Arts & Culture

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge

(formerly Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council)

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge supports, promotes and fosters cultural organizations and artists of all disciplines through a variety of vehicles and opportunities. AHB coordinates an Arts in Education Consortium which serves over 2,000 students during artist residencies in the public schools. We collaborate with the City of Bainbridge Island to place art in public places, coordinate a regional film festival, conduct an annual garden tour highlighting artistic expression through landscape design and provide a platform for local poets to showcase their work for the enjoyment of the entire community.

Website: www.AHBainbridge.org

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Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (B.A.R.N.)

BARN – Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network – is a regional center for craft and invention. BARN offers classes in everything from woodworking, metalworking, fiber arts, printmaking and cooking to building robots and using 3D printers. It’s a place to build a garden bench, make a necklace, weave a rug or preserve food. BARN features eleven well-equipped workshops where people of all ages and skill levels learn from one another while working on personal and community service projects.

Website: bainbridgebarn.org

Bainbridge Chinese Culture & Arts

Bainbridge Chinese Culture & Arts is a non-profit organization that provides Mandarin Chinese language training and basic writing skills, and introduces Chinese culture and arts to students and interested adults on Bainbridge Island and nearby communities in Washington State.

Website: bainbridgechinese.org

Bainbridge Chorale

The Bainbridge Chorale is an umbrella organization comprised of the 80-voice Bainbridge Chorale and the 35-voice Olympic Girls’ Choir. The Chorale presents professionally-performed choral music concerts several times a year in conjunction with the girls’ choir, and frequently partners with other local music groups to produce major choral/orchestral works. As well, the Chorale hosts public participation events for the community, namely the annual Messiah Sing-along and Community Caroling events. 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

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

Bainbridge Island Downtown Association

BIDA’s mission is to build and sustain community through a vibrant downtown economy. Since 1992, Bainbridge has been recognized as one of only 12 nationally accredited Washington Main Streets through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Website: www.bainbridgedowntown.org

Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

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

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

BIMA has become the cultural living room for our ever-expanding community. BIMA offers no-barrier arts and culture access through it’s free admission 363 days a year thank to our members and donors. Cultural programs at BIMA include: art exhibitions which rotate three times per year in ten gallery spaces, artist lectures, K-12 field trips through our ArtsGrowth Initiative, hands-on art workshops, after school and school vacation programs, and year-round film programming. There is always something new and exciting at BIMA – whether it’s the Within/Earshot Jazz Festival, Momentum Arts Festival or Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration.

Website: www.biartmuseum.org

Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra

The training orchestra for young string musicians on Bainbridge Island, BIYO provides students with the opportunity to perform orchestral music at a high degree of artistry while improving technical skills and fostering collaboration, teamwork and community involvement. Our three-tiered orchestra program allows students from beginner to advanced to benefit and grow from their involvement. We celebrate our performing artists with three annual free public concerts, collaborations with the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, an educational local school’s outreach program and an end of the year string festival open to all area string musicians. Thank you for your support.

Website: www.biyo.us

Bainbridge Performing Arts

The quintessential heart of the island’s performing arts community, BPA has offered year-round LIVE entertainment on stage for over 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

Bloedel Reserve

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

Filipino American Community of Bainbridge Island & Vicinity

The Filipino American Community was founded 75 years ago. We maintain a community hall that is registered in the national register of historic places. We perpetuate the Filipino American heritage and encourage interest in the Filipino language, culture, customs and traditions within our community.

inD Theatre

inD Theatre seeks to inspire social change by producing independent theatrical events. It promotes the craft of delivering two-dimensional text into sound and meaning by supporting and compensating passionate theatre artists. Minimalist productions and creative selection of venues allow the organization to advance the belief that art experiences should be accessible to all community members. Performances are always presented without a fee for admission. inD Theatre is a Washington State nonprofit corporation that is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that provides independent arts groups the services, resources, and opportunities they need for sustainable success.

Website: www.indtheatre.org

Island Theatre

Founded on Bainbridge Island in 1994, Island Theatre’s mission is to produce accessible theater opportunities for adults that engage and inspire the community. Its schedule includes bi-monthly play readings at the Bainbridge Public Library and potluck dinners in privately hosted homes at which guests can join in a selected play reading. Island Theatre also produces an 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

Kids Discovery Museum

Founded in 2003 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, multi-sensory environments inspire a lifelong desire to learn in children. (Recommended for children birth to 8 years of age.)

Website: www.kidimu.org

Kids in Concert

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 5-18 that ignites creativity though choir and string ensembles at absolutely no cost to families.

Website: www.kidsinconcert.org

Olympic Performance Group

We provide dancers and performers of all ages 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 thirteen 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

Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest

Ovation! presents quality theatrical productions by and for our community while engaging all age groups in enriching theatrical and arts education experiences. Ovation! produces two to three mainstage productions per year and operates education programs that span multiple stages of life and foster interaction between diverse age groups. Programming includes Crescendo, an adult vocal ensemble; the Northwest Young Actor’s Studio; and summer GLEE camps for youth and adults. Founded in 2003 as a volunteer run organization, Ovation! has produced thirty-two shows in fifteen years. As a teaching organization, Ovation! has produced top-notch talent nurtured by first-class educators.

Website: www.ovationmtb.com

Spacecraft Presents

Our mission is to build community by empowering and celebrating the talent of emerging musicians in the Pacific Northwest.

Website: www.spacecraftpresents.org

The Art Project

The Art Project (formerly Bainbridge Arts & Crafts) is a nonprofit art gallery that illuminates our corner of the world through monthly exhibitions, free art education, and outreach. Founded in 1948 by a group of ambitious, forward-thinking artists, craftspeople, and art educators, we are one of the region’s largest nonprofit galleries. We support the livelihood of more than 200 Northwest artists while serving close to 10,000 youth, adults, and seniors each year through more than 100 free programs taking place inside and outside of our gallery space.

Website: www.bacart.org