The ROAM Art Trail Map will be ready April 1st. Please come back then.
THE SCHEDULE
Wednesday 4/8, 6:30p
Join Write Doe Bay with areading & conversation with visiting authors & poets Rebecca Woolf, Danny Sherrard, and Kathleen Alcalá at Darvill’s.
Thursday/Friday 4/9 & 4/10
Free 2-day drawing workshop w/ esteemed teacher/author/artist Juliette Aristides. Sign-up info below.
Saturday 4/11, 11a
Reserve a spot for the All Islands Read (AIR) conversation with author Emma Pattee of TILT (one of Time Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025) at Parish Hall.
Saturday4/11, 2–4p
Roam the H.A.L.O. Art Trail and meet the artists. Explore twelve curated art pop-ups across Eastsound, including original one-of-a-kind commissions.
Sunday4/12, 4:30p
Happy Hour and spoken word hosted by Island Verse Literary Collective from San Juan Island, and the winner of the Paris International Poetry Slam. At Outlook Inn.
Atelier Drawing Workshop
HALO is thrilled to offer Orcas Island artists a rare opportunity: a free two-day drawing workshop with Juliette Aristides, internationally respected painter, author, and co-founder of the Classical Atelier at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle.
Artists in major cities often have access to workshops like this. For those of us working on islands and in remote places, they’re far harder to come by. That’s why we’re especially excited to bring this experience to our community.
Workshop Dates
Thursday, April 9 | 3–8 PM
Friday, April 10 | 3–8 PM
This workshop typically costs $600, but thanks to the generosity of our local arts community, it will be free for Orcas Island artists.
To be eligible, artists must be subscribed to the HALO newsletter (we send only a few emails each year) and apply using the button below. Space is limited and spots are not guaranteed.
Apply below to reserve a place.
This extraordinary opportunity is made possible by proceeds from paintings and prints donated by Martha Farish and Susan Singleton, with additional in-kind support from Outlook Inn and Orcas Center.
About Juliette Aristides
Juliette Aristides is a Seattle-based painter known for work that explores the human spirit through classical drawing and painting traditions. She teaches workshops internationally and founded the Aristides Atelier online through Terracotta.
She is the author of several influential books on traditional atelier training, including Classical Drawing Atelier, Classical Painting Atelier, Lessons in Classical Drawing, and Lessons in Classical Painting (Watson-Guptill, New York).
Aristides founded the Classical Atelier at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle and taught there for more than two decades.
Supporters
ROAM literary pop-ups made possible by Orcas Island Public Library and HALO. Art Trail Pop-Ups made possible by HALO and a grant from SJC LTAC.
Special thanks to all the artists, businesses, individuals and organizations helping us make ROAM a possibility.
