Thank you to our July Week at The Warehouse Sponsors:

Woody & Molly Ahlborn

Eagle River Residents

Join us for events and classes happening this week:

7/24 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Doug

Time: 11am-2pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Youth Photography and Videography Classes

Dates: Mondays weekly: June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8

Time: 9am-10:30am (photography), 10:30am-12pm (videography)

Instructor: Kate Reichl

Cost: $12 / each class drop-in, or $90 for each 9-week session

Students will use iPads provided by The Warehouse for these classes.

Children ages 6 and under are asked to please bring an adult to stay and help.

7/25 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Mary

Time: 10am-3pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Writer's Workshop with Carol Amour

Dates: Mondays July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15 (6-week session)

Time: 1:00-3:00pm

Instructor: Carol Amour

Cost: Pay what you wish. Contributions support the work of the Waaswaaganing First Nations Institute of Indigenous Teaching and Learning

Participants will document the “wiigwaamikewin” process by gathering photos of the gather and construction phases of the wigwam and writing text. Participants will construct story boards and labels (as in a museum) and end up with a book and/or feature articles.

Invite people to journal, write short essays, and poems to contribute to a share wall.

Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass- with Carol Amour and Kamewin

Dates: Mondays July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15 (6-week session)

Time: 3:30-5:30pm

Facilitators: Carol Amour & Kamewin

Cost: Pay what you wish. Contributions support the work of the Waaswaaganing First Nations Institute of Indigenous Teaching and Learning

Copies of Braiding Sweetgrass are available for purchase at The Warehouse.

Open to the public.

Participants will be reading and discussing the book “Braiding Sweetgrass” and related reading list.

Hatha-Based Yoga with Cindi Schickert

Dates: Mondays July 11, 18, 25, August 1 (4-week session)

Time: 6-7:15pm

Instructor: Cindi Schickert

Cost: $12 / class, or $40 for the 4-week session

The classes will be Hatha based, where postures are held for a few breaths with some slow flow added in.

2-D Tuesday: Open Studio

Dates: Tuesdays July 12, 19, 26

Time: 10:30am-3pm

Cost: Free to attend

Open studio work time is scheduled every Tuesday from 10am-3pm, available for people to work independently on their artwork in our 2-D room. Participants will provide their own materials.

2-D Tuesday: Watercolor Community Class

Dates: Tuesdays July 12, 19, 26

Time: 10:30-12pm

Cost: Free to attend

This is a watercolor community class under the guidance of Dr. Donna Murray. Participants will provide their own materials. Watercolor materials are also available for purchase at The Warehouse.

Summer Weekly Clay Class: Purrfect Pause- Northwoods Cat

Date: Tuesday, July 26

Time: 4:30-6pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $20 / person

During this class, participants of all ages will be guided through a project that can be completed in 1.5 hours. Each class will begin with a 5-10 minute educational moment specific to the project. The instructor will bisque fire, glaze, and glaze fire the projects. Participants can check the Warehouse website or Facebook page to see when the project is ready to be picked up.

Yoga Flow with Kate Remme

Dates: Wednesdays weekly July 6, 13, 20, 27

(July 6 class- Cindy Conlon substituting)

Time: 8:30-9:30am

Instructor: Kate Remme

Cost: $40 / person for the 4-week July session, or $12 / class

This athletic and strengthening Yoga class will flow from one pose to the next, while releasing muscle tension & reducing stress. Various styles of Yoga will be explored, such as Power Yoga, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Yoga Fusion. Modifications offered for all levels.

July Beginning/Advanced Beginning Wheel Throwing (class 3 of 3)

Dates: Wednesdays July 6, 13, 27

Time: 9am-1pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $185 / person

This class is for absolute beginners to advanced beginners. Students who have never wheel thrown and students who have taken some classes and want to improve their wheel throwing skills and are all welcome in this class. Are you just beginning to explore the wheel for the first time, or are you not quite ready for an advanced wheel throwing class? This is the class for you.

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August Beginning/Advanced Beginning Wheel Throwing (3-week class)

Dates: Wednesdays August 10, 17, 31

Time: 9am-1pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $185 / person

McKinley Lake Photography Excursion with John Bates and Libby Scott

Date: Wednesday, July 27

Time: 9am-12pm

Cost: $100 / person

Join, Naturalist, John Bates, and Photographer, Libby Scott, while canoeing on McKinley Lake.

