FEBRUARY 23, 2017 // 29
Sharon Amber to lead drawing class
History & Hops explores
early pioneer Calvin Tibbets Youth-focused
class to be held
SEASIDE — The next History
& Hops free local history lec-
ture will focus on early pioneer
Calvin Tibbets and will take
place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
23 at Seaside Brewing Co.,
located at 851 Broadway.
Calvin Tibbets, an obscure
stonemason, ventured to
Oregon Country in 1832 with
the goal of settling Oregon by
Americans and making it part
of the United States. The only
Americans in Oregon before
Tibbets had been explorers, fur
trappers, scientists and sailors.
Tibbets’ perseverance set the
stage for fellow Americans —
first missionaries, then retiring
mountain men and finally
wagon-train pioneers — who
eventually arrived in such
great numbers that they over-
whelmed all British claims to
Oregon.
Unfortunately, Tibbets died
soon after achieving his goal,
and all that he had done to
achieve it faded into the shad-
ows of Oregon history.
Portland author Jerry
Sutherland will focus on the
Wahoni Milling Company, a
grist mill located where Sea-
side now meets Gearhart that
Tuesdays in March
at Tolovana Hall
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“Calvin Tibbets: Oregon’s First
Pioneer” by Jerry Sutherland.
was created in 1845 by Tibbets
and his neighbors Elbridge
Trask, Tom Owens, William
Perry and Edward Williams.
Sutherland will invite
questions and attempt to bring
history forward by placing
historical landmarks on today’s
landscape.
Sutherland spent two years
scouring archives and visiting
Calvin Tibbets’ haunts across
Oregon, expanding on material
collected by his father, Art
Sutherland. His work culmi-
Portlander Jerry Sutherland
researched historical figure
Calvin Tibbets and makes the
case for him being Oregon’s
first pioneer in his new book.
nated in the book “Calvin Tib-
bets: Oregon’s First Pioneer.”
History & Hops is a series
of local history discussions
hosted by the Seaside Museum
on the last Thursday of each
month at Seaside Brewing Co.
The Seaside Museum and His-
torical Society is a non-profit
educational institution with
the mission to collect, preserve
and interpret materials illustra-
tive of the history of Seaside
and the surrounding area.
Explore art, performance of Spaceness
SEAVIEW, Wash. — The
Sou’Wester Lodge will host
the third annual Spaceness
event Friday to Sunday,
Feb. 24 to 26. Spaceness is
a celebration of time, space
and the unknown through
experimental art, media and
performance. Each year
Spaceness takes over the
Sou’Wester as well as the
adjacent forest, seashore and
wild spaces. The event is
free and open to all ages.
Examples of past Space-
ness projects:
• sculptural perfor-
mance-based work, where
small packages of food
wrapped in parachutes were
launched from a cannon —
visitors had to run to catch
their lunch,
• a replica of the mono-
lith from “2001: A Space
Odessey” was installed mys-
teriously on the beach,
• a geodesic dome filled
with hammocks and inflat-
able hot tubs was provided
for all visitors to use,
• a dance interpretation
of sci-fi classic “Invasion
of the Bodysnatchers” was
performed,
• a handpainted Roswell
Crash Site Photo Booth was
installed with a handmade
alien crafted by a local pup-
pet maker,
• an artist held a round-
table reading of the play
“Macbeth” as if written by
Philipp K. Dick.
Spaceness is curated and
organized by Portland artists
Julia Barbee, Matt Suplee
and Alison Jean Cole and
has been awarded funding
by the Precipice Fund, Calli-
gram Foundation, the Andy
Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, and the Portland
chapter of the Awesome
Foundation.
The Sou’wester Lodge is
lcoated at 3728 J Place. For
more information, call 360-
642-2542 or email souwest-
erlodge@gmail.com
CANNON BEACH — Re-
nowned artist and jewelry
store owner Sharon Amber
is offering a youth-oriented
drawing class Tuesdays
throughout the month of
March.
The series is designed for
budding artists of middle
school age and above. Life-
long learners (aka adults) are
encouraged to enroll as well,
either to sketch alongside
their children or to expand
their own creative toolboxes.
The curriculum comes
from Amber’s days as a vol-
unteer, teaching at her son’s
middle school. No prior
experience is necessary.
“I learned how to get kids
to who had no art lessons
interested in what they’re
doing,” Amber says.
Particularly, she enjoyed
finding ways to engage with
students who weren’t sure
of themselves, or who had
yet to engage with their own
creativity.
“My goal is to make the
class more accessible to
people who aren’t trained in
art,” Amber says. “And to
those who don’t know that
art is accessible to all of us.”
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Cannon Beach jewelry maker Sharon Amber will lead a weekly
drawing class at Tolovana Hall this March.
With pencil drawing,
the class explores shading,
perspective and more.
“We will do little bit
about art theory,” Amber
says. “Once you know the
theory then you can break
the rules.”
“Drawing is about observ-
ing,” she adds, “both what’s
inside of you and out.”
The class will meet at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings
throughout the month of
March at Tolovana Hall,
3779 S. Hemlock St. The
first class will be free for all,
and classes will remain free
for school-aged students.
(For adults, classes will be
$5.) Class size is limited.
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“It’s a gift from me to
whoever wants to come,”
Amber says.
In addition to drawing,
students will learn from
Amber, a working artist
for her entire adult life, the
potential for a life in art.
“I sold my first piece of
jewelry at 12 years old,”
Amber says.
Students will also enjoy
her effervescence, enthusi-
asm and lively encourage-
ment. For Amber, inspiration
is never in short supply. Her
positivity is infectious.
“People just need some
tools,” Amber says. “Every-
one’s got that creativity in
them.”
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