hopefully be inspired through the 5th Street door and continue upstairs
ACE and then head out together on foot to carol
to bake more at home. Supply list located at to the galleries.
around La Grande. No experience is necessary.
artcentereast.org/calendar. Teaching Artist: Sarah West of Teahouse Bakery
Bring along some friends and/or family, and be
Teaching Artist: Jennifer McBride Cost: $30 Member / $36 Non-Member
sure to dress appropriately for the weather. We’ll
Cost: $25 Member / $30 Non-Member
return to ACE after caroling to warm up with hot
Location: Catherine Creek Community Center,
cocoa and cookies! All supplies included. Please
667 North Main St. in Union
enter through the Penn Avenue door.
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Wellness classes
Bath Bombs (Age 12+)
December 14 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Making your own bath bombs is a fun, creative
activity that is part chemistry, part art! In this
class, students will learn about bath bomb
ingredients, regulations, safe usage rates of
fragrances, and techniques and they will create
colorful donut-shaped bath bombs using a
basic recipe. These bath treats make great gifts!
Students will leave class with a box of at least six
bath bomb donuts. All supplies included. Please
enter through the 5th Street door.
Teaching Artist: Laurie Delaney Bath Bombs with Laurie Delaney
Cost: $20 Member / $25 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available)
Bath Salt Flights (Age 12+)
December 22 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Learn about six different salts and other bath-safe
herbs while creating a relaxing gift for yourself
or someone else. Students will leave with five
beautifully curated salt and herb bath salts in glass
tubes with cork tops. Your bath salt flight makes
a thoughtful seasonal gift. All supplies included.
Please enter through the 5th Street door.
Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge
Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available)
Nordic Gnomes Cross Stitch Kit (Age 10+) Winter Berries Paint-by-Number Card Sets Art Kits for the Holidays: Free to youth!
(Age 13+)
This kit contains everything you need to cross Art Center East has 200 free youth Holiday-
Bath Salts Flights with Darcy Dolge
stitch two cute Nordic gnomes! The finished This card set includes everything needed to Themed Take & Make Art Kits! These make-art-
REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800 paint four unique cards featuring berry-covered at-home kits are for a variety of skill levels and in
picture can be mounted in the bamboo hoop.
branches and stems. The pre-printed background a variety of mediums. Kits available
Perfect for beginners and more experienced cross sets the branches against a classic scalloped edge December 1 - 23 while supplies last.
All For You Salon stitchers, too. with a red polka dot border. Limit one kit per child.
Jewelry, furniture, clothing, ACE Member: $22 ACE Member: $30 Free for youth age 18 or younger
and more from local and
Non-Member: $27 Non-Member: $36
national designers!
Stop in today and indulge Free for youth age 18 or younger
yourself! Appointment and
Walk-in available
Free kits made possible through the ACE Youth Arts Learning Fund with generous support from the foundations and
12 N 8th St, Elgin, OR 97827 organizations listed on page 32.
Hours: 9-5 Mon-Fri 10-3 Sat • (541) 437-8305
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS 14th Annual
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GivingTuesday
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Art Center East Holiday GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement
Handmade Holidays Makers Market Cyber Sales that was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a
day that encourages people to do good. The
November 18 & 19, 2022 Art Center East will be closed November 24 - celebration is always the first Tuesday after
Free Admission (New! VIP tickets available) 29, 2022, but the ACE Holiday Cyber Sales are Thanksgiving. GivingTuesday this year falls on
Art Center East’s 14th Annual Handmade still happening! Each of these days, look for an November 29. Visit artcentereast.org/donate to
Holidays Makers Market (HHMM) is free and exciting 24-hour online-only sale. Sign up for learn more about GivingTuesday and other Year-
open to the general public Friday, November 18 the ACE newsletter or follow us on our social End Giving opportunities.
