(formerly Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council)
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge supports Bainbridge Island artists and cultural groups, provides arts residencies in the schools for more than 2,000 children, and nurtures collaboration and arts advocacy among a multitude of Island organizations.
Website: www.AHBainbridge.org
BARN – Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network – is a center for craft, creativity and community service. Beginning in 2014, BARN has offered classes in everything from woodworking, metalworking, fiber arts, printmaking and cooking to building robots and using 3-D printers or laser cutters. BARN now has a new facility on Three Tree Lane that features eleven well-equipped workshops where people of all ages can learn from one another while working on personal and community service projects.
Website: bainbridgebarn.org
Founded in 1948, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts encourages the creation and appreciation of fine contemporary art and craft by exhibiting and selling the work of Northwest artists, and by offering free art education and outreach to a county-wide audience of all ages and abilities.
Website: www.bacart.org
Bainbridge Chinese Culture & Arts is a non-profit organization that provides Mandarin Chinese language training and basic writing skills, and introduce Chinese culture and arts to young students and interested adults on Bainbridge Island and nearby communities in Washington State.
Website: bainbridgechinese.org
The Bainbridge Chorale is an umbrella organization comprised of the 80-voice Bainbridge Chorale, which presents professionally-performed choral music concerts and hosts public participation events for the community, and a youth chorus, the Olympic Girls’ Choir, serving 35 girls in grades 7 through 9. Our mission is to enrich and inspire our singers, audiences and community by sharing the transcendent power of choral music.
Website: www.bainbridgechorale.org
Bainbridge Community Piano Association owns and maintains the Yamaha C6 grand piano in Huney Hall at Waterfront Park Community Center. It sponsors community student recitals and presents eight professional concerts of jazz and classical music in the concert series First Sundays Concerts.
Website: www.firstsundaysconcerts.org
The purpose of the Band Boosters is to serve and support our students and promote the activities of the Bainbridge High School Band and Guard program. The Boosters provide funds and volunteers to allow the band director and students to perform at their highest level. The direct link between students who stay involved and students who stay in school is realized everyday within the BHS Band program.
Website: http://www.bainbridgebands.org/
The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum collects, preserves and interprets Bainbridge’s colorful history, produces oral histories and videos, sponsors programs about Island history and operates a historical museum containing exhibits and a research library.
Website: www.bainbridgehistory.org
The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) is an educational institution whose mission is to engage a diverse population with the art and craft of our region and our time. BIMA offers free admission, thanks to our donors, sponsors and members and is open 363 days per year. Cultural programs at BIMA include art exhibits which rotate three times per year, artist lectures, K-12 field trips, hands-on art workshops,curator-led tours, after school and school vacation programs and film series. Community groups use BIMA’s facility to hold meetings or host their programs. Since its opening in June 2013, BIMA has had over 220,000 visitors from all over the region and the world.
Website: www.biartmuseum.org
The premiere organization for young orchestra musicians on Bainbridge Island, BIYO provides students with the opportunity to perform orchestral music at a high degree of artistry while fostering skills in collaboration, teamwork and community involvement.
Website: www.biyo.us
The quintessential heart of the island’s performing arts community, BPA has offered year-round LIVE entertainment on stage for 60 years and is a gathering place for local talent in dance, music, and theatre. Our mission is to promote appreciation of and participation in the performing arts to build, educate, and inspire our vibrant, creative community.
Website: www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org
The Bloedel Reserve is an internationally renowned public garden whose primary mission is to provide a tranquil and refreshing experience in nature. Recognized as one of the country’s most ambitious and original public gardens, the Reserve’s 150 acres are a unique blend of natural woodlands, ponds, meadows, and wildlife habitats. The Reserve features 12 distinct and beautifully landscaped gardens, including: an award-winning Japanese garden and guest house, a mysterious moss garden, a rhododendron glen that pops with color, a tranquil reflection pool and bird marsh, and a stately Residence, the Bloedel’s former home. We invite you to experience the spacious beauty of this Northwest jewel on Bainbridge Island.
Website: www.bloedelreserve.org
One Call for All funds the Filipino American Community to preserve the historic community hall and to perpetuate the Filipino-American heritage and encourage interest in the Filipino language, culture, customs and traditions within our community.
Founded on Bainbridge Island in 1994, Island Theatre’s mission is to provide quality theatre, geared toward mature audiences, onstage and in less conventional venues, through plays that challenge performers artistically while both entertaining and intellectually engaging audiences. Its regular schedule includes bi-monthly play readings at the Bainbridge Public Library, potluck dinners in privately hosted homes at which guests can join in a selected play reading, and the annual Island Theatre Ten-Minute Play Festival. Run entirely by volunteers, Island Theatre is a nonprofit IRS Section 501(c)(3) organization supported by generous donations, the Bainbridge Community Foundation, and One Call for All.
Website: www.IslandTheatre.org
Founded over 10 years ago by dedicated volunteers, the Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu) bridges the gap in local early learning opportunities. It is the only nonprofit children’s museum on the Kitsap Peninsula and serves families from Bainbridge Island and the surrounding region. At KiDiMu, children and their grown-ups experience the power of learning together through play. They explore art, science and culture through hands-on exhibits, activities and programs, all of which follow the Early Learning and Development Guidelines established by the State of Washington. Research shows that such play-based, multisensory environments inspire a lifelong desire to learn in children. (Recommended for children birth to 8 years of age.)
Website: www.kidimu.org
An el Sistema-inspired program dedicated to building community and relationships and making beautiful music. Kids in Concert is an after-school program for ages 6-18 that ignites creativity though choir and string ensembles at absolutely no cost to families.
Website: www.kidsinconcert.org
Olympic Performance Group provides dancers and performers of all ages with the opportunity to be involved in professional level productions. We strive to enrich the community by increasing dance appreciation through our stage productions and workshops as well as to develop life skills in local youth who join OPG. Skills such as dedication, work ethic, team work and professionalism are learned through participation in the caliber of performance we achieve all while spreading the spirit of dance as a dynamic art form. With a twelve year history, OPG has touched the lives of thousands in our local community and is continually looking for ways to partner with other organizations to bring even more, the joy of dance.
Website: olympicperformancegroup.org
Founded in 2003, Ovation! produces all ages theatre and educational experiences for audience members, students and performers. We stage two+ mainstage productions a year and operate a performing arts academy that serves all ages.
Website: www.ovationmtb.com
Space Craft is on a mission to bring new music, ideas and experiences that are fresh to Kitsap County. We’re building community by empowering and celebrating the talent of emerging musicians in the Pacific Northwest.
Website: www.spacecraftpresents.org