Upcoming Events

We’re starting our “Historic Sites Tour” with a bang! Talks on the hour by author Richard Hanks. Sales & Signing plus a tour of the Camano Schoolhouse Foundation Archive at the Camano City Schoolhouse.

For the past 40 years Richard Hanks, PhD has been involved, at some level, with information management and dissemination: as a journalist, archivist, curator, professor, editor and author. His field of choice and passion is American history, particularly the 19th century. Growing up with family stories in Illinois, he became an avid student of Abraham Lincoln and by association, the American Civil War. Richard’s life-long respect for Native American culture, and close friends among the Gabrieleño (Kumivit) Indians of Southern California, led him to his PhD. He made many friends among the Native people of the Southland and later the Pacific Northwest and was pleased to instruct California students for many years about the rich culture and unique contributions of their Native populations. Richard retired from teaching in December 2013 and moved to the state of Washington. There he found a need for his archival training at the Hibulb Cultural Center on the Tulalip Reservation near Marysville, Washington where he assisted in the organization and arrangement of their amazing archive until March 2020 when the coronavirus ended its continuance. On January 1, 2017 he also became President of the Stanwood Area Historical Society, a position he held until January 1, 2021.  Richard and his wife continue to produce books for a select group of authors through their Coyote Hill Press continuing his exploration of the ocean of ideas.

Join us for a great night of music! Marcia is known for her rich vocals, lively & engaging entertainment style and a broad repertoire that is sure to please! The concert features a mix up of some of the greatest hits by the most iconic women in country music. For more information, visit Marcia’s website at www.marciakester.com. Early Bird Tickets are $15 on line and $20 at the door.  Refreshments available for purchase. Camano City Schoolhouse & Fire Hall - 993 Orchid Rd. (just off Chapman Rd.), Camano Is. 

Come & learn to illustrate your inner and outer world!  Grow in the art skills of 

observation, drawing, painting and the proper way to use art materials.

Bobbi Samples, long time Art Teacher, is celebrating the Schoolhouse history and beautiful setting to teach nature sketching, landscape, perspective, color and illustration in a variety of mediums. Classes will be given in the Schoolhouse, Fire Hall, and Outdoors (weather permitting).

Classes build on each other or can be taken singly. Kids 8 to 14 (3rd to 8th grade, parents welcome). See website for class themes and skills. Workshop, includes supplies & sketchbook to keep! $20 per 2 hr. class. 

You must register due to limited class size!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 1 - July 17: Drawing Animals, Domestic and Wild (Schoolhouse) 

Learn the basics of local wild and domestic animals. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 2 - July 24: Learn Nature and Sketchbook Drawing (Fire Hall / Outdoors) 

Various mediums will be used, observing the local plants and trees at the schoolhouse. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 3 - July 31: Draw and Paint Animals in the Garden and Forest (Fire Hall / Outdoors)

Painting landscapes in watercolor. You may even want to enter one of your pieces of artwork in the Stanwood Fair!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 4 - Aug 7: Drawing People (Schoolhouse)

Learn the basics of drawing people in various styles, beginners or advanced welcome. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 5 - Aug 14: Learning Landscapes (Fire Hall / Outdoors)

Learning landscape skills such as perspective, both linear and atmospheric. Watercolor pencil use and intro to painting.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Class 6 - Aug 21: Illustration! (Fire Hall / Outdoors)

Draw your characters (animals or people) in a landscape or setting, using views, close & far of the Schoolhouse yard. 

Rae Isla is an independent American singer-songwriter and musician from Bainbridge Island, WA, now based in Los Angeles. Drawing from her early years playing classical cello, learning piano and guitar as a teenager, and attending Berklee College of Music on a vocal scholarship, Rae weaves together a unique blend of folk, indie rock, and alt-country influences to create lush, evocative songs. Her 2021 debut album, Another Life, garnered critical acclaim with features in Rolling Stone and Billboard, and charted #27 on NACC radio. Her newly released sophomore album, New Frontier—featuring fan favorites like “Miles and Miles” and “Free to Love”—marks an evolution in her artistry as a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and visual storyteller.

Rae’s voice has also reached new audiences through film and television. She performed the lead original song for Ezra, a feature film starring Robert DeNiro and Rose Byrne, and composed the theme for the upcoming docuseries SCENE: SILVER LAKE. Known as a “traveling bard,” Rae’s live performances are both intimate and immersive, sharing fantastical stories from the road and creating a communal experience that breaks down the barrier between artist and audience. A burgeoning American songwriter in her own right, Rae's ability to blend honest and intimate storytelling with cinematic arrangement will draw you in, and keep you there.