2019 Washington State Symposium
32nd Annual International Stone Carving Symposiumat Camp Pilgrim Firs, Port Orchard, WA July 6th-14th 2019 Guest Artists & Workshops: Large Scale
NWSSA Staff
March 6, 2019
Articles on Travel, Thoughts & Opinions, Book Reviews , Presidents Messages, and Letters from the Editors that have been published in NWSSA Sculpture NorthWest.
32nd Annual International Stone Carving Symposiumat Camp Pilgrim Firs, Port Orchard, WA July 6th-14th 2019 Guest Artists & Workshops: Large Scale
Letter from the Editors As we write this, there is still snow on the ground with promises of more to
From the President…. President’s Message I set my expectations high for the CROSS+OVER show and was not disappointed. Thirteen members
CALL FOR OUTDOOR SCULPTURE Twenty-second Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition May 1st – October 1st, 2019 The International Peace Arch Association
SUMMARY: Allied Arts Foundation will award three $5,000 grants to emerging and/or early-to-mid-career artists creating 3D/sculptural artworks and residing in
When Kim Lewis proposed a show of repurposed marble crosses from the cemetery of a convent, it set in motion
Very early on a Saturday back in June, 2017, we loaded my pick-up with a generator and lots of supplies and headed to the Ravensdale gravel quarry to make this successful boulder split.
Getting Hank Nelson in front of a microphone on December 8th in front of 30-plus NWSSA members and a few Cloudstone Board Members, was the only challenging part of a talk by Hank, and tour by Board members, of Hank’s vast Whidbey Island utopia/dystopia, Cloudstone.
Hank shared some of the depth and breadth of his experience in carving stone: how he learned to carve marble in the afternoons during an early year in Italy while he learned to cast bronze in the mornings; to the “macho side of me” that led Hank to work graceful yet imposing abstractions in Cascade granite; to the “really” macho side that led to his monumental sculptures.
Letter from the Editors We start off the New Year with a return to a black and white cover. Don’t
From the President…. President’s Message Not long ago, Carl was asked what an artist should consider if they wanted to
Schack Art Center is seeking artists who work in all mediums, including painting, photography, glass, ceramics, wood and jewelry, for the 2019 Pets on Parade Art Exhibit: March 7th- April 13th. From functional and sculptural, to the whimsical, we want to have something for everyone (including pets)! All price points welcome! Pets on Parade will be exhibited in the Main Gallery, and will accompany the 2019 Artist of the Year Exhibit: Janie Olsen, in the Mezzanine Gallery. The exhibit will open Thursday, March 7th, with a “Meet the Artists” reception from 5-8pm. All are welcome – including well behaved pets of any nature!
I LOVE Lynnwood Sculpture Design We are looking for artists, designers, architects, makers, and creative people to design an iconic sculpture
NWSSA Artists to be featured at the 37th Annual Best of the Northwest Spring Show April 11-12-2026
Women;’s Hand Carving Retreat June 4-7, 2026 in Port Orchard, WA
Rasp, chisel and sand your stone sculptures during our quiet and peaceful retreat where we can easily talk among ourselves and dust is limited.
SAVE THE DATES! April 11& 12TH 2026 – BEST OF THE NORTHWEST SHOW & SALE – Seattle, WA (two day event) NWSSA will be featured in
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