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Workshops/Lectures
A listing of local and some national professional development workshops open to artists, educators, and organizations. Most of the workshop notices are listed according to start date, however some workshops spead over a period of time, with an end date listed, so they won't fall off the listing. Best to peruse the entire listing. To find out more about listed items, please use the contact information for that notice. Do not contact RACC. To submit a notice for this page, email the listing to mbauer@racc.org.
The 2013 Regional Arts & Culture Council Artists Workshop Series is now open for registraton. Click here to find out about the 11 professional development workshops offered between January and June 2013, or they are listed below by date.
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5/17/13
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Workshop Date 5/21/13
5/3/13
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May 23rd, "Public Art, Not Clear Channel Signs"
Paint and Teach-In, Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:30-8:30pm at Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn St.
In Portland,...
Event Date: 5/23/13
5/2/13
5/2/13
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Advanced Grant Strategies
Rick Levine, Grant Writer & Trainer
Martha Richards, Executive Director
James F. and Marion L. Miller...
Event Date: 5/29/13
5/1/13
5/1/13
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The Visual Arts Round Table: Curators will consist of a live 90-minute conversation about curatorial practice between curator/art historian Rachel Nackman and visual artist/gallerist Matthew...
Workshop Date 5/30/13
7/29-8/9 Boundary Crossings: A 2-week Institute in Animated Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art
5/17/13
5/17/13
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Boundary Crossings is a two-week institute that explores digital animation and an expanded notion of the screen.
This Year's Theme: Cyber Folklore Participants rethink folklore...
Deadline: 5/31/13
3/25/13
3/25/13
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Boundary Crossings is a two-week institute that explores digital animation and an expanded notion of the screen. The traditional boundaries between live action, animation, and images are no longer...
Deadline for admission: 5/31/13
5/2/13
5/2/13
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June 1, 3:00 - 5:00PM
PSU’s MFA in Art and Social Practice presents Lost Craft, a workshop organized by Betty Marin and Patricia Vasquez in conjunction with CounterCraft, six weeks of...
Event Date: 6/1/13
4/23/13
4/23/13
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A somewhat experimental offering to those of you who would like to journey into image development and oil technique over a two weekend period in a beautiful setting.
The goal...
Deposit required: 6/1/13
11/13/12
3/19/13
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This interactive workshop will provide musicians, songwriters and anyone interested in the inner workings of the music industry with simplified and practical information on various legal topics,...
Workshop Date 6/2/13
5/17/13
5/17/13
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Make a short documentary in 10 weeks! Week 1: brainstorm ideas; week 10: prepare to premiere your work on the big screen. Each class covers the steps of making a documentary with...
Workshop starts: 6/4/13
5/9/13
5/9/13
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A good poem takes the reader on a journey whose destination is unpredictable yet satisfyingly inevitable. Such a journey may feel physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, or some...
Workshop Date 6/4/13
5/2/13
5/2/13
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The PICA Symposium is a weekend of interdisciplinary ideas and experiences, investigating an urgent cultural issue through contemporary art practice. This year’s theme, How Do You Mean?...
Symposium start: 6/7/13
11/13/12
5/13/13
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SOLD OUT
This hands-on session will expose individual artists to the process and functions of grant writing. The first part of...
Workshop Date: 6/8/13
5/2/13
5/2/13
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June 8, 1 - 3PM
This program is geared towards the youngest of our museum visitors! Drop-in-and-Make features a drop-in and drop-out craft activity in the Lab organized by a local artist or...
Event Date: 6/8/13
2/15/13
5/10/13
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Join more than 1,000 arts and community leaders at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention as we share innovative ways leaders are using the arts to build communities. Strategize how we can...
Conference Starts: 6/14/13
11/13/12
3/19/13
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This workshop is all about language, the art of writing about art – your art. Artists need words too. While visual artists communicate ideas through their artwork, they also add levels of...
Workshop Date 6/15/13
4/2/13
5/17/13
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Glass in the Art Room? This beautiful and seductive material is finding its way into schools across the country as an excellent means of self expression as well as an effective cross-curricular...
Workshop starts: 6/17/13
5/7/13
5/7/13
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Portland Fire & Rescue and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Portland, June 17-18, 2013. This training is for grant seekers across all disciplines. Attend this...
Workshop starts: 6/17/13
5/7/13
5/7/13
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The Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies hosts an evening lecture with 2013 Artist-in-Residence Sarah McNeil. Sarah McNeil is a story-teller whose work combines sculptural installation and...
Lecture: 6/20/13
5/7/13
5/7/13
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Are you too busy? Wish you had more time to be Creative?
Suppose there is a way for you to tap into your creativity that is fun, involves horses, and the best conversations...
Event Date: 6/21/13
4/8/13
5/17/13
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This retreat is for women interested in meditation who want to explore the practice of writing about our lives. Whether you write regularly – journal-keeping, poetry, story – or you'...
Workshop starts: 6/22/13
5/13/13
5/13/13
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Martha Buskirk is Professor of art history and criticism at Montserrat College of Art. She is author of The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art (MIT Press, 2003) as well as co-editor of...
Lecture: 6/27/13
4/9/13
4/9/13
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In days of old, a computer was an object of awe that had to be handled with great care lest it fail. Today, the computer is just a variation on a wrench or Swiss Army Knife: it’s a...
Workshop starts: 7/15/13
4/1/13
4/2/13
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Create! Eugene will showcase the creative workshops available in Eugene and the surrounding communities for August 2013. Featured events include the Eugene Plein Air Paint Out...
Deadline: 8/1/13
5/20/13
5/20/13
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Learn how to paint with watercolor on encaustic medium in this semi-private workshop with lots of personal attention. You can paint with delicate washes of subtle colors or build it up to...
Workshop Date 9/28/13
1/7/13
5/20/13
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Workshop Series: Click on title for more information and to Register
Date: March 13, 2013
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End date for series: 10/9/13
2/21/13
2/21/13
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The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology announces the opening of registration for its 2013 workshop season. Between May and November, the Sitka Center will host over 100 workshops for adults, ranging...
Workshops end: 11/3/13
2/22/13
5/20/13
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Mountain Writers Series Workshops:
â—¦Peter Sears - Poetry Writing Workshop 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Thursdays, April 4 - May 23, 2013...
Workshop Series Ends: 11/14/13