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Whidbey Art Gallery welcomes artist Doug Hansen as a guest artist for the month of September. Doug’s years of art studies, combined with his artisan skills have given rise to an inventive style that integrates oils and organic elements into unexpectedly unique three-dimensional studies. This is what he says about his art. ‘My work attempts to capture the beauty, tranquility and peace of mind alive in nature, and bring that feeling back indoors.’ Our second talented guest artist will…
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Penn Cove Gallery is excited to add Artist Shari Thompson to its collection of local talent. Shari is a self-taught bead weaver who uses a thin beading needle threaded with strong, monofilament fishing line to pick up tiny seed beads and weave them into unique, one of a kind jewelry pieces. She finds that hand weaving offers more creative opportunities for her art. Shari first became acquainted with seed beads as a teenager. She is inspired by all the colors…
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Art Galleries, Langley
Beth B Johns is the September Featured Artist at Garry Oak Gallery. Beth began photographing Whidbey Island and the area after she and her husband retired to Oak Harbor in 2013. Her interest and subject matter vary widely but her work consistently reveals her fascination with light and mood through landscapes and details in nature. She digitally enhances the quality of form, color and light in her photography because it was these aspects of nature that evoked her earliest sense…
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Festivals, Langley, Music Events
Back in 2000, DjangoFest Northwest artistic director Nicholas Lehr first attended the annual Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois-sur-Seine, the small commune in north-central France where the revered musician once lived. There, he ran into guitarist Robin Nolan, and both agreed it would be nice to have a similar event in the United States. Lehr, then a Whidbey Island resident, had previously seen local favorites Pearl Django perform at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) to a packed house. So…
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Langley, Outdoor Events
Sail aboard the Lady Washington, the full-scale replica of the first American trading vessel to make landfall on the west coast of North America, the original Lady Washington. The Lady Washington is one of two historic vessel recreations for the Port of Grays Harbor. She and her sister ship, the Hawaiian Chieftain, travel to various ports around the Pacific Northwest educating people about the complex beauty of the ships and the special skills sailors need to keep her underway. This…
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Coupeville, Festivals, Outdoor Events
September 21-22, 2019, Central Whidbey welcomes the Whidbey Island Kite Festival to the Camp Casey Conference Center, just south of Coupeville. Set against the majestic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, the kite festival features impressive ground and air displays of color and imagination. Activities include kids' kitemaking, beginning sportkite lessons, and sportkite demonstrations. The highlight of the weekend is the Whidbey Island Sport Kite Championships, one of the premier sportkite competitions in the Pacific Northwest. Competition takes…
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Farm Happenings, Langley, Outdoor Events
There's nothing quite like Saturdays at Bayview during the market season. If you're heading from the ferry, the first thing you'll likely see are gigantic white letters announcing "FARMERS MARKET" on the hillside at the corner of Highway 525 and Bayview Road. Turn right at the intersection and soon you'll see brightly colored flags...and a sea of white tents. There you'll be treated to the sights, sounds (and sometimes wonderful smells) of Island County's busiest market—a real farmers market with the…
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Coupeville, Farm Happenings, Outdoor Events
A vendor member non profit local market based upon the principle of providing the community with the best in local produced foods, crafts, and produce. The market celebrates the Coupeville community each Saturday. The gaelic word “comhar” means the value of the community and all it’s participants coming together. We practice comhar each week, and so can you.
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Coupeville
Do you have a box/closet/room full of extra art and craft supplies you aren't using? Planning out your holiday gift projects and need a bit more of something? Always wanted to try out a new craft but didn't want to buy all the supplies brand new? Want to give the gift of a creative project to someone else? Do you teach workshops and want to get the word out? Just want to swap your yarn with someone else's? The Whidbey Island…
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Oak Harbor
Quilt Show hosted by The Senior Bees of the Oak Harbor Senior Center. Free admission, crafts and quilted items for sale, along with $1 raffle tickets for a quilt made by our very own Senior Bees! Come join us Saturday, September 21 from 10 AM - 4 PM and Sunday, September 22 from 10 Am - 2 PM.
