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Get Dirty with Clay

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host two special clay courses in July for people of any experience level.

Center Offers Summer Acting Camp

Annie Narañjo-RiveraThe Hoffman Center in Manzanita will offer a three-week Summer Drama and Performing Arts Camp for children ages 5 to 18. Led by Annie Narañjo-Rivera, the camp will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays, from August 3 thorough 21 at the Center Annex, 594 Laneda Ave. The camp will top off with stage performances for families and friends on Friday and Saturday, August 21 and 22.

Students will audition for, rehearse and perform a full-length play – "Cassie the Crab and Rosita the Island Girl." The play tells the story of the birth of the Caribbean Islands, with mystical sea creatures, fantastic adventures, and Caribbean and Latin music.

No performing experience is necessary. Tuition for the camp is $100 for the whole session. Scholarships are available.

Narañjo-Rivera has over 10 years of experience working with children on the stage. She studied at Lewis and Clark College for her BA in Theatre Arts. She has worked with numerous children's theaters around the country, directing, stage-managing, designing sets and props, choreographing, and designing stage lighting.

Information and registration can be obtained by contacting the Hoffman Center at 503-368-3846 or hoffmancenter@nehalemtel.net. All registrations must be received and paid in full by July 25.

Get Dirty with Clay

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host two special clay courses in July for people of any experience level.

Kathleen RyanOn Thursday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to noon, Kathleen Ryan will teach students to make butter dishes. The class will cost $45 and is limited to six students. It is open to anyone over the age of 13 and no experience is necessary.

Follow-on glazing will be done July 21 at the center’s Clay Open Studio.

Register by contacting Ryan at 503-368-5584 or kryan@nehalemtel.net.

On Thursdays July 9, 16 and 23, Barbara Temple Ayers will teach students how to create bowls and pots on the wheel. The classes will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

No experience is necessary, but commitment must be for all three sessions. The class is limited to three students and will cost $100 for all three meetings. It is open to anyone age 13 or older.

Register by contacting Ayers at 503-368-6220 or bta@nehalemtel.net.

Summer Art Camps Set for Kids

Janet MaherThe Hoffman Center will host four Summer Art Camps for kids during the week of Aug. 3-7. The week will conclude with a special gallery showing and performance on Saturday, August 8. All sessions will be held at the Center’s Annex at 594 Laneda Avenue in Manzanita.

"Crazy Critters -- Hand Puppets," a class for kids ages 7 and up, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon each day and be led by Janet Maher. Students will create a hand puppet of their favorite animal using clay and paper mache. Each puppet will be painted, have yarn, fur or feathers added, then be attached to a cloth body. The class tuition is $65, plus a $5 lab fee.

"Art and Music Explorers," for children 5 to 8, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon each day and be led by Lynn Thomas. Students will learn to play simple songs on violin and boomwhackers. Instruments will be provided. Art activities will include printmaking, drawing, collage and still life painting. The class tuition is $65, plus a $10 lab fee.

"Painting Exploration," for kids ages 8 and up, will run from 1 to 3 p.m. each day and be led by Nicole Poole. The class will focus on paint and technique while embracing the young artist's individual style. Painting will be done on board and glass to explore the versatility of acrylics and surface. The class tuition is $65, plus a $10 lab fee.

"The Art Of The Book," for ages 11-18, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. each day and be led by Skye Archer. Students will explore various techniques of telling their own stories in hand-made and altered books, including "cut up" writing, collage, painting, and letterpress printing. The class tuition is $65, plus a $15 lab fee.

Register by contacting the Hoffman Center at 503-368-3846 or hoffmancenter@nehalemtel.net. All registrations must be received and paid in full by July 25.

Hoffman Center Offers Advance Figure Composition

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host a second "Advanced Figure Composition" class, led by Ray Horton, Wednesday, June 17. The class will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Center’s main building at 595 Laneda Avenue.

The workshop will explore pushing the interpretation of the human form beyond academic rendering, with an emphasis on using color to express the artist’s personal concepts and ideas. “We will have four poses of one hour each, with 20-30 minutes for discussion and critique,” said Horton. "We will review and employ positive/negative space, pentimento, some color theory, line and form and their complimentary relationship, and the impact of placement on the design of a drawing, among other things."

Participation in this workshop is limited to seven persons. The cost is $95, which includes the model fee, some special materials, and lunch. Participants should have a comfortable grounding in drawing and in the figure.

To register or obtain more information about the class, contact Horton at 503-234-0808 or 29ford@nehalemtel.net.

Horton graduated from PSU in 1970 with a BS in art. He worked as a freelance graphic designer until retiring in 2007. He also taught drawing and graphic design at Pacific Northwest College of Art for five years in the early '90s.

Hoffman Center Offers Photography Workshop

Joel Preston SmithThe Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host a two-day "People and Landscape" digital photography workshop the weekend of June 27-28. Led by photojournalist Joel Preston Smith, the workshop will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and cost $175. It will be held in the Center Annex at 594 Laneda Avenue.

The workshop blends composition and visual storytelling with constructive critiques, and bridges both documentary and classical landscape photography.

"We will spend the first morning reviewing the students’ current images and style, providing feedback on composition and content, and discussing specific methods for improving their technical and artistic skills. After the review, we’ll head outside to shoot," said Smith.

"We will work with traditional landscape compositions, and also with techniques unique to documentary photography. In the documentary approach, we will work to record the presence and impact of people on the Oregon coast," he added.

The second day will begin with a group review of images taken on Saturday, with discussions of composition and the techniques that underlie dramatic photography. More fieldwork will follow, with an evening critique of Day 2 images and recommendations for future work.

"Joel came to Manzanita in February to present his ‘Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq’ program," said Hoffman Center board president David Dillon. "We were delighted that he offered to bring a workshop here for our many experienced and aspiring photographers."

Persons interested in registering for the workshop, or obtaining more information, should contact Smith at 503-935-7145 or joelprestonsmith@gmail.com

Smith is a freelance writer and photographer based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq. He is the coeditor of two books: Untidy: The Blogs on Rumsfeld, and Special Plans: The Blogs on Douglas Feith. He teaches photojournalism at Pacific Northwest College of Art and at Newspace Center for Photography.

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