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Supporting Arts in the NW

Helping The Arts

Each year we provide grants to deserving artists and organizations
for art related projects with the money raised in the previous year.

2025 Recipients

The recipients for the funds raised in 2025 are listed below.

  • Anacortes Family Center
  • Anacortes High Performing Arts
  • Sedro Woolley Art/Music Program
  • Illuminight in Mt. Vernon
  • Procession of the Species Anacortes
  • Lincoln Theatre Variety Show & Battle of the Bands
  • $2500 Scholarship to Sedro Woolley High student Landon Steele
  • Geoffrey Castle Christmas Concert
  • Sedro Woolley Arts Music & Performance Group
  • 4th of July Event in LaConner raising money for La Conner Schools
  • Anacortes Music Project
  • Salish Sea Art/Science program
  • Skagit Community Band
  • North Cascades Band
  • Shelly Schoenberger Community Choir

2024 Recipients

Illuminight Winter Walk sponsorship – 10 years

The recipients for the funds raised in 2024 are listed below.

  • AMP Jazz Concert
  • New Old Time Chautauqua to Lincoln
  • Flying Karamotzov Brothers to Lincoln
  • Illuminight in Mt. Vernon
  • Procession of the Species
  • LaConner Live Grant
  • $2,500 Scholarship to Anacortes High School student Ashlyn Solowey
  • Geoffrey Castle Christmas Concert
  • Wabash in Mt. Vernon 
  • 4th of July Event in LaConner
  • Skagit Community Band
  • La Conner Schools

2023 Recipients

Mount Vernon Riverwalk Concert Series

The recipients for the funds raised in 2023 are listed below.

  • Provided Kiln to LaConner Schools
  • LaConner Arts Foundation
  • Skagit Community Band
  • Salish Sea School
  • Maneiri Foundation
  • Procession of the Species
  • Fiddlehead Montessori Art Program
  • Illuminight in Mt. Vernon
  • LaConner 4th of July Event
  • Lydia Pence Concert at the Lincoln Theatre
  • MONA (Museum of Natural Art)
  • Three Student Scholarships

2022 Recipients (as of August 2022)

The recipients for the funds raised in 2021 and prior (Covid restricted fundraising in 2021) are listed below.

  • Illuminate Mount Vernon
  • Anacortes Family Center Art Therapy
  • River Walk Concert Supporter
  • Three Art Student Scholarships
  • Fiddlehead Montessori Music Program
  • La Conner Music Program

2021 Recipients

The recipients for the funds raised in 2020 and prior (Covid restricted fundraising in 2020) are listed below.

  • Anacortes Music Project Instrument Library
  • Sedro Woolley Farmers Market music
  • Lincoln Theatre supporter Matt Rehfeldt Concert
  • Art Student Scholarship
  • Art Car Expo Event-Sponsored Fundraiser
  • Anacortes Family Center Art Therapy

2020 Recipients

The recipients for the funds raised in 2019 are listed below.

  • Artist Scholarship awarded to Angela Ronces
  • Artist Scholarship awarded to Aden Eddy
  • KSVR Radio Theatre Project Podcast recording project
  • Anacortes Family Center Childrens Life Skills Program
  • Sedro Woolley Music Program Guitar Class
  • Burlington Edison School Band
  • Fiddlehead Montessori Music Program
  • Alger Sundial Program

2019 Recipients

The recipients for the funds raised in 2018 are listed below.

  • Artist Scholarship awarded to Emily Klein
  • Artist Scholarship awarded to Kylie Thornton
  • Skagit Migrant Leaders Club writing project
  • Kit Mills, Local Schools Drum/Percussion Education Series
  • Mount Vernon Riverwalk Concert Series
  • Anacortes Seahawk Music Boosters
  • La Conner Schools Music Fund
  • Cantablile Chamber Choir
  • TASA – Artists for Social Action
  • La Venture Middle School to expand art programs
  • Mount Vernon 6th Annual Illuminight Winter Walk
  • Underground Writing Program