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lOCAL ARTS & CULTURE IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND
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METHOW ARTS: Art connects generations
Since the pandemic began, Methow Valley resident Twisp Daily Art & “An added benefit,” Sullivan notes, “is that it gives
Carolyn Sullivan has stayed connected with her Business Supply and mom and dad some time to do something else, while
grandchildren remotely. “I was doing different activities buy the paints and the kids are making art with grandma.”
with the kids online, like playing Clue,” says Sullivan. crayons.”
“Then one day I went to the Methow Arts website and Never one to hoard fun, Sullivan quickly spread the
found your art videos.” Sullivan sent her word to her other grandma friends, and explained
daughter-in-law how easy it was to share remote arts experiences
Sullivan is referring to the art videos Methow Arts the link to the with grandchildren. Now, there’s a small corps of
began creating in the fall of 2020, to support remote instructional video, intergenerational teams making art together, remotely.
arts learning in dozens of schools throughout so that both grandma
Okanogan and Chelan counties. When Sullivan saw and grandkids “Bruce’s pace is perfect,” says Sullivan of Methow Arts
the range of instructional videos available, she says, were watching the teaching artist Morrison, who creates weekly art videos
she immediately wrote her daughter-in-law, who lives lesson on a laptop with in Methow
in Kansas City, MO, with Sullivan’s son and their two or iPad. Then, Arts’ Studio A. “His
children. “Get the kids set up for tomorrow morning Sullivan FaceTimed voice is very calming,
with paints, paper, and crayons,” Sullivan told her. her grandkids, so and his lessons are
that they could see adjustable to different
Sullivan selected a video that she thought would be each other. This abilities. The kids
a good starting point for the two grandchildren, ages element—parties in would probably feel
three and five: both houses being able to see Morrison’s lesson as well comfortable with
artist Bruce as each other—is crucial to the success of the activity, Bruce as a teacher
Morrison’s Sullivan says. “It just makes it so connected,” she says. without me moving it
“Winter Light” “We can pause the video at the same time to fill in the along, but I just love
lesson on painting background. Or if the kids have questions for me, we being connected with
a flickering can pause the video and then resume after we finish them this way.”
candle flame. “I discussing a certain aspect of the painting.”
did the lesson in CONTACT: info@
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anticipate what kids aren’t pausing ME—they’re only pausing the art org, 997.4004 INFO:
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with the kids,” cheese sticks, and then we go back to the lesson. It’s website here: www.
Sullivan says. “The just wonderful to do this project with the kids, and to methowarts.org/arts-
materials were so simple, and it was fun to go to the get to watch them doing it.” videos-grades-k-6.
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Visit Confluence Gallery to view the art
of Laura Gunnip from March 13 to May 1,
2021.confluencegallery.org
MARCH Cascadia Music: Cherrington Scholarship Competition
Mar 29
Virtual concert of winning performances by high school
MAY
Ginger Reddington Exhbit at Studio A students. Information at cascadiamusic.org. Mary Kiesau Community Fellowship Fund: Applica-
Mar 1-Mar 31 tions Now Being Accepted
At Studio A, 114 Glover St, Twisp, Wa. Methow Arts: Sip & Paint Deadline: May 1
info@methowartsalliance.org Tues, Mar 30, 6pm See article page 15.
Last Tuesday Sip & Paint with artist Bethany Wray. MaryKiesauFellowship@gmail.com, methowarts.org/
In the Company of Crows and Ravens info@methowartsalliance.org mary-kiesau-community-fellowshipfund
Mar 13-May 1
At Confluence Gallery’s Community Gallery space. American Craft: We the People
APRIL
info@confluencegallery.com, 509-997-2787. May 8-June 19
Confluence Gallery, Twisp. 509-997-2787
Wild Constellation: Laura Gunnip info@confluencegallery.com
Mar 13-May 1 Cascadia Music: Marcus Duke and George Schneider
At Confluence Gallery’s Community Gallery space. Rebroadcast Buffalo Soldiers: Ready and Forward
info@confluencegallery.com, 509-997-2787. Apr 2 May 15-June15
Concert by Methow Valley musician on KTRT, 97.5fm Exhibition by local photographer Ryan T. Bell.
E-Commerce Artist Workshop with Nicole Ringgold The Root. Tickets by donation. Register and info at cas- At Methow Arts, 204 E. 2nd St, Twisp, WA.
Tues, Mar 23, 5:30pm cadiamusic.org info@methowartsalliance.org
See article page 15. info@methowartsalliance.org. $35.
Scholarships available to NCW artists. April Tools and Trunk Sale Methow Arts: Sip & Paint
methowarts.org/march-workshop-with-Nicole Sat, Apr 3, 9-2pm Tues, May 25, 6pm
Contact the MV Community Center with questions. See See article page 14. Last Tuesday Sip & Paint with art-
Artist Workshop with Nicole Ringgold article page 11 ist Bethany Wray.
Wed, Mar 25, 5:30pm 509-997-2926, mvccenter@methownet.com. info@methowartsalliance.org
See article page 15. info@methowartsalliance.org.
$35. Scholarships available to NCW artists. A Poetry Reading for One and All
JUNE
methowarts.org/april-workshop-with-Nicole Apr 23, 6:30pm
Virtual poetry reading via Zoom by Confluence Poets.
