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Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Tour
Bainbridge Island, WA · Arts & Culture
- When
- December 4–6, 2026
- Where
- Artist studios across Bainbridge Island · Bainbridge Island · WA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A self guided tour of working artist studios across Bainbridge Island, held each winter and paired with a companion tour each summer. The 26 year tradition lets visitors watch painters, potters, sculptors, and fiber artists at work in their own spaces.
The history within reach
- Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Toursame spot
A self guided tour of working artist studios across Bainbridge Island, held each winter and paired with a companion tour each summer.
Twenty-two settlers came ashore in the rain on 13 November 1851 and named the place New York Alki, Chinook jargon for by and by.
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