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Welcome to the website for the Camano Island Arts Association. We are a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the Camano Island/Stanwood area as a major visual arts center for visual arts in the Pacific Northwest, and building a cultural identity for the region. Our membership is approximately 100 strong, with a generous mix of artists and enthusiastic arts supporters.
As a 501c3 organization, we participate in many community endeavors that showcase the arts, support artistic efforts and promote the value of art in both business and academic environments. We have helped to create an art park, do public art presentations to service organizations, and donate art for display in public places. We offer scholarships to outstanding art students, create artistic displays in our public schools for students to learn from and appreciate, and actively mentor students interested in the arts.
By supporting these kinds of activities, we believe we are making a valuable contribution in raising awareness of the aesthetic value of art and its place in our personal and community environments.
Our volunteer efforts include actively supporting several important art-related events. The largest of these is our Camano Island Studio Tour, now in its tenth year. Held annually on Mother's Day weekend, this three-day, free, self-guided experience brings thousands of visitors into the area to visit 35 local studios and galleries with over 65 participating artists working in at least 8 visual arts mediums. Now the most popular event of its kind in north Puget Sound, visitors enjoy meeting artists personally, seeing artists in action and their "works in progress," and learning about the various creative processes. Meeting artists in their own environment brings a new dimension to the understanding of "how it happens." Another event drawing attention is our Members Only Art Show, showcasing CAA artists in various capacities, including painting, sculpting, potting, jewelry, glass and fine woodworking.
Please Contact Us for additional information.