Discover your creativity, joy and passion while designing and making a unique silver pendant necklace. Learn basic jewelry making skills like sawing, texture applications, cold joining techniques and more. Explore the world of jewelry design and craftsmanship in this one day intensive workshop. All materials to be provided by the instructor Age & Ability: 18+, beginners welcome! This workshop takes place from 10am-6pm at the Hailey Classroom.
Educator Evening: Installation Challenge
School’s almost out! Take some time for yourself during this Educator Evening and collaborate with peers in a transformation project, turning a space into something new. Consider the ways that installations and/or hands-on making can create community as well as provide opportunities for students to think about, experience, and engage with material in new ways. In a short period of time, turn SVMoA’s Ketchum Studio into a tropical beach. This event begins at 5pm at the Museum in Ketchum. About SVMoA Educator Evenings Open to educators of all subject areas, Educator Evening is a FREE professional development series occurring monthly. Blaine County educators may receive in-service (continuing education) hours for their participation. SVMoA shares the names of those BCSD educators who participate with the school district office for in-service district hours. Join educators, visiting artists, and Museum staff for in-person presentations, discussion, and activity based on current exhibitions at SVMoA and connections to the National Core Arts Standards and Idaho Content Standards. Develop curricular connections and gain tools, strategies, and thinking routines for integrating art and objects into everyday classroom learning. Participate in a professional learning community of supportive and reflective educational practitioners, and have some fun! Topics include: Art …
ARTIST TALK: Will Wilson
Join Diné artist Will Wilson for a talk about his practice, his “Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange,” and his work to continue and transform customary Indigenous cultural practice.
WORKSHOP: Bookmaking with Drypoint & Chine Colle
Explore intaglio printing, a process where an image is scratched into a plate with a pointed tool. Add to your prints using chine colle (a collage process). Create several prints to then make a handmade hardcover book. Leave the workshop with drypoint plates you can use in future printmaking projects and a one-of-a-kind art book. All supplies for the workshop will be provided, although students are welcome to bring images as sources of inspiration or collage materials want to work with. Please bring a lunch or snacks to the workshop. Age & Ability: 16+, beginners welcome! This 2-day workshop will take place from 10am-2pm, Sat. June 7th and Sun. June 8th at The Hailey Classroom.
Wendy Pesky Educator Summit
Connect with peers, explore the transformative power of arts integration, and inspire student success through creativity and self-expression. Teachers across all grade levels and disciplines in southern Idaho are invited for two days of conversation and learning with art scholars and colleagues. The summit will feature presentations from experts in the field, hands-on workshops, and ready-to-use lesson plans, offering practical tools for immediate implementation. Building on SVMoA’s history of supporting arts education, this summit will explore research-backed strategies for connecting visual art to subjects like math, science, social studies, and language arts. Sessions will focus on fostering critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and social-emotional learning, emphasizing the benefits of arts engagement highlighted by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Research shows that intensive arts experiences improve grades, test scores, graduation rates, and civic engagement, especially for at-risk youth. The Summit is named in memory of Wendy Pesky, a beloved longtime Sun Valley Museum of Art board member and tireless champion for arts and education. Together with her husband, Alan, Wendy founded the Lee Pesky Learning Center, which helps students overcome learning disabilities. Wendy and Alan also established SVMoA’s Wendy & Alan Pesky Educator Scholarship, which supports professional development in the …
WORKSHOP: Landscape Photography
Explore the genre of landscape photography. Learn about camera settings, lens choices and the use of natural light to compose dynamic landscape photographs. The two-day workshop will consist of classroom instruction and a location shoot on the first day, where participants will have the opportunity to practice their photography skills and capture the landscape at the magic hour of sunset. On the second day, meet in the Hailey classroom to learn the basics of editing and engage in the post-production process. No prior experience necessary for this workshop. Age and ability: 16+ years, all leverls and beginners welcome.