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$170
September 10, 17, 24, 30 and October 1. Work days: September 12, 19, 26, and October 3. 6:00 - 8:00pm In this beginning level class, students will learn how to create vases and plates using slab building techniques. All tools will be provided. The first three classes will be wet work, followed by a glazing week and final group discussion. $150 + $20 materials fee for clay and glaze Register now! https://backdoorclay.com/class-registration
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Langley, Outdoor Events
This Whidbey Island Farmers Market is a family friendly place on a lush meadow with picnic tables, live music, educational features and children’s activities. The produce vendors can accept SNAP coupons (formerly food stamps) as well as Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program coupons. The market management encourage organic and certified organic growing methods and GMO-free.
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Hear the toe-tapping music of the Cranberry Bog Blugrass Band while you shop at the South Whidbey Tilth Farmers' Market this Sunday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a community apple juice pressing, field games and a raffle to win a whole pie. Bring up to two five-gallon buckets of apples to press and bring a jug for the juice. Win prizes for several field games. Raffle tickets are $5 for a slice of pie…
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Freeland, Wineries & Spirits
Local musicians perform live music every Sunday afternoon from 4-6 pm at Blooms 5511 Bistro. Enjoy fine wines created on site, wonderful casual dining with a menu that utilizes many local ingredients and features wholesome fresh food.
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$170
September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7. Work days: September 11, 18, 25 and October 9. 10:00am - Noon Perfect for beginners, students will learn how to wedge and center clay for wheel thrown cups. We’ll learn basic trimming, pulling handles, and basic glazing techniques. All tools will be provided. The first three classes will be wet work, followed by a glazing week and final group discussion. $150 + $20 materials fee for clay and glaze Register now! https://backdoorclay.com/class-registration
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Art Galleries, Coupeville
Artist Timothy Haslet will be at Penn Cove Gallery from 10 AM until 5 PM on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 with some of his oil painting tools and techniques. Timothy is a native of the Pacific NW and an Art graduate of Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. He comes from a family of artists and was instructed in art and visual expression from as far back as he can remember. Timothy is inspired by the Impressionists. This is reflected in…
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Art Galleries, Coupeville
Timothy Haslet is Penn Cove Gallery's featured artist for September. Artist Timothy Haslet will be at Penn Cove Gallery from 10 AM until 5 PM on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 with some of his oil painting tools and techniques. Timothy is a native of the Pacific NW and an Art graduate of Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. He comes from a family of artists and was instructed in art and visual expression from as far back as he can remember.…
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$170
September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7. Work days: September 11, 18, 25 and October 9. 10:00am - Noon Perfect for beginners, students will learn how to wedge and center clay for wheel thrown cups. We’ll learn basic trimming, pulling handles, and basic glazing techniques. All tools will be provided. The first three classes will be wet work, followed by a glazing week and final group discussion. $150 + $20 materials fee for clay and glaze Register now! https://backdoorclay.com/class-registration
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$25 – $110
Art Classes, Langley
Join us at the Deer Lagoon Grange 5142 Bayview Road, Langley Classes meet Wednesday & Friday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. Come either or both days. Four classes (one four-week month) is $70. Individual classes, one at a time, $25. We also have a punchcard that is good for five classes over a 60-day period, for either day. All media is welcome (oil, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, etc.), though we are a non-toxic classroom. For a materials list, send…
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$35
Art Classes, Coupeville
Ikebana with Charles Coghlan September 25th, 1-3 p.m. $35 Follow on class to the spring session. Open to all! Come learn design and techniques for making beautiful Ikebana floral arrangements. Class begins with reflections upon Ikebana’s history and philosophy, from its ancient Shinto origins, evolving into a Buddhist monastic tradition, medieval Samurai discipline, and modern/abstract art form. Instruction is given in hands-on design and technique. Branches and flowers are provided as well as tools, containers, and needle point…
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