Crafting Memory: Making a Paper Cut Story (22) Nikki McClure August 23 – 25, 2010 (Mon - Wed) 1C / 18 clock hours Learning Center T$275, D$355, S$515   ©Nikki McClure    Cost includes two nights lodging and seven meals Join Nikki McClure, the Olympia-based artist renowned for her intricate and beautiful paper cuts, for her first art retreat with North Cascades Institute as the long days of late summer stretch before us. Using an X-Acto knife, Nikki cuts out her images from a single sheet of paper, creating a bold language that translates the complex poetry of parenthood, nature and activism into a simple and endearing picture. Her art is ubiquitous in our region, gracing best-selling calendars, T-shirts, cards and, more recently, books, including All in a Day, a recipient of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award. Starting with landscape and field sketches--as well as muscle memories of places lodged in our psyches--we'll begin to craft our stories. Moving to single sheets of paper, we'll cut images using X-Acto knives and carve out stories rich with the memory of this time and place. In between working on our art projects, there will be opportunities to hike in the woods, splash around in Diablo Lake, nibble berries and walk in the moonlight. Our outdoor adventures over the course of three days will inspire the crafting of our paper cuts. Good food, comfortable lodging, new friends, wilderness and art--they all add up to a memorable weekend in the mountains!

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The campus features trails, a canoe dock, outdoor learning shelters, classrooms, dining hall, an amphitheater and the Wild Ginger library. Facilities and local trails are ADA accessible. The Learning Center has three guest lodges for housing participants and instructors, each one with shared gender-specific bathrooms with showers. Guest rooms contain one twin bed and a set of twin bunk beds and pricing varies according to the sleeping arrangements. Bedrooms also include Internet ports, one or two writing desks and two built-in wardrobes. Participants are asked to bring their own bedding and towels; bedding and towels are offered for a small rental fee. Pillows are provided. Overnight accommodations are for paid registrants only. We cannot accommodate pets. Delicious, healthy meals incorporating local and organic foods are provided in our lakeside dining hall for paid registrants in Institute programs. If you have special dietary requirements or food allergies, we will gladly attempt to accommodate them with advance notice. No pets please.

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