TEEN WORKSHOP: Indigo Dyed Long-sleeved T-shirts with Amy Johnson
Tie dye a cotton long-sleeved t-shirt using Japanese style Indigo Dyeing. Explore the possibilities of Indigo with submersive dyeing and Shibori, a Japanese resist-dyeing technique that involves twisting cloth and binding it to create a vast array of patterns in the fabric. At the end of the workshop, unfold to reveal the stunning one-of-a-kind patterns. Long-sleeved tee shirts will be provided as part of the workshop, but you are welcome to bring your own items to dye. Dyeable fabrics that work best for this process are wool, silk (100% animal protein fibers) 100% cotton, hemp, or bamboo fibers. Make sure to wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind getting some splashes of blue on! Age & Ability: 12+ and up, all levels, beginners welcome! This workshop takes place from 3:30–5:30pm at the Hailey Classroom. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Amy Johnson, b. 1976, USA received a BS in Sociology from Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC and a BFA from the University of CO, Boulder. Johnson holds an M.F.A. from the University of Washington ceramics program. She has maintained an active art career with exhibitions, performances, lectures and residency programs. Artist residences have been an integral part of her career. In 2005 …
WORKSHOP: Indigo & Shibori with Amy Johnson
In this hands-on indigo dyeing workshop, explore the possibilities of indigo with a focus on submersive dyeing and Shibori dyeing techniques. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from some plants, and Shibori is a Japanese resist-dyeing technique that involves twisting cloth and binding it to create a vast array of patterns in the fabric. Instructor Amy Johnson will guide you through the best way to prepare fabrics for dyeing, from fabric selection, to washing, scouring and post-dyeing treatment that will give your dyed goods the longest life possible. Then, mix a fructose indigo vat, stitch, wrap your designs, and dip the fabric into the vat of your desired shade of indigo. By the end of the workshop, unfold the pieces and reveal the stunning one-of-a-kind patterns. Make sure to wear clothes and shoes that you don’t mind getting some splashes of blue on! SVMoA will provide three silk scarves for participants to dye, but you are welcome to bring your own items to dye. Dyeable fabrics that work best for this process are wool, silk (100% animal protein fibers) 100% cotton, hemp, or bamboo fibers. Age & Ability: 16+, beginners welcome! This workshop takes place from 11am-4pm at the Hailey …
TEEN ART NIGHT: Gesso Transfers
Join us for Teen Art Night, a free art-making program for teens, where we’ll build on the creative techniques from last month’s Alternative Photography Processes to explore the themes of mapping, movement, and identity in connection with the Uncharted: Artists as Wayfinders exhibition. This month, we’ll be continuing our exploration of alternative photography processes, focusing specifically on Gesso transfers. Be prepared to get hands-on with this tactile image-making technique, which allows you to lift and layer photographic imagery in a whole new way. Please send digital photos or other imagery you’d like to include in your transfer to Dianne at dsanchez.shumway@svmoa.org by Thursday, May 8th to make sure they’re printed and ready for you. No experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this two-hour session is a fun and supportive space for teens ages 12–18 to experiment and express themselves. SVMoA Staff and Teen Interns will be there to guide you through the creative process and help you connect your work to the exhibition’s themes of exploration and self-discovery. Pre-registration is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome! No experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided. Whether you’re a beginner …
Sun Valley Opera and Broadway Presents Met Opera’s Live Simulcast of “Le Nozze di Figaro”
Mozart’s timeless masterpiece Le Nozze di Figaro is packed with hilarious hijinks, glorious melodies, and sharp social commentary. Dynamic young conductor Joana Mallwitz leads an energetic staging by Richard Eyre that The New Yorker hails as “accessible and entertaining, but smart and cunning, too – delightful.” Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel and soprano Olga Kulchynska are the newlyweds Figaro and Susanna, alongside baritone Joshua Hopkins and soprano Federica Lombardi as the Count and Countess Almaviva. Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce completes the principal cast as the incorrigible page Cherubino.