Upcoming Events

The Coasts of Whidbey Island David Cobb, Instructor Dates: Thursday, September 8th – Sunday, September 11th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $750 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 All levels welcome. Photographing the Whidbey Island coastline is about as good as it gets. The mornings will be spent capturing dramatic sunrises, photogenic coastlines, a lighthouse, harbors, bays, beautiful madronas, and one or two gardens. During the afternoon, we’ll direct our attention to the classroom where we’ll discuss the basic tenets of photography that include light, color,…

Grease is the Word! Grease is the first production in Whidbey Playhouse's 2022/23 'SEASON OF LOVE." "Grease" takes us back to 1959. You will meet hot-rodding guys and their hip-shaking gals from Rydell High School. The gang sings and dances their way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'" and "Hopelessly Devoted".

Rivers and Falls – How to Convincingly Express Moving Water With Oils Mike Wise, Instructor Dates: Thursday, September 15th – Saturday, September 17th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $395 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 Please join Mike Wise for three days of instruction in his beautiful home studio on Whidbey Island, minutes from the town of Coupeville. Mike is known for his gorgeous paintings of lily ponds, rural American farms, lush rivers, and aspen groves. In this workshop, students will learn methods and techniques…

Beyond Felting: Silk, Wool & Paper Eva Camacho-Sánchez, Instructor Dates: Friday, September 16th – Sunday, September 18th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $525 Registration: $25 Materials: $40 During this three-day workshop, students will learn how to create a textured and unique surface by felting merino wool onto mulberry paper, and vice-versa. Paper is a material that provides certain tactile qualities, while adding more structure to the felt. Students will learn how to combine these two materials, how to trap the mulberry paper into…

The Poetry of Black & White Photography Robert Stahl, Instructor Dates: Friday, September 16th – Sunday, September 18th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $475 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 This workshop in Black & White photography will emphasize the cultivation of a poetic eye. Accordingly, an interpretive style will be advocated. To reinforce this approach a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of composition and design will be provided as we consider the role of line, shape, texture, and depth along with light and time.…

Binding Time Christine Mauersberger, Instructor Dates: Thursday, September 29th – Monday, October 3rd, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $725 Registration: $25 Materials: $50 The diary must have always existed in a primitive form, but the first regularly kept diary of daily reflections dates back to the late Renaissance period, when the importance of individualism began to take hold. During this time, people began to keep commonplace books where assemblages of notes, ideas, inspirations, recipes, and quotes were recorded and kept. In this workshop,…

The Whidbey Island Harvest Festival event will offer opportunities for local artists, growers, vintners, restaurateurs, chefs, musicians and artisans to bring their talent together in celebration of all that is Whidbey Island. The event is October 1- 2, 2022. You are invited to be part of the festivities showcasing local culinary arts, agriculture, ranching, wine & spirits, fine arts, crafts, and music. This event, honoring the place we call home, will be held at the Whidbey Island Fairgrounds and Events…

Master Class with Christine Christine Mauersberger, Instructor Dates: Thursday, October 6th – Sunday, October 9th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $725 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 A description and updated images for Christine’s Master Class are forthcoming  Instructor’s Bio: Christine Mauersberger is an American artist who produces complex mark-making narratives in multiple media: paintings, embroidery, and installation works. Her work is featured in private and public collections and has been exhibited and published internationally including The Millennium Court Arts Centre in Ireland and in the…

In this 3-day (Friday-Sunday) workshop with award winning photographer Susan Burnstine you will explore your Personal Story. Photographic images are deeply rooted in personal emotion. This is the case whether they are found or created, and it is the case regardless of genre—be it landscape, still life,  portraiture, nature, abstraction, photojournalism, self-portrait, or documentary.  As photographers who strive to convey our visions in a true, honest, and consistent manner, we establish an emotional connection to each image we create. Under…

Ink and Splash Landscapes David Lobenberg, Instructor Dates: Friday, October 7th – Sunday, October 9th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $625 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 With a bare minimum array of watercolor sketching tools and paints, I’ll teach you how to draw and ink in landscape overlaid with loose, vivid splashes of color! Perfect for lively, eye-catching landscape captures around town or around the globe!Instructor Bio: David Lobenberg

Unfolding Geometries: Creating Kaleidoscopic Hand-dyed Fabrics Cameron Mason, Instructor Dates: Tuesday, October 11th – Saturday, October 15th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $750 Registration: $25 Materials: $40 Skill level: beginner/intermediateAdd rich visual texture to your hand-dyed fabrics through the art of the fold. Simple dye chemistry and low-tech methods create unique and fascinating results. Using Procion dyes and resist methods we will expand beyond the basics. Techniques include ice dyeing, soy wax resist, itajime-style clamped shibori, direct application, and low-water immersion dyeing. Explorations…

Gilding for Works of Art… A Study for Fine Artists Charles Douglas, Instructor Date: Saturday, October 15th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $275 Registration: $25 Materials: $75 Students explore the various methods of working with gold and silver leaf on canvas, paper, and panels for both background and embellishment. Learn to lay a genuine 23k gold leaf ground for painting. Instructor Charles Douglas will patiently take you through the intricacies of working with delicate gold leaf and how to tame it with…

Water Gilded Panels Charles Douglas, Instructor Date: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $275 Registration: $25 Materials: $75 This Workshop takes the student through a summary of each step of the ancient traditional water gilding method specifically for panels from the laying and gluing of linen, and preparing and applying gesso and clay bole to laying and burnishing genuine 23k gold leaf and an intriguing introduction to granito, the technique of punchwork and incision for decorative embellishment. This course has been…

Evocative Travel Photography – Telling Your Story of a Place and Its People John & Lisa Merrill, Instructors Dates: Thursday, October 20th – Monday, October 24th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $1,250 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 In this fun workshop for photographers of all levels, John and Lisa Merrill will help you nurture your creativity and develop the skills and mindset to tell compelling visual stories of the places you explore and the people you meet. Whidbey is a fascinating and beautiful island…

Monochrome Jack Graham, Instructor Dates: Friday, November 11th – Sunday, November 13th, 2022 (9am-4pm) Tuition: $500 Registration: $25 Materials: $0 For many photographers, color presents a lot of challenges. In many images, the use of monochrome brings out the shapes and textures stronger than color. Perhaps it’s that in many images color can be distracting and taking away the drama of the scene. In monochrome photography, one can adjust the brightness, shadows and contrast to their individual liking, just as we…