Cascadia Music: Marcus Duke and George Schneider christingintwisp@gmail.com
Mar 26, 6pm Winthrop Gallery Exhibit: In the Forest
A virtual concert by Methow Valley musicians. Methow Arts: Sip & Paint June 1-July 26
The concert will be rebroadcast on Apr 2 on KTRT, Tues, Apr 27, 6pm Join the Winthrop Gallery for an exhibit that takes you
97.5fm. Tickets by donation. Register and info @ casca- See article page 14. Last Tuesday Sip & Paint with artist into the forest.237 Riverside in Winthrop, 509-996
diamusic.org Bethany Wray. 3925, winthropgallery.com
info@methowartsalliance.org
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METHOW ART PRESENTS: “Buffalo Soldiers: Ready and Forward”
An exhibition by local photographer Ryan T. Bell documents the Buffalo
Soldiers of Seattle, a group honoring the role of African Americans in
the frontier West.
Article by RYAN T. BELL are eye-catching and
help pronounce the
For a group of historical reenactors, the scene at the movements of the
Veterans Day parade in Auburn, Washington, was group’s synchronized
anything but accurate. A man dressed as a Confederate parade drills. Also,
officer strolled up to a group of African American a member carries a
horsemen dressed as “Buffalo Soldiers” – black bullwhip that he cracks
cowboys who rode in the U.S. Army’s 10th Cavalry to fire up the crowd.
Division. (Their motto was “Ready and Forward.”)
“We don’t mind
“I want to pay my respects,” the man said, extending upping the
his hand. “You guys look better and better every entertainment level
year.” The men struck up an easy conversation on the a bit,” says Geordan
topic favored by military buffs everywhere: guns and Newbill, the group’s
paraphernalia. president. “That’s why
we consider ourselves
living historians, not
As a documentary photographer, I observed the scene
‘historical reenactors.’”
unfold from astride a horse, my camera in hand.
Since 2017, I’ve been documenting a group of black
horsemen called the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle. The While there isn’t direct
evidence of Buffalo Soldiers patrolling the Methow In May, Methow Arts will hold an exhibition of my
nonprofit organization is based in Yelm, Washington,
Valley, they did protect the Oregon Trail, a route used documentary photography series “Buffalo Soldiers:
but draws members from across the Puget Sound
by many of our region’s first settlers. But popular Ready and Forward” at its headquarters in downtown
region to help keep alive the memory of the original
culture has not always given African American cowboys Twisp. And, in the future, when it’s safe to hold the
Buffalo Soldiers. Riding with them has been like a
their due. As the Civil Rights leader Rev. Joseph E. 49ers Day Parade again, don’t be surprised if you see
graduate class in U.S. history.
Lowery once said about the the Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle riding in formation down
role of black cowboys, “our the street. You’ll know it’s them by their dress, their
history with the building black Fresian horses, and by the sound of that cracking
of the West has been bullwhip.
saturated with vanishing
cream.” Hollywood has RYAN T. BELL is a National Geographic Explorer. See
been a major culprit, casting more of his work at www.ryantbell.com and on
white actors in roles based Instagram @ryantbell.
on the lives of African
Americans. DATES: May 15-June 15. Interview and Q & A with
Ryan T. Bell and Buffalo Soldiers date TBA via Zoom.
In The Searchers, John LOCATION: Storefront windows, Methow Arts, 204 E.
Wayne plays a role based on 2nd Ave, Twisp, WA. INFO: methowarts.org/buffalo-
the real-life black cowboy soldiers, info@methowartsalliance.org, 509-997-4004.
Britt Johnson. And the Lone
Ranger is believed to have
The group bases their dress on archival photographs been based on the exploits
from the late-1800s, wearing navy blue jackets, light of an African American
blue trousers tucked into black boots, and Bowie knives lawman named Bass Reeves.
snugged into their belts. They ride McClellan saddles
and carry a number of replica firearms true to that “That white cowboy rode
era, including the .45-70 Springfield rifle, the Sharps into my living room every
Carbine rifle and Colt .45 single action revolvers. In full night,” says Jerome Young,
regalia, they look every bit as formidable as the 10th member of the Buffalo
Cavalry soldiers whom the Cherokee dubbed “buffalo Soldiers of Seattle. “I grew
soldiers” during the Indian Wars because of their curly- up wanting to be like him.
hair, dark skin and fierceness in battle. Of course, I could never
become a white cowboy. But
Although, to a trained observer, there are a few I didn’t have to because it
aspects of the Buffalo Soldiers parade dress that veer turns out the Lone Ranger
from historical accuracy. The men ride Friesian horses wasn’t white either.”
because the flowing manes, tails and feathered fetlocks
Rasaan Burke
Project 2.24%
March 5-27
Richard Notkin
Beth Lo
Cups With a
Conscience
national cup call
juried by Beth Lo & Richard Notkin Historic Ellensburg, WA
www.gallery-one.org
March 5-27 509-925-2670
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Winthrop Gallery: In the Forest
“Between every two pines is a doorway into a new
world.” – John Muir
On June 1st, come discover new worlds with the Winthrop Gallery artists
as your guide. Over this past year, treks into the woods offered many a
new found relief from the restlessness of Covid isolation. Over centuries,
artists have always depended upon the forests for basic raw materials;
wood, fiber and pigment, as well as inspiration. In our valley, we are
fortunate to have this resource out our backdoor.
