Events

UPCOMING!

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear Elisabeth Eaves present from her debut novel, The Outlier (Random House Canada), a globetrotting novel of psychological suspense starring sexy psychopaths, featuring a diabolical nuclear subplot, and exploring the opportunity costs and moral hazards of scientific discovery. As always, we’ll serve dessert — and you’re welcome (but not required) to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations welcome, and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge and Elkamp. BYOB if you wish to enjoy liquid spirits; ghostly spirits present at all times.

WHAT YOU MISSED!

September 20, 2024: Residents’ Show & Tell and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear work from this month’s residents, who include Santa Cruz, California-based Bridget Henry, Portland-based poet Sherri Levine, New York-based artist Masha Morgunova, and Seattle-based artist Jordan Quemby. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats; you may BYOB. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge among other supporters.

MAY 9, 2024 (6:00pm, Seattle)

Join Mineral School for our annual fundraiser benefit at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum! We’ll raise a toast to the recent year’s residents, coming year’s programs, alumni, artist staff, volunteers, program partners, and board members. We’ll enjoy work and remarks by alumni, and also nosh on light bites and sip on beer by sponsor Georgetown Brewing or your choice of wine or dry beverages. Every ticket includes an entry for Mineral-rific raffle prizes accompanied by historic tales, plus a silent auction offering items ranging from books and art to workshops and unique in-town experiences. Tickets are $65 general admission or $25 for artist/staff alumni, and are available here.

APRIL 6, 2024: (2:00pm, Zoom)

Join us on Zoom to hear work from April’s residents, all of whom are working in Spanish and will present in Spanish. Claudia Castro Luna will introduce and emcee as we enjoy work from Luis Avila, Dalia Maxum, Sayra Torres, and Carlos Vazquez Cruz. Register at tinyurl.com/SeattleEscribe46. This presentation is free to all and made possible with support from Seattle Escribe, Washington State Center for the Book, Mineral Lake Lodge, and our organization.

March 14, 2024: Residents’ Reading and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear work from March’s residents, who include Seattle-based fiction and nonfiction writer Frank Abe, Seattle-based fiction writer Nancy Mburu, and Walla Walla-based fiction writer Wendy Oleson. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge, among other supporters.

March 7, 2024: Anastacia-Renee and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear work from Anastacia-Renee, whose new book Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (Harper Collins) makes its debut on March 12, 2024. Put in her publisher’s terms, the book is a “bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi… that explores what happens when god is a Black woman in a town. What happens when there are multiple universes in the middle of nowhere?” We’re over the moon to find out! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge, among other supporters.

2023

December 15, 2023: Residents’ Show & Tell and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear (and see) work from December’s residents, who include Seattle-based poet and prose writer Oliver Brickman; Debbi Kenote, a Brooklyn-based visual artist originally from Washington; Denver-based fiction writer Joanna Luloff; and Kari Pilgrim, a fiction writer who lives in Brooklyn but began life in Tacoma. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

December 14, 2023: Sherri Levine and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear (and see) Portland-based poet and artist Sherri Levine share from A Joy to See (It’s A Lark Books, 2023), a collection of ekphrastic poems written in response to the artwork of her late mother, and to talk about her current work on making art while grieving. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

November 16, 2023: Residents’ Show & Tell and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear (and see) work from November’s residents, who include Calaveras County, California-based poet Jill Bergantz; Dhana Musil, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based prose writer; Sara Post, a prose writer from Chimacum, Washington; and Claire Thompson, an Eastern Washington-based trail worker and creative nonfiction writer. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional sweet treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

November 9, 2023: Jane Wong and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear Seattle-based multi-genre writer Jane Wong (2015, 2022) share from her memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Tin House 2023), about growing up on the Jersey Shore and so much more. If we’re lucky she may also share poetry from her books How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

October 26, 2023: Margaret Juhae Lee and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear work from Margaret Juhae Lee (2016, 2021), an Oakland, California-based journalist and nonfiction writer whose forthcoming investigative memoir Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House, 2024), traces her search for information on her grandfather who was a student revolutionary in colonial Korea. Margaret joins us during our shorter parents’ session, in which she was a 2016 participant, and now returns with her manuscript poised to enter the world — a joyous night. This presentation is free to all, with donations welcome and dessert welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from The Sustainable Arts Foundation and Mineral Lake Lodge.