from 4:00 - 8:00 pm and Saturday, November 19 media platforms (Facebook and instagram @
from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. artcentereast). Check in daily so you don’t miss All donations that ACE receives during this
out! artcentereast.org/holidaycybersales year’s GivingTuesday will go to the ACE Youth
ACE’s most popular holiday shopping weekend Arts Learning Fund. The fund provides children
of the year features regional artists and makers Art Center East and teens up to age 18 with free or reduced-cost
selling a wide range of handmade goods. Galleries Fundraiser in arts experiences such as ACE classes, take-home
Shoppers are invited to celebrate everything local collaboration with arts learning kits, music lessons, and more. Art
and handmade just in time for the holiday season. Wallowa Avalanche Center East passionately supports children and
Center teens exploring the arts, and we believe that
A brand-new HHMM shopping experience is fostering a love of the arts helps give young people
in store this year: VIP shoppers will be first to ACE is again hosting its annual Galleries creative joy and the confidence and skills to invest
browse and shop for their holiday purchases! Fundraiser in collaboration with Wallowa back into their communities in the future.
We’ll open our doors Friday, November 18 from
Untitled (oil) / Craig Canoy
Avalanche Center (WAC) to raise funds for
3:00 - 4:00 pm for VIP-ticketed shoppers only. WAC’s avalanche education programs and A donation of $30 covers one student for a one- Year-End Giving Generosity comes in many forms and sizes. We
VIP tickets are $25 each and only 50 are available. ACE’s Galleries Program. The fundraiser runs hour class. appreciate and honor all donations we receive –
VIP tickets must be purchased and picked up November 15 - December 10, 2022. A donation of $100 covers one student for a series Celebrate the end of 2022 and support the arts by large or small – and we believe in the power of
before November 12 in person at Art Center East of class sessions. giving to Art Center East! community-oriented giving.
or online at artcentereast.org. The fundraiser is a raffle of eleven original works
by local artist and avid outdoorsman Craig Canoy We’ve set a goal to raise $10,000 - 10% of the We are a grant and donor-funded nonprofit arts Visit artcentereast.org/donate to learn more
Thank you to Grande Ronde Med Spa for being a who passed away in 2020. Craig bequeathed his fund’s annual need - in community donations for services organization that serves ten Eastern about how you can support ACE. We thank you!
sponsor of the 2022 Handmade Holidays Makers art collection to ACE for the organization to use the ACE Youth Arts Learning Fund during year- Oregon counties by fostering creative expression,
Market. for fundraising. end giving this December. Help us get a head start advocating for artists, and supporting arts
on raising at least $5,000 toward that goal during education. We need the help of engaged citizens
If your business would like to become a sponsor Many of the beautiful pieces in Craig’s collection GivingTuesday. like you in order to continue increasing the
the 2022 Handmade Holidays Makers Market or are his own work and many depict winter outdoor number of arts opportunities we bring into our
other upcoming ACE events, visit activities, environments, and landscapes in our Participate in this year’s GivingTuesday and learn communities.
artcentereast.org/sponsorship. region. Raffle pieces from this collection can be more about our Youth Arts Learning Fund by
viewed online at artcentereast.org/fundraiser. visiting artcentereast.org/givingtuesday
Raffle tickets are $20 per single ticket or $100
for six tickets. The eleven winning tickets will
be drawn December 10 during one of ACE’s
December Sip and Shop Saturdays. The first
Sip & Shop Saturdays winner will have first choice from the eleven
artworks. As the subsequent winners are drawn,
NEW! Visit us in December for Sip & Shop each will select their choice from the remaining
Saturdays in the ACE Galleries! Shoppers can artworks. The pieces have a combined value of
enjoy one complimentary beverage while fulfilling more than $3,000.
their holiday wish lists.