This exhibit will showcase creative ways our artists infused their
interpretations into their work. You can experience the mood lifting,
stress reducing and outlook boost daily by having any one of these forest
inspired art in your home.
DATES: June 1-July 26. LOCATION: 237 Riverside in Winthrop, the
Winthrop Gallery is open seven days a week from 10 am to 5pm and
staffed by member artists. CONTACT: 509-996-3925, winthropgallery.com.
Other upcoming Winthrop Gallery exhibits are: Now and Then, July 27,
Starry Nights and Blue Days, Sept 21.
(Join the Winthrop Gallery for an exhibit that takes you into the
forest. Photograph, Northlake Tarn by Pearl Cherrington.)
2021 Summer Program Planned at the Pavilion at TwispWorks
TwispWorks is picking up right where we left off last Pavilion can accommodate
March, planning for a summer of arts programming a wide array of artistic
at the Performing Arts Pavilion. Newly hired Retail mediums. Wall panels along
Operations and Events Manager, Lindsey Bryson the back of the stage serve
is looking forward to sharing the calendar of multiple functions. Designed
performances she curated in 2020 but then had to with acoustics in mind, the
shelve as the pandemic shut down gatherings. While panels pivot for fine tuning
she understands that nothing is certain yet, Bryson is sound for the audience and
hopeful that by the summer we’ll be able to gather to performers, while the back
celebrate our community and the arts again. side of each panel is flat
for attaching artwork for
“I’m excited to reach back out to all the signers, poets, outdoor art exhibitions. The
performers, and actors I lined up in 2020. Seeing Pavilion will also feature a
the Pavilion activated and sharing the arts with our movie screen and projector
community really is something to look forward to,” says to accommodate movies
Bryson. and presentations.
Initially conceived by Brice Butler, TwispWorks partner INFO: www.TwispWorks.
and architectural firm, Serious Fun Studio, has designed Org. Contact Lindsey Bryson
the Pavilion as a signature structure on the TwispWorks if interested in learning
campus. It is a signature structure on the TwispWorks more about performance
campus. Combining beautiful design with function, the opportunities at TwispWorks
at LBryson@TwispWorks.
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Cascadia presents:
Drake Duke and George Schneider on March 26
What is jazz? Ask 10 people Musician Bios:
and you might get 10 different Drake started playing piano at age 3 and has been
answers. Marcus Duke and George performing professionally for over 50 years, often with
Schneider's approach to jazz is his own bands. Through original compositions and
less about the genre and more covers, he strives to evoke rather than emulate diverse
about an adventurous attitude and musical styles from around the world through creative,
improvisation-common threads free-wheeling conversations with his fellow musicians.
that tie together an instrumentalist He and his wife have owned a house In the Methow for
drawing from traditional yet diverse 26 years, and moved here permanently In 2017.
styles including jazz, folk, blues,
rock, world fusion and classical. Schneider arrived in the Methow Valley with his
wife Boo ten years ago, and immediately jumped
In addition to an original bluesy into the music scene. He has collaborated with local
composition by Duke, the duo jazz musicians, plays flute with the Methow Valley
will perform several lovely bebop Orchestra, and has gigged extensively around the
numbers (Monk, Cannonball), a valley. His music has been shaped by listening to
haunting ballad (Towner), a hybrid masterful musicians in Jazz, rock, and classical genres.
folk/classical tune (Fleck), and a
Debussy piece. They'll also play Find out more about Schneider, Drake and other
several pieces by musical colleagues local musicians and learn how to support them at
Tor Dietrichson (world jazz) and cascadiamusoc.org/muslcians-of-the-methow.
(Join Cascadia Music for a virtual concert with Marcus Duke and George Schneider Shawn Weaver (funky/rockin'
on March 26, 6pm. The concert will also be available anytime after that night and blues): and they'll wrap up with a
rebroadcast via radio by KTRT on April 2nd.) high-energy Brazilian jazz piece by DATE: Virtually on March 26, 6pm, and available
Airto. anytime after that. Rebroadcast on KTRT, April 2.
TICKETS: By donation at cascadiamusic.org/musicians-
of-the-methow. CONTACT/INFO: cascadiamusic.org.
In The Company of Crows and Ravens
The family Corvidae embraces Crows, Jays, Magpies and and their allies – not just
Nutcrackers. Members of this family are wonderfully ravens or crows – so here
intelligent, mysterious, and magical. Corvids are social, is your chance to learn
noisy, aggressive, playful, and mischievous. They eat about magpies, jays and
anything from fruit, and eggs, to nuts and carrion. nutcrackers.
We see them playfully completing aerial maneuvers, Curators, Jennifer
in the company of eagles at a deer carcass feast, or Molesworthand Caryl
being mobbed by small birds after raiding a nest. They Campbell
will follow hunters, coyotes, or wolves and alert other
scavengers to help open up a carcass; some cache seeds DATES: Mar 13 to May 1.
that if forgotten will become future trees. They mimic, LOCATION: Confluence
they teach, they learn. They are iridescent and striking Gallery, Twisp, WA. CONTACT:
and provide a rich source of inspiration to create art. 509-997-2787, info@
confluencegallery.com.
Curators invited artists to create work that tells a story
about the ecology and/or mythology of this wonderful (Michael Azzano, Spoils,
avian family. They are hoping to represent all Corvids watercolor.)
