Announcing our 2026 Artists-in-Residence!

Alchemy’s AIR program is a unique opportunity to live in an immersive arts community on San Juan Island, connect with the wider SJI community via teaching and community art activities, and have focused time to create art in an environment that supports collaboration, cross-pollination, and innovation. We are seeking artists working in the mediums of ceramics, printmaking, fiber art, or analog photography. Artists-in-Residence have the opportunity to work in all of Alchemy’s focus areas (regardless of their area of expertise), and experiment with mediums they may not have tried before.

Thank you to everyone who applied!

Alchemy Art Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and our mission of art accessibility on San Juan Island is supported by grants from the San Juan Island Community Foundation, Arts WA, the National Endowment for the Arts, Tulalip Cares, the Madrona Institute, San Juan County LTAC, ArtsFund, the Horizons Foundation, the Norcliffe Foundation, and the San Juan County Arts Council. A large part of our funding also comes from community members generously donating amounts of all sizes! Thanks to all of you, we have been able continue our mission of providing fulfilling, engaging, and inspirational arts programming to islanders.

We are so very grateful to be a part of this incredible, resilient community.

Thank you so much, we could not do this without you!

Maria Michaelson, Founder, Co-Director
Glenn Hendrick, Co-Director
John Wheatley, Chair, Board of Directors
Shelle Cropper, Treasurer, Board of Directors
Guisepi Spadafora, Secretary, Board of Directors
Malcolm Suttles, Board of Directors
Danielle Dean, Board of Directors
Timber Rose, Board of Directors
Jane Wentworth, Board of Directors