Education & Outreach
At Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, we make art accessible. We’re proud to be a major provider of free art education and outreach programs in Kitsap County, serving close to 10,000 youth, adults, and seniors each year through more than 100 programs—inside and outside our gallery space.
School Programs
Throughout the year we send artists into the schools to light a fire under the kids. Then each May, we show the kids’ work…2 weeks of Elementary or Middle school and 2 weeks of high school art and award prizes and scholarships. This is a highlight in our year. One of the High School teachers installing the show this year told us that she still remembers getting an art award in middle school and it changed her life. We sometimes talk with grandmothers whose children and grandchildren and even great grandchildren have shown art at BAC.
BAC gives grants to the Art Teachers in the schools each year to help buy much needed and much appreciated art supplies for the kids.
Art After 60
Once a month, our artists pack up an art project and head out to Wyatt House, Madrona House, Madison Avenue Retirement Center, The Bainbridge Island Senior Center, and Island Volunteer Caregivers to share an art activity. Collage, painting, sculpture, papercraft—any number of hands-on activities might be on the list. Tailored to participants’ abilities and interests, each lesson is designed for maximum enjoyment. These classes serve as a platform for socializing, telling stories, and sharing histories, all of which promote health and well-being!
Creative Conncections
Much like our Art After 60 program, Creative Connections equips teaching artists with mobile art projects designed and delivered specifically for their participants. Currently, we offer monthly classes at Stephens House, a day facility for developmentally challenged individuals run by the Bainbridge Island Special Needs Foundation. The goal: having fun while making art and connecting with others!
Art Rental
Art is a powerful medicine. Bainbridge Arts and Crafts lends art to St Michaels Medical Center in Silverdale twice each year. We have, in the past, rented art to local businesses and other medical clinics. If you are interested in Art Rental please call 206-842-3132.