OUT LOUD
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Claire Waichler seeks to uncover “What is Missing” Cascadia Music’s
2016 Liberty Cherrington Memorial
Bell High School
graduate and Merit Scholarship
Methow Arts
intern Claire
Competition
“Cal” Waichler
is conducting The Cherrington
research for artist Memorial Merit
Maya Lin, through Scholarship
an internship at Competition will be
Colby College in held virtually again
Maine, where this year.
Waichler is a
senior.
Students’
applications have
Waichler and already been
another student submitted and they
are “researching are busy preparing
Maine’s ecological their pieces. Now
history to it’s your opportunity
contribute to to see the winning
Lin’s “What is performances on
Missing?” March 29. Winners
(2016 Liberty Bell graduate Claire "Cal" Waichler is
conducting research for artist Maya Lin during her
project, a receive cash prizes
internship at Colby College in Maine.) multi-sited, and an opportunity
multimedia to perform for the
project devoted public.
to issues of biodiversity and habitat loss,” reports the Buck Lab for
Climate and Environment, which has partnered with Colby College’s
Volunteer judges this year are Marcy Stamper, John
Lunder Institute for American Art to create the internship program.
Trottler and Murray Sampson. The Cascadia Education
Committee helps in organizing the competition.
Essentially, says Waichler, “we’re compiling an ecological timeline
of Maine: sifting through online digital archives, tracking down old
In addition to the Annual Scholarship Competition,
books through [the Colby] library’s Special Collections, and trying
Cascadia is grateful to be the stewards of the
to synthesize historical and contemporary information and sources
(Featured at Colby College Museum of Art. Maya
Cherrington Memorial Scholarship Fund which
into a cohesive, engaging timeline.”
Lin, Disappearing Bodies of Water: Arctic Ice, provides funds for needs-based scholarships or partial
2013.) scholarship assistance. If your family is thinking that
“What is Missing?” is a virtual art project—an interactive website music lessons are not in their budget, Cascadia can
dedicated to habitat loss and the global biodiversity crisis. It is still help. For this information you can contact them at
a work in progress, but is intended to be Lin’s “final memorial”—a cascadiamusiceducation@gmail.com
testament to what once was. Waichler and Bennett’s work on the
ecological timeline is not yet published in “What is Missing,” but will
DATE: March 29. Virtual performances and winners
be when the website relaunches on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
announced. The winning videos will be posted on the
home page of Cascadia’s website on the same day at
The hope for the “What is Missing” project, says Waichler, “is to cascadiamusic.org.
make people care, and then to encourage them to choose practices
and organizations that will help places and species rebound. Some
of the forward-looking pieces of the project provide a template for
people to make sustainable choices and think about their role in the
environment in a different, active way.”
INFO: Methow Arts, info@methowartsalliance.org. Read full article
at www.methowarts.org/claire-waichler-seeks-to-uncover-“what-is-
missing”
(Waichler climbs at Otter Cliffs in Maine.)
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Methow Valley Seed Collective April Tools & Trunk Sale
This spring Methow Valley Seed Collective will be doing The Methow Valley Community Center is hosting an
a soft opening of it's new garden seed offerings. They April Tools event on April 3, from 9-2 in the parking
will be offering a limited selection of locally grown, lot of the
regionally adapted vegetable, flower and herb seeds community
for local gardeners. center. Let’s
celebrate
April Tools spring while
Anaka Mines began growing wholesale organic seed
in 2013 and is now ready to launch a retail line of seed & Trunk Sale selling or
available to local growers. She has teamed up with buying fun
Cailyn Brierly and Kyle McKnelly of Hoodoo Blooms stuff or found
to create the seed collective and offer a beautiful and treasures. This
delicious array of seeds. Not only are the seeds local, is recycling at
but the hand-printed seed packets offer a fully local, its best and a
hand-crafted product, thanks to the collaboration with neighborly way
Fireweed Print Shop*. to score some
tools, supplies,
This season sales are by email order. To request a vintage, and
catalog and order email them at mvseedcollective@ collectables.
gmail.com. Also look for their seeds at the Classroom in
Bloom plant sale this spring. All proceeds
will pay for
*Fireweed print shop is a community print studio advertising,
operated by artist Laura Gunnip and located at porta-potty
TwispWorks, fireweedprintshop@gmail.com. and other expenses to promote this event. The
DATES: Spring 2021. CONTACT/INFO: Methow Valley Methow Valley Community Center is looking for a few
Seed Collective, mvseedcollective@gmail.com. volunteers to assist them in this endeavor. DATE: Sat,
Apr 3, 9am-2pm. CONTACT: Methow Valley Community
Center for donations and questions. 509-997-2926,
mvccenter@methownet.com.
Confluence Poets: A Poetry Reading for One and All
The Academy of American Poets started this event in 1996, and six years ago Confluence
Poets began celebrating it. They were thrilled in 2015 when a seven-year old from
Seattle joined to read her poem. This year, they hope people of all ages will be inspired
to write a poem, or find one they wish to read at this event.
If you would rather read another poet’s poem or need lessons on writing poems they
recommend going to www.poets.org.
Confluence Poets started in 2014. The group represents a confluence of voices and
styles within the Methow Valley. They now organize the annual William Stafford
Birthday Reading in January, amongst other quarterly events, as well as coordinating
other poetry events in the area. Meetings are held two to three times monthly, at which
time we write impromptu responses to prompts, share and critique works in progress,
and conduct short educational programs.
