Category: News

NEA Grant – Alchemy Arts Center, San Juan Island. News from Alchemy Arts. We are beyond excited to announce that Alchemy Art Center has been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America award to support our 2022 “Artists in Community” project!  This project will connect Artists in Residence with the San Juan Island community through free […]

Good Food Awards 2022: San Juan Sea Salt and Girl Meets Dirt. Each year the Good Food Foundation organizes an epic three-day Good Foods Awards Weekend for the public and trade to meet, celebrate, taste and buy the nearly 200 winners distinctive products. Winners are exceptional food crafters who top the charts in a blind […]

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 […]

November of 2019 saw the first Orcas Makers Stroll event on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a nationwide annual campaign day for supporting local, small businesses. Shop the Rock!

Fall is a great time for learning about local food and supporting island farms. As we move into Thanksgiving after the successful Farm Tour events, ‘where’ our food comes from becomes an increasingly relevant conversation. Recognizing Island Farm Heroes is a good way to help support our local food system – and ensure the future […]

The San Juan Makers Guild hosted an Eastsound Village Makers Stroll that featured Orcas Island and San Juan County grown and made products on October 1st. As the launch to the popular Farm Tours, local residents and visitors were out exploring local shops, tasting exciting flavors, partaking in adults-only sipping of spirits, and all ages […]

Fun opportunity to show, sell and donate your work or products. Help the Ag Guild develop the COVID-19 recovery funding required to continue programs.

This Fall the Islands saw a great response to the annual Farm Tour. September and October saw over 500 people out visiting island farms on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez and enjoying a preceding online film and discussion. Spanning three weekends, on three islands, children, parents, and seniors explored diverse farms to see where our […]

Start-up and Research Activities. We are pleased to announce that the Makers Guild is the beneficiary of a new USDA-funded Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) that invests in a project to conduct three valuable research and development activities in San Juan County, 2020-2021.

Summer and Fall 2021 News - we have some good news to share. The first Asset Mapping project is now live as an online survey. This survey encourages you to reflect on and share your maker activities as a business, DIY hobbyist, life-long learner, or teacher.