Handmade Holidays Makers Market (2021) Visit artcentereast.org/fundraiser
JANUARY
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a unique project. All supplies included. Art and You (Age 5-7)
Teaching Artist: Jennifer McBride January 14 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm River Rock Painting (Age 5-8)
Cost: Free In this class children will have fun learning January 21 from 10:00 - 11:00 am
Location: Catherine Creek Community Center, about themselves and others through art! Children will paint and decorate rocks by
Teaching Artist: Sanheshke 667 North Main St. in Union Topics will include self-portraits that help using stencils and acrylic paint. Teaching Artist
Cost: $110 Member / $122 Non-Member Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth children understand that everyone is similar yet Cambree keeps the activity fun and relaxed while
$70 Member / $84 Non-Member Arts Learning Fund with generous support from different and that differences can be beautiful. at the same time encouraging children to learn
Price reduced! Teaching Artist Sanheshke is the foundations and organizations listed on page Arts experiences are essential for development about color, form, and the beauty of nature. All
generously donating her time. 32. and growth in self expression. Teaching Artist supplies provided. Please enter through the 5th
(Youth Scholarships Available) Cambree makes it fun! All supplies included. Street door.
Mountain Sunset: Oil Pastels (Age 12+) Please enter through the 5th Street door. Teaching Artist: Cambree Shields
Beginning Ceramics (Age 12+) January 11 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm Teaching Artist: Cambree Shields Cost: Free
January 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, & 26 Oil pastels are fun and easy to use! Draw along Cost: Free Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth
from 6:00 - 8:00 pm with Teaching Artist Keyla and create a mountain Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth Arts Learning Fund with generous support from
Express yourself through clay and have lots sunset scene. This class is beginner-friendly. Arts Learning Fund with generous support from the foundations and organizations listed on page
of fun! Learn the basics of hand building and Students will explore several techniques using oil the foundations and organizations listed on page 32.
wheel-thrown projects. Teaching Artist Michael’s pastels and leave class with a finished landscape. 32.
thorough teaching is set within the context of just All supplies included. Please enter through the
having fun! No experience necessary. All supplies 5th Street door. Create an Ocean Drum (Age 12+)
included. Please enter through the 5th Street door. Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn January 17 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Teaching Artist: Michael McVey Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member Create a beautiful, double-sided ocean drum! It’s
Cost: $150 Member / $180 Non-Member (Youth Scholarships Available) filled with glass beads that mimic the sound of the
(Youth Scholarships Available) ocean when played with peaceful intent. Teaching
The Big: Annual Open Exhibit (2020) Block Print Greeting Cards (Age 18+) Artist Darcy leads you through all the steps to
Galleries well as Art Center East, strengthening the role of Monthly Sketchbook Challenge (Age 12+) January 13 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm make a drum with a maple hoop and double-
art and working artists in our rural communities. January 10 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm Making block prints is simple, fun, and very sided hide. Note: this class uses real animal hide
Main & Orlaske Galleries rewarding! We will carve creative images on
The ACE Gift Gallery is open Wednesday - Friday Explore your creativity with a monthly for the drum; the hide animals were harvested
The Big: ACE Annual Open Exhibit from 12:00 - 5:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am linoleum blocks, then print them onto a set of sustainably and respectfully. The instrument you
sketchbook prompt: a creative challenge for rough
December 2, 2022 - January 28, 2023 - 2:00 pm. greeting cards or a framable piece. Participants create makes an extraordinary, unique gift. All
sketches or finished works! Engage your creative
Free Admission take their block home and can continue printing supplies included. Please enter through the 5th
side in the mediums of your choice by receiving
The Big: ACE Annual Open Exhibit continues the unique image on cards or stationery for Street door.
a creative drawing prompt and having the
in ACE’s Main and Orlaske Galleries. The
exhibit fills both galleries with works by Pacific
arts classes opportunity to share how you met the challenge. years to come! This is a great class for learning
the basics of printmaking. All supplies included.
Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge
Knitting Fundamentals (Age 12+) You’ll leave with a sketchbook full of wonderful Cost: $75 Member / $90 Non-Member
Northwest artists in a wide range of artistic Please enter through the 5th Street door. (Youth Scholarships Available)
January 8, 15, 22, & 29 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ideas for finished artwork. All supplies included.
mediums. The community is invited to attend a Teaching Artist: Sophia Aimone
This class offers novice knitters a weekly Please enter through the 5th Street door.
