Events

Young artists will explore, discover and create using thier imaginations! Art Camps are for students (ages 5-8, and 9-12), and are hosted by David Repyak, a K-8 Credentialed and Montessori trained educator. Choose from World Art: Adventurous artists will learn about the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, Ghana, West Africa, and more...Amazing Animals: Sea Otters to Sea Horses, young artists will, classify land and water forms, North American biomes, and the interdependence of organisms within an ecosystem...STEM Engineering: Who can build the tallest structure, the widest span, or support the strongest load-bearing bridge? Weekly SUMMER ART CAMPS are held June - August, Mon-Fri, 9:00-3:00. Please see our full program and class descriptions at: www.SHINEartacademy.com

Throughout the week, participants will learn simple choreography, create costumes and character looks, and explore Korean mythology—meeting figures like the Hanmoon, Gwi-ma, and the Saja Boys—alongside hands-on projects such as hanji crafts, calligraphy, manga-style drawing, and more. Blending old-world traditions with the modern energy of Hallyu pop culture, campers will design their own hero personas and celebrate with a final performance that showcases their very own pop-culture evolution.

“SALT” will explore the interlapping places where the waters of the Salish Sea meet the
land – the coves, eddies, creeks and estuaries – that create the endless tides of
perspectives, textures and colors unique to the PNW. Get in the flow and visit B

Join us at Red Pine Park to maintain garden beds, the historic fruit orchard, edible perennials, and other historic plantings in this former homestead in the heart of downtown. All levels of garden enthusiasts are welcome!

Please note: there is limited parking available at this park.

Jeffrey Moose Gallery is proud to announce an exhibition of new works by paper wizard Lea Basile-Lazarus for the months of June and July. The exhibition will run from Friday, June 5th through Tuesday, August 4th. Receptions will be held on First Friday, June 5th from 6 to 8 PM and Thursday, July 2nd, 6-8 PM. On Friday June 5th, a FaceBook video tour will run from roughly 5:20-5:40. Also, on Saturday, June 13th, Ms. Basile-Lazarus  will conduct a mono printing demo in the gallery from 1-3 PM.

Ms. Basile-Lazarus, originally from New Jersey, moved to Chicago where she received an MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1979, with a concentration in printmaking. She has also studied at the prestigious Oxbow School of Art in Michigan, studying mono printing, silkscreen and paper making. She taught art in public and private schools for 28 years, received a teacher’s Fullbright grant to learn about Japan’s art, culture and educational system and received a grant to visit schools and villages in Ghana, West Africa. For several years she has traveled to the renowned Hook Pottery Paper in La Porte, Indiana to make paper and her extraordinary paper pulp paintings in a unique studio/homestead/farm environment. The paintings are made with pure paper pulp and pigments and NO paint. This exhibition consists entirely of paper pulp paintings.

There is chromatic variety in the selections: black and white is contrasted with works that have soft, spring like pastels, while others mix primaries with doses of black, creating depth. The works are displayed in a variety of ways: some hang like scrolls from a wood brace, others are framed in float frames with the rough deckled edges exposed, while some are simply hung from huge paper clips. In an effort to both keep the weight down and makes the works more accessible, the scroll and float frame works are coated in a thin layer of matte wax, sealing the paper, protecting it from moisture and dirt, eliminating the need for glass and emphasizing the paper’s soft texture.

Seattle Chamber Music Society comes to Bainbridge Island for a program featuring two of the most celebrated string quartets in the chamber music canon: Dvořák's "American" and Beethoven's Op. 18 No. 1. Alongside these groundbreaking works, hear Dohnányi's lyrical Serenade for String Trio, all performed by an all-star ensemble including James Ehnes, Tessa Lark, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Edward Arron, and Ani Aznavoorian.

On the 250th anniversary of the United States, the 2026 Summer Festival focuses on the composers who have shaped the American classical voice. Every festival program includes a work meaningfully connected to the United States, whether it has been composed in America, by an American, or both.

Join our Natural Resources team in caring for the woods and meadows of Moritani Preserve by managing invasive species, building habitat piles, maintaining garden beds, and planting natives when the weather is right.

Parking on Shepard Way NW. Meet at SE Hayano Trailhead off Winslow Way W.

Join the Park District, Bainbridge Island Land Trust, and the BI Parks & Trails Foundation at Grand Forest East this Summer!

Volunteer with us every third Saturday in May, June, or July to help improve the trail system. Projects could include social trail closure, tread work, improving drainage, or pruning back the spring flush.

These work parties are well suited for children ages eight and up who are comfortable using some tools and walking a mile or so throughout the two-hour work party.

Park & Meet at Grand Forest East Trailhead

Are you curious about what goes into capturing images of the night sky? Astrophotography comes in all flavors, from a camera on a backyard telescope to deep-sky images. Bring your knowledge and/or your curiosity as all knowledge levels are welcome. This month there will be a special presentation by one of our members discussing his experiences with smart telescopes for astrophotography… definitely a “Don’t Miss” topic if you’ve been curious about the smart telescope craze. If you have questions or are looking for more information, please reach out to Chuck (cawraith@bpastro.org).