DATE: Apr 23, 6:30pm. LOCATION: A Virtual presentation via ZOOM-- Meeting ID: 827
9555 6016, Passcode: 489240, Phone: 253-215-8782. Sign up to read when the room
opens, or ahead of time by contacting Christine Kendall at christineintwisp@gmail.com.
The room where it happens
Each week hundreds of Methow Valley Elementary
School students participate in Methow Arts'
Youth Arts Initiative program (YAI), which provides
sequential art learning aligned with Washington
State's Arts Learning Standards. Now in its second
year, YAI equips K-3 students with a foundation in
the principles and elements of art and design.
(YAI instructor, Bethany Wray, organizes her art room with
supplies in advance of classes.)
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betania: Sweeping up
By Marcy Stamper recognized the bundles are permission, and then selecting the ones that want to Betania found themselves turning to plants and
that they were soaked before be in service as a broom, Betania said. animals. Betania sees plants as higher beings. “My
Photography by Sol Gutierrez sweeping away the weaving, but best friends are non-humans,” they said.
Betania (pronouns: they/them) of Bristle & Stick trauma of all those others are not. Betania leaves some handles as natural wood.
Handcrafted Brooms knows intimately how to take a years. “Sweeping Others are burned black or to create designs, or are Betania is drawing on their life experiences and art
seemingly mundane chore and transform it into art cleared my mind To attach the decorated with milk paint made from earth pigments. to help others heal from trauma. They are studying
and a profound, life-affirming ritual. Betania makes and helped me to broom handle, The brooms are naturally understated earth tones, a form of therapy called somatic experiencingTM,
brooms by hand, creating exquisite, functional works feel calm when Betania holds but some are bound with rainbow twine or have which uses movement to help people work through
of art that are part of a healing, restorative practice. the world felt and balances bristles dyed collaboratively with Methow Valley the physical scars of trauma.
really chaotic and the broom while textile artist Sara Ashford of Culler Studio.
unsafe around me. binding the corn As someone who’s experienced these challenges
“Sweeping a room can shift the energy faster than
It gave me a sense with a continuous Before specializing in brooms, Betania had pursued firsthand, Betania believes they bring an essential
almost anything,” Betania said. “That’s a really
of stability and strand of twine, a other crafts, including hide tanning, basket weaving, understanding that can build trust and help others
effective practice and makes the broom a very
empowerment,” process that takes and painting with earth pigments. “It’s deeply healing heal. People who need healing the most often have
powerful tool.”
Betania said. about an hour. If to work with my hands, and to sit in a circle with the least access to the support we need, they said.
it’s not tied just people and make things,” they said.
That power is heightened by Betania’s connection
Betania started right, the whole Betania will be working as an advocate and mentor
with the elegant brooms they make in the folk
collecting thing will fall apart. “I just fell in love with the old ways of craft – with to help and uplift underserved youths in Okanogan
tradition. “When you have a beautiful handmade
handmade brooms “It’s the oldest, having a relationship with a tool you use every day County. “You understand things in a different way
tool, it becomes less of a chore. There is a certain
as a teenager. They most difficult way that’s enlivened with spirit, versus something made when you have actually experienced them,” they said.
spirit and life essence when you know the energy and
started making of making brooms, in a factory,” they said.
story behind a handcrafted object you are working
brooms about but I like doing For Betania, cleaning is a very effective way of
with,” they said.
seven years ago and teaching Betania shares that process of creation by teaching healing, a means of letting go and of giving things
after moving to the crafts in older, broom-making and other craft workshops. Before back to the land. “There is ritual, sacredness, and
“People tend to separate energy and matter. One will Methow Valley. more intimate
typically energetically clean a space – or be working travel and group classes were shut down by the magic in the most basic, everyday things we do – if
These sweeping rituals are not only therapeutic, but They instantly ways because it COVID pandemic, Betania taught broom making up you chose to see it,” they said.
to physically clean it. I prefer to do both, at the same fell in love with develops a deeper
are part of Betania’s essence. “Things aren’t always and down the west coast. A series of workshops on
time, when I’m cleaning,” Betania said. the process and relationship and
binary, even though we are often taught to think of the east coast had to be postponed.
them that way. A space can look really clean, but in made hundreds respect for the
actuality be really messy-feeling – or vice-versa,” of brooms while work, as well as
Higher beings Betania’s work can be seen on their website at
Betania said. living and working a better-quality,
on a farm in
www.bristleandstick.com and at their studio on the
longer-lasting
Carlton.
After humans failed to care for Betania as a teen, TwispWorks campus.
Betania feels a kinship with non-binary elements item,” Betania
of the natural world around them. Betania said said.
their identity has always felt very amphibious, “like Time-honored
I don’t fit into any of the assigned boxes.” Their technique The “knuckle,” part
ancestry is mixed, with roots in Mexico, the Iberian of the sorghum
peninsula, Sardinia, and Wales. Betania uses plant that’s used
the oldest for decorative
Healing through nature and cleaning broom-making weaving, has to
techniques, which be soaked before
Today Betania flourishes as an artist and a healer. are both delicate and very physical. The process it can be worked.
