Winter Newsletter 2020

Read our latest newsletter including articles about: New Board Members and President Partnerships A contest Current exhibits and mini exhibits and more!  

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New Book Release to Benefit Museum

by Barbara Gustafson New Book Release To Benefit Vashon Heritage Museum“The Heart of Vashon: Sharing Our Stories in Pictures and Words” There once was an island named Vashon The residents loved it with passion As visitors neared They found it was weird… In just Vashon’s own homegrown fashion. By Lynn

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Panelists for Prelude to a Gaybaret

by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma Five panelists — Jami Sieber, Latosha Correll, Leo MacLeod, Matt Baume, and Timothy White Eagle — will discuss the art of transformation: how art helps us know ourselves more fully; how rituals like a marriage or theater offer possibilities of healing; and how we make sense

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Fall Newsletter 2019

Read our latest newsletter including articles about: Award winning exhibitions Current exhibition information Events Volunteer highlights and more!  

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Gaybaret

by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma An innovative cabaret premieres at Vashon Center for the Arts, with the chance to win “A Night Out on Vashon”! Vashon, WA — Drawing on the theatrical form of a cabaret, featuring original songs and stories laced with a bit of magic, two islanders, David Mielke

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Vashon Heritage Museum Receives Award for Exemplary Achievement in Diversity

by Elsa Croonquist The Vashon Heritage Museum received the John D. Spellman Award for exemplary achievement in Interpretation for highlighting and celebrating the histories of Vashon-Maury Island’s diverse communities at a recent ceremony presided over by King County Executive, Dow Constantine, and the King County Office of Historic Preservation. The

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Vashon LGBTQ Film Series

by Bruce Haulman Five Vashon organizations will present a series of historic LGBTQ films for the island. Organized by the Heritage Museum, the Senior Center, Voice of Vashon, Island GreenTech, and the Vashon Theatre; the film series will screen at the Vashon Theatre on GreenTech Tuesdays and at the Senior

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In and Out Exhibit Opening

By Bruce Haulman On Friday June 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. Vashon Heritage Museum invites you to join us for the opening of its largest special exhibit ever: IN AND OUT: Being LGBTQ on Vashon Island. More than a year in the making, the exhibit explores the long, quiet

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Bathrooms Lose Their Genders

Originally published by Craig Sailor, The News Tribune, December 28, 2017 Bathrooms lose their genders at Vashon Island high school after students push for change When students at Vashon Island High School return from winter break on Jan. 2, they’ll find two less boys’ and girls’ bathrooms. In their place

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This place matters - to people learning about the Coast Salish people who lived here and whose reach extended throughout the region, to islanders researching their homes, to school children discovering their heritage, to visitors curious about the island, to descendants of pioneers. The museum, founded in the '70's, nurtured

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