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29th Street Women
Five Pacific Northwest artists: Shannon Amidon, Barb Burwell, Pamela Chipman, Kim Lakin, and Kirista Trask pay homage to mid-20th century abstract women artists who have inspired them in their creative endeavors.
Find out more »Women’s Wisdom Project
Wanting to showcase the insight of inspiring women, both historical and modern, in an artistic way, in early 2018 Anna Brones started the Women’s Wisdom Project. This exhibition Brones will have 100 wise women portraits, hand-cut from a single piece of paper, and paired with a quote.
Find out more »Dirty Laundry and other women’s work
Using dyes and iron tools, Julie Thurber alters the pristine appearance of vintage undergarments for creating the perfect metaphor for the plight of women.
Find out more »Music History Talk – The Spanish School
Toward the end of the 19th and into the early 20th century, Spanish artists, architects, writers, and musicians dazzled the world with their unique Iberian culture. Spain’s growing industrial economy, along with a more progressive political environment, helped give rise to a new wave in Spanish culture. Michael Tracy will discuss the Spanish orchestral suites, dances, and rhythms of Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, and Federico Mompou. With their work, Spanish culture joined the world stage of great national genres.
Find out more »Paul Bannick – Arctic Messenger: What the Snowy Owl Tells Us
Paul Bannick is an extraordinary photographer who not only captures gorgeous images of birds in their daily lives, but also makes a compelling case for preserving the habitat that sustains them. He is especially drawn to owls, particularly snowy owls, which is the subject of his talk. “For many of us, they embody the essence of wilderness,” he says. “They are also important messengers in that they tell us by their presence or absence about the health of vast ecosystems in the Arctic that are experiencing the pressure of climate change.” The photographer and author of two best-selling books, Owl, A Year in the Lives of North American Owls, and The Owl and the Woodpecker, Bannick is a frequent keynote speaker at Audubon events, bird festivals, and conservation events across North America.
Find out more »EARTH + HEART : Art as threshold between nature and the human experience
Celebrating environmental awareness and the connection humans have to the earth, this exhibit brings together works by assemblage artists Renée Marceau and jennifer hawke with Brian Dempsey’s “Sketches of Our Relationship to Nature.”
Find out more »Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra: Spring Concert
We regret to announce that this performance has been postponed. If and when a reschedule date becomes available, your ticket will automatically transfer and you don't have to do a thing. We will notify you when a new date becomes known. We would like to offer you the choice of transferring your ticket into a tax-deductible donation to VCA, exchanging it for another performance of equal value, or receiving a full refund. Please call our Box Office at 206-259-3007 and…
Find out more »Stephen Jones – Notes from the Bread Lab: Art, Beauty, and Accessibility
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Find out more »Shelby Earl with Danny Newcomb
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Find out more »Ayla Nereo
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Find out more »Vashon Island Chorale Presents “Old American Songs”
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Find out more »Broadway Nation Live: Fascinating Rhythm-The Roaring 20’s On Broadway
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Find out more »Blaine Harden – North Korea—Stranger than Fiction
Blaine Harden is the author of a trilogy of highly praised books about North Korea: Escape from Camp 14, The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, and most recently King of Spies, which has been described as “a thrilling and jaw-droppingly good story of intrigue, daring, and depravity.” Harden is a veteran journalist whose 28 years as a correspondent for The Washington Post and his expertise on North Korea have made him a sought-after contributor to programs like PBS’ Frontline and many national and international publications. He will bring us up to date on the books’ characters, like Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person born in a North Korean prison camp to escape to the West, and share his views on the current relations between the Kim Jong Un regime and the U.S. Government.
Find out more »Interdependence
INTERDEPENDENCE is a visual arts exhibit of endangered species and environmentally focused works by West Coast artists. INTERDEPENDENCE—because we need each other.