free closing reception on Friday, January 27, 2023 Cost: $45 Member / $55 Non-Member
opportunity to learn a new craft or brush up Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn
from 6:00 - 8:00 pm; the People’s Choice Award (Youth Scholarships Available)
on a skill they may have set aside – it’s an open Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
will be presented at 7:00 pm. ACE galleries are
forum for beginner and intermediate knitters (Youth Scholarships Available)
open to the public and admission is always free. REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800
to develop and refine their skills. Students will
learn the fundamentals of knitting from needle Weekly Homeschool Art (Age 8-11)
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January 11 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
The Art Center East Gift Gallery offers a curated composition, yarn fiber content, basic steps, and January 18 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
pattern reading. This class will also cover the
$57
selection of fine art and functional handmade January 25 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
goods by more than 75 local, regional, and basics of “sheep to shawl” (from creation of yarn
to finished project). While we will not be carding, Teaching Artist Jennifer will help students build
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Monthly Meet-Up: Fiber Arts & Jewelry your own designs. Teaching Artist Sabryna will teaching at the university level for almost 30 Poetry reading/writing, collaborative writing,
(Age 18+) teach you the basic stitches necessary to bring years, has tutored young people, and has also and working with writing prompts will be our
January 21 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm your artistic designs to life and you’ll gain enough led professional development workshops for focus. The class is a laid back setting for creating
Once a month, join your fellow fiber and jewelry knowledge to confidently stitch your own unique businesses and nonprofits. connections and exchanging ideas. Students
artists at Art Center East to brainstorm ideas, art! Supply list located at artcentereast.org/ should bring a notebook and writing utensils.
have an open discussion, or work on your calendar. Private Sessions (one-on-one or manuscript Please enter through the 5th Street door.
creations for ACE’s upcoming 7th Annual Teaching Artist: Sabryna Adrianson review) Teaching Artist: Ryan Scariano
Fiber Arts & Jewelry Exhibit Living Rural: Cost: $30 Member / $36 Non-Member 30 Minutes: Member $22 / Non-Member $26 Cost: $40 Member / $48 Non-Member
Poetry in Fiber (February 3 - March 25, 2023). (Youth Scholarships Available) 45 Minutes: Member $30 / Non-Member $36 (Youth Scholarships Available)
This gathering is participant-facilitated and Virtual: Zoom 1 hour: Member $35 / Non-Member $42
you can join at any point during the two-hour ACE Writing Project (Age 12+)
timeslot. Please bring your own supplies. If you Adult Beginning Embroidery (Age 18+) Group Sessions January 18 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
need poems to inspire you in creating artwork January 28 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm 30 Minutes: Member: $62 / Non-Member $66 The ACE Writing Project hosts monthly literary
submissions for the exhibit, ACE has a well- An easy to follow introduction to embroidery and 45 Minutes: Member $80 / Non-Member $86 events. Enjoy an evening of literary arts and
rounded collection of poetry (including poems the beautiful world of fiber art. Students will learn 1 hour: Member $100 / Non-Member $120 learn about the talent hiding in our backyard!
about rural living) available for purchase or for and explore introductory embroidery skills to
Following the featured event, we open the floor
browsing! Please enter through the Penn Avenue create their own designs. Teaching Artist Sabryna Poetry Post to anyone interested in sharing an original piece.
door. will teach you the basic stitches necessary to bring Visit the Poetry Post! It’s located outside the ACE Writers of all genres are welcome; open mic sign-
your artistic designs to life and you’ll gain enough building on the corner of Fourth Street and Penn up starts at 6:45 pm on a first-come basis (limit
Lush Canvas: A Night with Picasso (Age 21+) knowledge to confidently stitch your own unique Avenue in La Grande. The Poetry Post is a place 10 readers per night). Please keep your reading
January 27 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm art! Supply list located at artcentereast.org/ for everyone in the community to read some under five minutes. Little Pinecones Book Club with Meghan Ballard
Paint a portrait in the style of Picasso using a calendar. poems, write a poem, and/or leave a poem of Intro to Poetry (Age 12+) can attend just to acquire skills or can come
Facilitators: Nancy Knowles and
variety of techniques! No experience necessary. Teaching Artist: Sabryna Adrianson their own! January 25 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm with an organization and/or project in mind.
