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25th Anniversary Celebration

  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts PO Box 52 | 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 (map)

We're marking our 25th year with a day of celebration, reflection, gratitude, and community.

THE AFTERNOON

1:00 PM

Our open house begins with complimentary champagne and non-alcoholic sparkling beverages served on the Zech Patio and tours of the center.

2:00 PM

We’ll move into the Michael Nutt Mainstage for a brief presentation about WICA, a conversation with our current and first Executive Directors, the video premiere of a new Rural Characters’ tune, and a reading of Judith Adams’ new poetry that includes a special anniversary dedication.

Following the events on stage, we’ll return to the patio to catch up with friends and to continue conversations started earlier in the day.

Earlier Event: May 15
Robert Merry with Tim Egan - Wait List Only
Later Event: May 20
Whidbey Island Film Festival: Legends

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.