Join us Feb 15th and 16th at the Lane County Fairgrounds at the annual Frontier Heritage Fair!9am to 5pm on Saturday9am to 4pm on Sunday This indoor family-friendly event features booths, exhibits, crafts, artisans and live music! See the the frontier, wild west and Civil War era goods and demonstrations.We will be doing our always […]
Raptor Art Challenge: Draw an Owl Wed Feb 19th 3pm, FREE Location: Adventure! Children's Museum inside the Valley River Center Mall Learn how to draw a Barn owl step-by-step in this art class for ages 8 and up. Children's art will be eligible for parents to enter in an art contest by the Cascades […]
Calling all homeschoolers: join us for a fun and imaginitive field trip about the Corp of Discovery and their journey to the Pacific Northwest!
Let's make a basket with sustainable materials! Together we will make a small basket from either cattails or tule and twined with raffia infused with local color.
Join us Tuesday March 18th at Falling Sky Brewing in Eugene and raise a glass to SCEC! We get $1 from each pint of beer sold all day. Come by in the evening for dinner and talk with our Director, Karen, and various other SCEC folks. We'd love to share with you about what our […]
Let's make a basket by hand! Together we will make a small basket from either cattails or tule and twined with raffia infused with local color. $65 per person ($30 materials, $35 instruction) The fee includes materials and three hours of instruction on basketry techniques using locally gathered and naturally dyed materials. Come weave with […]
History Camp for Children Looking for something fun to do over Spring Break? Join us for three fun filled days of history themed day camp at the beautiful Shelton McMurphey Johnson House in Eugene! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday you can experience hands-on activities, games, cooking and outside time in a lovely Victorian mansion setting. […]
This fun spring break camp features games, art, movement, music, and activities about the history of South America. The camp is taught by Janet Hernandez, our Program Coordinator for the Los Pueblos programs. Janet has been teaching for SCEC since 2023 and is a mother of 4 children. She is bilingual English/Spanish and both languages […]
Crossroads of Cultures: the Applegates and the Kalapuyans Join us for a History Pub at the Axe and Fiddle Restaurant in Cottage Grove on Tuesday April 8th. The speaker is Karen Rainsong, the Executive Director of Singing Creek Educational Center. She will be talking about the Applegate family of Yoncalla, Oregon and their relationship with […]
Join SCEC at the BookMine in Cottage Grove during the Artwalk in April! We will be bringing one of the original copies of Opal Whiteley's "The Fairyland Around Us" book for viewing. Also on display will be a first edition copy of Opal's "Journal of an Understanding Heart", the famous childhood journal the captured the […]
