The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Celebrate the Arts Party is set for Wednesday, June 15 on the plaza at Edmonds’ Frances Anderson Center. Get early access to view the juried art galleries at the Edmonds Arts Festival, enjoy an evening of fun with friends, drinks, heavy hors d’oeuvres and live music by Aaron Crawford while…
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Family art workshop at Edmonds’ Cascadia Art Museum June 4
A family art workshop exploring the works of Pacific Northwest artist Howard Duell is scheduled for noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. Saturday, June 4 at Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds. The workshop is being presented by Cascadia Team Ambassadors, a group of six high school students who volunteer at the Cascadia Art Museum. Howard Duell’s works, showcased…
Rehearsals start this fall for Northwest Girlchoir
For girls and young women who love to sing, Northwest Girlchoir has openings for new singers entering grades 1-12 this fall. Learn musicianship, vocal technique and performance skills, all while building lasting friendships in a supportive community. During the span of almost five decades, Northwest Girlchoir has empowered and inspired thousands of girls and young…
Showcasing student musicians, the Edmonds Jazz Connection returns May 21
Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the Edmonds Jazz Connection featuring local student musicians is returning to downtown Edmonds Saturday, May 21. Sponsored by the Edmonds Daybreakers Rotary Club, the annual May music event raises funds to support Edmonds School District music programs. It features student musicians from 13 schools at the middle, high…
Cascade Symphony seeks concertmaster candidates
The Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO), which recently completed its 60th season of providing classical music entertainment for residents of Snohomish and King counties, is seeking candidates for the leadership role of concertmaster beginning with the 2022-23 concert season that will start in the fall. The orchestra performs seven concerts at the Edmonds Center for the Arts…
Art Walk Edmonds offering two Summer Wine Walks, and tickets now on sale
Tickets are now available for Art Walk Edmonds’ Summer Wine Walks, set for two Saturdays — June 25 and Aug. 6 — from 5-8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for $30 at www.ArtWalkEdmonds.com/wine-walks. Come sip local wines, shop small, socialize with good friends and support the arts in Edmonds. Organizers recommend you buy your tickets soon: Sell-outs…
Clarinetists Benjamin Lulich, Emil Khudyev to perform with Cascade Symphony in season finale concert May 2
Two highly-acclaimed clarinetists from the Seattle Symphony — Benjamin Lulich and Emil Khudyev — will perform on Monday, May 2, with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra for its “Tchaikovsky’s Fifth” concert, under the direction of maestro Michael Miropolsky. The concert, completing the orchestra’s 60th season, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts,…
Edmonds Arts Festival seeking sponsors
For three glorious days every year for the last 60 years (pandemic excepted), tens of thousands of art lovers have descended upon the center of the art universe in Edmonds for the Edmonds Arts Festival. Back again this year June 17-19 (Father’s Day weekend), the festival offers artists booths, free live entertainment, a juried gallery…
Reminder: Mosaic Arts Northwest Choir and Orchestra to perform benefit concerts for Ukraine
The Mosaic Arts Northwest Choir and Orchestra is performing two benefit concerts for Ukraine. The first is on Palm Sunday, April 10, at 6 p.m. at North Sound Church, located at 404 Bell St., Edmonds. The second is on Sunday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at North Creek Presbyterian Church, located at 621 164th St….
Reminder: Cascade Symphony presents Chamber Music Concert April 9 at Maple Park Lutheran Church
Musicians of the Cascade Symphony Orchestra will present their Chamber Music concert – a series of small instrumental ensembles – beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at Maple Park Lutheran Church, 17620 60th Ave. W., in Lynnwood. The ensemble concert will feature the Cascade Percussion Ensemble, as well as a bass clarinet duo,…
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Deadline April 8 to enter EPIC Group Writers writing contest
EPIC Group Writers, based in Edmonds, is proud to honor their annual tradition of sponsoring a writing contest for unpublished work. With the theme “Send Us Your Best,” EPIC once again looks forward to reading submissions of poetry and prose from adult as well as student writers. EPIC membership not required to enter. Prize money…
Artists invited to enter Puget Sound Bird Fest 2022 poster art contest
Puget Sound-area artists are invited to submit original artwork representative of Puget Sound bird life to be used on the 2022 Puget Sound Bird Fest poster for promotion of the event taking place Sept. 10-11 in Edmonds. A $350 prize sponsored by Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation will be awarded to the winner of the poster…
Attorney offering online Art + Business course April 2
Edmonds attorney Sarah Jordan is hosting a free online class Saturday, April 2 aimed at creative entrepreneurs. The one-hour course, “Art+Business: Business Basics to Keep You Creative,” starts at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Jordan, owner of Jordan Law Firm, notes that the pandemic has prompted many to focus on activities that bring them joy—in particular, creative endeavors…
Edmonds College alum reaches a musical milestone
Justin Huynh reached a remarkable milestone in the music industry, and he traces a large part of his success back to his time as a student at Edmonds College back in 2014 and 2015. Huynh, who uses the stage name Kauai45, produced and released a remake of the song “Just the Two of Us,” a…
County’s new public art installation at Esperance Park meant to inspire hope in dark times
Saturday morning saw the unveiling of a new piece of public art that provides a focal point in Snohomish County’s Esperance Park, located at 7830 222nd St. S.W. in unincorporated Edmonds. Designed to take advantage of daily and seasonal changes in light intensity, character and direction, the sculpture is a living work of art that…
Reminder: Hot Java Cool Jazz concert March 18 to benefit local high school jazz programs.
