Orcas Island Education Foundation

04/30/2026

Looking for a new chicken coop? Silent auction coming soon.🐔

04/24/2026

You are invited!
Come enjoy the Annual Student Art Exhibit Opening
Friday, April 24th
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA
Refreshments will be served
Featuring Orcas Island Elementary, Middle and High School artwork created this school year. High School art student presentations start at 6:00pm.

Check out this amazing all public school event at the Orcas Center with stunning, creative, colorful work from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Featured Student Art Exhibit Projects
Alebrijes animal sculptures (armature, plaster, painted surface)
Yayoi Kusama–inspired mushroom/pumpkin pattern collages
“Golden Trees” (Tree of Life) inspired by Gustav Klimt
One-point perspective Thanksgiving Day Parade scenes
Cardboard shape cityscapes (chalk & oil pastel layering)
Nature-based abstractions inspired by Emmi Whitehorse
Symmetrical bird & flora designs after Maria Prymachenko
Pop Art sunrise prints inspired by Roy Lichtenstein
Relationship portraits inspired by Mary Cassatt
Texture creatures (crayon tempera resist)
Wood sculptures (balance and construction)
Abstract “Circles & Dots” works inspired by Alma Thomas

See you at the exhibit at the Orcas Center this Friday!

The A*OK Team

04/17/2026

This fantastic show opens in a week. Do not miss out!

03/11/2026

Annie Kucklick is an OIHS graduate. And very smart.

A different, more accurate economic indicator than the Consumer Price Index shows why Americans don't feel the economy is going so great, the authors write.

02/12/2026

Thank you to all the amazing chefs who participated last night. But there can only be one winner. The winner of the 2026 Grilled Cheese Showdown was Team Carpenter (Matthew and Kirin Carpenter. Their winning sandwich was a grilled cheese on Skagit Valley Farm loaf bread, with a “tomato basil soup” mayo/paste.

01/29/2026

If you have tix to the Grilled Cheese event & won't be using them, can you email us: [email protected] or comment below. THX.

01/29/2026

The Grilled Cheese Showdown is sold out! Thanks for your support.

01/27/2026

If you are wanting to go to the Grilled Cheese Showdown on 2/11 --

5:30p seating is SOLD OUT
6p seating has ONE ticket available.
5p seating has availability

Tickets: https://givebutter.com/V7N1Av

01/23/2026

Who will be the "big cheese" this year at the 2026 Grilled Cheese Showdown. Be there to find out. Tickets available here: https://givebutter.com/V7N1Av

5:30p seating is almost sold out.

01/20/2026

The Grilled Cheese Showdown is February 11. Tickets are selling fast. Get yours here: https://givebutter.com/V7N1Av