Find out more »Laura Veirs
Laura Veirs is coming to the Kay White Hall! This beloved American singer-songwriter currently based out of Portland, Oregon has Vashon roots, and we can't wait to welcome Laura to VCA. She is known for her folk/alternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang on the case/lang/veirs project. Veirs has written a children's book and hosts a podcast about juggling, parenting and performing. Friday May 1, 8pm $15 students, $22 members,…
Find out more »Asiya Korepanova
Russian-American concert pianist, composer, transcriber, artist, and poet Asiya Korepanova performs a solo piano recital at Vashon Center for the Arts. PROGRAM Beethoven | Eroica Variations op.35 Wagner-Liszt | Tannhäuser Overture Rachmaninoff-Korepanova | Sonata for piano and cello in G minor op. 19 Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse and rapidly rising star, recognized not only for her achievements as a pianist, but also for her work as a transcriber, composer, visual artist, and poet. Her solo piano transcription of…
Find out more »Mouse Reusch – New Earthquake Warning System Coming Our Way
What would you do if you knew that the shaking from an earthquake was about to rock your location in 15 seconds? Mouse Reusch, regional ShakeAlert coordinator with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) at the University of Washington, will discuss the development and future public release of the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning program. After earning her doctorate from Penn State University, Reusch worked for a lending library of seismometers. During that period she spent some 12 years traveling all…
Find out more »Shakespeare solo performance by Stephan Wolfert
VCA and Seattle Shakespeare present: CRY HAVOC After two years of paralysis from a high school sports injury. After six years in the United States Army. After a full blown transition into a classic case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stephan Wolfert hopped off an Amtrak train deep in the mountains of Montana. He was far from home and didn’t know what to do for the rest of his life. Then, he stepped into a local theater and saw a production…
Find out more »Miles and Karina: “The Adventures of Prince Achmed”
Miles & Karina bring you "The Adventures of Prince Achmed", the oldest existing, feature-length animated film (1926) created by Lotte Reiniger using the silhouette technique she invented using paper cutouts and stop-motion animation. Every frame a work of art! 3 years in the making and lovingly restored by Milestone Films, this film follows the tale of the Arabian Nights with all the characters you'd expect - a Prince, Princess, King, Magician, Wizard, Monsters, Horses and the magic lamp of course…
Find out more »Foss Miller – The Sawbones Story—An Innovative Island Enterprise
Foss Miller was a young, Washington State University engineering graduate when in 1972 he went to work for K2 Skis on Vashon Island. Three years later he was head of his own business, by chance developing and manufacturing a few plastic bones for the University of Washington Medical School that cut, drilled, and felt like real bones. For the first time, students studying orthopedic surgery could practice techniques, a hands-on methodology found to be superior to the then-practice of watching…
Find out more »Identities and Interiors
Photographers to document identities and interiors of LGBTQ people of Vashon in a celebration of the ways we all share similarities and the ways the differences between us make our communities richer and more beautiful places to live.
Find out more »Music History Talk – Beethoven 1770 to 1802
Beethoven’s formative years were spent in Bonn, Germany, until 1791 when he left for Vienna, Austria, then the leading musical and cultural capital of the world. Soon this young virtuoso pianist, who was clearly the heir to Haydn and Mozart, dazzled the salons of aristocrats. His first six symphonies, the first 7 quartets, and the first 15 piano sonatas mark a few of the major compositional works that are still performed on concert stages throughout the world. However, by age 28 Beethoven experienced ringing in his ears, losing the ability to hear high pitches, and faced the greatest horror for any musician: complete hearing loss. Lecture II, covering the years 1802-1827, will be held next season on November 29.
Find out more »Seattle Dance Collective: Continuum
Building upon its successful, sold-out debut last summer, Seattle Dance Collective continues the artistic journey with a second engagement on Vashon Island. Continuum will feature an assemblage of extraordinary choreographers and dancers, both new and returning, from Seattle and around the world. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see these critically-acclaimed artists in the intimate setting of Kay Hall. Performances Friday, July 31 | 7pm Saturday, August 1 | 7pm Sunday, August 2 | 1pm Tickets: $45 - $75 Family…
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