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Flamingos in Paris and Seattle!
Natural Light Portraiture Workshop
Klas Stolpe, On Pointe In Wings Off Broadway
Package includes:
Photograph by Klas Stolpe, “On Pointe In Wings Off Broadway” and Tickets to the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Value: $600
Enjoy two unique evenings of Ballet performances for two with the Pacific Northwest Ballet including:
Pacific Northwest Ballet dress rehearsal tickets for 2
Pacific Northwest Ballet studio rehearsal for 2
Atrist: Klas Stolpe
Alaskan Klas Stolpe is a free lance photojournalist. His photos have appeared in newspapers and magazines worldwide.
Compliments of Caroline Goodhart of PNB STARS
John Martin, CA Force of Destiny, 2006 Archival Inkjet Print
Package includes:
Photograph by John Martin, Force of Destiny, 2006 and two tickets to the January 8th, 2009 dress rehearsal of Seattle Opera’s The Pearl Fishers.
Value: $1,000.00
Atrist: John F. Martin
John F. Martin studied at School of Visual Arts, NYC, and City College of San Francisco, and has taught at Academy of Art University. He has worked as a commercial photographer for 25 years and has been published worldwide.
Value: $1,899.00
Genuine “Buddy50” Scooter Pick your favorite color and you are good to go! The Buddy scooter is a fun and inexpensive way to get yourself around town in style. Buddy gets over 90 miles to the gallon, so you can cover a lot of ground for not a lot of money. $4.00 a gallon? So What!Everyone loves a Buddy!
Note: winning bidder to pay additional dealer costs and taxes (approximately $477)
Photograph by Winne Westergard
Package includes:
Fine Art Fashion Shoot with Winnie Westergard!Commercial Portrait Shoot + Gift Certificates from Ola Hair Salon and Alhambra
Winnie will take you on location shooting black and white film and digital images. You’ll get two 8 x 10 images with options for lots more.
Get a new style using your gift certificate to Ola Salon West Seattle’s best beauty salon and spa.
Buy something fabulous using your $100 gift certificate to beautiful Alhambra boutique for clothing, shoes or accessories.
Value: $1,200.00
Atrist: Winifred Westergard
Winifred Westergard is a freelance fine art photographer with over 20 years experience shooting commercial photography and weddings.
Photograph by Peggy Washburn
Package includes:
Fine Art Portrait Session by Peggy Washburn.
Sitting Fee
One 8 x 10 print
Value: $600.00
Atrist: Peggy Washburn
Peggy Washburn’s work has been widely published, exhibited, and acquired by major collections nationally and internationally. She’s had numerous solo shows both locally and nationally, and has been included in exhibits at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham and the Fry Art Museum in Seattle. She is represented by the Benham Gallery in Seattle and by Jayne Baum Contemporary Fine Arts in New York.
Ann Pallesen, WA Flamingos, Paris, France, 2003
Package includes:
Lith Print: Flamingos, Paris, France, 2003
4 tickets to Woodland Park Zoo to visit the new Flamingo exhibit
Value: $660.00
Atrist: Ann Pallesen
Ann Pallesen has served as PCNW’s Gallery Director since 1996. She received her BFA from Colorado State University and has exhibited her work throughout the Northwest. She recently celebrated a successful show at Seattle’s Benham Gallery, where she is represented.
Rebecca Swanson, NY “In the Balance”, 2005
Package includes:
Archival Pigment Print
Complete Garden Consultation by K. Heneger Design including on-site design ideas, plant selections and horticultural advice.
Value: $500.00
Atrist: Rebecca Swanson
Rebecca Swanson grew up in a world full of flowers; her grandmother was a well-known china painter and from a young age Rebecca tried to copy her skillful hand. Now, she “paints” with her camera!
Arborist: Kyle Heneger
Garden expert Kyle Heneger is a certified arborist with the International Society of Arborists and member of the Northwest Horticultural Society and Northwest Perennial Alliance.
Nancy Edelstein, WA “Martina with Baby”, 2005
Package includes:
Silver Gelatin Print
Gift Certificate for dinner to La Carta de Oaxaca Restaurant in Ballard.
Value: $600.00
Atrist: Nancy Edelstein
Nancy Edelstein holds a BFA degree from the University of Michigan, and has since taken numerous classes at PCNW. Her work has been selected in juried shows at the Bellevue Art Museum, PCNW’s Annual Competition, and is in the permanent collection of the Bailey-Boushay House. Nancy traveled twice to Mexico to study under Mary Ellen Mark with the PCNW workshop, where this photo was taken.
Leslie C Saber, WA Brooklyn diptych
Photography getaway to NYC!
3 night package includes airfare, Hilton Hotel NYC, photo of Brooklyn Bridge by Leslie C Saber, and Insider’s Guide to Photography in NY
Package includes:
“NY Amazing Long Weekend Package”
Airfare for 2 to New York City
Broadway tickets for 2
Dinner at the famous Tavern on the Green Restaurant in Central Park!
Lith print diptych, “Brooklyn Bridge” created by PCNW certificate student, Leslie C Saber
“Insider’s Guide to photography in NY” by Annie Van Avery
Value: $2,600.00
Photograph by Daniel Sheehan
Learn to Shoot Jazz with Daniel Sheehan at Earshot Jazz Festival and Earshot Jazz Festival Pass
Join Pulitzer Prize winning photographer for a night of photography and learn how to shoot live jazz. Then, enjoy the music and continue to shoot with an Earshot Jazz Festival Pass at this year’s festival.