The 25th Annual Hot Java Cool Jazz concert is set for Friday, March 18 at Seattle’s Paramount Theater, with all proceeds benefiting local high school jazz programs, including two in the Edmonds School District. For more than 25 years, Starbucks has presented Hot Java Cool Jazz, an evening dedicated to highlighting the finest high-school jazz…
Save the date: Edmonds Arts Festival will open registration for student artist exhibit April 27
Attending elementary and secondary school artists: The Edmonds Arts Festival will open registration for its Student Art Exhibit April 27. Registration closes at 5 p.m. Monday, May 6. Artwork may have been made during the year at home or at school. Full registration instructions may be found at Edmondsartsfestival.com/apply. Students must be in grades K-12…
Lynnwood Convention Center seeking submissions from local artists
The Lynnwood Convention Center is calling for submissions for its upcoming Artists of Snohomish County show, which will run from July to December 2022. The show will be organized as a series of mini exhibits, featuring four to six works from each selected Snohomish County artist. All emerging, mature and established artists are encouraged to…
2022 Edmonds Arts Festival set for Father’s Day weekend
The Edmonds Arts Festival is returning to its usual schedule in 2022 — taking place from June 17-19, Father’s Day weekend. “We are excited that the festival is back to its usual Father’s Day weekend dates,” said Festival President Barbara Norgaard-Reid. “There’s been a lot of excitement among artists, who are hoping they pass jury…
Cascade Symphony Orchestra to present annual Children’s Concert – virtually – Saturday, Feb. 5
The Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO) will present its annual Children’s Concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6. The concert, originally scheduled to be held at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, will be presented online. The format has been changed due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in Washington state. It was for the safety…
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation awards $13,000 in art instruction grants
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has awarded $13,000 in grants that promote arts education in schools. These grants are designed to provide students in the Edmonds School District with art education opportunities they may not otherwise have access to. This year’s grants went to: Beverly Elementary School, for “Book of Me,” a mixed media project…
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation names new board officers
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has elected three new board officers — President Jennie de Mello e Souza, Vice President Morgan Smalley and Secretary Marnie Chinn. Tim Jones remains the foundation’s treasurer. A 20-year resident of Edmonds, de Mello e Souza is a working artist and local art instructor who teaches visual arts at Redmond…
Cellist Nathan Chan to be featured soloist at Cascade Symphony Orchestra’s Jan. 10 concert
Classical cellist Nathan Chan will be the featured soloist when the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Michael Miropolsky, performs its next concert — “From the New World” – on Monday, Jan. 10. The concert will feature the musical works of Russian composers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as Czech…
Cascade Symphony’s ‘Holiday Pops’ concerts Dec. 12-13 to feature mezzo-soprano Cheryse McLeod Lewis
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cheryse McLeod Lewis will be the featured soloist when the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Michael Miropolsky, performs its annual “Holiday Pops” concerts on consecutive evenings – Sunday, Dec. 12, and Monday, Dec. 13. Both performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA), 410…
Holiday spirit returns to Cascadia Art Museum with vintage Christmas card exhibit in December
Christmas Cards by Northwest Artists, 1900s-1990s Dec. 2, 2021 – Jan. 9, 2022 Holiday spirit is returning to Edmonds’ Cascadia Art Museum with the annual exhibition of vintage Christmas cards by noted Northwest artists and designers. For most of the 20th century, regional artists created original works of art to send to their fellow artists,…