October 5, 2023: Carina del Rosario and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to view and discuss visual art work by Carina del Rosario (2018), a Seattle-based visual artist who works in multiple media including cut paper, sculpted steel, photography, painting, and photographic imprint. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This presentation is free to all, with donations and desserts welcome (but not required), and it is made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

September 23, 2023: Mineral School’s Spanish-Language Residents Show & Tell via Zoom (4pm)

This week we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with a residency celebrating the work of poets and writers whose first language is Spanish. For those who enjoy literature in Spanish, please join us to hear this month’s residents Kadiri Vaquer Fernandez, José Juan Gómez-Becerra, Viviana Gónzales, and Karen Sevilla, who will share short selections of their work in a public reading hosted by Claudia Castro Luna, former Washington State Poet Laureate and a board member at Mineral School, and the Washington State Library. This presentation is free to all and is entirely in Spanish. Registration is required at this link. This presentation is made possible with support from Seattle Escribe, The Sustainable Arts Foundation, Washington Center for the Book, and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Saturday, September 9, 2023: Lewis County Dignity Guild Presents — “Queer Prom: Come as you are!” (5pm-12am)

Lewis County Dignity Guild works to foster inclusion for all communities in Lewis County and beyond. Tonight, we’ll join hands and enjoy an evening of music, dancing, food and fun hosted by the incomparable Sophia Zha Ji Sinclair in celebration of Lewis County’s vibrant LGBTQIA+ community and allies! Tickets are available online for $10 until September 7th, and will be available at the door for $15 the night of the event. Tickets are limited, so advance purchase is encouraged right here.

Thursday, June 22, 2023: “Mineral School: A Celebration in Seattle” (6-8:45pm)

Join us at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum in the Pike Place Market for a celebration. We’ve made it to our eighth year and will raise a toast to the coming year’s residents, our alumni, artist staff, volunteers, program partners, and new board. We’ll enjoy a short reading from award-winning poet Alejandro Pérez-Cortés, an alum, as well as original music, while sipping on beer from sponsor Georgetown Brewing, wine, dry beverages, and noshing on delightful small plates. Every ticket includes an entry for Mineral-rific prizes. Tickets are $20 (artists/alumni) and $75 (general admission) via this link.

Thursday, March 9, 2023: “Partnering for Progress” (12:10-1:30pm)

Join us at the 2023 AWP Conference in Seattle at a panel called “Partnering for Progress: Building Language Equity at Artist Residences” along with Revista Seattle Escribe to learn about how our two organizations collaborated to launch one of the first Spanish-language residencies in the U.S. Location: Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building — Level 4, Terrace Suite 1. Free for AWP attendees.

Thursday, March 9, 2023: “Wanting” launch party (5-7pm)

Join us in the downstairs bar at Seattle’s Alibi Room for the launch of “Wanting,” an anthology co-edited by Margot Kahn Case and Kelly McMasters, to hear readers including Nicole Hardy (past board) and Jane Wong (’15), and others, present from their essays. Free snacks, cash bar. Location: Alibi Room, 85 Pike St. – #410, downstairs bar.

Friday, March 10, 2023: Northwest Literary Happy Hour (5-7pm)

Join us at an offsite during AWP for a joint reading hosted by Tahoma Literary Review, Mineral School, Big Fiction Magazine, and Crab Creek Review, the evening will feature a stunning line up of readers including Rashaan Alexis Menese (’22), Ayn Carrillo-Gailey (’22), and many more talents, with wine provided by Eight Bells Winery. Location: Seattle University’s Casey Building, Marion & 10th Ave.

2022

Thursday, October 6, 2022: Shawna Ervin – Zoom (5:30pm)

Join us online via Zoom for a reading and discussion with Colorado-based poet Shawna Ervin (2016), who since coming to Mineral School via our Sustainable Arts Foundation-supported program for parents has completed her MFA from the Rainier Writers Writers’ Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and published up a storm — all while parenting elementary and middle school-aged kids. This event is free to all, and is made possible with support from our sponsors including Mineral Lake Lodge.

