Our Partners - Vashon Center for the Arts

Vashon Center for the Arts provides a home for many island non-profit organizations throughout the year.

VCA seeks to provide a community experience for everyone through partnerships with other arts organizations and non-profits who make use of our campus and facilities. Together with a wide array of partners, VCA brings a diverse and vibrant experience to all.

Vashon Repertory Theatre

Vashon Repertory Theatre produces thought-provoking, intimate, story-driven theatre that brings to light issues meaningful to our time and place on Earth. We aim to be known throughout the Puget Sound region for creating excellent theatre that is inclusive and breaks down barriers of race and gender. In our programming and our engagement, Vashon Repertory Theatre strives to make a difference in our community and the world.

Vashon Repertory Theatre produces thought-provoking, intimate, story-driven theatre that brings to light issues meaningful to our time and place on Earth. We aim to be known throughout the Puget Sound region for creating excellent theatre that is inclusive and breaks down barriers of race and gender. In our programming and our engagement, VRT strives to make a difference in our community and the world.

Vashon Repertory Theatre celebrates its blockbuster Fifth Season with an original play about our Troll, an adaptation of a novel in the Book-It Repertory Theatre style, a West Coast premiere from Broadway, and all new material from women playwrights. This is theatre you can’t get anywhere else!

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Whim W’Him

Whim W’Him is an award-winning Seattle-based contemporary dance company founded in 2009 by Olivier Wevers, former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer and choreographer, that showcases innovative dance in collaboration with global artists. The company is committed to innovation, collaboration, and high caliber relevant art that engages and challenges audiences.

Get ready to witness a fusion of artistic brilliance that transcends boundaries and ignites the stage. Join Whim W’Him for a remarkable program bringing together three globally acclaimed choreographers: the visionary Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, the beloved Whim W’Him favorite Ihsan Rustem, and Whim W’Him’s own illustrious Olivier Wevers. Prepare to be moved as they bring their 14th season to a close with SPRING ’25.

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Vashon Opera

Vashon Opera’s mission is to enrich our community through the creation of opera in intimate settings. The Vashon Opera was founded in November, 2008 by a small collection of opera lovers who know opera can thrive on Vashon.

For Season Fifteen, they’re doubling down on the genius of Giuseppe. His final two operas, so different in tone and texture, bear witness to the immense scope of his talent as both dramatist and composer. In September we start off with the dramatic intensity of Otello. It’ll have you on the edge of your seat. In May 2025, the jocular hilarity of Falstaff will send you rolling through the aisles with laughter. It promises to be an unforgettable season!

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Drama Dock

Drama Dock is:

…A small nonprofit theater company that centers the work of Vashon Island artists and serves Vashon Island audiences.

…A theater company with education and community service at the heart of its mission.

…A company that fosters collaboration between experienced theater practitioners and community members who love creating theater.

…The longest running theater company on Vashon Island, and one of the oldest arts organizations on the Island.

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Vashon Island Chorale

The Vashon Island Chorale engages, enriches, and unites our island community by providing opportunities for all people to participate in, learn about and enjoy fine chorale music.

The Vashon Island Chorale was established in 1989, and is dedicated to the promotion of fine choral music in the Vashon community. The repertoire of the Vashon Island Chorale focuses on major masterworks from the past four centuries. The Chorale also regularly presents works by local composers, including residents of Vashon Island and the greater Seattle area. Artistic partners have included members of Vashon Opera, the Vashon-Maury Chamber Orchestra, the Portage Fill Big Band, and the Signature Brass Quintet. Dr. Gary D. Cannon has led the Chorale as Artistic Director since 2008.

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Vashon Island School District

Vashon Center for the Arts partners with Vashon Island School District to enhance curriculum in the arts through our Vashon Artists in Schools program. Together, these residencies provide opportunities for students to engage more deeply with their learning, making connections between their curriculum, themselves, and their community. By bringing the arts to students in the classroom we eliminate barriers to access and aim to engage all students.

Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra

Vashon Island’s very own chamber orchestra presents family-friendly concerts throughout the year to highlight and feature the talents of local musicians and grow an appreciation for classical music.

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Vashon Nature Center

Vashon Nature Center creates transformative nature experiences through community science, research, and education.

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Kay White Hall Box Office
Wednesday – Sunday 12pm – 5pm: 206.259.3007

Blue Heron Education Center Registrar
Monday – Thursday, 12-6pm and 10:30am-4:30pm Fridays: 206.259.3005

VCA Staff Directory: 206.463.5131

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KATHERINE L WHITE HALL
Box Office & Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Sunday: 12pm – 5pm
19600 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070

BLUE HERON EDUCATION CENTER
Monday – Thursday, 12-6pm, and 10:30am -4:30pm Fridays
19704 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070

VCA MAILING ADDRESS
PO Box 576
Vashon, WA 98070

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Land Acknowledgment
Vashon Island is the traditional homeland of the sx̌ʷəbabš (pronounced Schwa-ah-babsh) people, a once thriving Native community decimated by colonization. VCA is committed to stewarding this land, fostering creativity, and honoring indigenous culture through the arts.

Diversity and Inclusion
We celebrate diversity in all aspects of the work we do and support an environment of inclusion, racial equity, and social justice in our programming and operations. We welcome all individuals to our campus and steward them with respect and dignity. We hold our patrons and all affiliates to the same standard: our home is a center for all, regardless of race, place of origin, sex, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or class.

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