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Summer Classes

June 19 – August 27

Holy Ground, Creation’s Prayer

The Guild welcomes you to this holy ground, and into creation’s prayer.

The Guild is a holy place, a place of deep grounding, where we are tethered in our creativity, where acts of creation speak to the sacred that lies within and all around us.

You are invited to sign up for one or more weeks as we gather in this holy place for summer programming.

To help make this holy place accessible to more people, the Guild is excited to offer flexible tuition pricing for this summer’s program.

 

Registration opens April 23.
Registration closes two weeks prior to the start of each class.


 

WEEK 1 June 19 – 25

Registration for WEEK 1 closes Sunday, June 5

Creative Image, Reflective Word
with Carla Erickson Orlando

This quiet, retreat-like class welcomes students at every artistic level. Guided by a humanistic approach that respects the unique experience, cultures, and beliefs of all, students will learn methods of creative expression and reflective writing, detach from performative motivations and interior critiques, live in relationship to the Spirit and become more themselves. A new retreat theme and art medium will be presented each day, including painting with color, drawing, collage, found objects, and mandala. Each morning closes with a facilitated time for sharing new discoveries and observations in the group. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Squiggly Lines and Brilliant Color – Cloisonné!
with Jean Tudor

We will work with cloisonné, one of the historical techniques of vitreous enameling. From a basic drawing, preparing copper, wire bending, enamel washing, inlaying ground glass, firing (don’t forget firing–wild and exciting!) to the finished artwork–we’ll try it all. We work with a fixed glass palette–learn how to make it more flexible (bend or maybe break the rules. All’s fair in art! I think… Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Printmaking – Drypoint and Etching
with John Thompson

Printmaking Class will be mainly etching and drypoint in the same techniques that old masters have done. Why change a great tradition? It is messy, fun, some work and technique, messy and did I say messy? Old pros and newbies are encouraged to take the class. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

WEEK 2 June 26 – July 2

Registration for WEEK 2 closes Sunday, June 12

Huck Weaving
with Ann Hinz

Huck texture is a structure in which small float blocks alternate with small plain weave blocks. You will learn the basics of this structure and then have the option to weave a scarf, mug rugs, or a table runner. More experienced weavers can weave larger projects. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Sculpture – Wood and Stone
with John Thompson

In this class we will be carving basswood (the same type of wood we used in the making of the Missoula Carousel). Stone will be local soapstone and possibly some limestone I will have with me. We will be using mainly hand tools (think Michelangelo) with a few power tools under close supervision. This class can be dirty and dusty but that is what makes it fun!. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Grouted Stained Glass for Beginners
with Janet Gruman

In this ancient art form we’ll discuss and tinker with the relationship between glass and grout, which, in the art of stained glass is the “negative space”. We’ll also consider light, color, line and shape in the design process of abstract and representational stained glass projects. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 


July 3 – 9: Stay tuned for upcoming events


 

WEEK 3 July 10 – 16

Registration for WEEK 3 closes Sunday, June 26

Drawing Close to Nature
with Adele Little Caemmerer

This course approaches drawing as a vehicle for witnessing, beholding, “drawing closer.” Using nature as both focus and guide, students/we will work with the fundamentals of drawing as a way of actively observing and documenting the infinite variety of natural forms. Through exercises and prompts students/we will develop their perceptive abilities, explore techniques with materials, and test strategies for composition. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Mud and Sunlight: Mixing Clay and Photography
with Jessica Holleque

Using the mediums of ceramics and photography, we will explore ways to create from a deeply connected place, asking how we can form creative practices rooted in self-exploration and connection to the natural world. Let’s leave our fingerprints in homemade cups molded from mud and river water. Let’s open our gaze to the light dancing around us and photograph the things that stir our heart. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Writing and Telling Your Cultural Story
with Tamisha Tyler

In this class we will explore, share, and celebrate our unique cultural stories: the particular blend of influences that have shaped us into the people we are today. Through guided writing exercises, meditation, and class discussion, we will explore the broad theme of “culture” and how our unique experiences have influenced our understanding of ourselves, our faith journeys, and our sense of belonging. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

WEEK 4 July 17 – 23

Registration for WEEK 4 closes Sunday, July 3

Songwriting: Songbird Lexicon
with Chloe Caemmerer

Songs are magic spells. They can start a revolution or lull a baby to sleep. They’ll whisk you through space and time much faster than your standard magic carpet. With a song, you can converse with the dead, pace the halls of Heaven and Hell, and bring those listening along for the ride.

