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Celebrating 35 years of success, Portland State University’s Haystack Summer Program in the Arts presents another all-star line-up of writers, visual artists, musicians and gardeners for its annual creative arts workshops in Cannon Beach, Ore. Registration for Haystack begins March 15, 2004 and the program runs from July 12 - August 6, 2004.

Haystack’s weeklong and weekend workshops are taught by celebrated local and national experts in their field. Organized by PSU’s Extended Studies department, University credit is available for most of the classes. Tuition ranges from $95 to $550 per workshop. Lodging is not included in the tuition.

“This year’s faculty is very strong and we have added new art and music classes, faculty lectures in the afternoons which will be open to all students and will allow everyone to benefit from the collective talent on site each week,” said Elizabeth Snyder, program director. “I am also extremely pleased to have Arthur Levine, editor of the American editions of the Harry Potter books, as a special guest for the 2004 Children’s Book Conference, which will take place in Portland this year.”

The 2004 Haystack summer session includes:

Writing Classes, July 12 – August 6
This year’s distinguished instructors include Diana Abu-Jaber, Judith Barrington, Annie Callan, Annabel Davis-Goff, Gary Ferguson, Molly Gloss, Laura Kalpakian, Karen Karbo, Lauren Kessler, Whitney Otto, Tom Spanbauer, Dennis Stovall and Cynthia Whitcomb. Classes in poetry, “dangerous” writing, screenwriting, memoir, nonfiction, nature writing and publishing are planned. Each author schedules a reading on Tuesday or Wednesday nights at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce. These readings are open to the public.

Visual Arts Workshops, July 12 – August 6
Weeklong art classes include “Drawing with Pastels” taught by Charlien Fitzpatrick, “Encaustic Painting” with Susan Harlan and “Printmaking Without a Press” taught by Barbara Mason and other instructors from Print Arts Northwest. Pat San Soucie is teaching a weeklong watercolor class entitled “Orderly Happenstance.” Weekend offerings include a “Monoprint Workshop” with Nicole Rawlins and Pat Courtney Gold’s weaving class, “Plant Fibers: Don’t Waste Them Weave Them.”

Music Workshops, July 16 – August 6
Local treasures Philip and Gayle Neuman offer a “Renaissance Music Workshop” for recorder and other period instruments. Chris Tyle, Clint Baker and Marc Caparone join forces for a weekend of “Traditional Jazz,” the collectively improvised music often referred to as Dixieland and Rodney Eichenberger returns to teach the “Choral Conducting Workshop” where 85 voices will come together in a lively concert at the end of the week, August 6, 2004.

Gardening Classes, July 17 – 18, July 23 – 24
Haystack offers a weekend workshop for gardeners with Ann Lovejoy and Beth Holland, “The Joy of Gardening: Designing Public and Private Landscapes,” where students discuss plant selection and placement, maintenance, natural care, pruning, and shaping as well as design philosophy. Allan Mandell is back to teach the popular “Learning to See in the Garden: Garden Photography” class.

Pacific Northwest Children’s Book Conference, July 19 – 23
The annual Pacific Northwest Children’s Book Conference for writers and illustrators, now in its fifth year, is moving to the campus of the Lewis & Clark College in Portland. The conference presents an exiting week of lectures and small-group, faculty-led workshops. For more information visit www.haystack.pdx.edu/children or call 503-725-4186 to request a brochure.

Portland State University’s Haystack Summer Program in the Arts, founded in 1969, has for 35 years provided creative opportunities for people who are passionate about the arts. Its offerings are consistently rich and varied; the instructors are accomplished and inspiring; and lasting friendships are made through the program. Past faculty has included William Stafford, Terrence O'Donnell, Ursula LeGuin, Ursula Hegi, Homer Groening, Craig Lesley, Tom Prochaska, Obo Addy, Ella Jenkins, Ray Grimm, Tom Taylor, Ben Padrow, Sallie Tisdale, Ray Tate and Jerry Douglas.

For more information contact the Portland State University Haystack Summer Program in the Arts at 503-725-4186 or e-mail snydere@pdx.edu, or visit www.haystack.pdx.edu for a complete listing of classes, workshops and events. University credit is available through Portland State University.

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