The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, features textile art, wood fired ceramics, wood furniture & sulpture, and jewelry

The Island Gallery features internationally recognized artists whose work takes traditional art forms in exciting new directions -- wood furniture and sculpture created from Northwest and exotic woods; museum quality textile art (batik, shibori, ikat and other weavings exhibited as wall hangings and wearables); wood fired ceramics from the finest potters in America; and unique jewelry creations. Our gallery is a destination spot on beautiful Bainbridge Island, a 35 minute ferry ride from Seattle. Its Pacific Rim style reflects artistic collaboration across cultures.

: EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Beasts of the Kiln: Woodfired Ceramic Critters and Objects. Drawings by Greg MacDonald.
May 2-31, 2008
Opening Friday, May 2, 2008
(see press release.)

Public Lecture
Agus Ismoyo & Nia Fliam (ISNIA)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Bainbridge Public Library

Fiber Face
Agus Ismoyo & Nia Fliam (ISNIA)
Opening Friday, July 11, 2008

Batik Workshop
Agus Ismoyo & Nia Fliam (ISNIA)
July 12-13, 2008
Creativity Center on
Bainbridge Island, $350,
call 1-800-884-2168 to register

South Sound Fire: Ceramic Art
from the Benn/Gallagher Harstine Island Kilns
September 2008

Wood Show
Fall 2008

Annual Wearable Art Show
December 2008

(more exhibitions...)

Featured Performers : The Geordie Kelly Jazz Quartet.
Performance Date: Saturday, May 17th at 7:30 p.m.
The Island Gallery introduces its new Summer Jazz Series with the first of five evenings of smooth, hot jazz. Seating is limited. Reservations are recommended. Please contact The Island Gallery: (206) 780-9500.
(see press release)

Tea Bowls Abloom
(see exhibition catalog)

Every summer, Bainbridge Island welcomes an influx of die-hard flora aficionados who flock from all over the globe to attend one of the gardening world’s premiere events: Bainbridge in Bloom. This two-day celebration includes garden tours, lectures, a bicycle tour, shuttle, and a Festival area featuring an art fair, plant sale, and food vendors. The event itself, however, is only the tip of Bainbridge Island’s summer gardening iceberg: Our growing season is long and the island is overflowing with avid gardeners, most of whom consume rather a lot of tea!

In homage to our island of blooms, teadrinkers, and the artists who enrich us, The Island Gallery presents Tea Bowls Abloom: Ancient Themes, Contemporary Forms, a collection of woodfired ceramic tea and flower vessels from international, national and Northwest clay artists. (see press release.)

The Bainbridge in Bloom tours and associated festivities run July 12 - 15, 2007.