Category: San Juan Stories

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, […]

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 […]

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 on intersecting themes of eco-literature, environmental and wilderness protection, climate […]

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.  Small scale production keeps the hand made feel alive while […]

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 kids!   In this program, guest artists and speakers will […]