Island Arts fosters and promotes artistic creativity in the communities of the Lake Champlain Islands through our celebration of the Arts, appreciation of our environment, and education.
Attention: Art opportunity for youth
Don’t miss this opportunity for your child to discover their creative self. Now is the time to register your child for a week of summer art that will give them ideas to sustain creative expression throughout the summer. Island Arts will sponsor their first course this summer for children, July 6-10 from 9:00 to noon. Creative and Artistic Books , taught by Ginger Johnson, is a course for 10 year olds and up that teaches book designsthat capture the imagination. Children will make special “paste papers” to be used in the making of their books. Children may write in their books during the afternoon, at a later time or present them to someone as a gift.Once children master the accordion fold and other innovative folds, they will be able to branch out on their own to further explore book making. Space is limited. Register on line.Financial aidinformation may be obtained by contacting Island Arts at (802) 318-6229
Welcome to our Re-designed Website
We hope you like the improvements. We have an extensive list of new events and courses for this 400th anniversary year of Samuel de Champlain's first viewing of Lake Champlain. Check them out (Events Menu will give you a complete listings of events and courses. The Course Menu will give you all the specifics on each course.) You will note that you can now register and pay for courses on-line. Simply go to the detail view of the course you are interested in. There you will find an "Add to Cart" button. Of course you can still register for courses the traditional way with a phone call or by completing the downloadable registration form and sending it to us along with a check.
Let us know what you think of our new site. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
Island Arts Celebrates the Quadricentennial
Island Arts will celebrate the Quadricentennial with a week long program (August 16 – 23) featuring native people’s dancing, drumming, singing, story telling and crafts, a celebration of our Franco-American culture past and present and an exploration of the night sky as Samuel de Champlain and his native guides would have experienced it. During the week the work of Jack Sabon and other native artists will be showcased at the Island Arts Gallery and there will be a lecture on the presence and evolution of 400 years of watercraft at a lakeside location. An introduction to French Canadian instrumental music will be taught in our local elementary schools. See Calendar Events for details on these and other programs.
August 16 Michelle Choiniere and her band return to the Lake House for a performance blending traditional Franco-American and Quebec folk songs, original compositions, and jazz standards. Following the concert “Samuel’s Stars” an exploration of the night sky and description of how stars were used in navigation by the early explorers.
August 18, 7:00 pm - A showing of the movie "Champlain: The Lake Between" at the North Hero Library.
August 23 Native Ways featuring native people’s dancing, drumming, singing, story telling and crafts and a lecture, by boat builder Ken Basset, at St. Anne's Shrine, Isle La Motte.
and an exploration of the night sky as Samuel de Champlain and his native guides would have experienced it. During the week the work of Jack Sabon and other native artists will be showcased at the Island Arts Gallery and there will be a lecture on the presence and evolution of 400 years of watercraft at a lakeside location. An introduction to French Canadian instrumental music will be taught in our local elementary schools. See