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Whidbey Island Arts Forum

Presented by the Langley Arts Commission

Moderated by City Council Member Rene Neff and Langley Arts Commissioner Stacie Burgua

Guest speaker, Langley Mayor Tim Callison

The Langley Arts Commission will host the first annual Whidbey Arts Forum on Wednesday, January 18, 5:30PM. Open to all artists, arts organizations, business leaders, and interested community members, the forum will provide an opportunity for the Arts community to gather in an open format to share ideas and provide feedback to the Arts Commission.

Langley Mayor Tim Callison will address the impact of the Arts in our community; discuss the role of the Langley Arts Commission; and share information on current and future arts projects.

The annual Arts Forum goal is to foster a spirit of cooperation and collaboration among the members and groups in the local arts community.

Join us to discuss ideas, share information, and add your voice to the future of the Arts on Whidbey.

Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and a no-host bar will be available.

For more information and/or RSVP:
Stacie Burgua 360/221.8265 stacie.burgua@wicaonline.org

Earlier Event: January 13
Whidbey Island The Round
Later Event: January 19
The Ghostlight Project

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.