Swiftwater Gallery is excited to announce three innovative printmakers Jean Echevarria, Brian Fisher and Deborah Taylor all members of Swiftwater Gallery. They will be discussing and showcasing certain aspects of their individual print making process from 6-7pm , June 5th first Friday.

Jean will be discussing the reduction woodblock process, Brian will be discussing and showing the rust printmaking process, and Deborah will be talking about the etching process. It is a chance to learn more about the complex world of fine art print making

 Here on Vashon, keeping water clean is one of our major interests. Septic systems on the island take up a major responsibility to filter the used water, which then joins the groundwater or feeds into Puget Sound, creating the living address where clams, fish, and orcas put their feet in.

Join a community meeting with Public Health—Seattle & King County for important updates about septic systems on Vashon Island, including the Marine Recovery Area and a new septic self-check program. Meetings will be in-person at Vashon Library on June 18 at 4PM and virtually on June 26 at 5.30PM. Learn more and register at www.kingcounty.gov/MRA.

If you are looking for concrete ways to have a direct, positive impact on the safety of our community, and return civility and rationality to our political discourse, Indivisible Vashon’s Monthly Meeting is hosting an Activist Job Fair on We13May, at the Vashon United Methodist Church, 17928 Vashon Hwy SW., with dozens of ways to get involved. Walk ins welcome, open to the general public. Presentation starts at 7pm, doors open 6:30pm.

If your political head isn’t spinning, perhaps you are not paying attention…

When the world’s gone crazy, we say let’s talk it out.

We’ll do that at the Wednesday, April 8^th Indivisible Vashon monthly meeting. Our invited panelists include Brown Briefly member and former political and community organizer Amy Drayer, Vashon-Maury Community Council secretary Jen Hrachovec (rack-o-vec), criminal legal system action resource Bailey di Iong (de-young) and Laura Wishik, who provides volunteer immigration legal support.

Have a topic you would like to discuss? Email your thoughts to kevin@indivisiblevashon.org. The top four or five most popular and impactful issues will be included in the discussion.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. The meeting starts at 7 pm. The event is free. All are welcome. For those who are able, please consider a donation at the door to cover our expenses.

Just the name – MARINE DISTRESS CALLS – emphasizes STRESS!

We look forward to and expect our time on the water to be fun, safe and enjoyable. Almost always that is true. Then one day…

We all know what Mayday, Mayday, Mayday means, but when is it appropriate? What about the other types of distress calls? What happens to you, the one in distress, when you call out for help?

Learn the details at Taking the Stress out of Distress Calls – another Quartermaster Yacht Club tech talk, open to all, on Tuesday, April 14 starting at 6:30PM at Meyers Hut, Quartermaster Yacht Club’s on the water headquarters.

Find the “Hut” at 23428 Vashon Hwy SW. Park on the street, or up the hill on the west side of the highway, and walk down the ramp.

Being safe on the water is one thing. Being prepared knowing how to ask for help is part of that.

The Vashon Food Bank will be open for free grocery shopping at their new location beginning on Wednesday, March 18th. The new location is behind the Methodist Church, south of Chevron and across the street from Euphorium.  Home delivery services are continuing unchanged. Everyone is invited to come celebrate at the ribbon cutting on Friday, March 13th at noon.

More information about the food bank can be found online at www.vashonfoodbank.org

Swiftwater Gallery is pleased to announce March 6th First Friday demonstration is by renowned local Artist Darcie Beck. In Darcie’s long career as an artist he has work in sculpture, drawing and painting. On March 6th 6-7pm , Darcie will be describing his creative process which starts every morning with journaling , with both writing and drawing.
Many of Darcies journal sketches are done with watercolor pencils, photos are taken as reference material.
Some of his beautiful sketches are then made into dynamic paintings.
We hope you can attend this window into an artist’s creative journey.
Swiftwater Gallery, 17600 Vashon Hwy SW