2021 Winter Virtual Symposium Schedule

Three days of morning coffee, presentations, and evening campfires punctuating a weekend of coordinated carving (if you want) and getting to see each other's faces and new works. Share a video of your studio if you didn't last time around! Play or cheer on your favorite contestant in Geopardy! with "Alex" Trevor Contreras as your host! Show us your new work (in progress ok) on our theme of Balance!   

Registration Link:http://nwssa.org/events/symposium/77-2021-nwssa-winter-virtual-symposium

If you've registered already but haven't accessed the forum yet, go to www.nwssa2020.org and create an account. This is the website that the forum will center around. The "Registration Desk" has all the information you need to be able to use the site, post pictures, reply to comments, and send messages to other sculptors. 

If you already have an account on the forum from our last virtual symposium in August, we ask that you still register on the NWSSA website and pay $55. This registration fee will cover the cost of the forum, administrative fees, and payments to the presenters. 

NWSSA Winter Symposium 2021

Virtual Stone Carving Forum - Saturday, October 10th, 2020

We are going to keep the forum up and active through the winter with a presentation or two each month on the second Saturday.

Saturday, October 10th 2020. 

10:00 am - Morning Coffee and chat
2:00 pm - Scott Price on his new Sculpture Park on Whidbey Island
4:00 pm - Angle Grinder Blades, uses and safety panel discussion
6:00 pm - Campfire

We hope to see you there!  If you participated in the Virtual Symposium, your login information to the discussion portal is the same. 

If you still need to sign up, you can do so for free by visiting www.nwssa2020.org and clicking the "create one here!" link to create a login.  You will get a link in your email - please click to confirm your email address.  Our Virtual Symposium Director, Cyra Jane, will be approving these signups as she is able, and after registration is confirmed you will receive another email when you can login.  Please register for your account sooner than later in case you run into an issue that requires technical assistance.

View Videos of Our Presentations
Our live presentations were recorded, so just in case you missed all the fun, these can still be viewed online.

You are invited to share
Video tours of your home studios and pictures of what you’re working on.

Q&A
You can ask questions about tools and techniques or work out issues you’re having with a particular stone.

Private Conversations 
You can strike up with other carvers to stay in touch with each other.

Zoom Meetings & Social Hours
Monthly Social Zoom Calls – perhaps we can even talk some of you into presenting topics stirred up from our Q&A sections. 😊

Stay Tuned for our next virtual event Saturday, November 14th
www.nwssa2020.org

Virtual Stone Carving Forum

We are going to keep the forum up and active through the winter with a presentation or two each month on the second Saturday. October 10th is the next one. 

In August, we hosted a private online forum to share videos, pictures, have Q&A discussions, watch live presentations, and much more. Our live event was held August 5-9th, 2020.

We were able to bring a sense of togetherness during this time of separation and distance, when we are all missing each other, and Stone Camp. This event was such a success that our participants requested that we keep the forum running! Going forward, we hope to host monthly social Zoom calls. Our next virtual event is scheduled for Saturday, October 10th

All members who didn't register for the virtual symposium are invited to sign up with a $25 donation to NWSSA to cover software, admin fees. 

View Videos of Our Presentations
Our live presentations were recorded, so just in case you missed all the fun, these can still be viewed online.

You are invited to share
Video tours of your home studios and pictures of what you’re working on.

Q&A
You can ask questions about tools and techniques or work out issues you’re having with a particular stone.

Private Conversations 
You can strike up with other carvers to stay in touch with each other.

Zoom Meetings & Social Hours
Monthly Social Zoom Calls – perhaps we can even talk some of you into presenting topics stirred up from our Q&A sections. 😊

Stay Tuned for our next virtual event Saturday, October 10th
www.nwssa2020.org

2020 Virtual Symposium Schedule

Virtual Stone Carving Symposium August 5-9, 2020

We’re Taking The Symposium Virtual This Year!

For the week of August 5-9th, 2020, NWSSA has set up a private online forum where we can share videos, pictures, have Q&A discussions, watch live presentations, order tools and t-shirts, and much more.

Live Presentations Click Here to See the Schedule (or watch them later)
  Tracy Powell
  Matt Auvinen
  Michael E. Yeaman
  Tamara Buchanan
  Stephanie Robison
  Deborah Wilson 
  And Others!

You are invited to share
Video tours of your home studios and pictures of what you’re working on.

Q&A
You can ask questions about tools and techniques or work out issues you’re having with a particular stone.

Private Conversations & Social Zoom Meetings
You can strike up with other carvers and join social Zoom calls in the evenings – perhaps even with multiple campfires. 😊

We’re doing this to bring a sense of togetherness during this time of separation and distance. We all miss each other, and we are missing Stone Camp. Let’s make the most of this and take the week to encourage and inspire each other as only we can!
The minimal cost of $50 per person is to cover software, admin fees, and to bolster the NWSSA general fund to cover our yearly costs like book-keeping, insurance, printing that are usually paid for by symposium fees.