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Where Art & Community Meet
ONE DAY Travel Journal Sketch Workshop
Instructor: Darsie Beck
Class Description:
In this class, you will:
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Learn how to create your own travel sketch journal.
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Enhance your travel experience with memory-creating sketches.
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Learn the centering qualities of sketching and the practice of daily journal- keeping.
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Learn to work with watercolor pencils, watercolors, micron pens and water brush.
Date and Time:
Friday May 22, 2026, from 10AM to 4PM
Class Fees:
$125.00 per student, paid to Swiftwater Gallery
Materials List:
Students will need to purchase in advance of class, watercolor pencils, a 5x8 watercolor journal, and a medium-tip water brush. The instructor will supply a specific list of materials and where to purchase them about two weeks prior to class.
Experience Level: All levels welcome
Class Size: Minimum - 5; Maximum - 8
About the Instructor:
Darsie Beck is a self-taught watercolor and acrylic maritime and landscape
painter.
"I am an Urban Sketcher affiliated with the Tacoma and Seattle chapters and a founding member of the Port Townsend Urban Sketcher Chapter. I have taught this workshop on island at waterworks studio, VCA, and Gather, Port Townsend School of the Arts, WSU Pullman, Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door in Edmonds, Northwest Maritime Center, Centrum and Northwind Art School in Port Townsend and scheduled to teach at the Grover Gallery in Port Townsend in September. From 2001 to 2008 I facilitated Julia Cameron’s Artists Way workshops on island at waterworks studio. I have traveled extensively and recorded where I have been and what inspired me to sketch in my journals. I began sketching in earnest in 1974."
Making Fused Glass Ornaments and Jewelry
Instructor: Mary Jo Svendsen
Class Description:
Students will learn the basics of using three glass cutting tools, and how to assemble pieces into hanging ornaments, earrings or pendant. Each student would have the opportunity to create 3-4 kiln-ready pieces in class. The instructor will take the pieces to fuse in a kiln and add hooking eyes as needed. All pieces will be returned to Swiftwater for pickup within 10 days.
Date and Time:
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 1- 4 PM at Swiftwater Gallery
Class Fees:
$75.00 per student, paid to Swiftwater Gallery
Materials Fees:
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$45.00 materials fee per new student (includes glass, cutting tools, hanging assembly pieces, and use of kiln.) paid directly to instructor
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$30.00 fee for returning students (no glass-cutting tools required.) paid directly to instructor
Experience Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Class Size: Minimum - 4; Maximum - 6
About the Instructor:
Mary Jo taught art to junior high students for seven years on Mercer Island. This experience led to a love of teaching many other subjects, primarily team building and leadership development in a corporate environment.
After retiring, she took a number of glass-fusing classes, and went on to create her own fused glass at a Seattle glass studio for years. Then, after purchasing her own kiln, she continued her love of creating fused glass art in her home studio. She loves the opportunity to enable others to play with cutting glass and making their own glass art.
* Class Policies:
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Registration closes one week prior to the class start date.
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If the one-week deadline has passed, additional students may be accepted at the discretion of the instructor.
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Class participation cancellations:
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Up to 7 days in advance - 100% refund of instructor fees paid to Swiftwater Gallery.
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2-6 days in advance - 50% refund of instructor fees paid to Swiftwater Gallery. (Because instructors often purchase materials in advance of a class, the materials cost may be deducted from the refund.)
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Less than 2 days in advance - No refund. Special circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Swiftwater Gallery Board.
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Cancellation by Swiftwater Gallery:
A workshop will be cancelled if it does not have the required minimum number of registered and paid students within seven days of the workshop date. (On occasion, an instructor may choose to hold class for fewer than the minimum number of students.) A full refund will be given to the paid students if the class is canceled by Swiftwater Gallery.
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Cancellation due to weather or instructor illness:
A class may be rescheduled at the discretion of the instructor, or full refund will be given.
In the event the instructor cancels the class due to lack of registration, a full refund will be issued.