Events
Stone Soup: A workshop to take you beyond the obvious
November 17 - 21 2025
Just south of Portland in Wilsonville, OR
Three instructors with loads of experience and very different approaches to painting invite you to join us for a challenging and inspiring 5-day workshop.
Take this opportunity to shake things up as you make art. You will be challenged to dig deeper into your creative practice and go beyond the obvious.
Just as the characters in the Stone Soup tale came together to make soup, this workshop offers you a chance to make art combining diverse ideas, materials and ways to use them in this inspiring and supportive class.
Meet Your Instructors
Watercolor West International
57th Annual International Juried Exhibition
August 23 – November 29, 2025
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Chapman University in Orange, CA
Juried by Ratindra Das
Foreboding, Watercolor on paper, 22″x30″ ©Ruth Armitage
If you’re in Southern California I hope you’ll make time to see this exhibit. I was so pleased to receive a note from artist Judy Todd – she writes:
“I saw your wonderful, beautiful, touching painting at the Watercolor West Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum this morning. I thought it was the best painting in a terrific show.”
Ongoing:
Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery:
1237 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR
Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 5
Dark Water I, Acrylic and Collage on Canvas, 24″x24″
124 NW 9th Ave. Portland, OR 97209
Open Wednesday – Saturday 11 – 5:30 and Sunday 11 – 4
2222 Hwy 101 N, Yachats, OR