Category: Hewnoaks News

Hewnoaks alumni are out in the world doing amazing things! We’ll keep a running list here. To see alumni news from 2022 click here, or from 2021 and before, click here. (If you are a past participant in our program, please drop us a line so we can celebrate what you’ve been doing.) 2024 February … Continue reading Alumni news

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What ideas do you have for Hewnoaks for 2020?

The 2019 Wild Light Art Exhibition will showcase new and original artwork …

January/February, 2021 Portland’s TempoART has announced its 2022 project: Hewnoaks alum and Residency Manager, Pamela Moulton, has been commissioned to build an installation entitled Every Tree Tells a Story, four immersive trees sculptures whose metal armatures will be draped in accumulations of “ghost gear,” abandoned fishing net and bouys. Coming to a Portland park this summer! (Details … Continue reading Alumni news, 2021 and before

We have a report for our 2018 season available to view here as a downloadable pdf.

At the October, 2018 Alliance of Artist Communities Emerging Program Institute (for new residency programs and folks considering starting programs), Hewnoaks director Nat May and colleague Linda Earle discussed considering equity in the artist selection process.

On Indigenous People’s Day, we’d like to acknowledge the history of the land of Hewnoaks. The app “Native Land” (and corresponding website native-land.ca) shows what indigenous territories and languages might have and still do exist around North America.  

Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk was an American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He and his wife Marion established Hewnoaks together.

Marion Larrabee Volk (1859–1925) decided to improve upon a generations-old native tradition of making “drawn” rugs, and with the help of her son Wendell and daughter Marion she began Sabatos Handcrafts in 1901. A drawn rug is a type of hooked rather than woven rug. The Volks gathered together residents of Center Lovell, who then … Continue reading Founder Marion Larrabee Volk