Programs

CURRENT PROGRAMS
The Whidbey Island Art Council serves as an "umbrella" organization
offering its 501-(C)(3) non-profit status to emerging arts organizations.

Free ART Classes for Kids
The Whidbey Island Arts Council runs a series of FREE art classes for children, 8 to 12 years of age. We target underserved children of the island and then open the class seats left available to all children in this age group island wide. We provide art supplies, snacks, and art supplies for the children to take home.

Contact Kay Parsons for information.

ISLAND BOHEMIANS
Island Bohemians is a program sponsored by the Whidbey Island Arts Council and is designed to offer social, inspirational and collaborative opportunities to creative professionals residing on Whidbey Island and currently active in the fields of visual arts, music, literature/poetry, theater/film, dance, fine craft, design, culinary and botanical arts.

For more information contact Paula Richards, Program Director

ISLAND CONSORT
Founded in 2013 by Director Sheila Weidendorf, Island Consort is Whidbey Island's resident chamber music performance ensemble. Our regular season features works from the Renaissance through the present day. In addition, we do regular, intimate salon concerts with a variety of local and guest artists. Special events include Women in Music concerts and features of Puget-Sound-Area contemporary classical composers as part of our New Music on the Rock Series.

For more information, visit the Consort website or contact Artistic Director Sheila Weidendorf

Langley Arts Fund
The mission of the Langley Arts Fund is to act as a catalyst for action by community members in the support of public art. The Arts Fund Committee will focus on the acquisition of private funds for the beautification of Seawall Park. The Park consists of almost 1 acre of undeveloped waterfront and an improvement and artistic enhancement plan for the Park has been developed by the City of Langley.

One Moon Studio

One Moon Studio is an online concert and interview platform. Our mission continues that of the Whidbey Island Guitar Festival: to feature and increase awareness of the work of both regional and international artists with audiences on Whidbey Island and around the world. We offer a place for people of all different artistic and cultural backgrounds to come together, enjoy music, and perhaps learn about each other.

"Music can change the world because it can change people."
~ Bono

Our primary focus will be on instrumental musical artists, although the interview platform will include programming with painters, writers, dancers, and more. In the long term, we will offer live concerts at iconic locations on Whidbey Island, the arts island of the northwest, including the popular Whidbey Island Guitar Festival that is now a part of One Moon Studio. These concerts and interviews will be available to the world, online
Contact Shawn Berit

Whidbey Island Sculpture Experience (WISE) Events

We are expanding the program’s mission to be more art event oriented, involving the Island. These event opportunities will feature local visual artists and musicians.

We have created a public sculpture destination on private property and will be hosting educational art related opportunities for artists to interact, educate, create commerce, and introduce a cultural experience for people of all ages. The goal is to provide education, to increase art awareness through events and curate tourism opportunities for the public.
Contact Therese Kingsbury for more information.

WHIDBEY ARTS MARKETING ALLIANCE (WhAMA)
Whidbey Arts Marketing Alliance is a partnership of organizations committed to promoting Whidbey Island arts and its artists' community off-island for the expansion of our market base. This is inclusive of the visual arts, music arts, performing arts, studios, events and galleries specializing in the work of Whidbey Island artists. Our goal is year-round development capable of sustaining income for our arts community members and increasing the profile of Whidbey as a cultural community that visitors can experience recreationally, with avenues for learning, teaching, and collecting with beautiful Whidbey Island as the backdrop.

WhAMA created the Whidbey Island Arts & Culture website, FB, and Instagram profiles to promote the arts community. To find out more about what WhAMA has accomplished or to become involved contact Janis Saunders for information.

WHIDBEY ART TRAIL
The Whidbey Art Trail is a year round tour of Whidbey Island visual artist's studios. Working in partnership with the Whidbey Island Arts Council, the Whidbey Art Trail is a non-profit arts organization promoting the arts on scenic Whidbey Island.
For information visit their website or contact Jon Bloom.

WHIDBEY ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Whidbey Island Music Festival presents vibrant performances on period instruments of repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Beethoven on beautiful Whidbey Island.

For more information visit the Festival website or contact Tekla Cunningham

WHIDBEY WORKING ARTISTS
In 2004 a small group of north central artists founded Whidbey Working Artists as a vehicle for promoting the visual arts and artists of Whidbey Island. Our mission is to share the arts and artists of Whidbey Island with the broader NW community. Whidbey Island is home to a large, vibrant, diverse community of artists. As an organization we believe that opening our studios offers visitors the opportunity to share in the process of how art is created and a glimpse of how artists inhabit their creative space. This shared experience between artists and visitors provides a stimulating creative conversation that enhances the arts while also educating and developing an appreciation for the handcrafted.
For more information visit the Tour website or contact Kay Parsons

One Moon Studio

Zakin Apprenticeship Program