Cover image by Terry MacDonald

Call for Artists

The Anacortes Arts Commission is pleased to announce the third annual outdoor sculpture exhibition to be held in the park-like setting of the madrona grove and surrounding area of the Depot Arts Center (611 R Avenue) in down town Anacortes, WA.  The eight-month exhibition will feature twelve sculptures selected through an open juried competition.   Click here for more information. Deadline is March 12, 2019 .

Call for Artists

TThe Anacortes Arts Commission, 4th Annual 98221 Artist’s Studio Tour Application for October 19/20, 2019.                                                                                           Artists must live, or have a studio, in the 98221 zip code.  Artists living in the 98221 area without a studio, see alternate location information below (item #7).                                                                                                                                     Completed APPLICATIONS are DUE: TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2019.  Late or incomplete applications cannot be processed.
MAIL TO:  Arts Studio Tour  P.O. Box 547, Anacortes, WA. 98221  Attn: Mary Snyder                                                                                                                                              EMAIL TO:  studiotour98221@yahoo.com

Anacortes Arts Commission
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Anacortes Arts Commission includes an e x p a n d i n g, diverse public art collection in locations ranging from public buildings, to waterfront settings, to parks and forestlands. Thriving arts organizations offer year-round programming in theater, music, visual and literary arts.
Fidalgo Island has a large public art collection that includes outdoor sculpture, a variety of murals, and public buildings with art collections by a wide range of well-known regional artists – as well as a number of Monuments and Memorials. Skagit County and Fidalgo Island were the home of a number of artists who developed a unique northwest style of art established in the early part of the 20th century, and artists who have subsequently continued to define the uniqueness of our area through their painting, sculpture, photography and other mediums. 
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We invite YOU to take the time to explore   the public art displayed in this site. It is our hope that YOU will be surprised, inspired, or just entertained as you to  experience  the Arts in Anacortes.
The Arts Commission is an advisory board to the City of Anacortes pertaining to public arts and culture. Meeting are the second Wednesday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at the Library Meeting Room.

The Leaking Vase by Andries Lukas Breedt
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We love the arts in Anacortes
MISSION STATEMENT: The Anacortes Arts Commission supports excellence, vitality, diversity, and accessibility of the arts as essential to the quality of life for all Fidalgo and Guemes Island residents by fostering a community cultural vision through the acquisition, placement and maintenance of public art and by promoting participation, innovation and partnership in all the performing, visual literary arts.