Registration is right here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcuiurjItG9A_4kBmqSgyheIJYKhaZQfB

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thursday, September 1, 2022: Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with poet Rena Priest (2016), who is Washington State Poet Laureate and a member of the Lummi Nation. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats This event is free to all, and is made possible with support from Humanities Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission, we well as via local support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, August 4, 2022: Tessa Hulls and Henry Jackson-Spieker (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School covered porch for a reading and slide show of installation and graphic arts with Tessa Hulls, who will share from her forthcoming graphic memoir Feedings Ghosts, about three generations of women in her family, and with Henry Jackson-Spieker, whose installations made from multiple types of materials ask observers to question spaces and what it is they’re observing. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome, and made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, June 9, 2022: Rebekah Anderson and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Rebekah Anderson, who will share from her historical novel The Grand Promise (Empty Bowl, 2022), about the Washington families and communities impacted by and involved in the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome, and made possible with support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

POSTPONED — Thursday, March 12, 2020: Mineral Alumni Reading (7pm-8:30pm) — Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks. We will reschedule for the second half of 2020 with Hugo House. Join Mineral School and Hugo House for a fresh dose of prose from Mineral School alums Katrina Carrasco, Leanne Dunic, Samantha Lee, and Suzanne Warren — all of them emceed with wit by Kait Heacock. Free, with snacks, sass, and a cash bar.

POSTPONED — Thursday, May 14, 2020: Dayna Kidd Patterson and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks, and the presenter is invited to return in 2021. Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Bellingham-based poet Dayna Kidd Patterson, a 2019 Mineral School alum, sharing her poetry. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

POSTPONED – Thursday, June 18, 2020: Corinne Manning and Ever Jones and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks, and the presenters are invited to return in 2021 Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Seattle fiction writer Corinne Manning, a 2019 Mineral School alum, sharing from her new story collection We Had No Rules (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020) and poet Ever Jones. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

POSTPONED — Thursday, July 22, 2020: Ruby Hansen Murray and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks, and the presenter is invited to return in 2021. Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Washington fiction writer Ruby Hansen Murray, a 2019 Mineral School alum, sharing her fiction. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

POSTPONED — Thursday, August 20, 2020: Carina del Rosario and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks, and the presenter is invited to return in 2021. Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Seattle artist Carina del Rosario, a 2018 Mineral School alum, sharing her visual artists. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

POSTPONED — Thursday, September 17, 2020: Claudia K. Savage and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

This event has been postponed due to coronavirus risks, and the presenters are invited to return in 2021 Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Portland poet Claudia K. Savage, a 2018 Mineral School alum, sharing poetry. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, October 15, 2020: Mineral School Annual Fundraiser (6-9:30pm) — Steve Jensen Studios, 1424 10th Ave., Seattle

Join the Mineral School gang for our swell annual benefit — all proceeds from our event support our overnight artist residency program as well as arts engagement events including our summer art fair. Tickets include heavy appetizers, witty banter, wine and beer from sponsor Georgetown Brewing, door prizes for Mineral-tastic treats, plenty of time to peruse our silent auction, and fresh looks at original work by our hosts, artist Steve Jensen and Vincent Lipe. Meet our committee, incoming residents, former alums, and our fantastic supporters. Tickets are available here.

February 1, 2020: Making Time: Everything You Wanted to Know About Applying for a Residency (3pm-5pm) –Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle

Mineral School will participate in a panel of residency directors providing information to writers about artist residencies; additionally, artists themselves will share from their experiences at residencies in and beyond the Pacific Northwest. Free, with snacks and beverages for sale.

Thursday, October 24, 2019: Get Mineral School(ed) at Lit Crawl Seattle (6pm) — Highline Bar, 210 Broadway E, Seattle

Join us in Seattle at Seattle’s annual Lit Crawl festival where Seattle authors and their audiences connect and celebrate. Hear work from recent alumni, including Seattle-based young adult authors Stephanie Kuehnert (2015), Karen Finneyfrock (2016), Seattle-based essayist JM Wong (2019), and California poet Jill Bergantz Carley (2018). Jason Vanhee (2017) emcees!