Amelia Díaz Ettinger
You’ll paint in acrylic alongside Teaching Artist Cost: $30 Member / $36 Non-Member Try your hand at reading and writing poetry! Participants should bring a laptop and/or other
You can also contribute to ACE’s Poetry Post Cost: Free (donations welcome)
Corrina and enjoy a complimentary beverage (Youth Scholarships Available) This interactive workshop is designed for writing materials. Please enter through the 5th
collection by emailing your poem to Location: HQ (112 Depot St. in La Grande) or
while meeting new people and exploring painting Virtual: Zoom virtual via Zoom writers of all backgrounds. Students will explore Street door.
info@artcentereast.org or mailing it to Art
in a no-pressure environment. At the end of the poetry through written text, spoken word and Teaching Artist: Nancy Knowles
Center East, P.O. Box 541, La Grande, OR 97850.
evening, you’ll take your amazing painting home. collaborative workshop. Reading and writing Cost: $30 Member / $40 Non-Member
All supplies included. Please enter through the literary classes By leaving your poem at (or sending a poem to) Little Pinecones Book Club (Age 0-5)
January 20 from 10:00 - 11:00 am poetry can serve as a creative outlet, therapeutic (Youth Scholarships Available)
Private and Group Writing Sessions (Age 10+) the Poetry Post, you give ACE permission to
5th Street door. Join Meghan in the ACE galleries for monthly activity, and/or literary art. You will explore
Improve your writing skills and enjoy writing share your poem with the community at large.
Teaching Artist: Corrina Stadler poetic texts from a craft-based perspective and
Cost: $45 Member / $55 Non-Member even more! Nancy Knowles offers writing, grant artcentereast.org/learn/poetry-post storytime! Children will listen to Meghan read,
then gather downstairs in Studio A to do an draft your own poems using guided prompts. performing arts
writing, editing, proofreading, and tutoring This class provides concrete tools for a generative, Beginner Campfire Guitar I (Age 18+)
Workshop Poetry (Age 12+) art-making activity related to the story. Kids
Youth Beginning Embroidery (Age 12-17) for private and group sessions. She has a PhD integrated poetic reading and writing practice. All January 4, 11, 18, & 25 and February 1 & 8
January 12 & 19 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm will leave with new friendships, art skills, and
January 28 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm from the University of Connecticut in English supplies included. Please enter through the 5th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Students and Teaching Artist Ryan will come a new-found or renewed curiosity about books
Join this class to learn about embroidery and Literature, as well as master’s degrees in English Street door. Learn the basics of playing guitar and discover
together in this poetry workshop to read, write, and reading! A parent or guardian must stay
the beautiful world of fiber art! You’ll learn and Literature and Teaching Writing from Humboldt how enjoyable it is to play as part of a supportive
and share poetry. Beginner/intermediate level. with their child for the duration of the class. All Teaching Artist: Jessica Holmes
explore introductory embroidery skills to create State University in California. She has been group! You will learn guitar tuning, basic chords,
supplies included. Please enter through the Penn Cost: $32 Member / $38 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available) strumming patterns, keeping time, and a few easy
Avenue door.
REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800 songs. This class requires no experience, just a
Teaching Artist: Meghan Ballard
Grant Writing (Age 16+) desire to learn and the time and determination
Cost: Free
to practice daily for 20-30 minutes. Students will
Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth January 28 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Support your favorite nonprofit organization by take away an organized approach to practice and
Arts Learning Fund with generous support from
learning to write a grant! Participants will learn the ability to play some fun, easy songs in various
the foundations and organizations listed on page
how to gather information typical to writing grant keys. Making music is good for the soul! Supply
32.
proposals, put together a project description and list located at artcentereast.org/calendar. Please
budget, produce need and rationale language enter through the 5th Street door.
that tugs at funders’ heart strings, and locate Teaching Artist: John Thurber
appropriate Oregon grant makers. Participants Cost: $60 Member / $72 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available)
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Community African Drumming (Age 12+)
January 10 - March 14 Tuesdays
from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Join this fun group and explore the drumming
rhythms of traditional West African music! Learn
how to play the djembe (a goblet-shaped drum
played with bare hands) or refine your djembe
skills in this class. Drums are provided. All skill
levels are welcome in this lively community class.
