Layers of the Forest: A Day of Painting with Annamieka Hopps Davidson
Jun
12
to Jun 14

Layers of the Forest: A Day of Painting with Annamieka Hopps Davidson

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Cost: $375

Minimum Age: 16

Studio: Boyden

All skill levels welcome

Workshop Description:

In this three-day workshop, we will make multiple paintings, learning to layer color and imagery with paper, paint, pens and pencils. Responding to Sitka's spectacular setting, imagery of local flora and fauna will make their way in-between abstract layers. Artists of any level will be reinvigorated by this playful workshop experience.

Visit the workshop detail page for a complete supply list.

Enrollment is via the Sitka Center. Important dates to be aware of:

Workshops will be visible online January 15

Members Only Workshop Registration Opens - February 25

General Public Workshop Registration Opens - March 10

Please note: This workshop typically fills during Sitka's members-only priority registration period. If you are not yet a Sitka Center member, you can purchase a membership and feel great about supporting an awesome non-profit. The open enrollment period for non-members begins on March 10. Please be sure to use the email associated with your membership. If you would like to become a member, you can purchase a membership here. 

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New Year's Day Art Retreat
Jan
1
10:00 AM10:00

New Year's Day Art Retreat

UPDATE: This event is now Sold Out!! But if you still want to go through this clarifying creative process, you can still sign up for the online version of this retreat, sign up here!

New Year’s is a time to dream big, a time to set powerful goals, and a time to tenderly integrate the learnings of the past year. Join me for a potent creative process that will set the stage for your best year yet!

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Crafty Wonderland Holiday Art + Craft Market
Dec
8
to Dec 9

Crafty Wonderland Holiday Art + Craft Market

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Save the date!! I’m super excited to be joining over 250 fabulous and amazing handmade vendors for Crafty Wonderland! This event is Free and open to the public Saturday and Sunday, December 8th + 9th. These artists, from all across the Pacific NW and beyond will fill a 60,000 sq. ft. hall at the Oregon Convention Center. If you drop in, be sure to swing by my booth and say HI!

Details:
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – FREE ADMISSION:
Saturday, December 8th + Sunday, December 9th, 2018
from 11am – 6pm
SPECIAL TICKETED PRE-SHOW SHOPPING EVENT:
Friday, December 7th from 5-9pm

at the Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd, Exhibit HALL D
Portland, OR

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Save your Seat for LIfe Book 2019!
Oct
16
to Dec 31

Save your Seat for LIfe Book 2019!

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Life Book 2019 is now open for registration! I'm so excited to be part of this amazing year long course. I can't wait to share my lessons with you! :)

I know many of you already know what Life Book is all about, so if you can't wait to sign up, make sure to click here to get your seat, Yay! But if you are new to Life Book, then click here to read more. Cool? Cool!

See you there! :) Oh PS. Be sure to use the coupon code LOVEBOMB2019 to get your 20% off early bird price!! (valid until end of December 2018).

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The Life Book Creativity and Wellbeing Summit
Oct
1
to Oct 15

The Life Book Creativity and Wellbeing Summit

I’m delighted to be teaching on Life Book 2019 next year! And I was also interviewed for the Life Book Creativity & Wellbeing Summit starting in October. Can you join this amazing (and FREE) Creative Summit? Save the date: the Summit starts on October 1st and ends on October 15th.

Registration for the summit starts September 10th. You can click this link to learn more and sign up! Not only is this Summit filled with inspiring interviews with amazing artists, but each instructor also provides a FREE creative and wellness activity for you that you can access for 2 weeks!

The Summit is filled with inspiring interviews, art sessions, meditations and wellbeing activities to help you get present and connected to the healing power of your creativity!

When you attend the Life Book Creativity & Wellbeing Summit you are able to:

  • Listen to sessions in your own time!

  • Join our Facebook Group with like-minded people from all over the world!

  • Wear whatever comfy clothes your want and enjoy the Summit from the comfort of your own home! We like bed hair no worries! :)

  • Play, make mistakes, be fabulous or sad, it’s all welcome and ok on the summit! You are accepted just as you are!

  • Enjoy free art & wellbeing activities!

Cool? Cool! Hope you can join this fun event!

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Artist Talk at PNCA with PACT
Sep
16
1:00 PM13:00

Artist Talk at PNCA with PACT

Painting Color and Light - An Artist Talk with Erika Lee Sears and Annamieka Davidson

PACT (Professional Artists Coming Together) offers ongoing monthly events for artists to meet and have conversations about our art practices and careers. Each month a new topic will serve as the springboard to start a dialog about ideas and issues that impact our lives.  PACT is about creating an opportunity for artist to connect with each other in an open and supportive environment.