Thursday, September 19, 2019: Donna Miscolta and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Donna Miscolta, a 2018 Mineral School alum, who will share from her fiction and how she managed to produce work while managing family and a day job. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome, and made possible with support from the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Our readings and events are also made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Saturday, September 21, 2019: September Residents’ Show & Tell (7:3pm)

Come see work by this month’s residents — Bay Area artist Elise Morris, experience cross-genre work by Portland-based Pamela K. Santos, and enjoy fiction by Samantha Lee, poetry by Dayna Patterson, and fresh music by Rebecca S. Peterson. This event is made possible through support from The Sustainable Arts Foundation and Mineral Lake Lodge

Thursday, August 29, 2019: August residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and art-sharing by our fabulous August residents! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, August 22, 2019: Michele Bombardier, Kelli Russell Agodon and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading/art sharing and conversation with Michele Bombardier, a 2017 Mineral School alum, and poet Kelli Russell Agodon. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Saturday, August 10, 2019: Mineral’s Got Talent (8pm)

Come one, come all! We have a podium (yes, it’s on wheels), a screen, a mini-projector, and a piano — your talented selves provide the rest! Show us your card tricks, camp songs, athletic feats (no pyrotechnics!), speed sketches, improv, impersonations, Ask The Oracle, and more! We’ll do first-come first-serve signups for entertainers. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, July 25, 2019: July residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and art-sharing by our fabulous July residents! Seattle writer and comedian Max Delsohn, Bellingham-based poet Elaina Ellis, Portland-based fiction writer Sara Jaffe, and visual artist Catherine Alice Michaelis. Putsata Reang (2017), who is hosting the residents, will emcee. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, July 18, 2019: Anastacia-Renee, a Special Guest, and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading/art sharing and conversation with poet Anastacia-Renee, Mineral School 2018 alum, Seattle’s Civic Poet, and the recent winner of the prestigious James W. Ray award from Artist Trust, the Raynier Foundation, and Frye Art Museum. Anastacia will also bring with her a special guest. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Friday, July 5-Sunday, July 7, 2019: Mineral Arts & Crafts Fair (10-5pm daily, gym)

Come peruse and buy amazing locally and regionally made crafts in the gym at this free weekend-long art show held in the foothills of Mt. Rainier and hosted by the Mineral Lake Lions Club and Mineral School. See or purchase original watercolors, oil paintings, acrylics, jewelry, quilts, fiber art, apparel, photography, wood work and carvings, artisanal soaps and foods, and much more! There will be art demonstrations and mini-lessons and a quilt gallery. On Saturday night July 6, enjoy The Drop Shadows Band playing in town at The Headquarters Tavern — no cover charge, 8pm. Want to sell art? Write us at mineralschoolarts@gmail.com and we’ll route you to the organizers.

Thursday, June 27, 2019: June residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and art-sharing by our fabulous June residents — Katrina Carrasco, a Seattle fiction writer; Sean Hovendick, a photographer from Albany, New York; Janine Kovac, a nonfiction writer from Oakland, CA; and Corinne Manning, a Seattle fiction writer! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, June 20, 2019: Visiting Artists and Dessert Potluck (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading/art sharing and conversation with two Mineral School alumni from Olympia — Lou MacMillan, photographer, and Grace Campbell, fiction writer. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, May 16, 2019: May residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for bench readings and short films by our May screenwriting residents Jordan Friedman, Jackie Perez, Beth Pielert, and Alexis Stratton, who are attending residency through a partnership with Rainier Independent Film Festival. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, April 25, 2019: Mineral School 2019 Benefit at The Stables in Georgetown (6-9pm)

Join Mineral School for our annual benefit — all proceeds from our event support our overnight artist residency program as well as arts engagement events including our summer art fair. All tickets include complementary beer from beer sponsor Georgetown Brewing, wine from sponsor Hahn Winery, an entry for prize drawings, heavy appetizers and all you can eat Skinny Dipped Almonds, witty entertainment, extreme breaking news, and plenty of time to peruse our silent auction. Get your tickets today from Brown Paper Tickets. We offer discounted tickets for program or staff alumni.

Thursday, January 24, 2019: Short Story Form & Function, co-presented by Mineral School and Hugo House (7pm)

Join Mineral School and Hugo House for a rousing discussion of the short story, moderated by Kristen Millares Young and with Mineral School alum Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum and other writers including Ramon Isao, Corinne Manning, E. Lily Yu, and Becky Mandelbaum as they debate and celebrate the form. Free, with snacks and cash bar. More details here.

Sunday, January 20, 2019: Residencies Revealed at the Seattle Public Library Central Branch (2-3pm)

Join Mineral School, other Pacific Northwest-based residencies, and writers who have attended residencies for an informational panel about applying to and attending residencies. Free, with snacks and handouts. More details here.

