Past Events

Class times are as follows: Afternoon is 1:00PM - 4:30PM with a small break in the middle. Evening is 5:30PM - 9:00PM with a dinner break in the middle. You will learn ~ how to use essential oils safely how to color your soaps how to use a soap base to create your own signature soaps ways to decorate the packaging so you can customize your gifts Come join us for a fun time with a great group of people…

Class times are as follows: Afternoon is 1:00PM - 4:30PM with a small break in the middle. Evening is 5:30PM - 9:00PM with a dinner break in the middle. You will learn ~ how to use essential oils safely how to color your soaps how to use a soap base to create your own signature soaps ways to decorate the packaging so you can customize your gifts Come join us for a fun time with a great group of people…

Class times are as follows: Afternoon is 1:00PM - 4:30PM with a small break in the middle. Evening is 5:30PM - 9:00PM with a dinner break in the middle. We invite you to come learn about what it takes to make a great lip balm. Come make your own lip balms for yourself and for gifts. Classes are held at our shop in downtown historic Coupeville. Learn about preserving, scenting, pouring, and caring for your lip balm. We'll show you…

Join Crayola and Grammy Award-winning singer songwriter Lisa Loeb at 8 am Pacific time, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a pre-recorded nursery rhyme color & sing-along! Through May 1 - go to https://www.facebook.com/crayola/ Each session in this series will feature a music video from Lisa's album, Nursery Rhyme Parade!, along with a free, downloadable nursery rhyme coloring page from Crayola. We invite parents & kids to enjoy this time together at home. Listen to the music and color along!  …

Now offered in the comfort of your own home! Classes offered every Saturday  ~  10:00 – 11:00 a.m. This class is appropriate for all ages, body types, and all levels of dance experience. Each class includes warm-up and technique exercises and concludes with a fun piece of Jazz choreography! Cost is free but donations are accepted.   Daunne has a B.A. in Dance from the University of Washington with specializations in Luigi Jazz Dance Technique, Integrated Dance, and musical theatre choreography. For…

Enjoy live music by local musicians every Friday evening as you dine on fresh, creative, wholesome cuisine from the 5511 Bistro and view live art displays. Pair that wonderful food with hand crafted wines made on site at Blooms Winery. A fabulous new destination for Wine, Art, Food and Music in Freeland. Reservations accepted for dining.

The Cider Toast is a unique experience for writers. It's part conference, with panels and speakers, focused on education and growth, because we writers know that there is always more to learn. It's part reunion, a chance for students, graduates, and instructors of the Northwest Institute for Literary Arts to reconnect, share, and enjoy each others' company. Come and join the fun!

Make Sunday afternoons special with a visit to Blooms 5511 Bistro for live music by local musicians. Come for the music, stay for the food. Fresh, creative, wholesome cuisine by Chef Wayne Carter is always a treat, and paired with wines by Blooms Winery, hand crafted on site make it even more wonderful. Enjoy viewing the art displayed by local artists. Wine, Art, Food and Music make a great blend at Blooms, a true destination spot in Freeland.

The Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute  welcomes orchestra conductors from all parts of the world for the highly-esteemed Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute held August 3-8 in Langley. Internationally acclaimed conductor, lecturer and composer, Diane Wittry, will be leading the conducting sessions along with Dr. Anna Edwards, music director of Whidbey’s professional Saratoga Orchestra. The six day workshop provides a unique opportunity and experience for music educators, student conductors, as well as seasoned professionals and features generous amounts of podium time for…

The Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute  welcomes orchestra conductors from all parts of the world for the highly-regarded Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute held August 3-8 in Langley. Internationally acclaimed conductor, lecturer and composer, Diane Wittry, will be leading the conducting sessions along with Dr. Anna Edwards, music director of Whidbey’s professional Saratoga Orchestra. The culmination of the six-day workshop will be a Summer Festival Concert held on Saturday, August 8, 2:30pm at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts.  PNWCI's 2020 Conducting…

The Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute  welcomes orchestra conductors from all parts of the world for the highly-regarded Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute held August 3-8 in Langley. Internationally acclaimed conductor, lecturer and composer, Diane Wittry, will be leading the conducting sessions along with Dr. Anna Edwards, music director of Whidbey’s professional Saratoga Orchestra. The culmination of the six-day workshop will be a Summer Festival Concert held on Saturday, August 8, 2:30pm at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts.  PNWCI's 2020 Conducting…

Art Market @ WISE Join us for a Whidbey Island Experience at the WISE Sculpture Garden. FREE admission!  All ages welcome (family friendly).  Sorry, No Pets. For two weekends ONLY we will be having an Outdoor Art Market at WISE, the Whidbey Island Sculpture Experience, Featuring Whidbey Island Artists, with demonstrations and interactive events. Bring your picnic and spend some time in the beautiful sculpture garden. (no garbage facilities so be sure to pack-it-in, pack-it-out) Saturday and Sunday August 29-30,   10 am –…

Whidbey Art Gallery is happy to be open! Our current hours are Friday through Monday from 11- 4. We’re following all state guidelines and the gallery is beautiful. We have hand sanitizer available throughout the gallery, one-way traffic and masks are required. You will enter on 2nd Street and exit onto Frick Lane. Whidbey Art Gallery members will continue a show entitled ‘Welcome Back Whidbey’. The show is moving to a ‘Fall’ theme so there’s lots of new work to…

    Art Market @ WISE Join us for a Whidbey Island Experience at the WISE Sculpture Garden. FREE admission!  All ages welcome (family friendly).  Sorry, No Pets. For two weekends ONLY we will be having an Outdoor Art Market at WISE, the Whidbey Island Sculpture Experience, Featuring Whidbey Island Artists, with demonstrations and interactive events. Bring your picnic and spend some time in the beautiful sculpture garden. (no garbage facilities so be sure to pack-it-in, pack-it-out) Saturday and Sunday August 29-30,   10…

Join our Food Hub!  Whidbey Island Grown Cooperative is now offering an online marketplace where farms and producers from all over Whidbey Island can offer their available products for sale to the community. Customers can purchase fresh, local products and pick them up on Fridays at one of 3 island farm stands: Bell’s Farm in Coupeville, Greenhouse Florist and Nursery in Oak Harbor, and Mutiny Bay Blues in Freeland. Support local farms and eat great food, all while practicing safe…

Course Description:  Boro mending, kantha cloth, the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Each of these evokes images of old, worn fabrics, simply but beautifully stitched for a new purpose out of need and salvaged cloth. Born of necessity in diverse cultures worldwide, contemporary fiber artists can learn much from these traditions both technically and aesthetically. In this workshop we explore the traditions that created these textiles and then look to them for inspiration in creating new works of fiber art. Beginning…