REGISTER NOW FOR
‘HAUNT CAMP: CREATURE
CREATION WORKSHOP’
JOSEPH, WALLOWA — The
Josephy Center for Arts and
Culture and artist JR Rymut
will off er a six week workshop
for high school students called
Haunt Camp: Creature Creation
Workshop. Classes are free
and will happen in two loca-
tions: The Place in Joseph and
the Wallowa Elementary School
multipurpose room. Joseph’s
fi rst class will be after school on
Sept. 20; classes will meet every
Monday and Wednesday. On
Sept. 21 classes will start in Wal-
lowa, taking place on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Start times will
be determined to accommodate
student travel time, and the
course will run until Halloween.
There is room for 15 students in
both locations.
Students will learn how to
safely create a plaster copy of
their face, sculpt a character
mask, and transform it into
realistic silicone pieces while
learning the same techniques
used in Hollywood today.
“For years I’ve been working
on bringing this class to high
school students in Wallowa
County; I’m so grateful it’s fi nally
happening,” Rymut said. “We’re
creating high-quality prosthetic
makeup the same way special
eff ects shops in the fi lm industry
do. And that’s the point of the
class — not only are we making
really unusual, exciting projects,
as a professional creative fabri-
cator I want to introduce teens
to career paths in the arts they
may not know exist.”
In the class, students will
design their own character to
bring to life.
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“JR and I have been working
together for a while trying to
make this happen and just by
serendipity we had the perfect
grant that fi t perfectly with this
project. I can’t wait to see the
end result,” said Cheryl Cough-
lan, Josephy executive director.
“The workshop also lets stu-
dents exercise their dramatic
and video production skills at
the end, by creating TikTok vid-
eos to show off their creations.”
Students can register online
at hauntcamp.com. The class is
free, but registration and masks
are required. For questions,
email Rymut at hauntedcamp@
gmail.com.
LOST APPLE PROJECT
TALK SET FOR SEPT. 21
UNION — The Union County
Museum will host its Third
Tuesday event Sept. 21 begin-
ning at 7 p.m. in the Little White
Church on South Main Street in
Union, across the street from
the museum.
The guest speaker is David
Benscoter, founder of The Lost
Apple Project, who will talk
about the historical importance
of apples in the region and how
the project has located several
species once thought extinct.
Attendance is free.
The Lost Apple Project has
partnered with the Whitman
County Historical Society in
Washington and the Temperate
Orchard Conservancy in Oregon
to investigate, identify and pre-
serve heritage apple trees and
orchards in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. The Project has re-
covered 29 apple varieties that
were thought to have disap-
peared, including a recent fi nd
at Flora. These heritage variet-
ies are possibly more resistant
to pests and can be used to
enhance modern varieties.
WATCH VIRTUAL DANCE
ON CROSSROADS
FACEBOOK PAGE
BAKER CITY — Jayanthi Ra-
man Dance will present a virtual,
full-length dance performance
called “Navarasa Kalinga Nar-
dana” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
25, on the Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center’s Facebook page,
www.facebook.com/bakerxrds.
Credit for the concept and
choreography, and the principal
performer, is Jayanthi Raman.
Music composing and perfor-
mance is by Mumbai Venkatesh.
Priya Sukhi is the MC.
LAST HOORAH RANCH
RODEO IS SEPT. 25-26
HAINES — The “Last Hoorah
Ranch Rodeo” is happening Sat-
urday and Sunday, Sept. 25 and
26, starting at 10 a.m. each day
at the Haines Stampede Rodeo
Grounds. Saturday features
jackpot horse roping, team
branding and the Carl Wendt
Memorial Ranch Bronc Riding.
Slated for Sunday are junior
barrels (age 13 and younger),
team roping, doctoring and
load-n-tie.
For information, call Mandy
at 541-519-4109. Information
is also posted on Facebook —
search for Carl Wendt Memorial
Bronc Riding.
CELEBRATE
OCTOBERFEST AT THE
ISON HOUSE
BAKER CITY — The Ison
House Bed and Brew, 1790
Washington Ave., is hosting an
Octoberfest party on Saturday,
SEPTEMBER 15�22, 2021
Sept. 25. Doors open at 4 p.m.
Portland guitarist Sonny Hess
will play blues music starting
at 7 p.m. Food includes beer,
sausages and sauerkraut. This
is for ages 21 and older.
Twila Lavery, co-owner of
The Ison House, described
the event as “brews, brats and
blues.”
There is no cover charge. For
updates, check the Ison House
Facebook page or go to www.
theisonhouse.com.
LEARN NEW
WATERCOLOR
TECHNIQUES AT
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
LA GRANDE — Teaching
artist Jan Clark leads a week-
end watercolor workshop Sept.
25-26 at Art Center East, 1006
Penn Ave., La Grande. Par-
ticipants (age 15 and older) will
learn blending techniques as
they paint a fun, colorful and
sunlit zebra. The cost is $90
for ACE members and $108 for
nonmembers. Beginners are
welcome. Full details are avail-
able at www.artcentereast.org/
calendar/watercolor-workshop-
the-zebra/2021-09-25.
LEARN HOW TO SEW
A FRENCH BURRITO
PILLOWCASE
FLORA — Flora School is of-
fering several online courses this
fall. On Saturday, Oct. 9, Vanessa
Thew Thompson will help partici-
pants get to know their sewing
machines (electric, treadle or
crank) while making a “French
burrito” pillowcase. The workshop
is open to adults and children,
from sixth grade and up — basi-
cally, anyone who can thread their
machine and sew a bit (or who
has an adult there to help). The
class runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more details, contact
Thew Thompson at 541-828-
7010 or northendcrossing@
tds.net. To sign up, email fsec.
education@gmail.com. Students
will receive information on how to
access the virtual class as well as
what materials are needed.
Class fees are by donation
after taking the class. For more
information on the Flora School
Education Center, classes,
volunteering, teaching, work
parties and events, go to www.
fl oraschool.org or the center’s
social media or email fl ora-
school@tds.net.
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