Visit Africa for a day! Join Vashon Center for the Arts in welcoming back Gansango Music & Dance for a lively performance of contemporary and traditional West African dance and drumming on Friday February 3, 2023. Gansango's vibrant shows fuse music and movement from across Africa, drawing particularly from the dance and music traditions of Benin, Ghana […]
Musical Theatre Teen Class: Matilda, Jr. - WAITLIST
Grades: 6-12
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Feb 7-May 17 | 3:30-5:30 pm AND Sat, Apr 29 | 9:00 am- noon
*Additional rehearsals during tech week
Performances: Fri-Sun, May 19-21
Tuition: $695 General | $660 Member (includes production fee)
Instructors: Marita Ericksen, Lisa Peretti and Elise Ericksen
Location: Greenroom and Stage
Click for more info...
Musical Theatre Ensemble Class: Matilda, Jr. - WAITLIST
Grades: 3-5
Tuesdays, Feb 7-May 16 | 4:15-6:15 pm and Sat, Apr 29 | 9:00 am-noon
*Additional rehearsals during tech week
Performances: Fri-Sun, May 19-21
Tuition: $455 General | $420 Member (includes production fee)
Instructor: Joy Ghigleri
Location: Blue Heron Gallery and VCA Stage
Click for more info...
We are stressed because we're WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic). And we have inherited and are passing that stress to the next generation. Learn how indigenous cultures handle life in ways that we can adapt to meet our modern needs. Betty Peralta will introduce you to a neuroscientific way of seeing stress and […]
Musical Theatre Lead Class: Matilda, Jr.
Grades: 6-12
Thursdays, Feb 9-May 18 | 3:30-5:30 pm
Tuition: $310 General | $290 Member
Instructors: Marita Ericksen, Lisa Peretti, Elise Ericksen
Location: Greenroom and Stage
Click for more info...
Early in the morning of May 15, 1970, members of the Jackson, Mississippi police and the Mississippi Highway and Safety Patrol—all white—opened fire on unarmed students at the historically-Black Jackson State College. Two young people were killed and at least twelve wounded. Though the shooting took place just a little over a week after the […]
Vashon Repertory Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical version of an old English terror tale will showcase some of the Island’s best singing voices with Stephanie Murray in the late Angela Lansbury’s famed role as Mrs. Lovett, Miles Wingett as Perelli, Max Lopuszynski as Beadle, Arlette Moody as Lucy, and Brad Thomas as the demon […]
Theatre Hijinks!
Grades: 1-3
Mondays, Feb 27-May 8, 4:15-5:45 pm (skip Apr 3)
Tuition: $240 General | $225 Member
Instructor: Kaycie Alanis
Location: Kay White Greenroom
Click for more info...
CHOICE is an art exhibition during Women's History Month that invites art viewers to join a powerful dialog surrounding women's bodies and their right to them. The collection of artworks, crafted by 30 artists in response to the reversal of Roe versus Wade, dives deep into the emotion and impact of such a decision - […]
Saturday, March 4th, 1-3pm Special Guest: Marc Seals FREE EVENT On selected Saturdays, jazz bassist Bruce Phares invites accomplished musician friends and colleagues to help him fill the Atrium at Vashon Center for the Arts with high-quality live jazz. We’ve opened the bar and pulled out a chair for you and your friends to take […]
Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra returns to Kay White Hall for a matinée performance featuring island musicians and student soloist--as well as guest performers--in a program that will both surprise and delight audiences of all ages. The orchestra will be led by director, Danielle McCutcheon. A long-time soloist and guest performer with VMCO, Danielle takes the […]
Intro to Jewelry Making - WAITLIST
Ages: Adults
Mondays, March 6-27 | 6:30-9 pm
Tuition: $235 General | $215 Member (includes $50 materials/studio fee)
Instructor: Kate Dunagan
Location: Vashon High School
Click for more info...
Ballet 4 & 4.5 Spring Concert Rehearsal
Tuesdays, Mar 7-May 30 (skip April 4) | 6:30-7:15 pm
Tech Rehearsal: May 31
Dress Rehearsal: June 1
Performances: June 2-4
Tuition*: $235 General | $215 Member
Instructor: Vadne White
Location: Upstairs Studio
Click for more info...
Ballet III Spring Concert Rehearsal
Wednesdays, Mar 8-May 31 (skip Apr 5) | 5:45-6:30 pm
Tech Rehearsal: May 31
Dress Rehearsal: June 1
Performances: June 2, 3, 4
Tuition*: $235 General | $215 Member
Instructor: Vadne White
Location: Downstairs Studio
Click for more info...
Tableware Clay - WAITLIST
Ages: 15-Adult
Thursdays, March 9-April 13 | 6:30-8:30 pm (skip April 6)
Tuition: $215 General | $200 Member (includes $50 materials fee)
Instructor: Laurie Thorpe
Location: Blue Heron Gallery
Click for more info...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo was assembled in the early 1960s in South Africa by Joseph Shabalala, then a young farmboy turned factory worker. The group took the name Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Ladysmith, the name of Joseph’s hometown, about three hours west of Durban and 3 hours east of Johannesburg; Black being a reference to the oxen, the […]
Everyday we experience or can read about signs of climate breakdown. The Holocene, the stable climate of the last ~12,000 years, is reaching its end after 300 years of fossil fuel economics. We are entering a new and unprecedented geologic era. How do we develop the focus to address a crisis whose resolution may be […]
Join us for our annual weekend of student, professional, and community choreography performed at Vashon Center for the Arts’ Kay White Hall at 7 p.m. Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18 and 1pm on March 18. Launched over a decade ago by longtime faculty member Vanesa Wylie and former Dance Director Christine Juarez, Original […]
Suzuki Violin Lessons
Ages: 4-18
18 weekly lessons, January 31-June 16 (skip school breaks) | Contact Gaye to schedule
Tuition for 15 min: $325 General | $305 Member
Tuition for 30 min: $620 General | $570 Member
Tuition for 45 min: $880 General | $820 Member
Instructor: Gaye Detzer
Location: Blue Heron Classroom
Click for more info...
Alice Neel (1900-1984) painted portraits that are as radical in their own way as the drips of Jackson Pollock. Living and working in Spanish Harlem, she made bold and memorable renditions of the vivid characters she encountered in her search to capture what she called “the dignity and eternal importance of the human being.” Introductions […]
