Community Calendar

Beginner youth painting class for ages 14–17. Fridays, 10 AM to 1 PM. 6-week course, starting June 17th and ending July 29th.

Students will be shown materials and basic steps of the painting process in order to complete a painting that is uniquely their own. Along the way they will be introduced to fundamental concepts of this enriching medium.

No class July 8th, class continues July 15th.

Please register via Shopify.

Our annual quilt show will be held Oct 14-16 at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center (404 N Havana St). The admission charge is $10, good for all 3 days of the quilt show (Fri and Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4). Plus, free parking. Our featured quilter will be Cheryl Clossin. There will be 50-plus vendors, hundreds of quilts to enjoy and admire. The Cherrywood Exhibit featuring Diana will also be on display. There are daily quilting demonstrations included with your admission. Hope to see you there.

Our annual quilt show will be held Oct 14-16 at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center (404 N Havana St). The admission charge is $10, good for all 3 days of the quilt show (Fri and Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4). Plus, free parking. Our featured quilter will be Cheryl Clossin. There will be 50-plus vendors, hundreds of quilts to enjoy and admire. The Cherrywood Exhibit featuring Diana will also be on display. There are daily quilting demonstrations included with your admission. Hope to see you there.

Our annual quilt show will be held Oct 14-16 at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center (404 N Havana St). The admission charge is $10, good for all 3 days of the quilt show (Fri and Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4). Plus, free parking. Our featured quilter will be Cheryl Clossin. There will be 50-plus vendors, hundreds of quilts to enjoy and admire. The Cherrywood Exhibit featuring Diana will also be on display. There are daily quilting demonstrations included with your admission. Hope to see you there.

For Adult Students

In this class students will be introduced to the highly forgiving, versatile medium of acrylic paint.

Our annual quilt show will be held Oct 14-16 at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center (404 N Havana St). The admission charge is $10, good for all 3 days of the quilt show (Fri and Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4). Plus, free parking. Our featured quilter will be Cheryl Clossin. There will be 50-plus vendors, hundreds of quilts to enjoy and admire. The Cherrywood Exhibit featuring Diana will also be on display. There are daily quilting demonstrations included with your admission. Hope to see you there.

Create the foundation for fine-arts level drawing techniques or continue to advance your skills over this 6-week course with Michael Lentz.

Fundamentals of Drawing from Life

In this course you'll learn the fundamentals of drawing from life. You'll learn visual measuring, how to break down values, how light works, rendering, and you'll learn a procedure to put them all together to make beautiful drawings of anything you see around you.
Mondays 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

May 16, 2022; Week1- Warming up, Introduction

May 23, 2022; Week 2- Visual Measuring and the beginnings of procedure

May 30, 2022; Week 3- Light and Values

*** No class the week of June 6th ***

June 13, 2022 ; Week 4- Breaking down complex problems

June 20, 2022; Week 5- Rendering

June 27, 2022; Week 6- Putting it all together

About Michael:

At 20 years old, Michael foolishly enrolled in Animation school at the Art Institute of Seattle with no drawing experience. A teacher told him, "This would be easier for you if you learned how to draw." Made sense, so he bought a sketchbook and started sitting in the Metro tunnel every day, drawing people waiting for the bus. This daily sketching began a decade of studying masters and learning how to draw. He became obsessed with drawing and, after graduating from AIS, went to San Diego to study with master artists Jeff Watts and Ron Lemen. After a few years of intense study, he went back to Seattle, continuing to study, exhibiting drawings, and teaching around the city for years, before taking a hiatus. Now in North Idaho, he is drawing and passing along the skill to others again.

(All supplies required for this course will be provided by Emerge)

(Due to the limited size of our classes, we are unable to offer refunds unless the session is cancelled by Emerge)

(Questions? Please email programming@emergecda.com)

Our annual quilt show will be held Oct 14-16 at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center (404 N Havana St). The admission charge is $10, good for all 3 days of the quilt show (Fri and Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4). Plus, free parking. Our featured quilter will be Cheryl Clossin. There will be 50-plus vendors, hundreds of quilts to enjoy and admire. The Cherrywood Exhibit featuring Diana will also be on display. There are daily quilting demonstrations included with your admission. Hope to see you there.

Thursdays, from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. 6-week course, begins June 16th and ends July 28th.

In this immersion pottery course, students will apply all prior knowledge and basic skills to create functional and complete works. New skills, material use, and tool applications will also be acquired by the student at the end of this course.

No class July 7th, class will continue on July 14th.

Please register via Shopify.

We started offering an option of "critiques with kindness" a couple meetings ago. What that means is, when you bring in a piece to show at a regular meeting, you can say you'd like it critiqued. Or not. It's up to you.

We invite you to bring in a piece on August 24th, our next meeting. (Maybe even a plein air piece you painted at John's party on the 13th). If you want to know how you can improve it, just say "critique with kindness please".

Reminder: Applications and money for the September show need to be sent to Linda Calahan by August 17th.

Nancy Huck will have lots of last minute information to share about the September show.