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San Juan Maker Stories

Makers Film: Island Grown in the San Juans

Celebrating San Juan Islands Farms and Foods Agriculture on the San Juans doesn’t come easy. On remote islands, with exceedingly high land costs and limited water, transforming soils depleted from over grazing is more than a work of love to forge food from the land.

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WA State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest 4/22

Listen, to the Wild. Summary     Listen, to the Wild is a literature, science and cultural arts program on the remote San Juan Islands in WA. Island libraries, classrooms, history, science and cultural groups are invited to engage island residents in thought provoking conversation

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Paula West – Ceramics

Paula West Pottery, San Juan Island. Pottery production is challenging and requires a mastery of forms, styles and glazes to develop an enduring line of products. Paula West Pottery employs a sophisticated use of clay to create elegant and thought provoking shapes, patterns and colors. 

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Alchemy Arts Center Class – San Juan Island

Youth Environmental Art Program, Spring 2022, San Juan Island. This spring, Alchemy Art Center is partnering with the San Juan Islands Youth Conservation Corps and the Madrona Institute to offer a FREE 10-week art and environmental stewardship program geared toward middle and high school age

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Makers Film: Island Grown in the San Juans

Celebrating San Juan Islands Farms and Foods Agriculture on the San Juans doesn’t come easy. On remote islands, with exceedingly high land costs and limited water, transforming soils depleted from over grazing is more than a work of love to forge food from the land.

Read More »

WA State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest 4/22

Listen, to the Wild. Summary     Listen, to the Wild is a literature, science and cultural arts program on the remote San Juan Islands in WA. Island libraries, classrooms, history, science and cultural groups are invited to engage island residents in thought provoking conversation

Read More »

Paula West – Ceramics

Paula West Pottery, San Juan Island. Pottery production is challenging and requires a mastery of forms, styles and glazes to develop an enduring line of products. Paula West Pottery employs a sophisticated use of clay to create elegant and thought provoking shapes, patterns and colors. 

Read More »

Alchemy Arts Center Class – San Juan Island

Youth Environmental Art Program, Spring 2022, San Juan Island. This spring, Alchemy Art Center is partnering with the San Juan Islands Youth Conservation Corps and the Madrona Institute to offer a FREE 10-week art and environmental stewardship program geared toward middle and high school age

Read More »