Friday, November 9, 2018: An Evening With Claudia Castro Luna, Washington Poet Laureate (7:00pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room at 6:30pm for appetizers and wine (by donation), then enjoy a reading and conversation with Claudia Castro Luna, the Washington State Poet Laureate. The Washington State Poet Laureate position is a joint program of the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) and Humanities Washington, and is appointed by the Governor. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, September 20, 2018: Visiting Artists Marjorie Celona and Danielle Deulen (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with Oregon fiction writer Marjorie Celona, who is a 2017 alum, and special guest Danielle Deulen, an Oregon poet and nonfiction writer. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, August 30, 2018: August residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018: Artist Trust talk (7:00-8:30pm, Rivers Coffeehouse & Bistro, Morton WA)

Join Mineral School and Katy Hannigan of Artist Trust for a free overview of how to apply for artist grants. Artists of all levels will learn about funding opportunities available for themselves and their projects, how the grantmaking process works, and what makes a grant application stand out. Takeaways include the following: Understanding the components of a solid grant application; How the application and selection process works from start to finish; Funding opportunities available; Resources for additional support; Reference guides with sample applications. This talk is free, with registration requested. Feel free to come early for a snack or drink — Rivers Bistro serves coffee, beer, wine, dessert, and full meals.

Thursday, August 23, 2018: Summer Visiting Artists Urban Waite and Samuel W. Gailey (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and conversation with literary suspense novelist Urban Waite, who is a 2017 alum, and poet Samuel W. Gailey, author of Deep Winter. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Saturday, August 11, 2018: Mineral’s Got Talent (8pm)

Come one, come all! We have a podium (yes, it’s on wheels), a screen, a mini-projector, and a piano — your talented selves provide the rest! Join us for card tricks, camp songs, athletic feats (no pyrotechnics!), pet tricks, speed sketches, improv, impersonations, Ask The Oracle, and more! We’ll do first-come first-serve signups for entertainers. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, July 26, 2018: July residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and art-sharing by our fabulous June residents! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome.

Thursday, July 19, 2018: Summer Visiting Artists Putsata Reang and Natasha Moni (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by essayist and journalist Putsata Reang, a 2017 alum at work on a memoir about her Cambodian heritage and growing up in America to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and Natasha Moni, a poet and prose writer currently at work on a manuscript examining themes of belonging and mistaken identity as a first-generation American of Dutch and Indian descent. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This event is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, June 28, 2018: June residents’ Show & Tell (7:30pm)

Saturday, June 30, 2018: The Caskeys Present Swimfish at Mineral School (7pm, gym)

Put on your dancing shoes and your best sway-to-the-music dungarees! Beloved local teacher Beth Caskey is retiring, and you’re invited to a free concert to celebrate her years of service in Mineral and Morton–kind of like prom, for grownups. Enjoy the latest music from Swimfish, the talented folk-rock band out of Portland, Oregon. Led by Jon Nilsen, the fellows will play their best hits while you dance, snack and drink for a good cause (donations for beer and wine support Mineral School).

Friday, July 6-Sunday, July 8, 2018: Mineral School Arts & Crafts Fair (10-5pm daily, gym)

Come peruse and buy amazing locally and regionally made crafts in the gym at this free weekend-long art show held in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. See original watercolor, oils, acrylics, jewelry, quilts, fiber art, apparel, photography, wood work and carvings, and much more! There will art demonstrations and more! This event is offered with support from The Mineral Lake Lions Club and The Chronicle. Learn more…

Thursday, June 21, 2018: Summer Visiting Artists Kelly Froh and Max Clotfelter (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a comix presentation by Seattle writer-illustrators Kelly Froh, a 2017 alum, and Max Clotfelter. The duo will share slides from their projects and discuss the tandem process of writing and illustrating graphic novels and comic books. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, April 19 2018: Mineral School Fundraiser (6pm-9pm) — The Stables, 980 S. Nebraska St., Seattle

Join us in Seattle for our annual benefit to support our summer residencies and other arts programming in metro Mt. Rainier. Tickets include snacks and open bar, a raffle ticket for Mineral-made prizes (more for sale!), a short film, a silent auction for unique experiences and items, lots of good news, and a chance to meet many of our alumni, volunteers, and board. Tickets are $50 through Brown Paper Tickets. (If you’re an alum, contact us for a discount ticket code.)

