Our Rest-of-the-Year Schedule!
October 25, 2018 | Posted in Uncategorized | By Alexandria Searls
November 9th Closed for Private Event
November 10 Press Express! We offer leaf pressings and leaf art. Learn how to use a press, and how to make leaf art with watercolors, leaves, and cut outs!
Center Wins Top Architectural Award
October 22, 2018 | Posted in Uncategorized | By Alexandria Searls
We’re thrilled for our architects, Hays + Ewing Design Studio, that the Center won AIA Virginia’s Honor Award in Architecture, the top prize. And it’s exciting to think that one of the lead architects of the Obama Presidential Center was the head of the jury…
Closed for Oregon Conference Saturday through Thursday
October 5, 2018 | Posted in Uncategorized | By Alexandria Searls
The Center is closed from Saturday, October 6 through Thursday, October 11, and we reopen on Friday, October 12th, at 12:30.
The staff is in Oregon, where we are attending a Lewis and Clark conference! Already we have purchased spices, jams, and sauces to include in our recipes for “A Portable Feast’! This year, our fundraiser celebrates the foods of Oregon. Please check out our event page on Facebook.
Boat Decorating Workshop
September 15, 2018 | Posted in Uncategorized | By Alexandria Searls
Saturday, September 22, we’re having a boat decorating workshop for people interested in taking part in this year’s FLOWtilla. The workshop is 10-3, and we’ll be decorating our own giant cardinal boat! The FLOWtilla will take place at 1:30, Saturday, September 29, at 1:30 from the Darden Towe boat ramp. The FLOWtilla is a competition for Best Decorated Boat, judged this year by Alex Nyerges, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts. Entrants last year included a big duck made out of duct tape and other materials, a bee boat, and the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center’s Photo Boat, a boat displaying underwater photography and covered with camera stencils.
SAVE THE DATE!
September 10, 2018 | Posted in Uncategorized | By Alexandria Searls
SAVE THE DATE! This year, our annual fundraiser, “A Portable Feast,” will feature specialty foods from the Oregon Coast–Oregon berries, vegetables, and fruits; salmon and candlefish; licorice root and Oregon grapes. Center staff is heading out to Oregon for a Lewis and Clark conference–and bringing back plenty of ingredients and recipes! We will make a special announcement when tickets go on sale later this month!
Above: wild licorice…