Summer Program
Join fellow students and amazing faculty in classes exploring a diverse array of creative mediums, grounded in daily rhythms of shared meals and gatherings.
Our 2026 theme is RESONANCE.
Community, at its truest, is a resonant body. Each person brings their own frequency—their grief, their joy, their curiosity, their questions—and somehow, when held with care, these differences do not cancel one another out. They create harmony. Not uniformity, but consonance. A shared field where no one voice dominates, and no one is lost.
We can’t wait for you to join us in creative community. Our season begins June 7th and will run through August 1st! Program weeks range from 5 to 6 nights, typically starting on a Sunday.
During the program week, we share rhythms of class, meals, matins, vespers, and studio time. There is ample space for hiking, for hammocks, and for exploring Plain and Leavenworth.
Week 1 : June 7-13
Watercolor with Vonda Drees
Stained Glass with Kerrie Steffan
Writing with Hannah Kline Bartels
Week 2 : June 21-27
Weaving with Suzanne Halvorson and Nancy Marsh
Wheel Thrown Ceramics with Jim Halvorson
Songwriting with Janet Krist
Contemplative Artists in Action with Carla Orlando
Regenerative Sculpture with Trung Pham
Week 3 : June 28-July 3
Printmaking with Nicki Lang
Novel/Memoir Writing with Larry Lehnerz
Stained Glass with Richard Szeliski
Weaving open studio extension
Week 4 : July 5-11
Watercolor with Kristen Gilje
Jewelry making with Tamzin Darden
Bookmaking with Sarah Sprouse
Week 5 : July 12-17
Drawing & Painting with Cynthia Noyd
Hand Built Ceramics with Alexander Kamola
Glass Mosaics with Sue Schneider
Week 6 : July 19-25
Drawing with Adele Caemmerer
Wheel Thrown Ceramics with Ronald Cole
Landscape Tapestry Weaving with Becky Anne Smith
Wearable Art with Gloria Dovre
Week 7 : July 26-August 1
Dance with Angela Sebastian and Kaia Gilje
Place Based Pigments with Lila Steffan
Sewing Paper Collage with Abigail March Grahm
Painting & Drawing with Kayleigh Lang
Weekend Workshop : Aug 6-9
To be announced!
Weekend Workshop : Aug 13-16
To be announced!