Yosemite Association Dates: A Calendar of Events January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses January 2008 Jan  Invitation to Spring Forum (March 29) to be mailed to all members this month Jan 1 YA Administrative Office closed for New Year’s holiday Jan 3 Wilderness permit reservation system opens for the season Jan 19 OA #1: Moonlight Snowshoe with Pete Devine Jan 21 YA Administrative Office closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday Jan 24-27 OA #2: Winter Landscape Photography with John Senser Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses February 2008 Early Feb Winter 2008 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite to be sent Feb 2 OA #3: Snowshoe Explorations with a Naturalist - Emily Jacobs Feb 16 OA #4: Dewey Point Snowshoe Trek - Pete Devine Feb 18 YA Administrative Office closed for Presidents’ Day holiday Feb 23 OA #5: Discovering the Winter World - Dick Ewart Feb 29 Yosemite Renaissance XXIII exhibit opening reception, Yosemite Museum Gallery Feb 29 Members Gathering - Fresno Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses March 2008 Mar 1 OA #6: Peregoy Snow Survey - Mark Fincher and Chuck Carter Mar 8 OA #7: Dewey Point Snowshoe Trek - Karen Amstutz Mar 22 OA #8: Full Moon Equinox Snowshoe - Emily Jacobs Mar 28 OA #9: A Hard Road on Gold Mountain - Yenyen Chan Mar 28 Evening Reception for Donors of $250 or more - Yosemite Valley Mar 29 Members’ Spring Forum, Yosemite Valley Mar 30 OA #10: Birding Yosemite Valley - Michael Ross Mar 30 OA #11: Discovering the Winter World - Dick Ewart Mar 30 - Apr 5 YAEC: Outdoors with Watercolor with Douglas Castleman Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses April 2008 Apr 5 OA #12: Wildflowers of the Merced Canyon - Michael Ross Apr 6 Ostrander Ski Hut closes for the winter Apr 7-12 YAEC: Watercolor with Steve Curl Apr 11-12 OA #13: Leave No Trace Trainer Course - Pete Devine Apr 14-19 YAEC: Sketching/Drawing with Bob Magneson Apr 21-26 YAEC: Travel Journaling: Sketching, Drawing & Painting with Donna Naes Apr 26 OA #14: To the Top of Yosemite Falls - Karen Amstutz Apr 28- May 3 YAEC: Adventures in Sumi-E Painting (Ink Painting) with Carolyn Fitz Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses May 2008 Early May Spring 2008 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite to be sent May 4 Last day to view Yosemite Renaissance XXIII exhibit, Yosemite Museum Gallery May 5-10 YAEC: Travel Sketching with Pam Pederson May 10 OA #15 Yosemite Waterfalls Grand Tour - Suzanne Swedo May 12-17 YAEC: The Magic of Watercolor with Robert Dvorak May 16-18 OA #16 Hetch Hetchy Photography Backpack – John Senser May 17 OA #17 To the Top of Yosemite Falls – Karen Amstutz May 19-24 YAEC: Painting Yosemite’s Hidden Treasures with Fealing Lin May 25-31 YAEC: Learn to Paint Water, Trees, Rocks and More with Roger Folk May 31-June 1 OA #18 Hetch Hetchy Wildflower Explorations – Suzanne Swedo Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses June 2008 June 1-7 YAEC: Pen & Watercolor  with John McClary June 5-8 OA #19 Yosemite’s Hawks and Owls – Jeff Maurer June 7 OA #20 Half Dome in a Day 1 – Pete Devine June 9-14 YAEC: Watercolor Workshop with Janice Powell Shedd June 14 OA #21 Birding Yosemite Valley – Michael Ross June 15 OA #22 Foresta Birds - Michael Ross June 15-21 Weed Warriors and More Work Week, Yosemite Valley June 16-18 OA #23 North Dome Moonrise Photography Backpack – John Senser June 16-21 YAEC: Watercolor—Bold & Free! with Tom Fong June 21 OA #24 Get Lost with a Ranger – Dick Ewart June 23-28 YAEC: Watercolor for Landscape with Don Fay June 28 OA #25 Glacier Point Birding - Michael Ross June 30-July 5 YAEC: Watercolor with Pat Hunter Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses July 2008 July 7-12 YAEC: Painting Yosemite in Acrylic with Patricia Devitt July 10-13 OA #26 Glen Aulin and the Waterwheels Backpack – Suzanne Swedo July 11-13 OA #27 Yosemite Flyfishing – Tim Hutchins July 11-13 OA #28 Tuolumne Meadows Pastels - Moira Donohoe July 12 OA #29 Glacier Point Wildflowers – Michael Ross July 13-19 Plant Protectors Work Week, Wawona July 14-19 YAEC: Easy Valley Landscapes with Roy Gould July 18-20 OA #30 Half Dome Overnight 1 – Pete Devine July 19-22 OA #31 Family Camping Jamboree 1 - Dave Wyman July 21-26 YAEC: Dramatic Watercolors with Thor Ericson July 24-27 OA #32 Family Camping Jamboree 2 - Dave Wyman July 25-27 OA #33 Introduction to Sierra Natural History –David Lukas and Jack Laws July 26–Aug 2 Tuolumne High Sierra Camp Restoration Work Week July 27-31 OA #34 Womens Backpack - Danah Woodruff July 28-Aug 1 OA #35 Alpine Botany Basecamp Backpack - Steve Botti July 28-Aug 2 YAEC: Watercolors (for journals or paintings) with Linda Mitchell Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses August 2008 Early Aug Summer 2008 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out Aug 1-3 OA #36 Stars over the High Country - Rick Combs Aug 1-3 