Past Events

Join Jan Lipetz for a three day surface design class and get your creative juices flowing! Ages 14+

Instructor: Mary Elizabeth Himes A workshop for elementary school students (ages 6-12) to become comfortable with creative expression through writing. In this eight session class students will work in a safe space to use words in appropriate ways to express their stories and transform those stories into poems. At the end of the four-week program the students will have a poetry reading that family and friends are invited to attend. WIAC Class, co-sponsored by City of Oak Harbor Parks &…

Instructor: Ruth Mattson January 23 - Feb 22 | Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:00 PM Location: The Center in Oak Harbor (51 SE Jerome St) Age: 8-10 Cost: $85 Per Person for 10 Session Series Enjoy learning the basics of five art mediums including sketch, crayons, colored pencils, watercolor and acrylics. In this ten-class series you will learn about the color wheel, perspective, how to use and make colors, and create three dimensional objects. Price includes all materials…

This is not your parent's spelling bee! It's another year where the local spelling bee contestants duke it out for a place at the National Spelling Bee. See how reading the dictionary, magic feet, helicopter dads, and speaking a whole lot of languages figures into the competition, overseen by a former champion. Juice boxes please! Rated PG13. 

Total cost of Workshop: $200 (includes $25 registration) Basic knit/purl and cast on/off knowledge needed – if not sure how to do this, book separate time with me private lessons before the course begins ***This is not a Knitting 101 course*** Pattern: Basic top/down raglan pullover sweater, from Good Night Day – Kingston Sweater Skills Learned: Casting on, knitting in the round, changing colors, knit, purl, increases, decreases, changing needle sizes, separating sleeves, picking up stitches, casting off, weaving in ends, blocking…

For additional information please visit caryjurriaans.com  and https://www.facebook.com/jurriaanspaintings/. THURSDAY  CLASSES WITH CARY JURRIAANS, ARE DESIGNED IN A MENTORSHIP-STYLE FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO GAIN MORE MASTERY IN PAINTING AND DRAWING. When:  Thursdays from 10-12.30 and 12.30-4 pm Where:  WIFAS studio , 813 Edgecliff Drive, Langley, WA Cost:  $80 whole day; $40 half day Skill Level: All levels ​ This coaching & mentoring program is for beginner and advanced, youth to adult. This is not general instruction but rather a personal approach to addressing…

Instructors: Venessa Frysztacki & James Pfaff Lay back, close your eyes and experience the easiest way to meditate! Relax into the sacred sounds of the gong and enjoy its many potential benefits, such as reducing stress, depression and inflammation, inducing deep relaxation, and leaving you feeling lighter and rejuvenated. The more comfortable you are, the more you will be able to relax into the experience, so bringing whatever cushioning you may need to allow you to lay on the floor…

A Doll's House, Part 2 By Lucas Hnath Directed by Amanda Goodwin With Shelley Hartle, Jeff Natter, Aleah Stacey and Patricia Duff. In the final scene of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, A Doll's House, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children and begin a life on her own. This climactic event—when Nora slams the door on everything in her life—instantly propelled world drama into the modern age. In Lucas Hnath's A Doll's House, Part 2 many years have passed…

  Instructor: Therese Kingsbury Fun for the whole family—choose from a selection of soapstone carving forms and release your creativity. Designed for hands-on learning with easy-to-follow instructions, everything you’ll need is included, from file to finishing wax.  Don’t wait to get started on carving your very own impressive animal or freeform stone sculpture. This 1.5-2 hour class will walk you through the entire process and you will leave with an original miniature work of art. Everything you need is provided…

Join instructors Karen Abel and Jill Lipoti for a mask-making workshop! Ages 14+ March 6, 13, 27, April 3 1:00 - 3:30pm

Join us on Wednesday evenings and learn wheel throwing with instructor Jordan Jones! Unleash your creativity and hone your pottery skills in this 6-week immersive course where you'll wedge clay, center, throw basic forms and glaze. This class is perfect if you're new to the pottery wheel, or need to practice the fundamentals. Ages 14+ March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17 5:00 - 7:30pm One bag of clay is included with tuition. If needed, additional 25# bags are…

Playwright Lauren Gunderson--of The Revolutionists & The Time-Traveler's Wife--brings JUSTICE to Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, in partnership with award-winning composer/lyricist duo Bree Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan. JUSTICE features the “firsts” of the Supreme Court Justices. In an intimate, epic new musical built with sweeping songs, urgent conversations about equality, and deeply relatable heroines, JUSTICE explores the first women on the U.S. Supreme Court: Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor, at the height of their influence.…

Body, action, space, time, energy, and music. These are the elements of a good dance performance, where it all comes together in a beautiful synergy of movement to tell a story, evoke emotion, and take one’s breath away. The dancers and guests of Whidbey Island Dance Theatre Company (WIDT) bring all of it to their annual Celebration of Dance concert at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.…

Join us on Friday evenings to learn wheel throwing with instructor Briggs Shore! Unleash your creativity and hone your pottery skills in this 6 week immersive course where you'll wedge clay, center, throw basic forms and glaze. This class is perfect if you're new to the pottery wheel, or need to practice the fundamentals. Ages 14+ April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24 6:00 - 8:30pm One bag of clay is included with tuition. If needed, additional 25# bags…

Join us on Wednesday evenings and learn wheel throwing with instructor Jordan Jones! Unleash your creativity and hone your pottery skills in this 6-week immersive course where you'll wedge clay, center, throw basic forms and glaze. This class is perfect if you're new to the pottery wheel or need to practice the fundamentals. Ages 14+ May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5 5:00 - 7:30pm One bag of clay is included with tuition. If needed, additional 25# bags are…

Festival favorites Cynthia Freivogel, William Skeen, Katherine Kyme and Stef Cresswell join forces with director Tekla Cunningham for Mozart and Mendelssohn string quintets. Both Mozart and Mendelssohn were child prodigies with a gift for joyful, soaring melodies as well as moments that tug on the heart strings. Ignite your joy with electric afternoon of string quintets on period instruments!

A musical perfect for the whole family, Seussical takes us into the world of Dr. Seuss, where we revisit beloved characters from childhood, including The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, and JoJo! Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that weaves a story of friendship, loyalty, and love. Despite all odds, Horton and Gertrude band together to save the Whos, free Horton, and restore peace and unity to the Jungle of Nool! The charming…

The Whidbey Institute hosts a beautiful amphitheater with a grassy hill for seating (bring blankets and a picnic).