Inspiring Works From Rural Farms, Forests, & Charming Villages on the Salish Sea

About the

San Juan Islands Makers Guild

Our Mission
The Guild’s mission is to foster Island Maker Communities by promoting locally made products, increasing public engagement in the Islands' Maker Movement, and undertaking strategic community-based education, cultural and economic strengthening.

The Guild's three cornerstones are:
Community, Education and Economy

A core value of the Guild is celebrating and sharing the unique island landscapes, lifestyles and creative industries of San Juan County, Washington.

The Guild offers services and activities for Makers, Learners, Buyers, Small Businesses and Maker Organizations across all creative industries.
The Guild's Funding Beneficiaries
To Foster the San Juan Islands Maker Community, the Guild Provides:
  • A Networking Hub for Resource Sharing
  • Capacity Building for Small Businesses, Maker Organizations, Collectors, and Learners
  • Marketing for Maker Economy growth
  • Grants to support Maker Enterprises
  • Activities that engage the public with creative Maker products, experiences, and solutions
  • Educational workshops for DIY, passion-driven, and professional Makers.
Share Your Ideas
The Guild's Leading Strategic Goals Are To:

 

  • Encourage connections and collaborations
  • Host and promote educational activities that improve quality of life and strengthen the community
  • Broaden markets for local products
  • Increase local employment opportunities
  • Foster mentoring for all ages
  • Build a year-round economy
  • Promote resource efficiencies and demonstrate viable pathways for future creative entrepreneurs.
Formation Process

Spirit of the San Juans

Enjoy the Island Lifestyle, Wherever You Are

There is a heritage of resourcefulness, the willingness to slow down and 'do it right', a calling to listen to nature, and a curiosity about our human potential that weaves threads through the Maker Community in the San Juans. The choice to live closer to nature, to embrace a simpler lifestyle, to praise beauty and promote sustainable solutions are hallmarks of the Island Lifestyle.

Discover our Makers' designs, inventions, tools, art, music and resource-wise practices that may come from the heart, tickle your brain ... and often have a keen eye on lessening our impact on the earth.

And find ways to join in - online or in person - and develop your own Maker interests and abilities.

Whether an island resident or a visitor, you can support or become an active participant in the Makers Guild activities and enjoy the gracious Island Lifestyle.

Stay in touch. Subscribe to Hatch: A Makers Journal, the newsletter of the Friends of the Makers Guild.

The San Juan Makers Guild is a community program serving San Juan County. Founded 2019

Development contact, Stephen Shrader: sjmg@sanjuanmakersguild.com

Program contact, Marcy Montgomery: support@sanjuanmakersguild.com