Presented by Art in Oregon & PNCA Alumni Council

Annamieka Hopps Davidson is a Portland-based painter. She leads art retreats in the mountains and on the Oregon coast, and she teaches courses online. Part of the art practice that she has developed is called the Palette of Place, and she collects color wherever she goes. She finds that connecting color to a sense of place is deeply personal and empowering. In September 2018 she will have a solo show in the gallery on the top floor of Powell’s City of Books on Burnside.

See more on Instagram at @Annamieka_  

Erika Lee Sears is a mother of two and a born-and-raised Portlander. She is a self-taught oil painter who makes an original piece of art every single day and shares it on her social media. Erika embarked on this daily art project over three years ago and hasn’t looked back since! Her masterful eye and brilliant use of technique brings her viewers not only the volume, color, and movement of her beautiful painted subject.  Her work can be found at the Brooklyn Art Library, on the hit tv shows Portlandia and the latest season of Significant Mother.

Want to follow along with her 365-day project? Check her out on Instagram: @erikaleesears
 

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Solo Show at Powell's Books
Sep
6
to Oct 2

Solo Show at Powell's Books

I'm delighted to announce my new solo show opening Thursday, September 6th at Powell's Books in Portland. We'll have an official show opening that same day at 6:30 as part of First Thursday in the Basil Hallward Gallery on the top floor. The show will run for the entire month of September! 

If you've never been to Powell's you are in for a treat. It's a must-see in Portland and is the area's largest used bookstore. And they also host art shows. Cool? Cool!

I'm so excited for you to see all the new pieces I've been working on and hope you can make it to the show. Maybe I'll see you at the opening Sept 6th!

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21 Secrets Summer Studio - The Great Outdoors
Jul
30
8:00 AM08:00

21 Secrets Summer Studio - The Great Outdoors

I'm so excited to be a part of the 21 Secrets “The Great Outdoors” Summer Studio this year. 21 Secrets is an online art journaling class that features a different lesson each day from a different artist. When you sign up, you basically get 11 mini-workshops by 11 different artists.

“The Great Outdoors” Studio Session runs from July 30th - August 10th, but you can register anytime before July 29th.  I’m really excited about the workshop I created for this course. My lesson for “The Great Outdoors” is called “Lush Foliage”  and it takes you through a nature walk, where you learn to make a spread based on what you find. 

You can sign up using this spiffy link . When you do, I’ll get a small portion of your registration fee. 21 Secrets also offers another Summer Studio class called "Just Add Water" which also looks amazing. The two classes can be purchased as a bundle. 

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Portland Art Museum Monster Drawing Rally
Jul
13
6:00 PM18:00

Portland Art Museum Monster Drawing Rally

Monster Drawing Rally at the Portland Art Museum
Friday July 15th
6-9pm. (I'll be drawing in Round 3 from 8-9pm.)

Watch over 75 of your favorite Portland artists create original drawings that will then be immediately available to purchase for a flat fee of $35! Plus tunes and drinks and food outside in the courtyard. Admission is free and proceeds benefit free youth programs at the museum. (Named for a monster truck rally, artists will be drawing all sorts of things, mostly NOT monsters.  I will likely be painting flowers.)

 Imagine getting to see 75 of your favorite artists, drawing, live, right in front of your eyes.  This event is so full of fun & community & good vibes. I participated in 2016 and my heart still beats faster thinking of the pressure (& excitement!!!) of producing art, live, while the crowd gathers 'round. 

You won't want to miss this.  

 

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Painting on the Oregon Coast: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Jun
29
to Jul 1

Painting on the Oregon Coast: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

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Join me for my annual "Layers of the Forest" workshop at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.  Three days of painting in the blissful setting of the Sitka Center, nestled into the confluence of the Pacific Ocean, the Salmon River, and the Cascade Head Nature preserve. Sitka Center is near and dear to my heart I began my career here immediately after graduating with my BFA in 2007.  We always have a wonderful group of kindred spirits in this workshop, who love art and nature and making beautiful paintings with heart.  Find out more and register via Sitka Center here.

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Painting in the Ancient Forest: Opal Creek, Oregon
May
4
to May 6

Painting in the Ancient Forest: Opal Creek, Oregon

Three days in the wilderness to paint?! Yes, please!  Join me for my most adventurous retreat, in the midst of Oregon's pristine Opal Creek Wilderness. All food & art supplies are provided, and you'll stay two nights in a cozy cabin in historic Jawbone Flats.  What will time making art amongst thousand-year-old ancient trees inspire in you?   

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