Fri­day Har­bor Pres­by­ter­ian Church Cel­e­brates 150 Year His­to­ry Tues­day night Fri­day Har­bor Pres­by­ter­ian Church com­mem­o­rat­ed serv­ing its San Juan Island con­gre­ga­tion for 150 years with the first of a two-part series begin­ning with the 19th cen­tu­ry. Old­er than the Town of Fri­day Har­bor, San Juan’s Pres­by­ter­ian con­gre­ga­tion pre-dates even the Pig War. His­to­ri­an and author  Con­tin­ue Reading

Friends at the dif­fer­ent gal­leries around the island that were part of Art­stock told me it was grat­i­fy­ing to see all the folks who came by to vis­it this past weekend…here’s a sam­ple, in pic­tures, of what was going on.

There are a cou­ple of pho­tog­ra­phy stu­dios along the Art­stock route — drop in on Anne & John this week­end: Pho­tog­ra­ph­er Anne Sheri­dan wel­comes you to her stu­dio to cel­e­brate Art­stock this Sat­ur­day and Sun­day from 10 am to 4:30 pm. Anne will be show­ing new works from her “Trans­form” series. In her images Anne explores  Con­tin­ue Reading

It’s this week­end! Art­stock runs for Sat­ur­day & Sun­day — here’s the sto­ry about THAT. One of the stu­dios to drop by this year — Dar­leen Nixon. Dar­leen Nixon cre­ates jew­­el-like glass beads. The tech­nique she uses is called “lam­p­work­ing” because the arti­sans who invent­ed this method used wax or oil lamps to melt their glass.  Con­tin­ue Reading

As we con­tin­ue to look over some of the artists who are tak­ing part in this week­end’s Art­stock, con­sid­er drop­ping by to see Kristy & Mar­garet’s work: Kristy Gjesme’s stu­dio will be open both days of Art­stock, Octo­ber 2nd and 3rd. Kristy will have water­col­or set up so peo­ple can exper­i­ment, play, or learn a  Con­tin­ue Reading

With Art­stock com­ing up I took a dri­ve out to the west side of the Island to vis­it Paula West at her stu­dio on MacGini­tie Road. Paula’s stu­dio will be open to vis­i­tors dur­ing Art­stock the first week­end in Octo­ber. If you’ve nev­er seen Paula’s stu­dio this is an oppor­tu­ni­ty well worth tak­ing advan­tage of. Paula  Con­tin­ue Reading

As our Indi­an Sum­mer slides into Octo­ber you may notice signs of Art­stock around town. Art­stock, San Juan Island’s autumn arts fes­ti­val, is hap­pen­ing the week­end of Octo­ber 2nd & 3rd. Local artists will be open­ing their stu­dios and gal­leries will be stay­ing open late with music, hors de vors, and artist’s shar­ing their tal­ents. You can find  Con­tin­ue Reading