John will guide you through McKinley Lake, a 42-acre, undeveloped lake, that is one of the most botanically rich lakes in northern Wisconsin. He will point out the amazing plant and animal life, (including carnivorous Sundews and wild Rose Pogonia Orchids,) while Libby will give you pointers on how to take great photographs of the lake’s amazing scenery.

July Youth Art: Nature in the Northwoods

Dates: Wednesdays July 6, 13, 20, 27

Time: 10:30-12pm

Instructors: Donna Murray and Tammie Lindstrom

Cost: $40 for the 4-week session, or $12 / class

Children ages 6 and under are asked to please bring an adult to stay and help.

July Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing (class 3 of 3) SOLD OUT!

Dates: Wednesdays July 13, 20, 27

Time: 1-5pm

Instructor: John Langer

Cost: $185 / person

Are you interested in honing your skills on the potter’s wheel? This offering is perfect for those who have some experience and consider their skill level to be intermediate or advanced in relation to the potter’s wheel. You should be comfortable centering clay and pulling a decent wall. Further your skills under the guidance of John Langer, an experienced studio potter, in a small class setting.

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August Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing (3-week class)

Dates: Wednesdays August 10, 17, 24

Time: 1-5pm

Instructor: John Langer

Cost: $185 / person

7/27 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Rob

Time: 6:30-9pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Arts on Tap: NEON Project with Aubrey Schoff and Abigail Schuster

Date: Wednesday, July 27

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: Free to attend

The NEON Project (National Ecological Observatory Network) is a 30-year National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research project, a network of 81 field sites across the United States designed by ecologists to provide open data for all. NEON’s purpose is to understand large-scale ecological patterns and consequences of human activity and how regional and smaller-scale ecological phenomena integrate to create large-scale problems. Scientist-presenters Abby Schuster and Aubrey Schoff are employed as Field Technicians with NEON this summer, working in the field each day to understand our Northwoods through scientific observation.

Aubrey has a Master’s degree in Environmental Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Environment and Sustainability from Western Colorado University. Abby has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Ecology from Northern Michigan University.

Join Aubrey and Abby as they chronicle details of their important research within our Northwoods.

Link to NSF NEON website: https://www.neonscience.org/

This is a family-friendly free-to-attend event. Inspiration Bar will be open.

Arts on Tap is a free learning/lecture series. These events are free to attend and open to the public. Enjoy the conversation and grab a beverage from our Inspiration Bar!

7/28 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Kris

Time: 9am-2pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Meditation with Cindy Conlon

Dates: Thursdays July 7, 14, 21, 28

Time: 9-10am

Instructor: Cindy Conlon

Cost: $40 for the 4-week Meditation session, or $12 / class

The benefits of practicing meditation are well established, including increased focus, better sleep, lower anxiety and stress, and an overall sense of happiness and well-being.

But many people don’t know how to start practicing, and many others have tried and given up. This class is designed to give beginners the help they need to establish a daily practice as well as supporting people who have an existing practice. Come meet like-minded people and find a welcoming meditation community.

Arts & Aging (off-site)

Date: Thursday, July 28

Time: 10-11am

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Our ARTS & AGING program is designed to visit assisted living facilities and community centers in Vilas, Oneida, and Forest Counties bringing artistic experiences to this very special segment of our community population.

The TimeSlips program works to focus on imagination rather than memories to connect with others through creativity, specifically those with dementia and memory issues.

Sponsored by Northwoods United Way

July Fairy Houses (class 3 of 3)

Dates: Wednesdays July 7, 14, 28

Time: July 7: 2-5pm, July 14 + 28: 2-4pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $100 / person

This is a Handbuilding class which means that instead of mainly using a pottery wheel, we will use slabs, templates, forms and other tools to creat our fairy houses. The instructor will help you design your fairy house and guide you through some different techniques to create your houses. We can add details and decorations and let our imagination run wild!

