Upcoming Events

Volunteers with the Archive at the Camano City Schoolhouse will be giving tours of the Archive, for which historical photographs and documents of Camano Island history are being collected, digitized and stored in archival quality boxes. 

The new book, “All Roads Lead to Utsalady”, by Dr. Richard Hanks, will be available for sale. 993 Orchid Rd.,Camano Island.

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/Grandparents can stay to enjoy the environment or can sign up to take the class with their kiddos! See website for class themes and skills or contact Bobbi (425) 508-2931 for more info. The series includes supplies and a sketchbook to keep! $20 per two-hour class. You must register as seating is limited. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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.