Island Notes Island Notes
Category: Arts
Several sculptures in the Matzke outdoor gallery

The Gallery in the Woods

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.

Art Class Escape

Whidbey and Camano Islands have several art schools where you can combine avacation getaway with a quality learning vacation.

Bronze sculpture of a mother otter and pup. The beach is in the background.

Art on the Islands

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.

Art Education Vacation

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.

Painter with an easel painting Crockett Lake

An Island Eduvacation – Part 1

Combining travel and learning into an “eduvacation” is an increasingly popular idea as people search for personal growth and relaxation.

Bronze sculpture of a mother otter and pup. The beach is in the background.

Art in a Sandbox?

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.