In this course, we’ll examine the linguistic mechanisms that make this possible. After all, a consonant can be a mystical thing. A series of open vowels can take your breath away. Meter broken in a precise moment can break your heart, too. We’ll geek out over breathing, explore the human instrument, and journal and free write our pencils to nubs. And at the end, we’ll all walk away with a song or two to whistle on the road home. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

WEEK 5 July 24 – 30

Registration for WEEK 5 closes Sunday, July 10

Weaving: Overshot and Beyond
with Suzanne Halvorson & Nancy Marsh

Overshot and Summer and Winter are weave structures which have been popular in this country since the 1700’s. Most historic textiles are coverlets. The intricacies of both weave structures offer the contemporary weaver with a variety of design options. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

The (pottery!) Wheels Go Round and Round
with Jim Halvorson

This class will focus on developing students skills using the potter’s wheel. From centering and raising a cylinder to more complicated forms the students will explore the ceramic possibilities. Class demonstrations will also include trimming a foot, handles, lids, and multipart pieces. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Leporello Book Making
with Mary McLeod

Students will create a Leporello Journal and fill the pages with surface techniques, watercolor color images, collage and hand drawn letters if they desire. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 


July 31 – August 6: Stay tuned for upcoming events


 

WEEK 6 August 7 – 13

Registration for WEEK 6 closes Sunday, July 24

All Mixed Up: Weaving Wonders
with Sara Nordling

In this class you will create a weaving project using a variety of yarns weights and textures in your warp. Tips for combining different yarns will be discussed as well as various methods for designing a project and putting it on the loom. Students will create one project of their choice. Suggested projects include: scarf, shawl, Mobius shawl, table runner, wall hanging, cloth to make a tote bag, or other similar size project. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Watercolor Cosmos
with Vonda Drees

“When we reach the end of what we know, that’s where we find God.” -The Cloud of Unknowing
The mysteries of the Cosmos and the magical medium of watercolor come together in this brand new offering! One of Vonda’s secret loves while serving at the Guild was the Perseid meteor shower every August. She describes the experience, “a sacred game of hide and seek with flashes of fire darting across the night sky.” Perhaps you have marveled over NASA’s images of outer space? Some are almost beyond imagination. In this class we will learn how to paint watercolor galaxies. Watercolors are the perfect medium for this luminous work because depth and vibrancy are created when the paint flows naturally into a dance of cosmic mystery. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

a Spire; a Light; a Door; a Line – Exploring Sacred Space
with Paul Barribeau

The places and spaces that inspire people of faith share commonalities with built form, have connections to the physical environment of creation, and engage the sensory experience of the arts. Focusing on sacred spaces and religious architecture, but applicable to any spiritual or artistic space, this class will explore 1) how “place” is marked and how symbol provides provide “presence,” “invitation,” and “witness;” 2) the ways in which light animates architecture and art; 3) the importance of threshold for providing transition between and journey through spaces – interior and exterior; and, 4) how spaces are ordered for meaning and aligned to support human communal experience.

This class is suitable for anyone of any skill-level interested in how people shape space that supports the celebration of their faith and spirituality. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

WEEK 7 August 14 – 20

Registration for WEEK 7 closes Sunday, July 31

Glorious Mud: A Pottery Studio Intensive
with Mike Caemmerer

This week is a chance for potters of all levels to challenge themselves with new forms, styles and sizes of wheel thrown work. There will be daily demos and lessons on a variety of topics including techniques for throwing, handle pulling, playing with form, trimming, altering wheel thrown work and a special session on throwing as meditation. The focus is on the creative process, and not the product. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Connecting Hand, Eye, and Soul Through Observational Drawing
with Oriana Sage

Learn to unlock your unique drawing potential through observational hand-eye connection, as you create ink drawings with joy, personally, freedom, and flow. Let go of what you think you see and capture the true essence of what you draw. In this class, we will learn to embrace the beauty of imperfection, capture shape and detail with simplicity and ease, let go of drawing frustration, and transform a simple drawing into a whimsical and meaningful piece of art. We will learn fundamental drawing elements as we explore pattern, color, and design found in nature, and practice translating these into engaging pieces of art. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Creative Journaling and Anti-Racism
with Vonda Drees

Vonda writes, “As an American of European descent, I have work to do in learning (and unlearning) the history of this country. These lessons become even more significant when I hold a mirror to myself, being honest in revealing my own biases, prejudice and racism.

