Photograph of 'Mapping Clark County' exhibit case at the 2011 Palmer Wirfs Antique & Collectible Show in Ridgefield, WA

Stay tuned for more details.

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Stay tuned for more details as the exhibit approaches.

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This talk is held in conjunction with our current folk art exhibit, “Working with Tradition: Folk Artists of Washington State”.

This event will take place at the museum on January 7th at 1 p.m.

Event is included in regular cost of museum admission.
Street parking at metered spaces is FREE on Saturdays!

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The dates of this year’s show are Saturday, January 21st and Sunday, January 22nd, 2012.

• Saturday hours are 9 am – 6 pm;
• Sunday hours are 10 am – 5 pm.

The Event Center is located on the Clark County Fairgrounds in Ridgefield at 17402 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, WA 98642.

Check the Palmer Wirfs & Associates website for admission prices.

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The museum galleries will remain open for viewing as will the Brautigan Library. The research library will be closed during the program.

Admission to this event is free!

Sponsors include: Riverview Community Bank, the Clark County Historical Museum, and Washington State University Vancouver.

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National Unpublished Writers’ Day is an annual event held in partnership between the Clark County Historical Museum, the Writing Center at Washington State University Vancouver, and The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver. The event highlights The Brautigan Library Collection at the Museum, Washington- born writer Richard Brautigan who conceived the idea for a library where anyone could deposit a copy of their unpublished book, regardless of content or quality of writing, and all those folks who wish to create or communicate through writing.

National Unpublished Writers’ Day is free, both in terms of admission and in the spirit of a sixties “happening” with their multiple, simultaneous events and opportunities. We do, however, welcome any contributions and donations. The event will feature a series of “creative stations” and workshops around the Museum, each offering different opportunities to learn or experience something associated with different aspects or kinds of writing. These Creation Stations and workshops serve to highlight a broad approach to writing and offer a wide array of information, theory, and practice for our visitors.

Creative stations will include:

Radio drama
Genealogy and Family History Writing
Writing for mobile media
Salmon Creek Journal
Spontaneous writing a la Jack Kerouac
Make your own zines
Very, Very, Very Short Stories
Comedy Writing
Descriptive writing
Creative Writing
Genealogical History Writing
Writing for role-playing games
Poetry As Survival
Editing/Resume writing
History Writing

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The Museum is working with, among others, Dr. John Barber of the Washington State University Vancouver Creative Media & Digital Culture department to bring this event to Vancouver. Dr. Barber is working to provide live streaming of the event and real-time chat with the author in order to make this event accessible to those outside Vancouver.

Copies of “Jubilee Hitchhiker” are now on pre-sale through the museum and will also be available for purchase on the 17th.

ABOUT THE BOOK

 
Title: Jubilee Hitchhiker
Subtitle: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan
Author: William Hjortsberg
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58243-790-3
Format: Trade Cloth, 896 pages, 7 x 10
Pub date: April 1, 2012
Price: $38.00
Category: Biography & Autobiography

JUBILEE HITCHHIKER is a comprehensive biography of the late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many other works. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an inspiration to young writers like William Hjortsberg trying to get their start. Brautigan’s career wove its way through both the Beat-influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the “Flower Power” hippie movement of the 1960s, while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period.

JUBILEE HITCHHIKER also delves deeply into the spirited times in which Brautigan lived. As Hjortsberg guides us through his search to uncover Brautigan as a man the reader is pulled deeply into the writer’s world. Ultimately this is a work that seeks to connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir, JUBILEE HITCHHIKER etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 
William Hjortsberg is the author of eight books, including Alp, Gray Matters, and Falling Angel, as well as the screenplays “Legend” and “Thunder & Lightning.” He lives in Montana with his wife, painter Janie Camp.

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More details to come soon.

Tickets are $35 for CCHS members and $40 for non-members. Space is limited to 80 guests.

Our guest speaker this year will be Rebecca Morrison-Peck, who will be giving a presentation entitled Staying the Corset: a Look at Women’s Underwear 1790-1950. Rebecca’s presentation will be followed by a catered luncheon. Doors open at 11:00 am.

About Rebecca Morrison-Peck

Rebecca has been sewing and costuming for over 50 years. She spent 13 years in England, in market research and as owner of a craft-artist consulting business, as well as a designer of American-style quilts and a childrens clothing line.