Thursday, December 14, 2017: Mineral School Holiday Party (6pm-9pm) — Type Set, 3827C Edmunds St., Seattle

Join us for a gathering of Mineral School alumni, board, and volunteers to celebrate the holidays, the launch of our 4th residency year, and announcements about new opportunities and changes at our organization. Bring a wrapped “Secret Santa” book or art item (inexpensive!) to share with a little note why you chose it — and be sure to take a gift home when you leave. (Secret Santa not mandatory — just please only take a gift if you brought one.) We’ll provide drinks and snacks, but pot luck additions are welcome.

Thursday, October 19, 2017: Mineral School at Lit Crawl Seattle (7pm) — Capitol Cider, 818 E. Pike St., Seattle

Join us in Seattle at Seattle’s annual Lit Crawl festival where Seattle authors and their audiences connect and celebrate. Hear work from recent alumni, including poets Gabrielle Bates and Rachel Edelman, fiction writer Urban Waite, and memoirist Putsata Reang! Nicole Hardy and Jane Hodges host.

Thursday, October 5, 2017: Neal Thompson (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by Neal Thompson, the author most recently of A Curious Man, who has a new memoir forthcoming. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle, Amazon Literary Partners, and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, September 21, 2017: Claire Dederer (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by Claire Dederer, the author of Poser, who recently published the memoir Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning (Knopf). As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, August 17, 2017: Leanne Dunic and Kathleen Flenniken (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by Canadian musician, poet, and fiction writer Leanne Dunic, a 2016 alum, and Seattle’s Kathleen Flenniken, past Washington State Poet Laureate. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

August 24, 2017: August residents’ reading (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading and art-sharing by our fabulous July residents! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, July 20, 2017: Connie Eggers and Kathy Miller (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by Oregon poet Connie Eggers, a 2016 June Dodge Fellow, and nonfiction author Kathy Miller. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, July 27, 2017: July residents’ reading (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by our fabulous July residents! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Friday, July 7- Sunday, July 9, 2017: Mineral School Arts & Crafts Fair (10-5pm daily, gym)

Come peruse and buy amazing locally and regionally made crafts in the gym at this free weekend-long art show held in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. See original watercolor, oils, acrylics, jewelry, quilts, fiber art, apparel, photography, wood work and carvings, and much more! Artist Trust will be on hand on July 8 to talk to patrons and booth artists about artist grants and professional resources it makes available to creative people from Washington state. This event is offered with support from The Mineral Lake Lions Club and The Chronicle.

Saturday, July 8, 2017: Coffee Talk with Artist Trust: Making a Statement (8:30-10:00 a.m)

Please join Katy Hannigan from Artist Trust, which provides grant funding and other services for Washington-based artists, for a free and informative talk in the school’s multipurpose room aimed at helping artists learn to present themselves as creators. Whether writing an artist statement on a grant application or explaining technique and aesthetics to a potential customer, many creative people struggle to find the right words to describe the message they hope to convey through art. Artist Trust will share tips and best practices to help artists position themselves for success with funders and buyers of their work. Coffee and doughnuts will be served.

Thursday, June 22, 2017: Residents reading and art-sharing night! (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room to hear and see fresh literature by our June residents, who include Gabrielle Bates, Kelly Froh, Urban Waite, and Emily May. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Friday, July 7, 2017: Shin Yu Pai on Blending Poetry with the Visual Arts (7:30pm)

Join us during the first night of our annual Mineral Arts & Crafts Fair in the school’s multipurpose room for a talk on “The Written Image: Blending Poetry with the Visual Arts” by Shin Yu Pai, a poet and arts administrator. She’ll discuss the fascinating work that can result when visual arts and poetry collide. She’ll trace the history of artist-poet collaborations and creative innovation in American literature. During the talk, she shows her work as a writer, her commissions for both art and cultural museums, and her work with painters, photographers, installation artists, composers, and video artists on collaborative work. She’ll also discuss developing hybrid works that bring together writing, photography, and music. This event is made possible with support from Humanities Washington and with media support from The Chronicle.

Thursday, June 15, 2017: Gretchen Schrafft and Josha Nathan (7:30pm)

Join us in the Mineral School multipurpose room for a reading by Oregon-turned-Seattle fiction writer Gretchen Schrafft, a 2015 June Dodge Fellow, and Josha Nathan, recipient of the 2017 Oregon Literary Fellowship for an emerging writer. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle and Mineral Lake Lodge.