But they arrived at this creative and fulfilling place demands strength and stamina to maintain tension “It’s pretty hard on your body – the pulling and
after a tough and painful period as a teen and on the foot bobbin as Betania wraps twine to secure sitting,” Betania said.
young adult. the layers of broom corn.
A broom on a handle has multiple layers of soaked
Betania was signed over to the state of California Betania makes many types and styles of brooms. and woven material that needs to hang for two weeks
as a 12-year-old and went from group home to Full-size farmhouse brooms, cobweb sweepers, and to dry before the layers are sewn and then trimmed.
institutional setting to juvenile hall, sometimes hearth brooms are all woven onto natural wood Most brooms are sewn flat, but some are left round.
living in their car, and sometimes “on the streets.” handles. Betania also makes turkey-wing hawk tails, “You sweep differently with a round broom,” they
As a result, Betania became wary of humans, woven whisks, and a few other hand-held styles. said.
but found solace in nature, feeling accepted and
nourished living in wild places and among trees. Betania has developed their own style based on Betania forages in the forest for broom handles,
traditional folk designs. They sort the broom corn selecting narrow branches of trees such as saskatoon,
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They also found much-needed healing through (Sorghum vulgare) by different characteristics and,
daily rituals of cleaning and sweeping. At first it when they’re ready to make a broom, grab the that have to cure for a year before they can become
was unconscious, simply an act that felt soothing, handfuls of sorghum selected specifically for that handles. Some handles are straight, while others
safe, and empowering. Ultimately Betania style of broom and weave them together, layering have sculptural bends and twists. Part of the process
each bunch in a distinctive design. For some brooms, is always asking the plants and forest spirits for
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The core of artwork speaks of its origin through at home. Craft also tells our stories of grief, joy,
the inherent expression of its maker. Working cultural movements, racial justice, and political
with traditional materials of wood, paper, revolution.
glass, metal, textiles, ceramics, and items of a
decorative nature, the act of crafting tends to Curators - Theresa Miller and Salyna Gracie.
serve a functional purpose, yet, reaches beyond
mere utilitarian needs into the soul-satisfying DATES: May 8 to June 19. LOCATION:
realm of beauty. Confluence Gallery, 104 S Glover St., Twisp, WA.
confluencegallery.org, 509-997-2787
During these unique and challenging times, there
has been resurgence in interest and practice of
the domestic arts and traditional American craft. (Artwork, Winged Rabbit Saves Lady
From modern day victory gardens and home Liberty, by artist Kay O'Rourke.)
canning to knitting and weaving, many are finding
comfort in the tactile experiences that bring us
closer together and are expressive of living well
Automotive Tech Education Dreams Become a Reality at TwispWorks
a 650 square foot garage how various parts make a car run, how to fix them and
on the TwispWorks campus even repairing body damage.
into a workspace.
The garage gives the new Automotive Tech program
TwispWorks is committed a launch-pad, but the dreaming doesn’t stop there.
to supporting educational Given that one car barely fits and that at some point
opportunities for local Covid will end and class sizes will return to normal
youth, and the back of numbers, it’s clear that a much larger space is what
the garage space will the program really needs. Enter local architects and
also double as a ‘Maker TwispWorks partners Kit and Sam Kollmeyer of Serious
Space’ for a wide range Fun Studios, who are volunteering their time to work
of DIY student projects. with three ILC students on conceptual designs for a
With instructor Trent larger, truly modern automotive education facility on
Whatley, students the TwispWorks campus. In the same way that a car
recently completed the has many parts that must work together, designing
modernization of the a building is incredibly multi-faceted and requires
building and rolled in a lot of forward thinking, research and thorough
car their first car, a 1975 planning. From start to finish, all aspects of creating an
Camaro. What a car! The automotive tech program are providing incredible real-
lines on this hot rod are world learning opportunities for our students.
a work of art but it needs
repair in almost every INFO: TwispWorks, 509-997-3300, 502 S Glover St,
It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a clear way, and that’s what
vision, hard work and determination. After numerous the students will learn about this semester. Their Twisp, WA, www.twispworks.org
local students expressed a desire to learn about curriculum covers the full range of learning about tools,
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“Black History in America” class
As a kid, Patty Yates was constantly getting in trouble crows, magpies, and jays). As she struggled to contain
for doodling during class. But there was a method to her emotions while Hottell spoke, her eye landed on
her motion. “I learn better if my hands are busy,” Yates these blank backdrops. “I knew I needed to listen to
says. “I had trouble all through school. I was dyslexic— what Bill was saying in order to get control of myself. So
which wasn’t a word back then—and doodling made I started painting, to maintain my focus.”
that learning disability easier to manage. I’d draw
all over my college notebooks. I got in trouble, but I What Yates painted was black. But gradually, she says,
remembered what I learned if I was drawing, so it was she began painting what she could see from her studio
worth it.” windows: little aspens, Russian Olive trees, some sun,
some shadows. “There was beauty all around me, and
I painted it as I listened to the horrors of the way we’ve
treated Black people. It was heavy—knock-your-socks-
off heavy,” she says.
Since that first class, Yates has coped with the
heaviness of the subject matter by continuing to paint.
She’s not, however, attempting to create images of
specific events addressed in the class. “The imagery
of situations described in the class is so heavy that I’m
afraid it would distress my soul to paint re-creations.