While this inner work is vitally important, there is also an outward element. How am I being called to live differently so as to not perpetuate harm? This is where I turn to the faithful witness of present-day BIPOC theologians and authors like Barbara A. Holmes, Lisa Sharon Harper, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Cole Arthur Riley, Latasha Morrison and Bako Akomolafe, to name a few. Their voices are a balm and offer a deep well of wisdom.”

Journaling is a creative tool that gives way to the expression of this spiritual work being stirred in our lives. In this class, we will practice the discipline of deep listening as we process what we are experiencing, in heart, soul, mind and body. Reconciliation begins in us as we get honest with ourselves. Creative journaling is a way to mark this holy work of introspection, imagination, attentiveness and process, and may even become the inspiration for another to begin their own journey of anti-racism. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

WEEK 8 August 21 – 27

Registration for WEEK 8 closes Sunday, August 7

Imaging and Transforming: 2D Design
with Adele Little Caemmerer

Explore abstraction through the process of applying “creative triggers” to re-think, re-work, and re-present a subject in fresh and unexpected ways. We will use drawings as our springboard into abstracted compositions. In addition to setting up our projects, and exploring the process of abstraction, attention will be given to alternative ways to develop into a final form. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Wounded Beauty: Acrylic Painting
with Trung Pham

Every one of us has been touched or deeply impacted by tragedy. Perhaps the appropriate response to those traumatic experiences is not focusing on the why or what behind the trauma, but the how. How do we transcend our adversity, tragedy and trauma? How do we push forward with our lives after a life-altering trauma? I believe art is a beautiful vehicle that allows healing and transformation to take place. This class will open a space for one to keep in touch deeply with oneself and find meaning through painting. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

Thin Places and Photo Creativity
with Chuck Kirchner

A Thin Place – a place where the veil between heaven and earth, between the sacred and profane, between our creator and ourselves, is lifted and we are at one with the universe. We have all, I hope, felt this once or several or many times in our lives. It could be alone at the ocean, or in the desert, the mountains, or even a cathedral. And, just perhaps, it could be while with another who is in a similar state of seeking – seeking what we may not know but with an openness and experience to seek and commune with our higher power. Click here for more info and to register for this class.

 

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Cyber Studios

photo: Jill Ross
photo: Mary McLeod
photo: Adele Caemmerer
photo: Richard Szeliski

 

Come in, join us, and bring what you’re working on. We’ll work together in the cyberspace and support each other in our respective practices.

 

May Offerings

We continue the pattern from April with three options throughout May:

Tuesday Mornings, 9 – 11 am

Hosted by Kristen Gilje.
Click here to register for the Tuesday morning session.

Wednesday Mornings, 9 – 11 am

Hosted by Adele Caemmerer.
Click here to register for the Wednesday morning session.

Wednesday Evenings, 6 – 8 pm

Hosted by Mary McLeod.
Click here to register for the Wednesday evening session.

 

 

How does this work?

We will gather online (via Zoom). After you register, you will receive an email with the invitation link to join in.

What will these cyber studio sessions look like?

At each session, the initial minutes will be spent sharing about our goals and hopes for our art making. We might choose to converse intermittently during the session, or we might all enjoy some focused quiet time (we’ll find our way, organically). Near the end of the session, we’ll gather back up to share our progress.

There will be no instruction. There will be a host, though, often a Guild faculty member. The host is often willing to have their cameras on and focused on their projects, in case you want to take a break and simply watch art in process.

Do I have to show up for every session?

You are welcome to come and go at your convenience to our 2-hour cyber studio sessions. You are welcome to have your video on or off. If you want to play music, we’ll ask that you mute your microphone. Depending on the mood of the group, informal conversation will likely be part of our time together.

What can I expect to create?

