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2006 Tulip Festival April Don't Miss this.. a valley full of Tulips.	The Artists'Cooperative, established in 1992, showcases 45 local Whidbey Island artists who collectively own and operate the gallery. It contributes to a stable local economy, promotes a high quality of life on Whidbey Island and seeks self-sufficiency for its island artists. The artists become members through an interview and jury process. Their displays span the miniature to heroic, the traditional to experimental, the local to global.
Click on picture for information Art Walks in Old Town Anacortes! First Friday Art Walks, makes for a great evening out!	Mount Vernon Named Best Small City in the U.S. in 1997 in the book titled “The New Rating Guide to Life in America’s Small Cities". Click on picture for information
BALD EAGLE WATCHING ON THE UPPER SKAGIT RIVER Every year thousands of people visit the Upper Skagit River Valley in northwestern Washington State to watch one of the largest wintering Bald Eagle populations in the continental United States. Up to 350 bald eagles are counted annually. While eagles can be seen as early as November, or as late as March, the best viewing is during the months of January and early February, when eagles perch in trees along the riverbank, or dine on salmon carcasses on the banks and gravel bars.	Click on picture for information The Skagit Art Association cordially invites you... to the 15th annual "Art in a Pickle Barn Fine Arts Show & Sale," a sanctioned event of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Held in a century-old historic barn owned by Pat Smyth, this show and sale is our major event of the year to raise scholarship funds for Skagit County art students. The show will be open the entire month of April this year, offering fine art in a variety of media in both originals and prints for every budget ... from corporate wall art to note cards. Artists will be on hand to assist you and give demonstrations in fine art techniques and related topics. April 1 - 30, 2003 10 AM - 6 PM daily LOCATION — The Historic Smyth Barn at 16214 LaConner-Whitney Road, less than one mile south (towards LaConner) from McLean Road, west of Mount Vernon, Washington.
www.laconnerchamber.com	Art Bash Show Presented by Art League North
The wildlife on and around San Juan Island is extraordinary! During a bicycle ride or drive around the island and you are bound to spot a Black Tailed Deer, a red fox, or perhaps even a wild turkey. The San Juans are accessible to the public by water and air. The most common means of travel is by Washington State Ferry. www.sanjuanisland.org Birding on San Juan Island is incredible. There are hundreds of species of birds that call the San Juans home. The types of birds vary from seabirds, migrating marine birds, shorebirds and birds of prey. Some types of birds that you can spot are: great blue herons, oyster catchers, trumpeter swans, peregrine falcons, ospreys, and of course bald eagles.	The museum opened on October 3, 1981, as a small regional museum devoted to presenting the works of major Northwest artists in a continual exhibition and serving as a source of education on Northwest art in La Conner, WA