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One Thousand Cranes for Hope

One Thousand Cranes for Hope

Eagle Scout Project by Rydley Strong  What do you get when a team of Scouts, local youth groups, and Rydley Strong’s friends and family come together? A beautiful 千羽鶴, senbazuru titled One Thousand Cranes for Hope. Rydley’s community-wide Eagle Scout project found…

BARN Bites: Nourishing the Community

BARN Bites: Nourishing the Community

Last April, as the world shut down, volunteers gathered in BARN’s clean and spacious Kitchen Arts studio – one of the only kitchens on Bainbridge where four or five people could cook safely separated by 6 feet of distance. Making…

Mask-making: A Collaboration

Mask-making: A Collaboration

Nearly a year ago, the BARN Fabric Arts Studio launched a mask-making program to respond to the growing concerns of COVID-19. BARN’s energetic Studio Lead Fran Fuller first began prototyping in response to a request from Bainbridge Prepares. This was…

Restoring the Quinault

Restoring the Quinault

The Quinault is a boat with many stories to tell, and all 61 feet of her is now suspended inside the BARN woodshop. When the Bainbridge Island Rowing Club needed help and space to restore this historic rowing shell, they…

“It’s a super power”: Girls Who Code at BARN

“It’s a super power”: Girls Who Code at BARN

On Thursdays after school, a group of girls gathers in BARN’s Electronic and Technical Arts (ETA) Studio, each one writing code on a workstation or laptop into the late afternoon. This club, part of the national organization of Girls Who…

Back to School with BARN in the Classroom

Back to School with BARN in the Classroom

Hundreds of high school students returned to classrooms this fall to find cell phone caddies built by the BARN Woodworking Studio. Volunteers at BARN built the custom caddies over the summer to help Bainbridge High School (BHS) teachers implement a…

BCB: Sharing the stories of Bainbridge Island

BCB: Sharing the stories of Bainbridge Island

From the dazzling exploits of Team Sail Like a Girl to the complex issues around affordable housing, the subjects tackled by the volunteer hosts who run Bainbridge Community Broadcasting (BCB) out of BARN’s Media Arts & BCB studio are capturing…