All supplies included.
Instructor: Celine Burke
Cost: $45 Member / $55 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available)
Location: Loso Hall (Room 123), EOU campus in
La Grande
wellness classes
Healing from Within: An Exploration into
Tinctures and Oils (Age 21+)
January 14 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Learn how to use familiar and new herbs to heal
from within and gain confidence about your
personal health! Teaching Artist Mary will share
information about plant medicine knowledge
and teach students how to make their own
tinctures and infused oils. Other topics: medicinal
properties of plants, how to work with herbs, how
to research the safety of plant medicines, and
plants as allies. All supplies included. Please enter
through the 5th Street door. Healing from Within: An Exploration into Tinctures and Oils with Mary Horn
Teaching Artist: Mary Horn
Cost: $40 Member / $50 Non-Member Bath Bombs (Age 12+) Intro. to Crystal Grids (Age 18+)
January 21 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm January 24 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm DIY Candle Making Kit: Deep Woods (Age 12+ Sleepy Bear Needle Felting Kit (Age 10+) Beeswax Honeycomb Candle Kit (Age 6+)
Healing from Within: Hormone Balance Making your own bath bombs is a fun, creative Interested in crystal grids? Don’t know what and/or with adult supervision)
(Age 21+) activity that is part chemistry, part art! In this they are? Enroll in this intro. class to learn about The Crafty Kit Company’s Sleepy Bear needle These sweet-smelling, all-natural beeswax candles
January 20 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm class, students will learn about bath bomb the meanings of crystals, their uses and shape felting kit teaches you to make an adorable are easy to make and require no melted wax
What home apothecary is complete without This beginner-friendly Scented Soy Candle
ingredients, regulations, safe usage rates of differences, and gain the confidence to work with little hibernating brown bear cub. Step-by- or special molds. Each kit contains everything
herbal options? This class explores how to identify fragrances, and techniques and they will create Making Kit includes everything you need to make
crystals daily. This class is a hands-on experience step instructions with clear color photographs needed to make seven 4-inch candles.
and use common plants to combat hormonal colorful donut-shaped bath bombs using a for students to learn about two different kinds a 4 oz. woodsy-scented soy candle that has a burn included.
challenges. Learn what familiar and new herbs basic recipe. These bath treats make great gifts! of crystal grids, and go home with crystals of time of 20 hours. A perfect gift for candle lovers, ACE Member: $9
can be helpful for cramps/PMS, progesterone/ Students will leave class with a box of at least six their choosing, wooden grid base, educational or a friend who likes DIY activities! ACE Member: $23 Non-Member: $11
estrogen balancing, anxiety, and menstruation bath bomb donuts. All supplies included. Please materials, and more! Materials for an optional Non-Member: $28 Free for youth age 18 or younger
regulation. You will leave class feeling empowered enter through the 5th Street door. third grid to make at home will be available Free for youth age 18 or younger
to pursue your journey in self-healing, and you ACE Member: $27
Teaching Artist: Laurie Delaney to students for an additional cost. All supplies
will have resources for continued learning. All Non-Member: $32
Cost: $20 Member / $25 Non-Member included. Please enter through the 5th Street door.
supplies included. Please enter through the 5th (Youth Scholarships Available) Teaching Artist: Darcy Dolge
Street door. Cost: $75 Member / $90 Non-Member Free kits made possible through the ACE Youth Arts Learning Fund with generous support from the foundations and
Teaching Artist: Mary Horn (Youth Scholarships Available) organizations listed on page 32.
