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Trivia Question
Q: Who was the youngest sculptor to receive a commission from the United States government to carve a statue of a president? (A record that still stands today) And who was the President?
INSPIRATIONAL ART: What draws you to a sculpture? What puts your creative juices on the boil? In this, and future
Question: Where is the largest sculpture park in the world? The picture to the right has a clue
How Persistence, Foresight and Serendipity Paid OffBy Leon White In the happy Chorus Line are, from left to right, Leon
by Mark Humphrey MARBLE STAIRCASE IN THE ST. JAMES THEATRE, LONDON The St. James Theatre is the first newly
Q. At what facility along the banks of the Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon, did this year’s NWSSA revelers meet
“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.
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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.
This is another Craig who has also just recently joined NWSSA. He graciously agreed to shares how he felt about
We got two answers to our mystery woman question in the last trivia question. Q: Can you name the standing
One great party. Camp Brotherhood Symposium 2012 was kicked off by a parade of thunderstormson first Friday that charged the
Can you name the standing woman and the sculpture she is working on? Extra credit to anyone who can name the
August 24th-31st 2025 29th Annual International Stone Carving Symposium at Camp Suttle Lake near Sisters, Oregon Early Birds! Sign up by August 10th to Save
SAVE THE DATES! SUMMER SYMPOSIA Our symposia are open to all levels from beginners who have never carved stone before, to the hobbyist, to the
Over the past two years, NWSSA has invited Myles from 2 Sculpt to lead a virtual tool session covering a variety of topics. These have
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