Visit bpastro.org for more info about Battle Point Astronomical Association and learn about our astronomy-themed events.

Mark your calendars for July 18th-19th for an Open Studio and an afternoon of some new work, a few sale pieces and some fun things too.  Our studio is participating in a first-of-its-kind National Craft Open Studios Weekend. It is a pilot nationwide celebration to invite the public into independent craft artists studios across the country.  National Craft Open Studios is presented by the American Craft Council as a part of “Craft in America Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026".

Our studio has been designing and making contemporary custom furniture from domestic and imported hardwoods for over 40 years. We are located on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington.

Drop by between 9:00 pm - midnight at Battle Point Observatory for a Star Party. We'll have telescopes out and astronomers on hand. Bring your own telescope if you have one! Layer up, as it gets chilly after dark.

NOTE: if the skies do not cooperate, event is called off. If you're registered, we'll let you know if we have to cancel: RSVP

Visit bpastro.org for more info about Battle Point Astronomical Association and learn about our astronomy-themed events.

This two session workshop is a special chance for you to explore painting with watercolors in Bloedel Reserve’s behind-the-scenes cutting garden. During this expressive watercolor painting workshop, we will uncover the general form and character of a variety of flowers starting by observing several flower forms. Martha will also complete a demo where she breaks down her painting process from an initial pencil sketch to painting a series of watercolor washes.

This workshop is designed for any level of painter, from beginning to advanced. A supply list will be provided upon registration.

WHERE
Meet at our Cut Flower Garden

WHEN
July 19 and July 26, 10 – 1 pm both days

COST
$49 for Members
$75 for Non-Members (Includes admission)

Join us for an exciting story time with author Jordyn Jefferson! She is the author of the beautiful new picture book Marnie and the Floating Thoughts!

About the book:

Marnie is brilliant, full of great ideas, and eager to please. But she has a problem: Her ideas like to float away before she can carry them out. ​ Marnie and the Floating Thoughts is a whimsical and accessible entry point for young children (ages 3-8) and their caregivers to learn about executive dysfunction, a common symptom of ADHD, autism, and many other conditions. It includes resources and information for caregivers about executive functioning and ADHD, co-written with a children’s mental health professional.​​

Set sail on an unforgettable cruise around Bainbridge Island, where history comes to life through engaging stories, local legends, and insights that shaped the island’s character—from early settlers to its rich Indigenous heritage. Enjoy a unique blend of storytelling and scenic beauty on the waters of Puget Sound.

Join us for this lunch cruise and historical tour featuring narrators Bill Covert and Lindsay Ogles, Director of Exhibits & Engagement.

Lunch menu to come soon.

New this year: Admiral’s Table Seating—limited VIP seating on the second deck. Just 6 tables (6 seats each, sold individually) offer premium views and reserved table seating aboard our Argosy vessel. Tickets are $200 for members only (become a member today!) and include a swag bag and one complimentary drink. Admiral Table guests enjoy a comfortable, elevated experience throughout the cruise. Limited to 36 seats total, with the option to reserve a full table for groups. See the diagram below (purple section).

We will also have a Cash Bar!

Set Sail Into History With Us…

Welcome summer, uplift local makers, and let creativity bloom.

Set against the charming backdrop of Winslow Green, Art on the Green celebrates creativity in all forms. This free, family-friendly outdoor art fair brings together talented artists, artisans, and performers from Bainbridge Island and beyond for a Sunday of artistic discovery.

Stroll through vibrant booths, meet makers, enjoy live music and performances, and find original work in a wide range of media — from painting and sculpture to ceramics, fiber, and jewelry. With activities for kids and a welcoming atmosphere for all ages, Art on the Green is a joyful community tradition where art, connection, and summer meet.

We'll practice hieroglyphics, create beautiful be-jeweled masks, make clay art, uncover clues to treasure, learn about Egyptian history, and make our own “magic sand”. Camp will end with a Pharoh's Feast and guests will be invited to tour the hallway of our "tomb" excavation!

Join us Thursday, July 23rd from 4-6p at Prue’s House to learn about the meadow restoration planned for Hilltop and how this important project will help improve wildfire resilience, restore native habitat, and support the long-term health of one of Bainbridge Island's unique natural areas.

This community event is an opportunity to:

Learn why prescribed fire is being used at Hilltop.

Meet the partners planning and implementing the project.

See the burn area and learn how fire benefits native prairie and meadow ecosystems.

Ask questions about smoke, safety, wildlife, and project timing.

Learn how prescribed fires are carefully planned and conducted under specific weather conditions by trained professionals.

The prescribed fire is a collaborative effort between the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District, Bainbridge Island Fire Department, Bloedel Reserve, and Bainbridge Island Land Trust. Together, we are working to reduce wildfire risk while restoring native plant communities that depend on periodic fire. This project is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

Limited parking is available at Grand Forest East, and ADA parking is available on site.  A shuttle will be available from nearby Strawberry Hill Park. We encourage folks to walk or bike to the site.

