Past Events

UKULELE CLASS FOR NOVICES: BUILDING YOUR REPERTOIRE with David Licastro Wednedays: 3:30-5:00 PM April 5, 12, 19, 26 Do you have some basic experience playing ukulele and want to learn more? Or perhaps you’ve put your uke down and want to get started again? This class is for people who have a basic knowledge of uke playing--how to hold and tune your instrument, play some basic chords, and know how to play along with some easy songs. (Anyone who attended…

Celebration of Dance” is Whidbey Island Dance Theatre's annual spring offering of contemporary works by company choreographers and guest artists featuring the young dancers of WIDT. This celebratory show highlights the diverse talents of its broadly-trained dancers and features new works that allow the dancers the opportunity to challenge themselves on stage and share their artistic growth with the community. Celebration of Dance 2023 includes pieces by the Bellingham Repertory Dance Company and the Meander Dance Collective, another Whidbey Island…

Rob Schouten Gallery presents 15th Anniversary Exhibition  May 3 - 29  Opening Reception Saturday, May 6 from 5 - 7 during Langley’s First Saturday Art Walk The Gallery is thrilled to be celebrating its 15th Anniversary with a Special Exhibition. Please join us in celebrating fifteen wonderful years of showing the exceptional artwork of Whidbey Island and Northwest artists. (And it is our sixth year at our much loved Langley location.) We offer our most heartfelt thanks to our community,…

Trinket Jar $40 Create a small container for precious little items!   Class dates- May 6 & 13 2:00- 3:00pm Project pick up- May 20 Age 11-13 Sign up now >>>

Join us this Mother's Day weekend for two days of fine art with ten local artists! We'll be showing recent work such as paintings, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, basketry and photography. Come see a variety of artists not commonly seen at the retail galleries, and enjoy yummy treats by Campfire at this unusual location. Bring your mom, too! Visit whidbeyartmarket.com for a list of artists and links to their social media and websites, and don't forget to join our email list…

WATERCOLOR MAY PRACTICE CLASS With Ellen Santoni Tuesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023 9 am to 11 am This class is for people who have had a basic introduction to watercolor painting or have a regular practice. In each class watercolor painter Ellen Santoni will offer one or two techniques with practice activities. This way you can grow your repertoire of skills and increase your joy in the magical process of painting with watercolors. We will work both indoors…

Twain is arguably our most famous American author and humorist. He was also an important and influential social icon. Timely Twain opens with the witty storyteller. Then we see him use his podium to deliver his wry political and social commentary. Finally, the numerous tragedies in his personal life appear to lead him to a darker, disappointed cynicism. Samuel Clemens followed every personal tragedy with surges of creative energy and productivity. There's no doubt he would have done so again…

PAINT WITH PAPER With Kristi O'Donnell Fridays, May 19, 26 & June 2 1 PM-3PM Kristi O’Donnell’s 'Paint with Paper' invites you into the creative flow and to have fun. Using vibrant papers, your hands and originality, you will learn how to allow the art muse to join in and experience joy. Your new-found skills will be transformed into artworks, greeting cards, luminaries, garden art, and bookmarks and applied to making whimsical yet useful items. Kristi uses the principles of…

Sunflower Bowl $40 Welcome summer with a happy sunflower bowl.  Class dates- June 3 & 10 2:00- 3:00pm Project pick up- June 17 Age 11-13 Sign up now >>>

HOLLY MORRIS' EXPOSURE Friday, June 16 | 7:00 PM Saturday, June 17 | 2:00 PM Whidbey Island Center for the ArtsPO Box 52 | 565 Camano AvenueLangley, WA 98260 WICA Brings award winning filmmaker Holly Morris to Whidbey Island for 2 Days Screening of EXPOSURE with on stage talk back with Holly after the film. AS THE ARCTIC POLAR ICE CAP MELTS, REACHING THE NORTH POLE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS. YET AN EXPEDITION OF ORDINARY WOMEN FROM THE ARAB WORLD…

WICA presents our first Chamber Music on the Rock series, featuring Trio Rasa and the RASA 4/5! The first weekend program (June 24-25) is Mixed Metaphor, with the intense AND tender piano trio by Germaine Tailleferre and an ethereal trio entitled "Tibetan Tunes” by contemporary composer Chen Yi. Then Trio Rasa becomes RASA 4 for Frank Bridge’s lovely Phantasy for piano quartet, and then RASA 5 for Alexander Borodin’s lively and imaginative piano quintet. There will also be a violin/piano…

Trio Rasa & the RASA 5 are pleased to announce their first chamber Music festival at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts:  Chamber Music on the Rock will bring you the yummiest chamber music over two weekends… The first weekend program (June 23-24-25) is Mixed Metaphor, with the intense AND tender piano trio by Germaine Tailleferre and an ethereal trio entitled "Tibetan Tunes” by contemporary composer Chen Yi. Then Trio Rasa becomes RASA 4 for Frank Bridge’s lovely Phantasy for…

The Shot is a work of fiction drawn from the story of former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and the part of her life that is hard to look at and understand.   The Shot will star Emmy nominee and Broadway alum Sharon Lawrence (Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof). Written by Robin Gerber, Michelle Joyner will direct the production. Inspired by the story of former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, this fictional work looks at her life, including her experiences of domestic abuse…

WATERCOLOR PRACTICE CLASSES With Ellen Santoni JULY CLASS July 11, 18 & 25 9am--11am This class is for people who have had a basic introduction to watercolor painting or have a regular practice. In each class watercolor painter Ellen Santoni will offer one or two techniques with practice activities. This way you can grow your repertoire of skills and increase your joy in the magical process of painting with watercolors. We will work both indoors and outdoors depending on the…

UKULELE CLASS FOR NOVICES: BUILDING YOUR REPERTOIRE with David Licastro Wednedays: 3:30-5:00 PM July 5, 12, 19 & 26 Do you have some basic experience playing ukulele and want to learn more? Or perhaps you’ve put your uke down and want to get started again? This class is for people who have a basic knowledge of uke playing--how to hold and tune your instrument, play some basic chords, and know how to play along with some easy songs. (Anyone who…

Join us in Clinton for two nights of Country Folk music, featuring Kevin Fristad, Talia Marcus, and Bruce Launer.