Nov 22, 2025

Open working studio for those wanting to mix self-reflection, intention setting & exploration into visual creative work

The Art of Change: An Open Creative Studio

December 13, 1-5 pm at Fort Worden Northwind Building 324

https://northwindart.org/collections/courses/products/the-art-of-change-an-open-creative-studio

DATE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2025

TIME: 1:00PM - 5:00PM PST
LEVEL:
 Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: 
Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: 
Building 324, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. 

DESCRIPTION
Teaching artist Glo Lamson invites you to an open studio for creating art to help remind you of your personal intentions. Inspired by Nancy Levin's book The Art of Change, this is an afternoon to make some kind of visual marker about what is important to you. Reading The Art of Change is not required; this is open to everyone! If you have read Levin's book, however, you might spend this time working with what emerged from your work with it. 

We'll provide collage materials, while you're welcome to bring whatever mediums you
prefer working with, such as sculpture, carving, photographic, painting, etc. Before this studio time, you may want to start collecting images from magazines, photographs, copies and any materials you might want to use in the studio.

You don’t have to know what you want your creative project to look like beforehand! Come play around with found images or other materials, exploring and interweaving your imagination, experiences, thoughts, visions and/or intentions. Create a visual
reminder of what is important to you, for your journal, wall, desk, closet — wherever.

No art experience is necessary. We all are creative, and we all use those juices in different ways at different times. There is no right way to do this and no wrong way to do it — only your way — which is the best! Come see what shows up for you, and share in the good vibes of this creative time and community. 

Notes: Please register here so we have a sense of how many people are coming and how much collage material to provide. Contact Judith Alexander at lightenup@olympus.net for information about her 2026 small Art of Change groups.  

SUPPLY INFORMATION

  • Collage materials will be provided, or bring your own materials!
  • Northwind Art School is equipped with most common supplies for you to use including brushes, water containers, pencils, palettes, scrap paper etc.

TOTAL COST: FREE       Course Fee: There is a suggested donation at the door or at checkout via the "add donation" function. All proceeds will go toward the Northwind Art scholarship fund!

Materials: Student-provided (see Supply Information)

ABOUT GLO
Glo Lamson is a local artist who has worked in various mediums for more than 50 years. She holds a master of fine art degree in Arts and Consciousness, and appreciates being able to support people who are interested in hands-on creative work that combines with personal reflection, growth and healing. Glo often considers her life as her medium, with art making and photography as a way of working with it. Creative work offers her a way to connect, explore, deepen and reflect on the interplay between the world within her and the world around her. Glo draws inspiration from diverse sources such as prehistoric mark-making, alchemical processes and contemporary art, as well as spiritual and healing practices. She believes everyone is inherently creative, and that conscious creative work can help us cultivate greater presence, peace, and well-being — personally and collectively. 


Aug 26, 2025

Ignited by Vashon : Art by Vashon Artist Residency Alumni - Sept.5-28

Looking forward to participating in the show on Vashon Island

'Ignited by Vashon' show at Vashon Center for the Arts. https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/event-works...
Some of my self published book called "A Show of Hands" will be there as well as the 'Yes' photograph from the book (shown below). 
                      Back and front book cover below

"A Show of Hands" is a photo-based softcover artist book inspired by prehistoric handprints on cave walls. I use the form of hands as a symbol of connection, action, and a way of weaving between inner experience and the outer world. Many of the photographs feature white cotton gloves as a medium for engaging the landscape—arranged as gestures, birds, and words. Traditionally used to handle precious objects with care, the gloves here suggest extending that reverence to our relationship with nature. Combining evocative images with reflective text, the book hopes to offer an imaginative and thought-provoking exploration of creativity, interaction, and connection.         I created the first draft of this book during my 2023 Vashon Artist Residency.
                   Below are a few images from the book ...










                                   PS...this social media 'stuff'...is not my thing!

Aug 14, 2025

Come for a studio visit during PT Studio Tour Aug.23-24 ~ Sat & Sun 10-4

Would love to see you if you want to stop by. We can share creative work & musings.  
I will have some of my photographic books* (A Show of Hands) available for sale, as well as some photographs, documentation of ephemeral site specific work and miscellaneous visual inspirations. Also, I've been clearing out my flat files and will have special deals on some prints, photographs, drawings, small cards and zines.

I believe everyone is inherently creative, and that creative work (& working) can help us cultivate being more present in our lives with greater aware which can promote greater peace, and well-being—both personally and collectively.

...I welcome your presence, curiosity, questions and reflections.

@ 2957 Sherman St., Port Townsend ~ # 28 on the Studio Tour map https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/viewer?mid=1cqeROSuddemSHZgm5B_71XImhRQ2vnw&ll=48.052775411674176%2C-122.78292365000001&z=10

My Artist Bio and Description below & on the Studio Tour website
I've been working creatively through art making with various materials for over 50 years and have an MFA in Arts and Consciousness. I often see my life as my medium and art-making as a way to connect, engage, and/or transform my experience. My work has included temporary, site-responsive installations—often in nature—documented through photography, a practice I’ve been involved with since beginning in high school. More recently, I’ve been combining my photographs to create books and ‘multiples’, that is, combining several images together to form a singular visual piece.
Currently I find myself seeing eyes in the world around me and having ideas around ‘seeing’ and being seen. I ponder what I/we see and how the world might be seeing me/us while reflecting on the influence of our thoughts and feelings in relationship to our perception of the world and our experience. (Will have some current images on display from this series)


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Images below are from my paperback book* which has photographs from some of my work with white cotton gloves in the landscape. It will be available for viewing and purchase.






Glad to see you at my studio if you can make it Aug. 23 & 24th  :-)



Mar 6, 2025

The 6000 Circle Project Exhibit in Grass Valley, CA


The following two images will be a part of The 6000 Circle Project Exhibit 'Honoring the Feminine' in Grass Valley opening Sunday March 9, 3-6pm and the show will be up until April 25. 


The 6000 Circle Project, focuses on the circle as a symbol of balance and unity, a never ending container of feminine energy and light. They envision 6000 circles, created by a multitude of artists, of all genders, from around the globe, both groups and individuals, gathering and making for a series of interactive public and digital installations.