Living WITH the Northwoods Lectures: Wild Edibles

Location: The Warehouse Courtyard

Dates: July 28 & Aug 4

Time: 4-7pm

Open to the public

Learn how to make food harvested from our forests and lakes (chewing gum, popped rice, Muskie cooked in wrapped leaves, trail mix, jerky over an open fire). Sources will be gathered from local woodlands to cook. Participants will be asked to bring a dish to share. Wayne Valliere and his apprentices will share Legends from the Summertime

July 28- Edible plants and super foods; Manoomin and popped rice

August 4- How to make maple sugar; birchbark containers for maple syrup

Breath Lab with Cindy Conlon

Dates: Fridays July 8, 15, 22, 29

Time: 9-10am

Instructor: Cindy Conlon

Cost: $40 for the 4-week July Breath Lab session, or $12 / class

How you breathe is the foundation of well-being, shaping the quality of your sleep, digestion, and even the density of your bones. This class will use gentle movement to help you explore how you breathe and how to restore a functional breath pattern. Wear loose, comfortable clothing and prepare to leave refreshed, alert, and with a deep sense of calm and emotional stability.

Brett Winters: LIVE @ Inspiration Bar

Date: Friday, July 29

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: free to attend

Indie-folk singer and songwriter Brett Winters returns to his home base in the Wisconsin Northwoods, performing at the Warehouse on Friday, July 29 from 7-9pm. Brett acoustically and vocally blends “classic to modern” folk styles from artists such as Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot and Nick Drake, to today’s sounds of Ben Howard, Gregory Alan Isakov and Phoebe Bridgers.

Brett’s inspiration for song writing and acoustic talent observes life’s milestones and road bumps. Often using alternative tunings to explore the fretboard and conjuring foreign soundscapes, he layers on top a Jónsi-like falsetto to engender wistful passion. His deep lyrics, both thought-provoking and soothing, poignantly paint a life in service to healing, connection, and dignity.

July Beginning Wheel Throwing 1-Day Boot Camp: glazing (class 2 of 2)

Date: Saturday, July 30

Time: 10am-12pm

Have you been thinking about trying your skill at wheel throwing, but hesitate to commit to a 6-week class? Try our 1-day boot camp to help you decide if wheel throwing is for you!

Exhibit: Wiigwaas: Birch Bark Art of the Anishinaabeg

On display July 9 - August 20

Artist: Wayne Valliere

This exhibit will feature diverse handcrafted containers (berry, food storage, winnowing (rice), cargo, cradle receptacle, feather cases, dishes and bowls, folding maple syrup baskets, a birch bark canoe). Warehouse staff and Board members and volunteers will serve as hosts and educators, providing background information and directing visitors to explore construction of the wigwam in process.

Master Artist Wayne Valliere (Mino-giizhig in Ojibwe), a member of The Lake Superior Chippewa’s Lac du Flambeau band, will be a featured artist this summer leading various discussions, classes, and talks as well as guiding a community wigwam project as part of our summer programming theme, “Living WITH the Northwoods!” Wayne is a 2020 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor awarded to those who keep folk and traditional arts alive.

Serving as the centerpiece of our programming, Wayne and his apprentices will lead students of all ages in harvesting materials from our local woodlands and constructing a summer wigwam in the courtyard of The Warehouse. The wigwam will be on display all summer and beyond.

In addition, Wayne will showcase an exhibit at The Warehouse, “The Many Uses of Birch Bark by the Anishinaabeg”. This exhibit will feature diverse handcrafted containers (berry, food storage, winnowing (rice), cargo, cradle receptacle, feather cases, dishes and bowls, folding maple syrup baskets, a birch bark canoe). The exhibit will be on display from July 9 – August 20.

Wayne has been an artist in residence at Northwestern University and currently works as a language and culture teacher at the Lac du Flambeau Public School. He is also currently in a residency with Purdue University. He is passionate about keeping cultural knowledge and traditions alive. Wayne is an experienced artist of many mediums, including beadwork, basketry, quillwork, singing, storytelling, and more. He is also one of only a handful of birch bark canoe builders left in the United States, highlighting its significance in the Anishinaabe culture and carrying on a tradition that has been handed down for thousands of years.

Current hours:

Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm

Friday 10am - 9pm

Saturday + Sunday 10am - 2pm