Skagit Art Music – The SAM Project is a digital publication and events calendar covering fine arts and exceptional performances found in and around the Skagit region.
We saved this brief review for a Friday so we could invite you to spend a little down-time embracing something wonderful about life and how the arts in all forms undeniably touches and impacts our souls. Art transforms and shapes us in…
A host of local brewers bring their creations to Curtis Wharf to help herald the beginning of fall. There are a couple things that I look forward to in early fall. The bright color of maple and huckleberry leaves, salmon returning to…
When it comes to exceptional Cultural Arts experiences in the Pacific Northwest what comes to mind? Most of us have our favorite local galleries and museums which are regularly frequented in during gallery openings, art walks, and new curated exhibitions – all…
In an astoundingly varied fashion, young people at Anacortes High poured out their souls and shared parts of their life with the unsuspecting audience. When our youth contributor Jade Carter approached me several weeks ago about covering an upcoming event she was…
Transition Fidalgo and Anacortes Music Project team up to create a weekend of social consciousness and song. Last Saturday and Sunday, local sustainability group Transition Fidalgo hosted the Future Fest event to raise awareness of a number of social and environmental…
I begin this feature with, “It was a dark and rainy Saturday afternoon…”, because if you’re reading this from the Skagit Valley, you might agree we’ve had our fill of downpours over the past month – apparently of historical significance. Thankfully Spring…
Bow, Washington… Nestled in the Skagit Valley farmland below the Chuckanut foothills lies the studio of sculptor Robert E Gigliotti. A quaint barn-like building surrounded by large trees swaying in the breeze, this artistic space sets a calming tone for new beginnings…