Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Summer Camp Teachers


For the second year in a row, Confluence Gallery & Art Center will be offering six weeks of summer art camps for children ages 6-10. Camps will take place in the Confluence classroom every Wednesday through Friday, beginning July 10, 10am-2pm. Camp themes will change every week. Children may sign up for one or all six weeks of camps. Camps focus on skill development, tapping creativity and nurturing self-expression.

Confluence is currently seeking teachers to facilitate its summer art programs. A diverse array of art is encouraged, including (but not limited to) mosaics, ceramics, collage, painting, drawing, print making, and multi-media.

Applicants should have interest and experience in teaching art to children. Applicants interested in teaching positions should submit a letter of interest, resume, a sample lesson plan (for a children’s art lesson) and list of three professional and/or academic references. Candidates contacted for interviews will need to bring a teaching and/or art portfolio for review.

Deadline for applications is March 15, 2013. Please submit application materials to:

Nicole Ringgold
Confluence Gallery & Art Center
PO Box 617
Twisp, WA 98856
info@confluencegallery.com

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Work Party!

Please join us for a work party at Confluence on:

Saturday, March 23
10am-4pm


Come for the duration, or drop in for an hour or two. We have a lengthy list of tasks to tackle so that Confluence continues to shine!

We will have food and beverage available for all who come to work. We will have children's movies playing in a side room. We'll play loud (but not off-putting) music, and we'll be sure to laugh a lot!

This is the start of our task list! If you have tools you can bring to help us make a dent in this list, please do bring them along. Power tools, paint brushes, paint rollers, tarp, sanders, rags, and anything else you can think of. It would also be helpful to have someone (or two) arrive with a truck for hauling away garbage and recycling.

  • Clean all glass shelves 
  • Clean windows 
  • Create student wall 
  • Dump run 
  • Finish painting Kate's office 
  • Install community tile mosaic 
  • Install office doors 
  • Install office windows 
  • Install safe 
  • Install security cameras 
  • Move artist filing cabinet to file room 
  • Organize file cabinets 
  • Oil all wooden furniture 
  • Oil windowsills 
  • Organize all rooms to group things together (all supplies, tools, etc) 
  • Organize chair & table closet to expose electric panel 
  • Organize classroom shelves 
  • Organize Show room storage shelves 
  • Organize supply closet 
  • Paint bathroom 
  • Paint gallery walls 
  • Paint Nicole's office 
  • Paint outdoor signs for current tenants 
  • Patch holes in walls 
  • Recycling 
  • Update supply closet cubbies

Please come give us a helping hand. Thank you in advance!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Live Clay!

with Wally Bivins

Saturday, June 22
10am-3pm
at Twisp River Pottery, a rural farm 9 miles up picturesque Twisp River

In this demonstration workshop we will talk while we work. We will examine the manner in which a dialog with the material can be a path to originality and “owning” the work. We will take a look at how a limitation can also be a defining parameter that leads to creative solutions and how ideas from other disciplines can be brought into the work. Wally will demonstrate working with thrown and hand built parts and discuss discoveries made when returning to a form over time, and incorporating those discoveries into one’s work.

No experience necessary. Wally will do all the work!

Wally Bivins grew up in the Midwest, the land of Lincoln, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, with studies in psychology and philosophy. After graduating, and while working as a paraprofessional in deaf education, he took his first ceramics class. It’s true--he did not do well. Excellent mentors, and support from his wife Julie gave him the opportunity to grow into the medium of clay. A few years later he became a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Along the way he has worked as a circus clown, stone mason, designed interactive installations, and performed original works as a theatrical clown. Currently he is the executive director at Pottery Northwest, a non-profit educational arts organization in its 47th year, located at the Seattle Center. He also serves as the vice-president of the board of directors of the Archie Bray Foundation.

Live Clay will be held in conjunction with “Interpreting the Methow”, an exhibit opening June 8. Wally Bivins will include ceramic horse/human inspired vessels during this show. A reception and slide lecture with Wally Bivins will be held Friday June 21 at Confluence Gallery and Art Center, 7-9pm.

Accommodations for out of town participants: Methow Valley Inn or Central Reservations.


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Artist Forum

Come join us for our next gathering of artists:

Thursday, March 7, 5:00pm

As usual, we will have appetizers and beverages available during our discussion!

Topics on the table include:

© Upcoming community exhibits © Brainstorm on self-promotion strategies © Artists networking © Confluence news © Arts in our community © Input on artists' professional development and future scheduled workshops ©

We hope that you can join us!