River Arts Kamiah

Learning Acrylic Painting ~ Ongoing
2025-02-26 02:00 - 04:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
This class is part of a six-part series that began on January 22. Check back for new series classes!

Nature Journaling
2025-02-26 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-09 11:00 - 13:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
This is an ongoing gathering that happens on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Naturalist, artist, and birder Lee Hamilton Lee will lead explorations of how to journal and draw what we experience in nature. Lee has presented, instructed and shared his interest and passions in outdoor schools, tour groups, and many and varied venues for three decades.
Ages: 10 and up (kids must be accompanied by a parent)
Materials: Bring your journal. Other materials are provided.
FREE ~ no RSVP required

Painting Open Studios
2025-02-27 02:00 - 08:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
The Central Idaho Art Association is hosting a paint day the 4th Thursday of each month. It is an opportunity to be among other artists and work on your paintings. Bring your own project and paint or start a new project with the River Arts art supplies. Community Paint Time 10am-4pm for ages 14 and up. Event is Free.

Learning Watercolor Painting
2025-03-01 01:00 - 03:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Join local artist Denae James to learn the art of watercolor painting. You will learn a variety of fun techniques. Please note that the class starts at 9 am and concludes at 11 am. All supplies provided.
Ages: 12 and up
FREE

Ceramic Coil Pots
2025-03-07 02:00 - 04:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Class added due to popular demand! If you were at the Jan. 25 class and would like to take this class again, please email Theresa at theresa@riverartskamiah.org to get on the waiting list. We will first give new folks a chance to register. Thanks!
Learn to make a coil pot! Coiled pots are constructed by gradually stacking and joining coils of clay one on top of the other. You can then design and shape your pot according to your imagination and inspiration. Includes firing and glazing.
Instructor: Theresa Henson
Ages 6 and up
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by just hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Developing Classic Skills of Observational Drawing
2025-03-08 01:30 - 04:00
Fundamentals: Learn to See and Practice Drawing Basic Shapes. Introduction of various drawing materials. Plus, introduction of 20-25 art terms. Observational drawing is drawing from sight, looking at subject matter and drawing a likeness. We will practice looking at and drawing three-dimensional forms on the two-dimensional surface. Learn about the physical relationship of eyes, hands, space, distance, depth perception, posture, and practice, along with the process of personal interpretation and style development.
This is not copying from a two-dimensional surface to another two-dimensional surface. This is not a course in copying the instructor. The long-term goal is artistic independence, spontaneity, and fluency. Develop confidence in drawing from sight.
This class is open to adults and high school students serious about drawing.
Methods: Learn basic shapes. Demonstrations. Examples. Overview, materials, in-class work and practice ideas between classes. Slow draw, quick draw. Tiny, giant. Looking at your drawings.
Out of class practice will include finding, seeing, and drawing basic shapes. Handouts, video resources.
9:30-noon Saturdays, March 8-29: This four-session course will focus on seeing and drawing the basic shapes of spheres, ovals, cylinders, cones, rectangular shapes, and cubes and developing perspective.
Two of my favorite drawing books for classic skills are old books:
Freehand Drawing Self-Taught, 1933, Arthur L. Guptill
The Joy of Drawing, 1959, Gerhard Gollwitzer, translated from German
Lesson 1 (March 8): Course Overview and Spheres
Examples of basic shapes in artwork. Basic info, drawing a simple sphere, spheres in nature and the built environment. Hemisphere. Ellipses. Handout. Finding spheres. Oval forms. Line quality. Posture.
Lesson 2 (March 15): Cylinders and cones
How to draw cylinders and cones. Cylinders and cones in nature and the built environment. Using pencil as a plumb line. Concept of format. Viewfinder. Perspective. Eye level. Handout. Finding cylinders and cones, indoors and out of doors.
Lesson 3 (March 22): Cubes and rectangular shapes
How to draw cubes and rectangular shapes. Point of view. Eye level. Concept of vanishing point. Pyramid. Handout. Finding cubes and rectangular shapes and vanishing points.
Lesson 4 (March 29): Combining Basic Shapes
Ways of achieving perspective. Formatting, tabletop still life, depth, overlapping. Tiny, giant. Grouping objects. Overview of terminology and ways of achieving perspective.
Review, closure. New insights about drawing and what you would like to do with these skills.
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Sandra’s career was teaching art to teens and adults. She is an Idaho Vandal and has a master’s degree and a PhD in Art Education from the University of Oregon.
Sandra grew up in Headquarters and Orofino and enjoys walking out of doors, observing nature, drawing and watercolor, working in mixed media, reading, gardening, homemaking, and spending time with family and friends.
A challenge for 2025: learn how to play bridge!
These five examples start with drawing from sight using basic shapes. The materials used are pencils, pens, black and grey washes, and/or watercolors: Before the Pie 12” x 9” (above), In the Kitchen 6” x 8 ½”, Waiting at Hanson’s Garage 4” x 6”, The Pantry 16” x 20”, Hallway at the Mystic Café 5 ½” x 8 ½”

Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Developing Classic Skills of Observational Drawing ~ Ongoing
2025-03-15 02:30 - 05:00, 2025-03-22 02:30 - 05:00, 2025-03-29 02:30 - 05:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
This class is part of a four-part series that began on March 8. Check back for more series classes!

Around the World
2025-03-15 06:00 - 08:00 | Kamiah Hotel, 501 4th St, Kamiah, ID, 83536, United States
River Arts is hosting the Italian Tent from 1-3 p.m.!

CIAA General Meeting
2025-03-20 04:00 - 06:00
General Meeting of the Central Idaho Art Association

Fly Tying With Frank
2025-03-21 08:00 - 10:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Learn the art of fly tying with local angler Frank Piraino. All supplies provided.
Ages: 12 and up
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Watercolor With Pearl Spring 2025
2025-03-25 03:00 - 05:00
Artist Pearl Maxner will teach this six-class watercolor series 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Explore watercolor painting with step-by-step instructions on the use of color and light and capturing mood and emotion. Paint with confidence and trust in the flow of color in your life. All supplies provided.
Ages 15 and up. All supplies provided.
FREE
Pearl Maxner grew up knee-deep in a creek behind her childhood home in California in the foothills of Sequoia National Park and is delighted to have come full circle, finding herself once more living on the banks of a creek in Idaho County. This amazing creation never ceases to astound her and she spends time photographing, sketching, and painting the beauty.
She has worked as a fire lookout in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, a lifeguard, a trail guide for a state park, a folk singer in a restaurant, motel maid, swim instructor, elementary school teacher in Hawaii and Oregon, organic farmer in Hawaii, and as a writer and illustrator of children’s books and other publications. She currently gives watercolor seminars at the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood. Friends and family are paramount in her life. Still an avid gardener, she would rather have her hands in the dirt than just about anywhere else. She feels very blessed indeed to have experienced so much of the good this life has to offer.
You can see more of her work at www.TheArtofPearl.gallery
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Watercolor With Pearl Spring 2025 ~ 2
2025-03-25 05:30 - 07:30
Artist Pearl Maxner will teach this six-class watercolor series 12:30-2:30 Tuesdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Explore watercolor painting with step-by-step instructions on the use of color and light and capturing mood and emotion. Paint with confidence and trust in the flow of color in your life. All supplies provided.
Ages 15 and up. All supplies provided.
FREE
Pearl Maxner grew up knee-deep in a creek behind her childhood home in California in the foothills of Sequoia National Park and is delighted to have come full circle, finding herself once more living on the banks of a creek in Idaho County. This amazing creation never ceases to astound her and she spends time photographing, sketching, and painting the beauty.
She has worked as a fire lookout in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, a lifeguard, a trail guide for a state park, a folk singer in a restaurant, motel maid, swim instructor, elementary school teacher in Hawaii and Oregon, organic farmer in Hawaii, and as a writer and illustrator of children’s books and other publications. She currently gives watercolor seminars at the Monastery of St. Gertrude in Cottonwood. Friends and family are paramount in her life. Still an avid gardener, she would rather have her hands in the dirt than just about anywhere else. She feels very blessed indeed to have experienced so much of the good this life has to offer.
You can see more of her work at www.TheArtofPearl.gallery
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Painting Open Studios
2025-03-27 03:00 - 09:00
Come paint with members of the Central Idaho Art Association. Bring your own project. This is an independent painting time with shared community. No instruction provided.

Watercolor With Pearl ~ Ongoing ~2
2025-04-01 05:30 - 07:30, 2025-04-08 05:30 - 07:30, 2025-04-15 05:30 - 07:30 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
This class is part of a six-part series that began on March 25. Check back for more series classes!

