Art may be viewed this weekend for an excellent cause.
American Association of University Women is raising money for scholarships.
The AAUW Stanwood-Camano Art Show for Education is planned for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Stanwood-Camano Fairgrounds, Bonnie Susan Cole Building, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood.
Parking is free.
The 28th annual juried, invitational show is billed as the longest-running art event in Stanwood. There will be more than 75 artists represented.
See a vase by Marguerite Goff who lives in Stanwood. Also see “Obelisk” by Marc S. Boutte of Camano Island.
Georgi Proulx says artists must qualify to show their work.
“Saturday there will be select artists demonstrating their techniques and skills in our Artists in Action program,” Proulx says.
And most importantly, she says, money raised goes to scholarships. They gave two $2,500 awards to college students in June.
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Make indoor and garden plants ecstatic with a drink of rainwater.
Learn how to make a barrel to capture rain off the roof at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Island County Annex, 121 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island.
Scott Chase, Island County Shore Stewards coordinator, says garden and indoor plants like soft rainwater.
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A new exhibit is opening in Stanwood with jazz, baroque and romantic music.
The Stanwood Historical Society presents guitarist Richard Rorex &Friends at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27108 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood.
See the new exhibit Berries, Farms and Dairies. Donations benefit the Stanwood Historical Society. For more details, call 360-629-6110.
Gail Ryer says the exhibit will invoke the world of agriculture, for instance, the joy of 4 a.m. cow milking.
“If you ever picked berries as a kid, there is a great panorama picture of the Girard berry farm, and some of those old wooden carriers for berries that we used when picking,” Ryer says. “When you first enter the exhibit there is the huge plastic cow from the Stanwood-Camano fair, so the kids are sure to like that.”
There is also an old wagon loaded with farm products.
“It’s the kind of exhibit where old-timers will love to reminisce, and parents will enjoy showing their children, especially those raised in the city or suburbs, what it used to be like and, to a certain extent, is still like to live on a farm. We have fewer and fewer family farms. Stanwood is one of the few places where there are very many left, so this is an important exhibit in that respect.”
And there are plenty of barn photos, some still standing, some only remembered in pictures.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
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