Welcome to the Southern Oregon Guild's Event Calendar

CLASS: Watercolor Holiday Greeting Cards with Mary Ann Clady
DATE/TIME: Saturday November 15  from 1-4pm
LOCATION: Guild Gallery & Art Center, 24353 Redwood Hwy. Kerby, OR 97531
PRICE: $20-$40 Sliding Scale, includes all materials

This holiday season, channel your creativity and make your very own set of one-of-a-kind personalized holiday greeting cards to gift to your friends and family! Join Guild Member Mary Ann Clady for her workshop at the Guild in Kerby on Saturday November 15 from 1-4pm where you will make at least two watercolor cards using a method of layering shapes over and under colorful watercolor washes. Learn how to build up several paint layers by using precut stencils that Mary Ann will provide, with a selection of subject matter that may include: snowflakes, pointsettias, ornaments, leaves, and more. You'll walk away with the confidence to start and finish a small watercolor paintings on your own using the knowledge you learn in class. All skill levels are welcome--no prior painting experience is required.

CLASS: Wreathmaking with Singing Larks Farm
DATE/TIME: Saturday November 22  from 2-4:30pm
LOCATION: Guild Gallery & Art Center, 24353 Redwood Hwy. Kerby, OR 97531
PRICE: $45, includes all materials!

Kick off the holiday season with the Guild and make a seasonal evergreen wreath with local Illinois Valley florist Lark Staples of Singing Larks Farm. During this hands-on workshop inside the Guild Gallery from 2-4:30pm, you will weave the natural world into your own unique masterpiece, learning the art of selecting, arranging, and preserving a stunning array of florals and greenery. Lark will bring several kinds of locally foraged evergreen foliage to work with as well as fun additions like eucalyptus and huckleberry. She will walk you through the steps of how to build a wreath and then we will decorate it with different cones, berries, dried flowers, ribbons and more. This is a fun and creative project and you will walk away with a lovely wreath to decorate your home for the holiday season!

CLASS: Ornament Play with Donna Parrish
DATE/TIME: Saturday November 29  from 11am-1pm
LOCATION: Guild Gallery & Art Center, 24353 Redwood Hwy. Kerby, OR 97531
PRICE: FREE-includes all materials! Donations accepted

MAKE ONE & TAKE ONE - This is a chance to make a few of your very own holiday ornaments and a few for the Guild to sell as a holiday fundraiser. Drop-in and join us for this short session (no pre-registration is required). We'll have dried okra pods for painted santas, clothespin reindeer, wooden hearts, ribbon, dried greenery, glue, and more available to work with. Donna will lead you through various design options! Ornament making is FREE, however cash donations are greatly appreciated.

EVENT: Guild Holiday Open House 2025
DATE/TIME: Saturday December 20 from 11AM-5PM
LOCATION: Guild Gallery & Art Center, Kerby, OR 97531

Celebrate the holidays with the Southern Oregon Guild at our Winter Solstice Holiday Open House! We’ll be open all day Saturday December 20 beginning at 11am for last-minute gift purchases! For those hard to shop-for loved ones, Guild Gift certificates are available starting at just $25. All day, we’ll be offering wine, holiday music, and appetizers. This is the last chance to browse through our gallery before we close for the holidays.  The Guild Gallery will be CLOSED from December 21, 2025 - January 6, 2026.

EVENT: 7th Annual Let's Write Event!

DATE/TIME: Saturday January 31, 2026 from 9am-5pm

LOCATION: Guild Gallery & Art Center: 24353 Redwood Highway Kerby, OR 97531
PRICE: $45-$65 Sliding Scale • Ages 16+

The Southern Oregon Guild and the Rogue Writers Collective proudly present the 7th Annual “Let’s Write!” Event – A Day of Writing for All Kinds of Writers, Exploring the Art of Language! Join 7 local writers on Saturday January 31, 2026 at the Guild Gallery & Art Center, for a series of interactive workshops aimed to actively inspire your own literary practice. Our 2026 THEME is Visions: Writing the Future You Want to See. Our Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitators will be announced in late November 2026.