Your Story/Their Story: Using Lived Experiences to Create Art

TOTAL COST: $260
Course Fee: $235
Materials: $25

DATES: SATURDAY, MARCH 23 & 30 AND APRIL 6 & 13, 2024
TIME: 10:00AM - 1:00PM PDT
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: Building 324C, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. (COVID protocol will be observed, read our policies here)

DESCRIPTION
This four-session course is about using your lived experiences to inform your art-making practice. You will leave this class having created a series of artworks informed by your own life and personal narrative. Behind the scenes of our lives, hidden in sketchbooks and scattered across floors, are ideas explored and sometimes prematurely dismissed. By digging through the fragments of our experiences, casting a net over the conversations that are quietly scribbled down, an arrangement can be assembled to tell a story. Learning how to see, unravel, and follow the partially concealed stories as they unfold can help us better understand ourselves. This class is an invitation to peel back layers, to kindle your own curiosity, and awaken to your feet at the precipice of something.

SUPPLY INFORMATION

• Sketchbook or notebook with any preferred pens or pencils.
• Sentimental object or memory.
• A book of importance to you.
• A music playlist of your choice.
• All other course materials and supplies are provided as part of the registration fee.

COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal, including course syllabus and supply information. Learn more

ABOUT COLE
Cole Askevold received her MFA/MA dual-degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. At University of Alaska Anchorage, Askevold was an adjunct professor. She has exhibited her artwork primarily across the West Coast. Askevold hopes to bring the conversation forward about the struggles and conversations surrounding infertility and is being featured in the book “INFERTILITIES," a curation edited by Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid

Artist website: Cole Askevold, @cole.artist

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DISCOUNTS
This course is eligible for a 10% member discount at the Supporter level and beyond. Get a membership today!

Quimper Mercantile and Don's Pharmacy offer Northwind Art School students a 10% discount on art supplies.

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CANCELLATION POLICY
If you cannot attend a course for any reason, we can offer you a refund as follows:

• If you cancel more than 2 weeks before the course start date, you will receive a full refund.
• If you cancel less than 2 weeks before course start date, you will receive a 50% refund.
• If you cancel one week or less before the course start date, there will be no refund.

All refunds will be applied to the same credit card that was used for enrollment. Please contact registrar@northwindart.org for more information.