Thursday, April 27, 2017: Mineral School Seattle Fundraiser (6:30pm) — Type Set, 3827C S. Edmunds St., Seattle 98118

Join us for our annual fundraiser, which supports overnight creative residencies and arts events in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. Tickets include open bar (breaking news, beer from Lantern Brewing!!!!), tasty snacks (including appetizers made by one of our summer culinary volunteers), 3 raffle tickets (more for sale!) for Mineral-made prizes, a short movie, the chance to buy some advice from June Dodge, and a silent auction for great art and awesome experiences – all of it hosted at Type Set, a brand-new writers’ co-working space. Tickets are just $60.

Sunday, January 29, 2017: Residencies Revealed, Seattle Central Library, Seattle (2-4pm) — Level 4, room 2 (1000 4th Ave., Seattle)

With support from Hugo House and Seattle Public Library, we’ll be among six residencies from Washington state and several writers who have attended them providing information and doing a Q&A about our different programs and writers’ experiences attending them. Mineral School will be joined by ArtSmith, Bloedel Reserve, Hedgebrook, Hypatia-In-The-Woods, and Till, and our alums Cara Diacanoff and Gabriela Denise Frank will be on hand along with other writers. There will be refreshments, handouts, and plenty of time for questions and answers.

Thursday, October, 27, 2016: Mineral School at Lit Crawl Seattle (6pm) Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, 1508 11th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

We’ll host alumni at a special reading at Lit Crawl Seattle featuring Daemond Arrindell, Leanne Dunic, Gretchen Schrafft, and Jason Vanhee. Nicole Hardy and Elisabeth Eaves emcee.

Saturday, October 22, 2016: Poetry with Poet Laureate Tod Marshall & Nicole Hardy (6:30pm)

Join Mineral School for an evening of verse and song, as well as heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine-by-donation. Piano & Poetry will begin with preview selections from “Mineral: The Musical” by Diane Mapes. Readings and discussion with Tod Marshall and Mineral School‘s own Nicole Hardy will headline the evening. Gonzaga professor and award-winning poet Tod Marshall is the author of three poetry collections: Dare Say (2002), The Tangled Line (2009), and Bugle (2014). Dare Say, Marshall’s first collection of poetry, was the 2002 winner of the University of Georgia’s Contemporary Poetry Series. His third collection of poetry, Bugle, won the Washington State Book Award in 2015. Seattle writer Nicole Hardy is the author of Confessions of a Latter Day Virgin and the poetry collections This Blonde and Mud Flap Girl’s XX Guide to Facial Profiling. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle.

Friday, September 16, 2016: Summer Visiting Authors – Mineral School multipurpose room (7:30pm)

Join us for a wonderful evening of creative nonfiction by past resident Wendy Call and multi-genre super heroine Anastacia Renee Tolbert, who is currently completing a new book of poetry. Wendy Call is a professor of creative writing and environmental literature at Pacific Lutheran University, an essayist and memoirist, and a translator. Anastacia Renee Tolbert is a fiery presence whose work often touches on themes of social justice. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our summer readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle.

Saturday, August 20, 2016: Summer Visiting Authors – Mineral School multipurpose room (7:30pm)

Join us for a wonderful evening of young adult fiction by past resident Stephanie Kuehnert and special guest Carly Anne West, Seattle friends and wordsmiths who will share from their work and discuss their storytelling process and all the delicious character-forming vulnerability of adolescence. Adults young and old are welcome! As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our summer readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle.

Saturday, July 23, 2016: Summer Visiting Authors – Mineral School multipurpose room (7:30pm)

Join us for a wonderful evening of fiction by past resident Kirsten Lunstrum and special guest Deepa Bhandaru, Seattle friends and wordsmiths who will share from new work and discuss their storytelling process. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our summer readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle.

July 8-10, 2016: Mineral Art & Craft Fair, Mineral School Gymnasium (10-5 M/F; 12-5 Sun)

We’re hosting our first-ever annual art and craft fair. Admission is free, and you can see a showcase of affordable as well as “fine art” made by artisans from Lewis County and the greater Cascades region, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, wood carvings, and more. Plus an Espresso cart and chair massage. Want to show your stuff at the fair? Contact Dora Hale, dory@lewiscounty.com. Our summer readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle. The Mineral Lake Lions Club has also offered support for this event.