That’s up to you! Chances are good, though, that you will create something since you’re doing it in community!

Hope to see you in the Cyber Studio!

Questions? Contact the Guild Office. You can always check the Guild Calendar for upcoming classes – including Cyber Studio dates – and register there, too.

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Artists In Residence

this is your time.

make something of it.

 

I made 15 paintings during my residency at Grunewald. I’m not sure how to describe that sort of productivity other than to say that the Guild is magical. Creativity is everywhere with artwork… from thirty years of people working here. I was welcomed to the program with open arms… I’ve been looking at other residency opportunities for the coming year and compared to the Guild, most others seem kind of dull! 

– Niki Sherey, 2013 Artist in Residence

The Guild was the perfect place to fulfill a life long dream: the production of a musical album. The authenticity of the community, combined with the dreamy ambiance of the Plain Valley, allow for a rich experience in creation… and self reflection.

– Tristan Bach, 2012 Artist in Residence

 

Guild residencies offer…

focused creative time

Whether you’re here for a single weekend or several months, this time is yours to invest in your work. Leave distractions behind, and focus on exploring a fresh set of ideas in your sketchbook, discovering an unfamiliar material or technique, or putting the finishing touches on a long-awaited project.

dedicated work space

Eight dedicated studios and work spaces offer you the tools and equipment to support an impressive range of media and processes. All studios are open 24 hours a day. More information & downloadable studio specs are available here.

Private studio space is available on a limited basis.

 

nurturing community

The supportive, diverse, and ever-changing community of the Guild offers a highly supportive and encouraging environment for creative exploration. Many resident artists choose to participate in the community by teaching classes or workshops during their time in residence.

inspiring natural world

From a meandering walk through the Guild garden to a rugged hike in the mountains, you will discover ample ways to engage with the stunning natural environment of the North Central Cascades. Rafting, skiing, fishing, and biking are just a few of the outdoor activities readily accessible to the Guild campus.

 


The Program

who can be a resident artist?

Residencies are available to individuals at all levels of artistic development who are prepared to work independently and whose artistic processes can be successfully supported by the Guild’s studio facilities. Although our spaces are primarily designed for visual artists, we welcome residents working in all creative disciplines, including writers, musicians, performers. Residents must be 18 or older at the start of the residency.

when are residencies offered?

Residencies typically last from 3 -12 weeks. The fall residency season runs September 1 – December 31, and the spring season runs January 1 – May 30. Due to the Guild’s extensive summer program, we are unable offer residencies during the summer months.

how are residencies structured?

Our residency program is volunteer-based, and we provide artists with lodging, meals, & studio space at no cost in exchange for part-time volunteer service to the Guild. Artists in residence commit to spending a minimum of 20 hours/week in the studio working on their own projects, as well as 15-20 hours/week in volunteer service to the Guild community. Resident artists are invited to participate in the Guild’s monthly community art group as well as any Guild programming taking place during the residency period.

where do resident artists live?

Most artists in residence are housed in the library dorm, but housing availability varies based on the ever-changing community of the Guild. Unfortunately we are not able to provide housing for residents’ partners, dependent children, or pets.


Past Resident Artists

Louisa Rorschach (printmaking)

Jordan Pemberton (painting)

Jeneve Parrish (drawing & painting)

Teresa Fitzgerald (painting)

Jillian Blackwell (ceramics)

Emily Ann Peterson (songwriting)

Sarah Fagan (painting)

Kelly Goss (fiction writing)

Laura Bourdo (collage)

Bonnie Klatt (fibers)

 

The application form may be downloaded below.

Questions? Please contact the office at [email protected].

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Volunteer

Can I volunteer right now?

Sure! There are always on-campus needs; from doing dish sets during retreats or classes, to helping with building or studio upkeep, or getting the place ready for new folks coming in.

We have occasional work parties as well, which are always a blast and a great way for the community to get together in an informal setting.

Are there ways I can help from home?

Do you have a particular “remote skill” that you’d like to offer? Some ideas could include grant writing, social media wizardry, or other things along those lines. Drop us an email with your idea; we look forward to hearing from you.

 

There’s always a variety of things to do and help with all year round.

If you’d like to join us in any of the above, please contact the office at [email protected]. We’d love your help!

 

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