Cost: $25 Member / $30 Non-Member
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Private Writing Sessions The arts bring people together in fun ways! Gather together a group of friends/family
Improve your writing skills and enjoy writing even more! Nancy Knowles, Professor or a work team, and contact ACE. We work with local and regional artists to create a
of English/Writing at Eastern Oregon University, offers writing, grant writing, editing, memorable, arts-based bonding experience for your group or team.
proofreading, and tutoring for private and group sessions. She has been teaching at the
university level for almost 30 years, has tutored young people, and has also led professional How It Works
development for businesses and nonprofits. Tell us your group’s interests, schedule, and budget by filling out the online form
located at artcentereast.org/learn/team-building. We’ll work with you to select a
Private Sessions (one-on-one or manuscript review) teaching artist and art medium, creating a wonderful experience for your group or
• 30 minutes: Member $22 / Non-Member $26 team!
• 45 minutes: Member $30 / Non-Member $36
• 60 minutes: Member $35 / Non-Member $42 Art mediums to choose from include: ceramics, acrylic paint, watercolor, beaded
jewelry, block printing, screen printing, sewing, quilting, baking, writing, yoga, and
Group Sessions others.
• 30 minutes: Member: $62 / Non-Member $66
• 45 minutes: Member $80 / Non-Member $86
• 60 minutes: Member $100 / Non-Member $120 Attention: Artists!
Are you interested in teaching private groups? Art Center East would like to help you
share your skills and expertise with the community! We are always looking to expand
our Private Group Artists roster.
Private Music Lessons
Private music lessons are a wonderful way to learn a new instrument or increase existing If you are interested in teaching private groups with ACE, or have questions
musical skills while experiencing the joy of music in a one-on-one setting! ACE’s experienced about the process, please contact ACE Programs Coordinator Sophia Aimone at
music educators offer private lessons in their studios to children, teens, and adults. programscoordinator@artcentereast.org.
The student and instructor arrange lesson dates/times. 30-minute, 45-minute, and 60-minute
lessons are available. Students can pay online and ACE members enjoy a discounted rate! For
information about youth (ages 18 and younger) scholarships for lessons, visit
artcentereast.org/ace-youth-scholarship.
Visit our Music Instructor Roster for more information or email ACE Outreach Coordinator
Moira Madden at outreach@artcentereast.org.
Department of Human Services Group Class - Bath Bombs with Laurie Delaney
2022 Community Music Program Sponsors:
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rewarding! We will carve creative images on thorough teaching is set within the context of just Location: Catherine Creek Community Center,
linoleum blocks, then print them onto a set of having fun! No experience necessary. All supplies 667 North Main St. in Union
greeting cards or a framable piece. Participants included. Please enter through the 5th Street door. Free classes made possible through the ACE Youth
take their block home and can continue printing Teaching Artist: Michael McVey Arts Learning Fund with generous support from
the unique image on cards or stationery for Cost: $150 Member / $180 Non-Member the foundations and organizations listed on page
arts classes years to come! This is a great class for learning (Youth Scholarships Available) 32.
Knitting Fundamentals (Age 12+) the basics of printmaking. All supplies included.
February 4, 11, 18, & 25 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm Please enter through the 5th Street door. Monthly Sketchbook Challenge (Age 12+) Mountain Sunset: Oil Pastels (Age 12+)
This class offers novice knitters a weekly Teaching Artist: Sophia Aimone February 7 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm February 9 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
opportunity to learn a new craft or brush up Cost: $45 Member / $55 Non-Member Explore your creativity with a monthly Oil pastels are fun and easy to use! Draw along
on a skill they may have set aside – it’s an open (Youth Scholarships Available) sketchbook prompt: a creative challenge for rough with Teaching Artist Keyla and create a mountain
forum for beginner and intermediate knitters sketches or finished works! Engage your creative sunset scene. This class is beginner-friendly.
to develop and refine their skills. Students will Ceramics Open Studio (Age 16+) side in the mediums of your choice by receiving Students will explore several techniques using oil
learn the fundamentals of knitting from needle February 5, 12, 19, & 26 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm a creative drawing prompt and having the pastels and leave class with a finished landscape.
composition, yarn fiber content, basic steps, and Ceramics Open Studio is for ceramics enthusiasts opportunity to share how you met the challenge. All supplies included. Please enter through the
pattern reading. This class will also cover the whose skills are at or above an intermediate You’ll leave with a sketchbook full of wonderful 5th Street door.
