Art and Artists
The Whidbey Working Artists have their summer open studio tour showing their work, their place, and where the artist and the art are one.
The Whidbey Working Artists have their summer open studio tour showing their work, their place, and where the artist and the art are one.
Imagine stumbling across a tiny door perched in a tree. It takes leaving this carefully crafted door behind to find its true purpose.
The 10 acre outdoor sculpture display at the Matzke Fine Art Gallery on Camano island is part park, and part gallery. Nestled along the beautifully groomed Northwest foliage, you’ll find works of art from some of the regions top artists.
Whidbey and Camano Islands have several art schools where you can combine avacation getaway with a quality learning vacation.
The relationship among the island, the artists who live here, and the art they produce is one where each one feeds the others in a unique and vital ecosphere.
People come from all over the world to teach and learn art on Whidbey and Camano Islands. There are several schools to attract and teach them.
Combining travel and learning into an “eduvacation” is an increasingly popular idea as people search for personal growth and relaxation.
Public art flourishes on Whidbey and Camano islands. From the traditional wood carving welcome sign greeting people just getting off the ferry to the sculpture park’s visual treats, there are plenty of locally-produced visual treats that compete with those made by mother nature.