Soapstone Carving Workshop for Youth The Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens is hosting a unique, community arts experience on Saturday, August 20th brought to us by the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association (NWSSA) who will lead local youth, ages 8-17 in discovering the art of crafting a sculpture through soapstone carving. Instructors will guide participants through the […]
July 13 th , 2022 General Membership meeting minutesPresident and Vice President were absentSecretary facilitated this meeting in leu of President/VPSecretary Ellie Hochman called the meeting to order at 7:00 on July 13, 2022.Due to Covid, there was no General Meeting in July 2021. None of the officers attended the Symposium.No formal attendance was […]
SUTTLE LAKE SYMPOSIUM AUGUST 7-14, 2022 After two years of silence, The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association is excited to hold our annual Oregon State Stone Carving Symposium at Suttle Lake Camp. This is the 6th year we are returning to this venue, and it has become our ‘home’. The symposium is open to all levels […]
The Northwest Stone Sculptors Associationis excited to host an Outdoor Sculpture Showon Saturday, July 16th, 2018from 11 am – 4 pm Our week-long 30th Annual International Stone Carving Symposium culminates with an art show at Camp Pilgrim Firs in Port Orchard, WA.See artists at work, learn about the stone and tools used to create these […]
Saturday, August 13th, 2022 11 am – 4 pm The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association Presents an Outdoor Sculpture Show on Saturday, August 13th, 2022 from 11 am – 4 pm Suttle Lake Camp29551 Suttle Lake RdSisters, OR 97759 Our week-long Annual International Stone Carving Symposium culminates with an outdoor art show at Suttle Lake Camp & Conference Center near Sisters, […]
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY As a participant in the Northwest Stone Sculptor Association’s Symposium retreat at Suttle Lake Camp and Conference Center near Sisters, Oregon. from August 7-14th, 2022. I hereby acknowledge, affirm and represent as follows: 1. I understand and acknowledge that the Retreat will take place both inside and outdoors. I am […]
ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY As a participant in the Northwest Stone Sculptor Association’s Symposium retreat at Camp Pilgrim Firs and Conference Center near Port Orchard, WA. from July 9-17th, 2022. I hereby acknowledge, affirm and represent as follows: 1. I understand and acknowledge that the Retreat will take place both inside and outdoors. I […]
Constance Jones… My Story I’ve always loved rocks: their color, their strength, their basic-ness, their everywhere-ness. This love started early on, growing up on acreage with massive basalt boulders behind the house. They raised me. I climbed them, lolled away on them in the summer sun, pondered the deep questions of youth from their height, […]
by Joanne Duby There are lots of great articles on maintaining outdoor stone sculptures on the internet. And a few not-so-great. When you have questions, the internet is a great place to visit, but sometimes I wonder if some of these folks have actually done it themselves. Twenty-five years ago, I got a […]
My journey through stone began by chance in 2002. I was up from Sacramento, California visiting my mother in Ashland, Oregon. She was designing a website for a small company producing what they described as “fine art furniture in stone and steel”. The owner came over for a design consultation and dinner one evening, and […]
A Farewell from an Editor … Dear sculptor family, this will be my final issue as Editor of our Sculpture NorthWest Journal. I am taking a break to help catch up on life after the impacts of the pandemic, and to take advantage of new career opportunities. I am so grateful to have had this […]
We The People Q1: How did the idea come to you? In this order: -GREAT, there will be a symposium this year. -From my meager store of stone I got out a 2.25” thick slab of limestone, 22” L x 16” W. -After spending time with my image files and batting ideas around, I chose to try […]
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