She and her English husband and son came to Clark County in 1991, where she worked as the buyer for a local quilt shop, and managed the book stores/gift shops at Fort Vancouver, the OO Howard House, and the Grant House Folk Art Center.

Her business, Lacings, was in operation from 2000 to 2006, with historic costuming classes at the Clark County Historical Museum and the Historic Covington House, and a custom design and creation side, reaching out to hundreds of eager costumers!

Rebecca has created costumes for Fort Vancouver, the FV National Historic Trust, the City of Vancouver, the Heritage Ambassadors, the Jane Austen Society of North America, and many private individuals. She lives and works in Yacolt and does business online.

Call (360) 993-5679 or drop by to reserve your spot!

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UPDATE: Most spots are now full. We are taking a waiting list for both days. Please contact us if you would like to be put on the waiting list.

Pat Courtney Gold Sally Bag Native American Basket Making class

 
Baskets were important containers for harvest, for trade, and for storage. Wasco-Chinook baskets are unique with their geometric images and motifs.
This class will introduce the students to the Chinook-Wasco style of twining a basket to create geometric designs. For ease in learning the techniques, commercial cotton fibers will be used.

The students will learn:

• The Wasco start at the Base
• The Wasco-Chinook technique of “Z” twining
• The full–turn twine technique to create images
• The Traditional ending using a braid technique

Time: 6 hours
Class limit: 10 students
Supplies: scissors, nail or awl (for packing the weave), and a big smile.
Prerequisite: twining experience will be helpful.
Cost: $75 per student.

Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call the museum at (360) 993-5679 to register.

All materials provided/included. However each student needs to bring the above supplies.
Come learn about the thousand year old basketry along the Columbia River!

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Cost for this class is $20 per person. Class limit as 15 people.
Call (360) 993-5679 to reserve your seat!

Date: Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Time: 1 pm to 3 pm
Location: Clark County Historical Museum

Participants are invited to bring samples of photographs from their family collections for advice on how to preserve the photos for the long term, where to look for advice and supplies, how to know when it’s best to leave a bad photo alone, and how to know when a bad photo can be made better.

Richard will provide advice on the care, handling, and storage of historic photographs, on scanning as a preservation tool, and on ways to share and use you photographs while preserving the original images. Samples of storage sleeves, boxes, and albums will be available. So gather up a few of your valued prints, negatives, albums, tintypes, daguerreotypes, color slides, and come down to the museum for a consultation!

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Our featured guest this year will be bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon, known for his U.S. travel writing books, namely “Blue Highways” and “River Horse”.

The evening will also include dinner and a silent auction.

Stay tuned for more exciting details on this year’s auction!

Reserve your tickets before May 8th, 2012.

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Dates are September 9th-16th, 2012. Click here for more details and for the participation form.

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This is a wonderful project for a doting grandparent, parent or guardian. Making and sharing this book will enhance your present relationship with your grandchild or child while recording part of his or her personal history. The finished product would also make a wonderful holiday gift!

This is a two-part workshop. The first half is held on Saturday, October 8th and the second half is held on Saturday, October 22nd. The workshop is from 10 am to noon on both days.

Class fee is $22 (non-refundable). This includes materials to create the covers and three pages of a felt book, plus a felt doll.
The workshop will be taught by retired educator Pepper Kim who has taught high school for 25 years. She is an artist, lifelong crafter and CCHM supporter. The felt book she created for her two-year-old granddaughter, Brooke, is the inspiration for this class. (Testimonial: Brooke’s favorite book to read with her grandmother is her felt book, “The Book of Brooke”.)

Participants should bring to class: sewing scissors, if you have them, or regular scissors, list of toddler’s favorite foods, pictures of toddler’s bedroom.

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Email us to RSVP for a “souper” supper of savory soups and Susan’s piquant pies!

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Our two-part Authors’ Party and Membership Meeting will take place this year on November 17th, 2011.

At 5 pm, the general public and members alike are welcome to come get a copy of the new Clark County History Annual and have it signed by the authors. You can receive a free copy with current membership!

At 6 pm, everyone is invited to our annual membership meeting.
Museum director Susan Tissot will give a presentation on the past year at the museum and some exciting things we’re looking forward to in 2012!

This evening will also be the opening reception for ‘Working with Tradition: Folk Artists of Washington State’, our newest exhibit.

Give us a call at (360) 993-5679 with any questions or for information about how to become a member. You can also print off a membership form here.

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