basics of “sheep to shawl” (from creation of yarn level; community members who have previously ideas for finished artwork. All supplies included. Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn
to finished project). While we will not be carding, taken at least one ceramics class at ACE are also Please enter through the 5th Street door. Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
spinning, or dyeing our own yarn, students will welcome. Teaching Artist Leah will be present to Teaching Artist: Keyla Glenn (Youth Scholarships Available)
gain an understanding of how fibers are sourced advise on projects. Hone your pottery skills or use Cost: $35 Member / $42 Non-Member
and complete a project of their choosing. Knitting the open studio time to add to your inventory. (Youth Scholarships Available)
is all around us! All supplies included. Please Clay must be purchased through ACE to prevent
enter through the 5th Street door. cross-contamination. Drop-ins are welcome. Weekly Homeschool Art (Age 8-11)
Annual Fiber Arts & Jewelry Exhibit (2022)/Berenice Chavez Teaching Artist: Sanheshke Please enter through the 5th Street door. February 8 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
Galleries (published or unpublished) of their choice as
Cost: $110 Member / $122 Non-Member Teaching Artist: Leah Shannon February 15 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
$70 Member / $84 Non-Member Cost: $110 Member / $130 Non-Member February 22 from 10:00 - 11:30 am
Main Gallery inspiration for the artworks in this exhibit. Living
Price reduced! Teaching Artist Sanheshke is SINGLE SESSION: $30 Member / $36 Non- Teaching Artist Jennifer will help students build
Inside, Outside, In-between by Dawn Norman Rural: Poetry in Fiber is on display February
generously donating her time. Member their art vocabulary through a fun exploration of
February 3 - March 25, 2023 3 - March 25, 2023 with a free closing reception
(Youth Scholarships Available) (Youth Scholarships Available) a different art technique each week. Using pencil,
Free Admission on Friday, March 24 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. ACE
Supplies: $29 for 25 lbs. of clay paper, and watercolor, students will create original
Art Center East presents Inside, Outside, In- galleries are open to the public and admission is
Adult Beginning Embroidery (Age 18+) works based on the day’s technique, learning
between by fiber and mixed media artist Dawn always free.
February 5 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm Beginning Ceramics (Age 12+) concepts such as symmetry, basic color theory,
Norman in the Main Gallery. The community An easy to follow introduction to embroidery and February 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, & 23 pattern, and more. Students leave each class with
is invited to attend a free opening reception on Gift Gallery the beautiful world of fiber art. Students will learn from 6:00 - 8:00 pm a unique project. All supplies included.
Friday, February 3 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The The Art Center East Gift Gallery offers a curated
and explore introductory embroidery skills to Express yourself through clay and have lots Teaching Artist: Jennifer McBride
exhibit is on display February 3 - March 25, 2023, selection of fine art and functional handmade
create their own designs. Teaching Artist Sabryna of fun! Learn the basics of hand building and Cost: Free
with a closing reception on Friday, March 24 from goods by more than 75 local, regional, and
will teach you the basic stitches necessary to bring wheel-thrown projects. Teaching Artist Michael’s
6:00 - 8:00 pm. ACE galleries are open to the international artists. Greeting cards, original
your artistic designs to life and you’ll gain enough
public and admission is always free. paintings, prints, blown and fused glass pieces,
knowledge to confidently stitch your own unique REGISTER ONLINE AT ARTCENTEREAST.ORG OR CALL 541-624-2800
jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and much more.
art! Supply list located at artcentereast.org/
orlaske gallery The ACE Gift Gallery also carries a selection of
calendar.
curated Take & Make Arts Learning Kits. All ACE
Living Rural: Poetry in Fiber Teaching Artist: Sabryna Adrianson www.CountrysideSheds.com
Gift Gallery sales benefit the individual artists as
7th Annual Fiber Arts and Jewelry Exhibit
February 3 - March 25, 2023
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Cost: $30 Member / $36 Non-Member
(Youth Scholarships Available)
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