Arts calendar

Auditions

“Sindee Lou Ella” – Theater Arts for Children, Sunday-Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the theater, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. Performance dates: July 11-27. Call (509) 892-5413 or visit www.theaterartsforchildren.org for an audition form.

Spokane Youth Symphony – Monday, Tuesday, next Thursday and by appointment, Fourth Memorial Church, 2000 N. Standard St. To schedule an audition call (509) 326-4778; for audition criteria see www.spokaneyouthsymphony.org.

Classes and workshops

Spokane Handweavers Guild – Workshop with Anita Mayer, Friday through Sunday at Gonzaga University. Cost: $90 (includes supplies). Call (509) 456-3178 or e-mail dianzahner@yahoo.com.

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge – Wildlife Photography Workshop – all ages, June 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., funding by donation, bring your own camera; Pineneedle Basket Weaving Workshop – June 21 and 28, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., one-time $7.50 cost for materials, limited class size; Biological Drawing Workshop – July 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $10 fee, preregistration required. The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is located at 26010 S. Smith Road in Cheney. E-mail Louise O’Leary at looeezoleary@netscape.net or call (509) 235-4531.

Arts Alliance – Summer camps and workshops for kids and adults. Youth Summer Camps – Creative Creatures – ages 6-9, July 7-11, 9 a.m.-noon, $100; Water, Wind and Earth – ages 10-13, July 14-18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $150; Get Creative – ages 6-9, July 21-25, 9 a.m.-noon, $100; Circus of the Stars Theatre Camp – ages 8-13, July 28-Aug.1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $150; Seeing is Believing – ages 10-13, Aug. 11-15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $150; Knights, Ladies and Wizards of Camelot Theatre Camp – ages 8-13, Aug. 18-22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $150. Pottery Wheel Basics (ages 17 and up) – Tuesdays and Thursdays (one class), July 8-Aug. 7, 6-8 p.m., $195. Saturday Workshops (ages 17 and up): Stained Glass Stepping Stones – July 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $50; Photography Techniques – July 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $60; Glass Nugget Jewelry – July 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $45; Raku Pottery Workshop – Aug. 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $65; Watercolor Workshop – Aug. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $75. Pottery Wheel Studio Pass (ages 17 and up) – July 7-Aug. 15, days and times vary, $45. The Arts Alliance is located at 518 Oak St. in Sandpoint. Visit www.artsalliance.info or call (208) 265-4303.

Call for artists

s.m.ART by the River Festival of the Arts – Artists and fine handcrafters are needed for the 19th annual festival by the St. Maries Council for the Arts, July 19-20 at Cherry Bend Boat Park three miles north of St. Maries on Highway 3. Applications available at www.mountainplacearts.com/ smart/smart.html; deadline is July 1. For more information call (208) 245-3655 or e-mail potter@usamedia.tv.

Garland Street Fair Planning Committee – Accepting applications from local artists and nonprofits to participate in the sixth annual Garland Street Fair on Aug. 16. Call Tracy Mielke at (509) 324-2323.

Northwest Artist Cooperative – Guest artists and new members are needed for innovative 3-D work. Call Denise at (208) 664-2145.

Art Works Gallery – The cooperative gallery in Sandpoint is seeking new artist members. Call (208) 263-2642.

Colville Arts Foundation – Artists and crafters are needed to provide work for display at Colville City Hall and the Colville Chamber of Commerce. Artists must install their own exhibit and no commissions are taken. Call (509) 684-3002.

Orient/Inchelium/Valley Arts Consortium – Visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors and others are needed to present programs to students in Northeastern Washington’s Orient, Inchelium and Valley school districts. Artists must live within 65 miles of the school districts listed. Call the Orient school at (509) 684-6873 for an application or more information.

Pottery Place Plus – Artisans’ retail cooperative seeking applications for guest artists and new members. Call Jan at (509) 220-5706 or Nan at (509) 710-0362.

Call for musicians

Artists Loose on the Palouse – Acoustic folk and country musicians needed for jam session at Valleyford, Wash., festival July 18 from 5-7 p.m. Barbecue dinner, $10, served to performers. Call (509) 747-6294.

Call for writers

Crime/Mystery Stories – Dark City Books is seeking crime and mystery stories set in Spokane for a 2009 publication. Stories should be 1,000 to 10,000 words. Submissions can be mailed to Dark City Books, 1314 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 2-120, Spokane, WA 99202, or e-mailed to darkcitybooks@darkcitybooks.com.

Call for volunteers

Colville Valley Performing Arts Association – Volunteers are needed to book acts, schedule artists and negotiate fees. Call Karen at (509) 684-5687.