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:

7/31 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.

8/1 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 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

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 August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

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: Northwoods Magnets

Date: Tuesday, August 2

Time: 4:30-6pm

Instructor: Lisa Opfer

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 August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Time: 8:30-9:30am

Instructor: Kate Remme

Cost: $50 / person for the 5-week August 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.

August Youth Art

Dates: Wednesdays August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Time: 10:30-12pm

Instructors: Donna Murray and Tammie Lindstrom

Cost: $50 for the 4-week session, or $12 / class

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

8/3 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: Ecofluent with Rebecca McBride

Date: Wednesday, August 3

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: Free to attend

Rebecca McBride will be discussing her nonprofit, Ecofluent.

"Leading scientists estimate 75 to 100 species go extinct every day. Every day. It’s hard not to feel completely powerless in light of such complex and significant challenges facing our environment and the beautiful beings that inhabit it. But you are not powerless.

The idea behind Ecofluent is simple, but powerful. Individual choices can change our world.

By making everyday purchases that support companies who place a high value on sustainability—whether it’s a grocery store purchase, investment decision, or travel destination—we can collectively use the principles of supply and demand to fundamentally reshape our economy to one that supports a balanced and healthy environment.

At Ecofluent, you’ll find the resources you need to make sure your choices count.

So let’s change the world. Together. Spend wisely. Spend kindly. Be ecofluent."

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!

8/4 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: August 4 + 11

Time: 9-10am

Instructor: Cindy Conlon

Cost: $20 for the 2-week August 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.

Leaf Rain Chains (4-week class)

Dates: Thursdays August 4, 11, 18, 25

Time: August 4: 2-5pm, August 11, 18 + 25: 2-4pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $120 / 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 create our pottery rain chains . The instructor will help you design your leaf and guide you through some different techniques to create the leads for your chain.

During the first class we will create the leaves. The second class is for finishing, the third class is for glazing, and the fourth class is for assembling.

Living WITH the Northwoods Lectures: Wild Edibles

Location: The Warehouse Courtyard

Dates: July 28 & Aug 4

Time: 4-7pm

Cost: Free to attend- please bring a dish to pass

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: August 5 + 12

Time: 9-10am

Instructor: Cindy Conlon

Cost: $20 for the 2-week August 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.

Open Mic Lab @ Inspiration Bar- hosted by Brett Winters

Date: Friday, August 5

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: free to attend

Join us for an evening of artistic sharing. This event is dedicated to the experimental performance of all things creative including, but not limited to: comedy, film, music, poetry, storytelling, and theater.

Open mic labs are held on the first Friday of every month, 7-9 p.m.!

August Beginning Wheel Throwing 1-Day Boot Camp

Date: Saturday, August 6

Time: 9am-3pm

(glazing: August 20, 10am-12pm)

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $80 / person

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.

MORE UPCOMING CLASSES & EVENTS:

Radio Show- Fundraiser Event

Date: Friday, August 12

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: $25 / person

Return to the golden age of radio for a thrilling adventure set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin performed “live” before a studio audience of local actors and sound effects artists. The cast will include Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath, Eagle River Mayor Jeff Hyslop, Eagle River Historical Society President Karen Sailer, as well as actors Jeff Libby, Bernie Hupperts, Marlon Mee and Kate Janssen. A performance of traditional storytelling and music by National Endowment of the Arts artists Joe and Paula McHugh will precede the play. Sponsored by the Braywood Resort. Join the fun while supporting the Warehouse!

Ceramic Monstera Leaf Bowls (2-week class)

Dates: August 9 + 16

Time: Aug. 9- 2-4pm, Aug. 16- 2:30-4pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $65 / person

This is a Handbuilding class which means that instead of mainly using a pottery wheel, we will use slabs, a template, forms and other tools to create our monstera leaf bowls. The instructor will help you design your bowl and guide you through some different techniques to create your bowls. We can add a stem or handles to embellish the monstera leaf bowls.

During first class we will create the bowls. The second class is for finishing and glazing.

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

Dates: Wednesdays August 10, 17, 31

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.

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

Dates: Wednesdays August 10, 17, 24

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.

Current hours:

Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm

Friday 10am - 9pm

Saturday + Sunday 10am - 2pm