Together we built one of the largest and most comprehensive community arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest

For more than 55 years Vashon Allied Arts, and now Vashon Center for the Arts, has been a foundation stone for the island’s art and cultural scene. Since that time, the organization has grown in every possible way to become the largest non-profit on Vashon and home to five uniquely different program areas: visual arts, performing arts, arts education, dance, and Vashon Artists in Schools.

It was a constellation of members, donors, volunteers, patrons, friends, board members, and staff members that grew, supported, and loved our organization over that past half-century. The group numbers in the thousands and the footprints this family of supporters has left can still be seen stretching in all directions.

Thanks to the wonderful support of our donors, members, grantors, and patrons, in 2023 we were able to live our mission through our five program areas:

Blue Heron Education Center: 177 classes offered, 1271 students enrolled, 43 local artist instructors employed
Vashon Artists in Schools: 19 residencies, 31 teaching artists, 1,142 students reached
Visual Arts: 264 artists exhibited, 407 pieces sold, $109,000 artist commissions awarded
Performing Arts in Katherine L White Hall: 103 performances, 13 sold out shows, 19 non-profit partners, 43 events FREE to youth, and 15,224 tickets issued

But we do more than that. We are part of the greater Vashon artistic spirit, committed to the idea that Art is a necessary part of our present and our future, where Art, in all forms, leads us back to our humanity, to rediscovering our sense of joy and play, to laying full claim to our inner artist, to healing the world.

Vashon Center for the Arts

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