Category: Featured Activities

Winter Artisans Market News   We are forming a new partnership with the Odd Fellows to host the beloved Winter Artisans Market that will share island creations December 6-7 this year so mark your calendar and come ring in the Holidays. We are happy to help this annual fair tradition continue, and to also contribute […]

Fall Farm Tours are Here Again! Island Farm Tours are a beloved tradition and great fun for locals and visitors alike. Meet our farmers, makers, and producers – see where food comes from and learn about the valued heritage of island agriculture. San Juan Island Sept 26-28 Orcas Island Oct 3-5 Lopez Island Oct 10-12 Learn more and sign […]

Fall Festival at Family Tides Farm, Deer Harbor, Orcas Join Island Makers at the Fall Festival on Sunday, September 21st at Family Tides Farm on Orcas Island. This fun community gathering offers an opportunity to stroll a mini Makers Village and see or try hands-on creations including blacksmithing, willow basket weaving, gardening, copper spoon making, nature […]

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The Islands are Calling – Come get Creative!  This year the Eye of the Whale arts gathering is on San Juan Island and offers fourspecial days to get away, unplug, and enjoy using your hands and body tocreate, to soothe your mind, tend your heart, and step into the natural world.   Take a workshop, […]

San Juan is first Rural County in WA to create Cultural access Program. Great News for San Juan County Arts, Cultural, Heritage and Science access!   San Juan County Council has passed the new Cultural Access Initiative that will invest 1/10th of 1% of sales tax in valuable programs that enrich all ages of our […]

Winter Artisans Market in Eastsound Village The Beloved Orcas Island Winter Market returns – Friday, December 6th – Sunday, December 8th at Odd Fellows Hall Gift Market, Makery Classes, and a Silent Auction   Community Holiday Spirit, Island Style December is starting off with lots of festive fun on Orcas and the Village of Eastsound […]

Stretch your creativity and learn a new art form! Join us for a small group class learning to construct luminaries using natural reed and papers. Classes for beginner to intermediate makers. Winter Luminary Classes – Free for Orcas Residents Create your own beautiful paper lantern to shine a warm light during the winter.   Classes […]

Luminary Teacher Training Workshop, Nov 2-3, 2024 Stretch your creativity and learn a new art form! Join us for a small group class learning to construct luminaries using natural reed and papers. These 3D forms can be carried in the Winter Solstice parade or hung in your home. Appropriate for teachers of young children, teens-adults, […]

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. It is a Heroic Act! In 2022, the Makers Guild […]