Those aren’t things that I could put on canvas and live
with.” Instead, Yates says, “I paint a feeling. I try to pull “Everything is so powerful,” Yates says of the class.
up great compassion and express it as snow or aspens, “It’s a challenge in emotions. There are these horrors,
or shadows.” and then there are these joys, like listening to music
created by Black musicians.” Yates refers to the class
“Did you notice anything when you moved to the watching Jimi Hendrix’s version of “The Star Spangled
Methow Valley?” Yates continues. “It’s largely white. Banner” at Woodstock in 1969. “It’s been years since I
This is why I took a particular interest in Bill’s class. I watched that,” she says. “That was my era. Now here I
knew from taking his other classes that he would have am painting and being blown away by it.”
a sensitive approach.”
Yates adds, “As I’m watching Jimi Hendrix play, I’m
{Patty Yates painting during first day of Bill Hottell's class.)
thinking about others taking the class, others who
were from that era too. And we’re all so straight now.”
Now (and for many years) a professional artist, Yates
still processes information best if she’s engaged in
a right-brain pursuit like sketching or painting. And Yates isn’t sure what she’ll do with the paintings she’s
recently, while participating in Methow Valley historian creating during Hottell’s 10-week class; some may end
Bill Hottell’s “Black History in America” class, Yates up at the Winthrop Gallery, the cooperative gallery
is finding the strategy to not only help her retain where Yates is an artist member. But showing the work
information, but also to process the complex emotions isn’t the point—digesting the class’s material is.
she experiences in each session.
For those who might like to try Yates’ strategy of
“The first day Bill started talking, I was blown away,” learning while drawing, Yates suggests just “putting
Yates says. “He started with the insurrection at the pencil to paper and let it flow while you listen.”
Capitol on January 6th, then went back to Jim Crow
laws, then back to the mass slaughter of Black people. “Everybody has art in them,” Yates says. “Grab a
It was so emotional for me, right away.” crayon, play around on paper. See if you can hear
better.”
Yates happened to have some canvases prepped for
paintings she is working on for an upcoming show at INFO: Methow Arts, info@methowartsalliance.org.
Confluence Gallery (“Corvid”—an exhibit of ravens, Read full article at http://www.methowarts.org/patty-
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Launched on the TwispWorks’ campus last November producers, and micro-
Valley Goods serves as a year-round showcase for local manufacturers exposure
artists, makers, and crafters. to customers who love
the Methow Valley
Open 6 days per week, and featuring one-of-a-kind and want to support
products from more than 70 vendors, the store has our local economy. For
become a welcoming space for people looking to more information on the
shop local and has become an important source of Methow Made program
income for many Methow Valley micro-businesses. visit www.MethowMade.
With holiday bazaars and markets closed due to COVID, org
Valley Goods played a critical role providing a retail
opportunity during the important holiday sales season. LOCATION/HOURS:
In just its first 6-weeks of operations, Valley Goods paid Valley Goods is located
out over $45,000 in commissions! on the TwispWorks
campus in the South
Manager Lindsey Bryson is excited to carry this success Warehouse, Building
forward in 2021 as she continues to welcome and #10. Open Monday
promote new artists. She also has plans for special through Saturday 11AM-
events to take place at the store aligned to health and 4PM. CONTACT: www.
safety guidelines. If you are an Okanogan-based artist, MethowMade.org, 509-
maker or producer and you’re interested in learning 997-3300.
more about Valley Goods, please email Lindsey at
LBryson@TwispWorks.Org.
Valley Goods is brought to you by Methow Made, a
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Last Tuesday - Sip & Paint
with Bethany Wray
In this virtual class, students will learn basic watercolor technique from artist
Bethany Wray to create a unique and colorful painting. All levels are welcome.
Fun is ensured. Spots are limited. Be sure to register now!
SIP & PAINT BASIC MATERIALS NEEDED
– cold-pressed watercolor paper 90-140 lb at least 5×7″ (two sheets)
– watercolor brushes (Daily Business has a great brand called Simply
Simmons) round size 5 & 8 and flat size 1″
– watercolor paints in a 12 pan set with two sets of reds, oranges, yellows,
greens, blues, and browns
– blue painter’s tape or artist’s tape
– permanent felt-tip pen
– pencil and white eraser
Registration required: info@methowartsalliance.org. DATE: Tues, Mar 30,
6pm, April 27, 6pm, May 25, 6pm. via Zoom. After registering we will send
you the Zoom link to login. FEE: $45/class. CONTACT/INFO: Methow Arts,
info@methowartsalliance.org, 509-997-4004.
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APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
“Natural history education, especially Mary Kiesau was a woman of extraordinary
energy and drive. This fellowship will fund
place-based education that gives people projects that honor Mary’s legacy and align
a direct connection with and knowledge with her values and artistic passions: -Living
of the places in which they live, is more in harmony and balance with the earth
and its finite resources. Being observant,
important now than ever before.” interested in, and connected with the natural
– Mary Kiesau world in order to gain a deep appreciation for
the place one calls home. Helping to create a
We are pleased to announce the Mary Kiesau strong, resilient, and enlightened community
Community Fellowship Fund. This fund supports that is composed of the Methow flora, fauna,
the independent projects of artists, photographers, and people.
naturalists, and naturalist educators working to further
their own creativity, professional development, and Before applying, we recommend spending
the community’s connection to the land, art, and each time reviewing Mary’s work and values at her
other. The application period is open from January 31 website mountainkindnaturalist.com.
to March 31, 2021.
