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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Sewing
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, June 9\, we will feature Heather Evans\, teaching the art of sewing.\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Leather-bound Journals
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, May 26\, we will feature Cary Thrall\, teaching the art of leather-bound journals. This session guides participants through the steps of building a multiple-signature book. You will learn basic terminology and how to use binding materials and tools. This class is a great introduction or addition to your practice of the time-honored tradition of bookmaking. Participants will complete their own leatherbound\, hand-made book. All materials\, tools and supplies are provided. You can make this to keep or as a special gift. Space is limited\, register soon.Future workshops include instruction on sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Comics and Animation
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, May 12\, we will feature Maxwell Green\, teaching the art of comics and animation. In this workshop\, participants will participate in a variety of fun activities focused on both comics and animation. For comics\, the focus will be on character creation strategies\, storytelling\, and sequencing our comics. Animation activities will build off of what was learned with comics\, working towards things like flipbooks and other traditional\, hands-on techniques. By the end of the session\, students will have completed a short comic\, flipbooks\, multiple drawings from activities\, and more!\n\nFuture workshops include instruction on leather-bound journals (5/26)\, and sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Meg English
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, May 10 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Meg English.  Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \nAbout the Author\nDr. Meg English is a recently retired language arts teacher.  She and her husband John have two grown sons and six grandchildren. Her activities include golf\, yoga\, painting\, drawing\, and volunteer work for the Northern Hills CASA program. Meg teaches community education classes in writing\, and facilitates the Belle Fourche Writers Group.  While she has written essays and poetry\, Meg’s current interest is fiction. She writes to make sense of life and its opportunities\, relationships\, politics and workplace events. Stories bring context to our lives and help to explain events and emotions that are sometimes difficult to understand. Meg’s work can be found in various publications. \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Simple Bookmaking & Printing
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, April 28\, we will feature Michael Baum\, teaching the art of simple bookmaking and printing. Future workshops include instruction on comics and animation (5/12)\, leather-bound journals (5/26)\, and sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Nicholas Trandahl
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 26 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with Nicholas Tandahl. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \nWe will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those who prefer attending virtually. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nNicholas Trandahl is a U.S. Army veteran\, poet\, newspaper journalist\, and outdoorsman. He lives in rural Wyoming with his wife and three daughters. \nHis poetry collections are Pulling Words (Winter Goose Publishing\, 2017)\, Think of Me (Winter Goose Publishing\, 2018)\, and Bravery (Winter Goose Publishing\, 2019). His novel Good Brave People was published by Winter Goose Publishing in 2020. \nTrandahl’s poetry collection Bravery was the recipient of the 2019 Wyoming Writers Milestone Award\, and his poem “Francis and Sistani” has been nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. His poems have been published in various literary journals and anthologies\, including but not limited to the James Dickey Review\, The Mountain: an Anthology of Mountain Poems\, Sky Island Journal\, The Dewdrop\, Deep Wild Journal\, High Plains Register\, and in a forthcoming anthology from the New York Quarterly themed around spirituality and faith. \nAdditionally\, Trandahl serves as the Chairman of the annual Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest and is the poetry editor for the literary journal The Dewdrop. \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Belle Fourche Writes
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 19 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with some of the authors from Belle Fourche Writes.  Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \nWe will also be broadcasting Author Talks on ZOOM for those who prefer attending virtually. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3793973264?pwd=MTIvWkl3cWxCMjBzR0g0T2REbmNsZz09 \nMeeting ID: 379 397 3264 \nPasscode: MOH-7973 \nAbout the Author\nMore information about the author coming soon! \nAre you interested in presenting an Author Talk? Contact us at 605-717-6967 or engage@matthewsopera.com
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Embroidery
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, April 14\, we will feature Sheila French\, teaching the art of embroidery. Future workshops include instruction on simple bookmaking and printing (4/28)\, comics and animation (5/12)\, leather-bound journals (5/26)\, and sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220329T123000
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SUMMARY:Author Talks: Belle Fourche Writes
DESCRIPTION:Author Talks take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room every Tuesday at 12:30. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 29 at 12:30 pm for our next makeSPACE at the Matthews Author Talk with some of the authors from Belle Fourche Writes. Author Talks will take place in the Matthews Fireplace Room. \n  \nAbout the Author\nJean Helmer writes flash memoir and poetry. Her topics center on ranch life\, on dealing with radioactivity\, on experiences in a one-room country school\, and on nature. She will read “Prom Night\,” published in Oakwood\, 2019. \nKathy Bjornestad is a newly retired children’s librarian who has been writing most of her life. She has experimented with poetry\, essay\, short story\, adult historical romance\, and young adult and middle-grade fiction. She has been a finalist in the Colorado gold Writing Contest and in the Pikes Peak Writing Contest\, is a Wyoming Fellowship for Creative Fiction recipient\, and received an honorable mention for Wyoming’s Neltje Blanchan Award. One of her short stories appeared as first place winner in a Scribes Valley anthology called “Escape Your World.” She has also been published in Christian Science Monitor’s “Home Forum” and placed multiple times in the Wyoming Writers Annual contest. She currently enjoys membership in Bear Lodge Writers\, Wyoming Writers (past president)\, Northern Colorado Writers and the Belle Fourche Writers Group. \nMargaret “Margie” Bolte is recently retired from the US Public Health Service as a Commissioned Officer and held positions of Safety and Health Officer and Public Health Educator. Some of her writing reflects growing up in a small town in southern Colorado in the 1960s and 1970s. For her\, writing began when she took part in local writing classes and attending the Belle Fourche Writing group. The practice revealed to her the many memories she has of her childhood and young adulthood which she did not know even existed. Using words to tell her story has been gratifying. \nDr. Meg English is a recently retired language arts teacher. She and her husband John have two grown sons and six grandchildren. Her activities include golf\, yoga\, painting\, drawing and volunteer work for the Northern Hills CASA program. Meg teaches community education classes in writing and facilitates the Belle Fourche Writers Group. While she has written essays and poetry\, Meg’s current interest is fiction. She writes to make sense of life and its opportunities\, relationships\, politics and workplace events. Stories bring context to our lives and help to explain events and emotions that are sometimes difficult to understand. Meg’s work can be found in various publications. \nEric Beeman is a retired electronics technician whose experience included maintaining radar equipment for an Air force government contractor in Colony\, Wyoming. He’s always enjoyed a good fiction book or movie and that\, he says\, is why he likes to dream up stories. Eric has learned how to put his stories to paper and is currently learning how to be more observant of details.
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Linoleum Block Printing
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, March 24\, we will feature Mary Baker\, teaching the art of linoleum block printing. Future workshops include instruction on embroidery (4/14)\, simple bookmaking and printing (4/28)\, comics and animation (5/12)\, leather-bound journals (5/26)\, and sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshops: Cardboard Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Matthews Opera House and Arts Center gallery for our free artist workshops! Twice a month we will offer classes led by practicing artists in a variety of media. Each workshop is a three-hour session in which you will get hands-on experience in crafting your own masterpiece.\n\nOn Thursday\, March 10\, we will feature Mary Baker\, teaching the art of printmaking with cardboard. Future workshops include instruction on linoleum block printing (3/24)\, embroidery (4/14)\, simple bookmaking and printing (4/28)\, comics and animation (5/12)\, leather-bound journals (5/26)\, and sewing (6/9).\n\nThese events are free\, however\, we always encourage a “pay as you can” donation to help offset the cost of supplies.\n\nThese workshops are a makeSPACE at the Matthews event\, made possible by the South Dakota Arts Council.\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot by calling the Matthews (605) 717-6967
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