Monday Schedule
Not Back to School Welcome & Orientation
Time: 10:00–11:00
Host: Sara Cammeresi (SHG)
Description: There’s a lot going on at NBTS this year. Feel free to come ask questions or just chat.
Fall Photography Deep Dive
Time: 11:00–12:00
Host: Joan Beard (SHG, Joan Beard Photography) is an art, nature, and portrait photographer.
Target Audience: Adults and students 12 and older
Materials: Please bring a photo you have taken that is powerful for you.
Description: Participants will share their photo and briefly explain why it is powerful for them. Joan will then share some of both her portraits and nature photography and talk about them. This NBTS event is a chance to meet Joan, see her work, experience her teaching style, and ask questions about her upcoming courses. She will model the way the courses will approach and discuss work in a collaborative and supportive setting.
Two courses will be offered: one for teens on Mondays at 1:00–2:30 and one for adults 7–8:30 on Monday evenings. Each course will be 7 weeks starting October 4th and concluding with a class celebration the evening of November 15th. All classes will be 6–10 students and office hours take place before and after class. All cameras and skill levels welcome and individual projects will be developed to support each Artist Student. The course is $175 and discounts and scholarships are available.
Part 1 — Let’s Draw Cute Houseplants!
Time: 12:00–1:00
Host: Leanne Markle (SHG, Leanne Markle Illustration) is freelance artist, illustrator, small business owner, and mom to Olivia who is 10!
Target Audience: Ages 5 and up
Materials: Pencil, pen, paper, and eraser! If you have access to heavyweight art paper that is ideal for dry and wet media that would be great. A Micron pen 03 is one of my favorites to ink with, and using an HB sketch pencil is great too. Don't have any of these? That's okay! You can use any paper, pencil, and pen! I'll also be using my iPad, apple pencil, and procreate so if you want to follow along with using your iPad, apple pencil, and procreate bring that along!
Description: In this session you will draw cute houseplants. The end result will be a line drawing that you can enjoy as is or bring with you into Part 2!
Part 2 — You Can Also Paint Those Cute Houseplants
Time: 1:00–2:00
Host: Heather Matinde (SHG, Instagram: Heather Inde Art, YouTube: Heather Inde) is an illustrator and artist into nature, travel and people. She is mom to Ian (14) and Cody (21).
Target Audience: Adults and students 12 and older
Materials: Watercolor paper is good to have for the best experience, as well as watercolor paint, a pencil, a paintbrush, two glasses of water (preferably in containers not used for eating or drinking) and a towel to wipe your paintbrush on. This class begins with the drawing produced in part 1.
Description: I will be teaching you to transfer your line drawing onto watercolor paper and then we can add color to your cute houseplants.
Parent Chat
Time: 2:00–3:00
Host: Joan Beard (SHG)
Target Audience: Homeschooling and would-be homeschooling parents
Description: Come hang out in this social chat.
Washington State Home-Based Instruction Law Q&A
Time: 3:00–4:00
Host: Megan Riggs (SHG, Washington Homeschool Organization )
Target Audience: Homeschooling and would-be homeschooling parents
Description: Not sure when to file your Declaration of Intent? Wondering if your kid needs to take a standardized test every year? Heard your homeschooled kid is eligible to take a class at the local public school, but don’t know where to begin? WHO Advocacy Volunteer and regular host of SHG’s Introduction to Homeschooling sessions Megan Riggs will be here to answer all of your questions about homeschooling in Washington state.
Adventures in Geocaching
Time: 4:00–5:00
Host: Dawn Navaratnasingam and her sons, Victor and Ely, discovered geocaching at the beginning of the COVID lockdowns. Since then, they have found over 400 caches and have had many memorable adventures while caching, from finding a cache in an old wrecked car on Squak Mountain to discovering a cache hidden in dog poop (fake poop, but still gross!). Geocaching has become an important family past-time. They hope to share the magic and fun of caching with others.
Target Audience: All ages
Description: Learn about the global treasure hunting pastime, geocaching! Geocaching is similar to letterboxing but harnesses the technology of GPS. This is a pastime for every season, in any area, whether you're downtown, in the suburbs, in the mountains, and—sometimes—in the water! We'll discuss geocaching basics and how you can embark on your own family's geocaching adventure today! I will share my screen to show the geocaching website and how to download the app.