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Add craft and invention to your life

The next time you want to make something, repair something, or find a new creative outlet, come to BARN. Youโ€™ll find a vibrant community of artisans and makers eager to help you get started. Youโ€™ll also find 10 well-equipped studios. These community workspaces offer online and in-person classes and the tools you need to explore everything from 3D printing and jewelry making to weaving, woodworking, and more. Come see for yourself!

Print and Book Arts Class in progress

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Everyone is welcome! Classes are online or at BARN and are open to anyone high school age and up. You don’t need to be a member — BARN classes are a great thing to do while visiting Bainbridge Island. In addition, summer and after-school classes are offered for teens and tweens. What will you make at BARN?

Find a Studio

Become part of a community that shares your passions. Each of BARNโ€™s 10 studios focuses on a discipline such as fiber or wood. If you already know what youโ€™re interested in, visit that studio page to find out what you can learn there, what equipment is available, and where to begin. Still searching for inspiration? Sign up for a studio orientation session, subscribe to the studio newsletter, or contact the studio lead.

Culinary Arts
Culinary Arts

Baking
Cooking
Global Cuisine
Food Production
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Culinary Arts
Drawing & Painting Studio
Drawing & Painting

Drawing
Painting
Community
Collaboration
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Drawing & Painting
Fiber Studio
Fiber Arts

Basketry
Needle arts
Sewing
Surface design
Weaving
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Fiber Arts
Glass Arts
Glass Arts

Fused Glass
Glass Mosaics
Stained Glass
Torchworking
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Glass Arts
Jewelry Studio
Jewelry & Fine Metals

Beadwork
Enameling
Jewelry Making
Lapidary
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Jewelry & Fine Metals
Media Arts
Media Arts

Photography
Podcasting
Videography
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Media Arts
Metal Studio
Metal Fabrication

Foundry
Machining
Sheet Metal
Welding
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Metal Fabrication
Print and Book
Print & Book Arts

Book Arts
Letterpress
Printmaking
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Print & Book Arts
Tech Lab
Tech Lab

3D printing
Laser cutting
Electronics
Robotics
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Tech Lab
Woodworking Studio
Woodworking & Small Boat Building

Woodturning
Woodworking
Small Boatbuilding
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Woodworking & Small Boat Building
Writers Studio
Writers

Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Publishing
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Writers

Become a Member

Join our active community of makers and realize the full benefit of BARN. Your membership includes access to open studio times, discounts on classes, and a key fob customized to your studio interests and tool certifications. BARN offers individual or family memberships that can be paid monthly or annually. Discounted memberships are available to students, educators, and active military.

BARN members use the looms in Fiber Arts during Open Studio

Support BARN

Your gift to BARN, regardless of the amount, changes lives for the better. Your tax-deductible contribution expands tuition support, creates new opportunities for youth, purchases and maintains equipment, and much more. Youโ€™ll make a difference by helping BARN to help others.

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Meet the Pacific Northwest indie booksellers participating in Comps Night at BARN and add to your TBR! On Saturday, May 10, 2025, join us at BARN to get expert advice from local booksellers about comparable titles for your manuscript, or just find your next great read. In this video, start at BARN on Bainbridge Island with Briana from Wicked Words, then travel to Bremerton for Ballast Book Co., Poulsbo for Away With Words and Liberty Bay Books, and Kingston for Saltwater Books. Finally, we loop back to Bainbridge Island for our home bookstore: Eagle Harbor Books. Get tips from each bookseller and learn what they're doing for Indie Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26! Links: ๐Ÿ“– Comps Night Tickets: https://bainbridgebarn.org/comps Bookstores: ๐Ÿ“– Away with Words (Poulsbo): https://awaywithwordsbookshop.com/ @awaywithwordsbooks ๐Ÿ“– Wicked Words (online): https://shopwickedwords.com/ @shopwickedwords ๐Ÿ“– Liberty Bay Books (Poulsbo) https://www.libertybaybooks.com @libertybaybooks @TheLibertybaybooks ๐Ÿ“– Saltwater Bookshop (Kingston) https://www.saltwaterbookshop.com/ @Saltwaterbookshop ๐Ÿ“– Ballast Book Company (Bremerton) https://www.ballastbookco.com/ @ballastbookco ๐Ÿ“– Eagle Harbor Books (Bainbridge Island) https://www.eagleharborbooks.com/ @eagleharborbooks #bainbridgeisland #kitsapcounty #indiebookstore #indiebooks #writingcommunity #bookstore #books #pnw #seattle #tbr #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
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Steven Withycombe, who has helped run the Furniture Lab at the University of Washington's College of Built Environments for 15 years, is the featured speaker for this month's woodworkers' presentation. A lecturer of furniture design and fabrication at UW, Withycombe assists students as they create models and prototypes, full-scale wood furniture, furnishings, building components, and design-build projects. He studied at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design. He worked with some of the legendary makers of the region before fulfilling his dream of moving to the Pacific Northwest. His early years in Seattle were spent establishing a custom furniture studio while also building a community of creative professionals and entrepreneurs. His studio continues to thrive in the Georgetown neighborhood, where he remains active in the community. #bainbridgeisland #woodworking #carpentry #furniture #uw #universityofwashington
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Three Bainbridge Island female filmmakers โ€” Emma Cameron, Anisa Ashabi, and Rachel Noll James โ€” discuss screenwriting. #bainbridgeisland #filmmaking #indiefilm #womenfilmmakers #seattle Turn your videos into live streams with https://restream.io
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Welcome to the Drawing & Painting Studio at BARN! In this video with artist and BARN instructor Caleb Tucker, weโ€™ll explore essential watercolor techniques. From basic methods like wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet to advanced techniques using texture tools, color mixing, and creative splatter effects, this tutorial has everything you need to get started. What You'll Learn: - Wet-on-Dry & Wet-on-Wet Techniques - Flat & Graded Washes - Dry Brush & Blotting Methods - Creating Hard & Soft Edges - Mixing Neutrals & Shadows - Advanced Effects with Salt, Alcohol & Scratching - Ideas for Using Mixed Media like Pens & Inks Discover why these techniques are essential for mastering watercolor painting. Whether you're looking to improve your water control, create dynamic textures, or experiment with unique effects, this video will give you the info you need to get started! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ Instructor: Caleb Tucker - @calebtucker.360 https://www.cstuckerwatercolors.com/ ๐Ÿ“ Join our in-person workshops at BARN: Create.BainbridgeBARN.org/Paint #WatercolorTutorial #PaintingTips #ArtTechniques #WatercolorWorkshop #bainbridgebarn #bainbridgeisland #watercolor #pnw #watercolorpainting #watercolorpaintings #painting #learnwatercolor
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Meet Warren Pollock. Warren, a retired architect with more than 100 completed building projects in five countries, has a lifelong interest in art, architecture, and design. In this video, learn how Warren is overcoming MS by developing an innovative approach to his large-format drawings. Learn more at BainbridgeBARN.org. #bainbridgeisland #seattle #art #artist #ms #drawing #perspective #artistinterview
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Land Acknowledgment

โ€œEvery part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.โ€ – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqฬ€สทabsฬŒ โ€œPeople of Clear Salt Waterโ€ (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqฬ€สทabsฬŒ live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washingtonโ€™s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suqฬ€สทabsฬŒ live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.

Location

8890 Three Tree Lane NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Hours

9:00AM to 5:00PM, Daily

Member Access: 7AM โ€“ 10PM, Daily

Tours

1:00PM to 3:00PM, Wednesdays and Sundays*
*Except Holidays

Contact

206-842-4475
info@BainbridgeBARN.org

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