Workshops

WSO Convention Workshop

Workshops are held twice a year in conjunction with our conventions. They are normally held the week before or the week after the weekend activities and each is presented by the artist who juries the show at the convention. Workshops are limited to WSO Active Members and opened to Subscriber Members if spaces remain available.

You may also check our WSO Resources Links for workshops offered by businesses and organizations.

Carla O'Connor Workshop

Location: Oregon Society of Artists (OSA), Portland
Dates: April 16 - 18, 2012
Cost: $285 for Active Members; $315 for Subscribing
Members (space permitting)

Carla's Website

Carla O'Connor

Carla O'Connor – Juror and Workshop Instructor
By Liz Walker and Julie Gibson

Carla O’Connor has graciously agreed to come from her home in Gig Harbor, WA to be our Juror and Workshop Leader for the Portland Convention. Her dynamic figure paintings are well-known to our members, and many of us are hoping to take her 3-day Workshop after the Convention.

Carla O'Connor received her BFA in painting from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She has done additional formal study at the University of the Americas, Mexico City; University of Dayton, Ohio; and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. O'Connor is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and Northwest Watercolor Society and is an AWS Dolphin Fellow. She has won numerous awards in juried national exhibitions.

A bold and innovative painter, Carla has also been the Juror for numerous national and regional groups including the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Northwest Watercolor Society, Watercolor Art Society - Houston, the Arizona Watercolor Association, the Watercolor Societies of Florida and San Diego, and Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.

Carla’s 3-day workshop, to be held April 16-18 at OSA in Portland, stresses bold composition and strong design using the human figure for inspiration. Each day’s lesson will focus on different aspects of design: shape, light, linkage, texture, space, etc. You will explore abstraction, emphasize “the process” and concentrate on composing the entire page. Sessions include clothed models as your subject for finding as many different ways as possible of “seeing.” Each participant’s preferences, originality, and creativity are most important. Carla will be using transparent watercolor and gouache and include frequent mini-demonstrations. For more information about Carla, visit her website: www.carlaoconnor.com.

Carla O'Connor Workshop Information
Dates:April 16-18 from 9am to 4pm.
Location: Oregon Society of Artists (OSA), 2185 SW Park Place, Portland
Cost: $285 for Active Members; $315 for Subscribing Members (space permitting). The Workshop Facilitator encourages attendees to brown bag their own lunch or enjoy nearby eateries on their noon break.

Registration is limited and participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. All entries must be postmarked by Jan. 2, 2012. Subscribers may only attend on a space-available basis. If more than 20 entries are received, entries will be “put into a hat” and names will be randomly chosen. Those not accepted will have their checks returned, but will be put on a waiting list and will be notified if there are any cancellations.


Future Workshops

At each convention, WSO arranges for the juror to host a workshop. The following is a list of upcoming workshops and dates.
Conventions Location Date Juror &
Workshop Host
Fall 2012 Welches October 3-4 and 8-10 Chris Van Winkle
Spring 2013 TBA April 8-12 Mary Ann Beckwith
Fall 2013 TBA October 7-11 Connie Adams
Spring 2014 TBA April 7-11 Robert Burridge
Fall 2014 TBA October 6-10 Linda Baker

 

Watercolor Workshops at Menucha:

Menucha Retreat and Conference Center, in partnership with the WSO, is offering a 4-day Spring Watercolor Workshop as part of the Artist Expresions Series.

March 25-29, 2012: Think about spending your spring break at Menucha taking a workshop. WSO is partnering with Menucha two times each year to bring instructors who have been selected by members of the Education Council to the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in the Gorge. You can read about the workshop below. I've been trying to bring Carol to our area for several years and am looking forward to the workshop. There are still spaces so I hope to see you there!

Future instructors will be selected by a process within the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s Education Council using qualified instructors who are members of the Society as well as qualified instructors from around the United States.  The four day workshops are designed to bring you fine art instruction in watercolor and aqueous media.  Costs will vary due to the different facilities, number of participants, instructor fees, and travel costs.  To be considered as one of the instructors, please contact .


 
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