This event is an educational opportunity and is not the prescribed burn itself. The burn will take place later during an approved weather window. Prior to ignition, updates regarding anticipated burn windows, trail closures, smoke information, and operational status will be shared through our website and communication channels

Whether you're curious about prescribed fire, interested in habitat restoration, or simply want to learn more about this important stewardship effort, we hope you'll join us.

Join the reigning National American Miss Washington, Leslie Smith for a fun summer reading series!

She will be hosting an awesome story hour and there may even be a special guest or two!

About Queen Leslie:

Leslie Smith is the 2025 National American Miss Washington! She is a graduate student at the University of Washington and just completed a 10 month graduate teaching residency program at Islandwood in partnership with the UW. She lives almost full time on her 35 foot sailboat, Kichyat! The name Kichyat came with the boat and is the Tinglit name for the Artic Tern. Leslie loves teaching and sailing, in fact, she used to teach sailing! She loves sharing about life on the water and life as a casual sailor.

Composer Gretchen Yanover returns to BIMA for this one-of-a-kind event. As Yanover will performs her original pieces on electric cello with looping pedal live on stage, artist Anastasia Rÿser will be projecting real-time visual environments that pair dynamically with each piece to create an immersive, unforgettable visual and musical experience.

Gretchen Yanover

Cellist Gretchen Yanover wears two musical hats: one as a composer of spacious string atmospheres, which she performs on electric cello with looping pedal, and one as a classical acoustic cellist.

Yanover began her musical life in Seattle public schools, falling in love with the cello’s deep sound. She pursued both performance and music education at University of Washington, embracing an interwoven path of teaching and performing. Yanover guided students in music for 17 years, while growing her own solo performing career.

She started playing with a loop sampler around 2001 and it changed her musical life, inspiring her to improvise and compose. Yanover performs throughout the Pacific Northwest as a soloist on her electric cello, while continuing her classical music life. She has played with Northwest Sinfonietta orchestra since 1998 and is a member of NW Sinfonietta’s DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community. NW Sinfonietta has featured Yanover as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions.

Yanover has been a Visiting Artist at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, and presented at TEDx Seattle. She created music for and performed with LeVar Burton for LeVar Burton Reads live, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Yanover’s artist residencies include Shunpike (2020), Town Hall Seattle (2021), and Seattle Public Library (2024). She was the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, which supported the release of her 5th album in 2024.

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Anastasia Rÿser

Anastasia Rÿser (she/her) is a Seattle-based artist who has been creating art her entire life. Growing up surrounded by many art forms, she has explored a variety of mediums, with a main focus on traditional 2D visual art.

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Legendary Supertramp guitarist and world-renowned guitar master Carl Verheyen brings his hard-driving blues rock project back to the Treehouse. Called "One of the Top 10 Guitar Players in the World" by Guitar Magazine and "One of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time" by Classic Rock, Verheyen has built a wildly successful, multi-faceted career across more than 50 years of playing. A critically acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and educator with 18 albums released worldwide, he has been a member of Supertramp since 1985 and is regarded as a virtuoso capable of playing any style with remarkable mastery and conviction.

The CVB hits the road in fall 2026 promoting a new studio and live record called Promised Future. The touring band features drummer John Mader (Steve Miller, John Fogerty, Booker T, Bonnie Raitt), virtuoso bassist Federico Orlandini, and keyboardist/guitarist Troy Dexter (Wilson Phillips, Don Felder, Dionne Warwick), joined by soulful vocalist Hollye Dexter. Four-part vocal harmony adds a new dimension to Carl's catalog, and the addition of Troy Dexter brings a second guitar and vocals into a band that played for years as a trio.

Rooted in the blues, any single show combines rock, jazz, jam, fusion, and country in both electric and acoustic settings. Fans of real music, improvised and created in real time with no backing tracks or playback, will enjoy the ride. Many fans join the band on the road to catch multiple shows, since no two are ever alike!

Be inspired by exhibiting artist Carletta Carrington Wilson as she shares her explorations and observations about the complex meanings objects can hold and how they inform her artistic practice. An audience Q & A and reception to follow.

Wilson’s exhibition, Object Lessons, is on view at BIMA this summer.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

The narrative threads of Carletta Carrington Wilson’s literary and visual works merge mirroring the melding of language and form. Encountering cloth as a constellation, as a geographical expanse and translator of time, Wilson explores the potential and possibility of engaging with fabric and its fabrication in unexpected ways.

The Pacific Northwest’s moody skies, mountain ranges, and bodies of water are integral to her artistic practice. It is here that her work has rooted itself, has ascended and descended, has formed structures upon which eye + hand, mouth/tongue/mind conjoin to create text & images reaching across realms of time. Her work is sited in and linked to the act of imagining and re-imagining a history in which multitudes of individuals found themselves without the means to transmit the meaning of their journey through the beauty and brutality of life. She uses history as canvas, an eye, camera lens, brush stroke, sculpting tool, pen, and thread.

Wilson’s poems, artist’s books, and artworks and can be found in local, regional, and national collections. She is the author of Poem of Stone and Bone: The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr. in Fourteen Stanzas and Thirty-One Days.

Learn more: https://carlettacarringtonwilson.com