Trash to Treasure With Fusion Mineral Paints
2025-04-04 06:00 - 09:00
Paint Class with Moriah Hale Friday April 4th (1-4pm)
Fusion Paint is wonderful to work with. It is not only perfect for refinishing furniture but a creative way to transform accent pieces for your home (baskets, frames, glass, small lamps, planters, etc.)
Bring your own piece to paint or select from River Arts stash of accessories for a small donation.
Class fee is $15 to cover supply costs (paint and brushes)
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. You will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Pysanky: Ukrainian Egg Decorating
2025-04-05 02:00 - 05:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Pysanky are the complex-design Easter eggs that are a traditional Ukrainian craft. They are dyed eggs, with the designs built up in layers using a batik-type method. Wax pens cover each color in the design as the eggs are dipped in dyes. Local artist Kris Hazelbaker will lead an exploration into this art form.
The class will cover a little history of pysanky – the different styles and some of the meanings of the symbols. We will have an overview of the process, from bare egg to finished decorated egg – drawing the design in pencil, writing with wax over the part of the egg to be kept white, which dyes to use in which order, and finishing the egg by blowing out the inside and removing the wax writings. Then we will all have an opportunity to make our own using a simple design from a book. Kris will provide a “resources” sheet, with the sources she uses for dyes, wax pens, and pattern books.
Kris has always admired these eggs with their intricate designs, and when a friend turned out to be an expert in pysanky, she got her chance to learn the basics. “Several books and LOTS of eggs later, I am finally making pysanky eggs that I am proud of.”
Ages 15 and up
FREE ~ Please note this class begins at 9 am.
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Watercolor With Pearl ~ Ongoing
2025-04-08 03:00 - 05:00, 2025-04-15 03:00 - 05:00, 2025-04-22 03:00 - 05:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States

Fly Tying With Frank
2025-04-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-17 10:30 - 12:30 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Learn the art of fly tying with local angler Frank Piraino. All supplies provided.
Ages: 12 and up
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. The class is free and you will also have an option to make a donation to support continued free arts programming for Kamiah and beyond. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Intermediate Needle Felting: Bunny
2025-04-12 03:00 - 05:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
Needle felting is a fun and relaxing craft that can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of their experience with other kinds of art. Needle felting uses unspun wool to create small animals and objects, or flat pictures that can be framed. In this class we will create a bunny, which requires a more advanced technique to make the fur so it is recommended that you have had at least one felting class.
Please bring a pair of very sharp scissors – all other supplies will be provided. This class will dive into the different types of wool and the breeds of sheep who produce them. While you felt, learn about some rare and heritage breeds, and how to choose the right wool for your project out of the hundreds of different types. There will be wool from specialty and rare breeds available for you to make your bunny with.
Instructor Lauren Graves lives in Kooskia, where she enjoys creating crafts, painting, and writing novels. She is an award-winning needle felting artist and professional felting instructor. Her felting classes have been hosted in Grangeville, Kamiah, and Craigmont.
Class Supply List:
(Please note that these supplies will be provided for you to keep at the time of the class.)
Needle felting mat (foam, wool, or natural fiber mats are recommended for beginners)
2-3 leather finger protectors
Several felting needles (you will need at least a large, such as a 36 triangle, a medium, such as a 38 star, twist, or triangle, and a small, such as a 40 triangle)
Approx. 1/4 ounce of core wool
(2) 9mm plastic eyes
Small bit of pink and black carded wool
Approx. 1/2 ounce of natural or dyed wool roving from a variety of breeds
Class Cost: $35 per person (for supplies)
There is a $15 discount for students who bring their own mat, finger protectors, and needles. If you bring your own supplies, you will be refunded $15 at the time of the class. Wool will be provided for everyone.
Due to the very sharp needles, this class is for ages 12 and up, and kids under 16 years old should be accompanied by an adult.
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. In addition to the $35 supplies fee, you will have an option to make a donation to support River Arts. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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Animals in Clay
2025-04-19 03:00 - 05:00 | River Arts, 416 Main Street, Suite E, Kamiah, 83536, United States
In this class we will explore clay’s capacity for figurative sculpture by focusing on animals. Bring a picture of your favorite animal to sculpt. We will also have ideas on hand for vessels with animal attributes and stylized animal characters.
Ages six and up. Kids must be supervised by an adult. All supplies provided.
Instructor Theresa Henson is a sculptor …the above is a sculpture of her dog Shadow that she got to bring to a ceramics class in college 🙂
Please RSVP for this class with the form below. This class is free and you will have an option to make a donation to support River Arts. You can bypass this option by hitting “Continue”. The system treats the RSVP and contact info as separate things so you will need to enter that twice. You will be able to put in the names of everyone in your group and you will also receive email confirmation of your registration and event reminders. We look forward to seeing you in the studio!
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