Thoughts & Opinions

Members’ Thoughts & Opinions on a wide variety of topics.  Also check out:  Articles on TravelBook Reviews , Presidents Messages, and Letters from the Editors that have been published in NWSSA Sculpture NorthWest.

Inspirational Art: Hirotoshi Itoh

INSPIRATIONAL ART:  What draws you to a sculpture? What puts your creative juices on the boil? In this, and future

June July 2013 Trivia

Question: Where is the largest sculpture park in the world?                     The picture to the right has a clue

Serendipity Hits Bedrock

How Persistence, Foresight and Serendipity Paid OffBy Leon White In the happy Chorus Line are, from left to right, Leon

Final Encore

by Mark Humphrey   MARBLE STAIRCASE IN THE ST. JAMES THEATRE, LONDON The St. James Theatre is the first newly

2013 Winter Party Trivia

Q. At what facility along the banks of the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon, did this year’s NWSSA revelers meet

CampB Symposium 2013, July 13-21


Camp Brotherhood 2012“The best artist has that thought alone which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor’s hand can only break the spell to free the figures slumbering in the stone.” – Michelangelo 

We invite you to join us at the Cascadian Center at Camp Brotherhood for eight days of playing with stone, communing with nature and fun with old friends and new. All meals are provided and no household chores – now that is freedom! Each year this pastoral venue (complete with emus, alpacas and a donkey) is transformed into a field of tents with smiling people covered in stone dust. And if the day turns unbearably hot, the swimming pool is right there waiting. 

Instructors are available for everyone from beginner to expert, and sharing ideas and advice is something we always do. 

There are slide shows, informational talks, and wonderful campfires in the evenings.  Our Auction to raise funds for education is a night of hilarious fun, second only to our last night party. Another highlight is our Sculpture Walk on Saturday, July 20th, open to the public.

To find out about Camp B and to register click on “Read More” ….

Early Bird Registration 2013, July 13-21

27th Annual International Stone Carving Symposium


Camp Brotherhood 2012“The best artist has that thought alone which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor’s hand can only break the spell to free the figures slumbering in the stone.” – Michelangelo 

We invite you to join us at the Cascadian Center at Camp Brotherhood for eight days of playing with stone, communing with nature and fun with old friends and new. All meals are provided and no household chores – now that is freedom! Each year this pastoral venue (complete with emus, alpacas and a donkey) is transformed into a field of tents with smiling people covered in stone dust. And if the day turns unbearably hot, the swimming pool is right there waiting. 

Instructors are available for everyone from beginner to expert, and sharing ideas and advice is something we always do. 

There are slide shows, informational talks, and wonderful campfires in the evenings.  Our Auction to raise funds for education is a night of hilarious fun, second only to our last night party. Another highlight is our Sculpture Walk on Saturday, July 20th, open to the public.

Trivia Answers Nov-Dec 2012

We got two answers to our mystery woman question in the last trivia question.  Q: Can you name the standing

Camp B by Tracy Powell

One great party. Camp Brotherhood Symposium 2012 was kicked off by a parade of thunderstormson first Friday that charged the

Trivia Question Sept-Oct 2012

Can you name the standing woman and the sculpture she is working on? Extra credit to anyone who can name the

Camp B by Leon White

By describing our 25th Anniversary at Camp Brotherhood as WONDERFULLY FABULOUS!!! I am hoping that all who attended felt the

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