Creative Arts Community

02/17/2026

Scholarships Still Available

Apply Today!

Creative Arts Community has two $500 Partial Scholarships available. Open until filled. To apply please click on this link: Partial Scholarship

Creative Arts Community has one Clark County Emerging Artist Full Ride Award available. You must live in Clark County and be 21 years old by August 1, 2026. Please click on this link: Clark County Emerging Artist Award

The extended deadline for the Clark County Award is February 25.

We would love to see you in August!

www.creativeartscommunity.org

02/17/2026

For 60 years, the Creative Arts Community has provided unique residential workshops at Menucha. Imagine summer in the Pacific Northwest, a whole week to focus on art, make new friends, continue friendships, take your art to a new level, and rejuvenate your spirit; that’s what happens during Creative Arts Community at Menucha.

In two separate, one-week sessions in August, we offer hands-on exploratory workshops focused across a variety of arts disciplines.​

Registration opens Wednesday, March 4, at 10am PST

Registration will be on Menucha's website (https://www.menucha.org/programs/creative-arts). Classes often sell out quickly, so if you have your heart set on one, plan to register right away.

Creative Arts Community

02/16/2026

Apply! Apply! Apply! Creative Arts Community still has two $500 Partial Scholarships available to attend your choice of art workshop at Menucha Retreat & Conference Center this summer. These two scholarships are open to anyone -living anywhere - needing extra support to attend.

And drum roll please!!! Another golden opportunity!!!

CAC also has a Clark County Emerging Artist Full Ride Award available thanks to the generous grant from Ripple Impact NW. The new deadline for this award is February 25th. You must live in Clark County and be 21 years old by August 1, 2026.

Our Website is - creativeartscommunity.org/scholarships

02/15/2026

Join CAA at Mulieribus's Among Women, a community event held in honor of International Women’s Day! Happening on March 8... from 4-6 at Irving St. Studio in Portland. RSVP required (see poster for more info).

The gathering serves as a vibrant showcase of local talent and a tribute to the innovative women who shape Portland’s artistic community.

Featured artists this year include the In Mulieribus ensemble, singer song writer Edna Vasquez, dancer and choreographer Chisao Hata, poet Janice Gould, and visual artist Mini Giri. Beyond performances, the event features light food and refreshments as well as a communal art project where guests can express their own creativity and participate in a collective tribute to women in their lives.

Debra Chase, President of Creative Arts Community, wrote in recent email to Oregon Art Watch that event participants will be offered art materials to honor a woman mentor in their life. But before the event, said Chase, you are “encouraged to make a work of art in any medium, take a photo of it and email it to ([email protected]) to print and hang at the event.” Deadline to email your work is March 5. Sadly, the Among Women Event is Sold Out this year but we look forward to you coming next year to a larger venue. Last year was the first year and this year the venue holds 450, so next year will be even bigger!

11/30/2025

It's nearly here! Join us at Creative Art Community and make your donation matter. Help CAC secure another 60 years of summer creative art camp in the Columbia Gorge at the beautiful Menucha Retreat & Conference Center! Donating is easy fast and tax-deductible! Go to our website to donate!

11/28/2025

We are feeling grateful for our big unique creative arts community! Whether a new member or someone who has been attending each summer, you have helped to make the Creative Arts Community an inspiring place to learn and grow each August since 1966.
During this time of gratitude and giving, we ask you to consider joining us to help sustain the Creative Arts Community for the next generation. Even a small donation can go a long way to help update services and equipment… and support our growing scholarship program.
Our donation process is simple and quick and because we are a 501C3 non-profit organization, it is tax deductible. Please join your fellow campers in sharing so that we may all meet again next year and beyond.
Thank YOU!
Go to our website to join us! https://www.creativeartscommunity.org/donate

11/28/2025

We are feeling grateful for our big unique creative arts community! Whether a new member or someone who has been attending each summer, you have helped to make the Creative Arts Community an inspiring place to learn and grow each August since 1966.

During this time of gratitude and giving, we ask you to consider joining us to help sustain the Creative Arts Community for the next generation. Even a small donation can go a long way to help update services and equipment… and support our growing scholarship program.

Our donation process is simple and quick and because we are a 501C3 non-profit organization, it is tax deductible. Please join your fellow campers in sharing so that we may all meet again next year and beyond.

Thank YOU!

Just go to the link above or directly to our website to donate.

03/03/2025

Join us out in the Columbia Gorge for a week of summer fun, art and learning! Here’s the line up for week two!

Alison O’Donoghue: Find Your Own Imagery - Acrylic Painting on Wood
Holly Hurley Feather: Big Mprov (Improvisation Workshop)
Jolyn Fry: Painting with Expression
Kim Murton: Paint with Clay - Hand Building and Decorating with Colored Slips
Lauren Ohlgren: Abstract Drawing & Painting and the Creative Process
Maude May: Stitch A Story - Create a Small Nine Patch Quilt
Sandy Roumagoux: Open Studio
Trish Harding: Figure Drawing from the Inside Out

02/19/2025

02/18/2025

Wanna get in on the first week of fun this summer at Menucha Retreat & Conference Center?
Here is a glimpse of the art adult classes we are offering:

Color as Portal with Bonnie Paisley ,
Open Studio with Christopher Shotola-Hardt, Way Out Collage with the amazing Cynthia Lahti
Cuttlefish Bone Casting with Junko Iijima
Freedom and Mark Making with Letti Jane Rennekamp
Mosaics-Portraits & More with Monica Currie-Johnson
Still Life Painting with Sarah Sedwick
Soft Pastels with Sondra Holzman.
Go to our website to learn more.
Sign up starts March 5th!

02/17/2025

Every year the Creative Arts Community partners with Menucha Retreat & Conference Center to organize immersive residential workshops in a variety of art mediums in the beautiful Columbia Gorge.

Registration for August 2025 opens on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Visit our website at www.creativeartcommunity.com for more info about classes. teachers and scholarships! And follow along on facebook and insta to meet the teachers and their class in the coming week!

01/23/2025

Create Art for International Women's Day, March 8th!

The Creative Arts Community is excited to participate in a new event in Portland called "Among Women: Celebrating Women in the Arts," which honors women who inspire us to change the world every day. These inspirational women could be mentors, teachers, ancestors, activists, "sheroes," or muses whose lives and creativity have motivated and encouraged us.

We invite YOU to join us in creating one or more tribute squares honoring the women who are important to you. Afterward, please upload a photo of your creation to Creative Arts' page or email it to [email protected]. CAC will print an 8x8 photo of your artwork to display on an "Among Women" pop-up tribute quilt wall, honoring these remarkable women on International Women's Day, March 8, 2025. This day traditionally recognizes collective activism for women’s equality around the world. (More details will follow!)

The event will be hosted by the women’s vocal ensemble, In Mulieribus, and will feature visual and performing arts by diverse women artists from the greater Portland area. "Among Women" will serve as a gathering space for participants to share their creativity while honoring the resilience and creative spirit of the women who inspire and sustain us and our communities. Stay tuned for deadlines for uploading your tribute squares. We may also invite you to bring your artwork, even if you don't have time to upload it. Additional information regarding the location and timing will be provided later.