OA #37 Writing Your Children’s Book - Michael Ross Aug 1-3 OA #40 Photographing High Country Habitats – Howard Weamer Aug 2 OA #41 Yosemite’s First People - Ben Cunningham-Summerfield Aug 2-5 OA #38 Marvelous Mt. Conness - Young Lakes Backpack-Suzanne Swedo Aug 2-9 Tuolumne High Sierra Camp Restoration Work Week Aug 4-9 YAEC: Drawing with Colors with Frank Poulsen Aug 7-10 OA #39 Half Dome the Easy Way – Suzanne Swedo Aug 7-10 OA #42 Tuolumne Meadows en Plein Air - Chuck Waldman Aug 10-16 Tuolumne Restoration Work Week, Tuolumne Meadows Aug 11-16 YAEC: Fun with Watercolor with David Deyell        Aug 16 OA #43 Half Dome in a Day 2 - Pete Devine Aug 16-23 OA #44 Advanced Backpack to the North Park - Dick Ewart Aug 18-23 YAEC: Drawing Yosemite in Pastel with Travis Wheeler Aug 21-24 OA #45 Tuolumne Elite Summits – Pete Devine Aug 25-30 YAEC: Travel Sketching with Pam Pederson Aug 30 OA #46 Into the Gaylor Basin-Suzanne Swedo Aug 30 OA #47 Birding Tuolumne Meadows – Michael Ross Aug 31 OA #48 Clouds Rest Dayhike - Suzanne Swedo Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses September 2008 Sep 1 OA #49 Tenaya Peak Climb - Suzanne Swedo Sep 1-6 YAEC: Watercolor by Osamu with Osamu Saito Sep 5 OA #50 The Rim Walk - Michael Ross Sep 5 OA #51 Wawona Meadow Botany Stroll - Steve Botti Sep 5 Evening Reception for Donors of $250 or more, Wawona Sep 6 33th Annual Fall Members’ Meeting, Wawona Sep 7 OA #52 Autumn Birding in Wawona - Michael Ross Sep 7 OA #53 Mariposa Grove Botanists Hike - Steve Botti Sep 8-13 YAEC: Impressive and Expressive Yosemite with Marcy Wheeler Sep 12-14 OA #56 Ice, Wind and Fire - Dick Ewart Sep 14 OA #54 Buffalo Soldiers on Patrol (morning) - Shelton Johnson Sep 14 OA #55 Latinos in the Landscape (afternoon) Sep 14-20 Valley Fall Restoration Work Week, Yosemite Valley Sep 15-19 OA #57 Quick Sketching in Watercolor – Chris van Winkle Sep 15-20 YAEC: Pen & Ink with Color with Elizabeth Paganelli Sep 17-21 OA #58 Lyell Glacier Survey - Pete Devine and Greg Stock Sep 22-27 YAEC: Autumn Colors of Yosemite with Mariko Lofink Sep 26-28 OA #59 Miwok-Paiute Basketry - Lucy Parker Sep 29-Oct 4 YAEC: Acrylic-Yosemite Diamond with Kirah Van Sickle Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses October 2008 Oct 4 Dinner for Donors of $1,000 or more, Yosemite Valley Oct 5-11 Leader’s Choice Work Week Oct 6-11 YAEC: Paint Nature’s Colors with Artistic License with Alice Leggett Oct 13-18 YAEC: Plein Air Painting in Watercolor with Jean Bradshaw Oct 17-19 OA #60 Forest Illuminations - Andie Thrams Oct 20-22 OA #61 Autumn Light Photography - Dave Wyman and Ken Rockwell Oct 20-25 YAEC: Autumn Color Watercolor with Sonja Hamilton Oct 27-Nov 1 YAEC: Plein Air Pastel with Barbara Beaudreau Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses November 2008 Early Nov Fall 2007 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out Nov 13-16 OA #62: Focusing on Nature: Autumn Photography in Yosemite with Keith Walklet Nov 27-28 YA Administrative Office closed for Thanksgiving holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses December 2008 Dec 6 OA #63 Woodpeckers: the Quest for Eleven - Pete Devine Dec 24-25 YA Administrative Office closed for Christmas holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses January 2009 Jan 1 YA Administrative Office closed for New Year’s holiday Jan 19 YA Administrative Office closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses February 2009 Early Feb Winter 2009 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out Feb 16 YA Administrative Office closed for Presidents’ Day holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses March 2009 Mar 28 Members’ Spring Forum, Yosemite Valley Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses April 2009     Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses May 2009 Early May Spring 2009 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out May 5-17 OA #64 Sister Parks of the Middle Kingdom: Yosemite to China May 25 YA Administrative Office closed for Memorial Day holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses June 2009     Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses July 2009 July 3 YA Administrative Office closed for Independence Day holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses August 2009 Early Aug Summer 2009 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses September 2009 Sep 7 YA Administrative Office closed for Labor Day holiday Sep 12 34th Annual Fall Members’ Meeting, Tuolumne Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses October 2009     Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses November 2009 Early Nov Fall 2009 issue of quarterly members’ journal Yosemite sent out Nov 26-27 YA Administrative Office closed for Thanksgiving holiday Legend: OA = Outdoor Adventure YAEC = Yosemite Art and Education Center free courses December 2009 Dec 24-25 YA Administrative Office closed for Christmas holiday