Package includes:
Personal instruction
Earshot Jazz Festival pass from 10/18/2008 - 11/9/2008
Value: $500.00
Atrist: Daniel Sheehan
Daniel Sheehan specializes in portraits and photojournalism and has worked as an editorial photographer for publications, design companies and ad agencies.
Music has been one of Sheehan’s longtime favorite subjects and he regularly shoots for the Earshot Jazz Magazine.
Fall foliage!
Japanese gardens!
Models!
You and your camera!
Photograph by Debbie Heyer
Join PCNW instructor of “Form and Figure Photography”, Patricia Ridenour, in this memorable day of photographing with professional models. Create portraits in the beauty of autumn’s natural light. Learn portrait poses from this successful, fine art portrait and commercial photographer. This half day workshop will be at Seattle’s Kubota Gardens on October 18 into the late afternoon light. Models and lunch provided.
Value: $200 each, six total available
Limited to six participants
All levels of expertise welcome.
Olympic Sculpture Park: Exclusive Tour and Chef’s Dinner for Eight at Waterfront Seafood Grill
Value: $1,000 total for 8 people. Per person value is $125.
November 21, 2008 is the date for this private tour of Seattle Art Museum’s sculpture park and dinner! Join Michael Darling, SAM’s Curator of Modern Art for an exclusive guided tour of the world famous sculpture park. Learn about the design and layout of the park, the site history from the Duwamish to Unocal, selected sculptures and more.
Immediately afterwards enjoy a five-course dinner for eight at the award- winning Waterfront Seafood Grill on Pier 70!
Learn to lith print with Ann Pallesen and Gift Certificate from Plasteel Frames
Photograph by Ann Pallesen
Learn to make beautiful warmed-toned prints using this historic process during a one-on-workshop with the PCNW Gallery Director.
Package includes:
1-on-1 lith printing instruction
$200 framing gift certificate at Plasteel Frames, Fine Art Services since 1974
Value: $400.00
Ann Pallesen earned her BFA at CSU, Ft. Collins and has studied with master lith printer, Tim Rudman. Her work has been exhibited in the Northwest and she is represented by Benham Gallery, Seattle..
Fine Art Digital Printing with Juan Aguilera and Gift Certificate from Plasteel Frames
Photographer or not, bring in those new digital images or old family photos and create beautiful fine art digital prints. In 4 hours, learn how to create a beautiful digital print under the personal instruction of PCNW’s own digital master.
Package includes:
Digital Printing Instruction
Bring your finished print and the staff-donated gift certificate of $200 to Plasteel Frames new Sodo location.
Value: $400.00
Juan Aguilera has been an expert in pre-press and digital printing for over 20 years and teaches everything digital: from Photoshop to fine art printing.
Private tour of the art scene in Portland’s hip Pearl District including overnight stay at Hotel Lucia
Package includes:
Tour of Portland’s Pearl District galleries with photography dealer and appraiser Jennifer Stoots on October 25, 2008

Visit the home of a private collector with a distinguished photography collection, including works by Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Imogen Cunningham, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange and Alfred Stieglitz (complete with wine and cheese)!
Dinner at Portland’s elegant Gracies Restaurant
Overnight at the chic and arty Hotel Lucia in the heart of downtown.
Visit Portland Art Museum the following day
Value: 1,200 total Package available for two couples!$600 per couple
Web-site design services by Gene Rocha / Web Design and Printing Discounts from ADG Printing
Gene Rocha Web Design
Package includes:
Web Site design: Creative design services for a web site with up to 5 linked pages.
Promote yourself with printing by ADG Printing with two $50 gift certificates!
Value: $1,650.00
Gene Rocha is a web designer and photographer working with clients ranging from non-profits to individual fine artists. Designer will work to create layout, font and color scheme. (Winning bidder is responsible for web hosting fees and site registration costs.)
Silver Gelatin Print and gift certificate to Voila! Bistrot
Amanda Shea, TN Paris Sous la Pluie, 2004
Package includes:
Silver Gelatin Print
Gift Certificate to Voila! Bistrot in Seattle’s chic Madison Park $70.00
Value: $350.00
Atrist: Amanda Shea
Amanda Shea studied art at the University of Mary Washington and PCNW where she eventually became a faculty member. She has exhibited at PCNW, Seattle Center, Starbucks and children’s boutiques and continues her portrait work in Tennessee. Shea is one of dozens of participants in PCNW’s frequent travel workshops to Paris.
Erin Sweeny, WA Walking at Dawn. Cusco, Peru, 2008
Package includes:
A series of salsa dance classes for two at Century Ballroom voted as the 2008 City’s Best Dance Club. Seattle’s hippest dance floor and a great place to learn to salsa!
Chromogenic Print: Erin Sweeny photo, Walking at Dawn. Cusco, Peru, 2008
Salsa dance lessons for two at Seattle’s Century Ballroom!
Value: $300.00
Atrist: Erin Sweeny
After pursuing photographic studies at SFAI and California College of the Arts, Erin Sweeny joined PCNW staff, where she continues to develop her own work as a documentary and fine art photographer. This image was taken while participating in PCNW’s Peru workshop this spring!
Two 750 ml. bottles of Wine and Wine Tasting Party at :Nota Bene Cellars in Seattle’s hip Georgetown
Package includes:
For you: Two 750 ml bottles of :Nota Bene Wine
For up to TWENTY of your friends! A private wine tasting party
Value: $600.00
Join proprietors Timothy W. Narby and Carol R. Bryant and taste all :Nota Bene wines currently released along with a selection of cheeses complementing the wines.
Learn what makes good red wine in Washington State, and how small lot fermentations make super premium wines that will age well.
Schedule your tasting between May and August for the winery temps are more comfortable.
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