“Art From Private Collections on the Island” features previously owned art that is up for sale.
The primary focus of Ryan's photography is on landscapes and the natural world, with emphasis on long exposure night photography.
This is a collection of small ink and pastel drawings of scenes by Ink and Pastel artist Bob Anderson.
Pleased to announce this year’s birding festival will be held May 17-19.
Featuring the works of members of the Washington Island Artist Association.
Painting by Pat Wright
Our second featured show featuring the oil paintings, calligraphy, and photography of Steve Lynch
Please join us for the opening reception for our feature show: "Preserving the Norwegian Tradition with Rosemaling by Ellen" featuring Ellen Landwehr.
Our first featured show featuring the Norwegian traditions of rosemaling with Ellen Landwehr.
We are pleased to be able to once again hold the Washington Islands Birding Festival for 2023.
Featuring the works of members of the Washington Island Artist Association
Please join us for the opening reception for the show featuring the pottery of Prisca Benson.
Our second show will feature the pottery of Prisca Benson. Check back for more details.
This event features various art activities for kids and adults to dabble in. These include wood building, mono-printing, collage, beading, face painting and more. Brats, hot dogs and ice cream are also available. Fun for the whole family!
Join us as we learn the basics in painting outdoors using oils with Doug Clarke. In a three day workshop, Doug shares his knowledge on how to observe the outdoors and give feeling and life to complete your paintings. Set within the rustic landscape of Washington Island, students will have the opportunity to capture unique lake views and historic structures to develop their own voice in painting. Click on image for more registration info.
Please join us for the opening reception for our feature show: “Watercolor Reflections” featuring watercolor paintings of Judy Barnewolt Jones.
This exhibit, "Watercolor Reflections", is a group of all new work, never exhibited before, and writings by Judy Barnewolt Jones. Watercolors by Judy Barnewolt Jones are thoughtful luminous paintings, intended to be symbolic of the more profound elements in life. A long time resident of Washington Island, Judy’s paintings have been in Art exhibits in Florida, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
We are pleased to be able to once again hold the Washington Islands Birding Festival for 2022 after a 2 year hiatus. Lake Michigan is a flyway with thousands of migrating birds passing through this time of the year.
We are inviting all interested artists of all ages to participate in the 2021 Art and Nature Center main exhibit. We are asking artists to use their creative talents to interpret three photographs by Steve Waldron and Cathy Meader. We want to see how artists interpret these three photographs in different ways. The artwork can be any size and any medium. This could include a painting, pottery, wood carving, quilting, knitting, felting ... your ideas and creativity is the limit.
Our 2021 Washington Islands Birding Festival has been cancelled. We are planning to be back in 2022!
Featuring the Quilts and Cross Stitch by Marjorie D. Bass
Washington, Plum & Rock Islands enjoy wonderful bird migration in the spring. Our festival takes full advantage of this and will provide participating birders with small group birding and a chance to view bird netting and banding. Join us for some exceptional birding! Registration opens January 20.
Join us for the opening reception for our show of artwork by Margaret Young.
Check out a preview and artist statement by artist, Margaret Young.
Art in the Park is our popular annual fundraising event, held on the second Saturday in July. Join us for food, fun, art demos, and craft projects.
Come join us for our Opening Reception. You can view our featured show, The Fabric of Our Lives: featuring the art of Atrid Stromberg, and meet and visit with the artist. You can also view the art of our many talented Island artists and visit and meet with them as well. We will have new exhibits in our nature room as well.
Check out the more information about fabric artist Astrid Stromberg and preview her show.
Washington, Plum & Rock Islands enjoys wonderful bird migration in the spring. Our festival takes full advantage of this and will provide participating birders with small group birding and a chance to view bird netting and banding. Join us for some exceptional birding!
Join us for our annual Chili Dump Fundraiser held at Susan and Brian Vandewalle’s home at 1002 Hemlock Drive. Bring a quart of chili along with a donation to The Art and Nature Center.. All proceeds benefit summer programing at The Art and Nature Center.
Miranda Paul will give a one hour presentation based on her book One Plastice Bag VIsatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. This program is co hosted with the Washington Island Library.
Miranda Paul has been an avid recycler since elementary school, when she won a contest by transforming a discarded cereal box into a beautiful holiday ornament. She still loves rummaging for treasures but now spends most of her time teaching and writing books for children. Over the past decade, Miranda has traveled to the Gambia as a volunteer teacher, a fair‐trade and literacy advocate, a freelance journalist—which led her to the subject of her new book, One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. The book has garnered a starred review from School Library Journal and was named a Junior Library Guild selection. Miranda lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with one husband, two kids, ten bookcases, and a hundred new ideas. Find her online at www.mirandapaul.com, and discover more about her latest book at www.oneplasticbag.com.
1799 Main Road
Washington Island, WI 54246
(920) 847-2025
(920) 535-0554 (Off-Season)
wiartandnaturecenter@gmail.com
Art & Nature Center Hours
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:30 AM- 4:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
After Labor Day hours 11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open June 17 -September 22, 2024