Thursday, June 23, 2016: Summer Visiting Authors – Mineral School multipurpose room (7:30pm)

Join us for a wonderful evening of poetry by past resident Jane Wong and special guest Michelle Penaloza, Seattle friends and wordsmiths who will share from new work and discuss narrative, lyric, and other poetry. As always, we’ll serve dessert — but you’re welcome to potluck additional treats. This reading is free to all, with donations welcome. Our summer readings and events are made possible through support from The Chronicle.

Thursday, April 21, 2016: Mineral School fundraiser, Girl Friday, Seattle (TBD time)

Our friends at Girl Friday Productions are hosting our annual fundraiser and Avasta Press founder Kelsye Nelson, author of the forthcoming Book Lush: What to Read with What to Drink, will be pouring craft cocktails. We’ll raise a toast to June Dodge, add to your and our library, enjoy tasty snacks, play trivia games for prizes, and learn who 2016’s residents are!

Saturday, March 5, 2016: Residencies Revealed, Hugo House, Seattle (4-6pm)

We’ll be among seven residencies from Washington state and several writers who have attended them providing information and doing a Q&A about our different programs and writers’ experiences attending them. Mineral School will be joined by ArtSmith, Bloedel Reserve, Drop Out, Hedgebrook, Till, and Willapa Bay AiR and our alum Wendy Call will be on hand along with writers including Johnny Horton, Corinne Manning, Donna Miscolta, and Chris Robinson. Cash bar for coffee, tea, beer, wine.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015: “Get (Mineral) Schooled: Lit Crawl Seattle” (7pm)

Join us at Still Liquor for a short-and-sweet Lit Crawl Seattle reading featuring Seattle alumnae of Mineral School, including Stephanie Kuehnert, Jane Wong, Susan Meyers, and Kirsten Lunstrum.

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015: “Climbing the Mountain”: Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen + Charlotte Austin (7:30pm)

Washington poet laureate Elizabeth Austen draws creative inspiration from time spent on trails and has led several “poetry hikes” as part of her two-year role supported by The Washington State Arts Commission and Humanities Washington. Seattle prose writer and adventurer Charlotte Austin treks with International Mountain Guides when she’s not writing essays or journalism about the outdoors. Both authors will read from their work and hold a conversation about how the outdoors informs their — and others’ — creativity. This reading is free (donations are welcome). If you wish, bring a potluck dessert to share.

Thursday, July 16, 2015: “Woman vs. Nature” – Charlotte Austin, Litsa Dremousis, Nicole Hardy (7:30pm)

Join us as at Mineral School to hear three adventuring women authors with very different takes on nature’s extremes. Charlotte Austin (The Better Bombshell) routinely treks the globe’s tallest peaks in her role at International Mountain Guides and kayaks entire rivers for sport. Washington State Book Award nominee Nicole Hardy (Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin) so yearned for adventure that she signed up for a year-long round-the-globe journey working on a wooden tall ship. Meanwhile, Litsa Dremousis (Altitude Sickness) knows what it’s like to love a person addicted to extreme sports and climates and to grieve his death caused by this passion for danger. The authors will share from their work and discuss how they have defined their relationships to nature—as explorers, adventurers, subjects, bystanders, and critics. This reading is free (donations are welcome). If you wish, bring a potluck dessert to share.

June 18, 2015: Domingo Martinez reads (7:30pm)

Join us as at Mineral School to hear National Book Award-nominated memoirist Domingo Martinez, who presents from his newest work, My Heart is a Drunken Compass, with a short Q&A afterwards. Martinez charts human nature in this memoir that pits his guilt, pathos, and dark humor against a backdrop of intensive care, far-flung family ties, and his awkward arrival at redemption through the power of love. Publishers Weekly called him an “essential new American voice.” This reading is free (donations welcome). If you wish, bring a potluck dessert to share.

February 5, 2015: Girls Gone “Wild”?

Join us at The Bean Tree Coffee House in Morton for a no-host dinner (5-6:30 pm) followed by a panel (admission: by donation) at The Roxy Theater starting at 6:30 pm. We’ll ask outdoor-focused mental health counselor Shiloh Reynolds, the U.S. Forest Service’s Andrea Durham, and Ann Lindh of the Mount Adams Backcountry Horsemen about the work they do helping people face their fears — internal and external — on the trails, and how the phenomenon of Cheryl Strayed’s quest memoir and film “Wild” is influencing popular culture’s understanding of the dangers and rewards of long-haul hiking, especially as it relates to women.