There will be two stages of applicant review:
Through generous donations to the fund from Mary’s 1) Application, Portfolio, Artist & Impact
community of friends, family, and loved ones, we will Statements review. 2) Finalist in-person or
offer 2 awards in the amount of $1,000 each in 2021. virtual interview.
Artists, photographers, naturalists, and naturalist CONTACT/INFO: MaryKiesauFellowship@gmail. May 1, 2021 50% of award paid at this time. Funding
educators are invited to apply for the Fellowship. These com, methowarts.org/mary-kiesau-community- Period: May 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. Final Report
funds are designed to support your “field” work and fellowshipfund. IMPORTANT DATES: Application Due: February 1, 2022. Upon receipt of the final report,
ultimately the creation of artistic works and knowledge Deadline: Midnight, March 31, 2021. Panel Review and final 50% payment will be issued.
that can be shared with your community. Finalist Interviews: April 2021. Award Announcement:
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From THE TWISP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Spring Strolling
You know it’s
Spring in the Once you’ve had lunch or a snack
Methow Valley at one of several recommended
when locals eateries in Twisp, treat yourself to
have an extra some street strolling, anchoring
spring in their your walk with a tour of the town’s
step – not public art: mosaics, murals, steel
just because sculptures and cast aluminum
the snow pieces can be found around all
begins to melt around the area – such as the
while arrowleaf balsamroot begin to bloom… but also massive metal flower right outside
because they can all literally take steps again without Fiber, Twisp’s adorable yarn store.
worrying about slipping on a patch of ice. Even though some art buildings
haven’t fully re-opened to the public
Happy Feet due to the pandemic, such as Rod
Weagant Studio, Methow Arts and (Visit the Cinnamon Twisp Bakery on Glover Street in Twisp
In Twisp, sun-splashed sidewalks are a dream to to The Merc Playhouse, they still encourage you to walk for an assortment of freshly baked goodies.)
all who traverse Twisp on foot — which is basically by and window-gaze their exquisite works. Culminate
everyone (no Uber required, nor is there one available your experience by heading into Confluence Gallery,
Twisp’s free art gallery, which offers local and regional atmosphere for reading as well as some downright
anyway). Twisp’s centralized downtown corridor makes friendly librarians. Or take your own book to one
it easy to walk around to a variety of engaging locales. art pieces. (Also: the wine/oil/vinegar cellar at Glover
Street Market isn’t technically a gallery, but there is an of Twisp’s parks, located outside the Methow Valley
What’s more, when you’re on foot you’ll notice things Community Center and near the Methow River by the
you didn’t expect to encounter, like a free little library, undeniable visual and gustatory artistry to this stone-
lined space of vials and bottles – pop in and take a look pool.
a rotating light pole banner on main street or a new
exhibit at a local gallery. before your walking tour comes to a close.)
Spring Snacking
On sunny days
you can enjoy a If you happen to be in Twisp on a Saturday morning,
riverwalk at the it’s impossible to miss the weekly Farmers Market in
northeastern the Community Center parking lot from 9am-Noon,
end of town, starting in April.
or travel an
easy .25 miles Need an afternoon pick-up after such a busy morning?
up Twisp River Treat yourself to a cookie or eponymous pastry at
Road to enjoy the Cinnamon Twisp Bakery. While you can certainly
the Twisp find coffee there, they still recommend you walk (or,
Discovery Ponds, okay, even the locals drive) to the east end of town to
a complex of get your java on at the Blue Star Coffee Roasters café
meandering and roasting plant, which you can view from the café
trails, native through glass windows.
plants, large-
scale art pieces, And That’s (Not) All, Folks
and salmon-
rearing ponds.
They’ll end your Spring in Twisp tour here, but needless
to say those same eateries mentioned earlier also
Spring Cleaning make great dinner spots, too. (Make sure to check
in first with the restaurant that catches your eye to
Errands to find out their current dining policy under COVID-19
accomplish? restrictions. Many have begun offering limited seating
No problem! inside as well as creative outdoor dining.)
(You know it’s Spring in the Methow Valley when arrowleaf balsamroot begin to bloom.)
Twisp is the
Warming Up central hub for Methow Valley services ranging from Happily exhausted from your experiences in Twisp?
an oil change to a good haircut (all found in our Twisp The Twisp Chamber hopes you’ll come back and visit us
Starting at TwispWorks, the 6.2-acre outdoor campus Chamber Member Directory). Gifts galore can be
located at the south end of Glover Street, check out all soon!
acquired at Fiber, Glover Street Market, Confluence
the artist studios that line the grounds of this former Gallery, Twisp Daily Art & Business Supply, Ulrich Valley
Forest Service complex. You’ll find everything from Pharmacy, and The Thrifty Fox. For groceries, and for For full information, visit the Twisp Information
jewelry to painting to woodworking to bag-making to one of the most talked-about grocery aisles (hint: look Center online or in person. Tag Twisp on Facebook
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time to tour the entire campus? Then head into Valley work out a kink or two!
Goods, which sells the works of 70+ local makers in the
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If you’d rather just curl up with a good book and read
for a couple of hours, they’ve got you covered: our
local Twisp library welcomes visitors and has a relaxed
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