Alchemy Art Center is San Juan Island's living arts community — where makers, learners, and dreamers of every age, ability, and background belong.
Art is messy, magical, connective, and necessary.
We believe creativity is a human right. Alchemy exists to make creative opportunity possible across ages, abilities, and incomes, and to nurture San Juan Island's creative community in the process.
Everyone belongs here
From your first class to your thousandth hour in the studio.
Cross-pollination is magic
Disciplines, ages, and backgrounds collide and spark
We listen and pivot
Programs evolve with the community, season to season
A bridge to the art world
National-caliber education and opportunity, on-island
WHAT WE OFFER
Find Your Way In
Studio membership
Open studio access, private studios, community press — come make, anytime
Classes & Workshops
Ceramics, printmaking, fiber arts, darkroom photography — for adults, teens, and kids
Artist residencies
Live and create immersively on San Juan Island — our 2026 cohort is here
Community programs
Tuition assistance, youth mentorship, accessible arts, and more
New in 2025:
Alchemy’s Field Campus
The Field Campus is a xx acre creative campus at 45 Hawthorne Ln, the former Pelindaba Lavender Farm site, just a quarter mile from our original home. The fields are still blooming, the lavender is still being distilled, and we've layered a full creative community on top. Artists make work here every day—come see it!
Alchemy Art Barn
A 14,000 sqft facility featuring our printmaking, fiber, and textile studios, recording studio, accessible arts classroom, offices, and the Alchemy Store. Open to visitors, members, and classes.
Lavender Fields
Acres of historic organic lavender fields, now stewarded by Alchemy. Walk them free, year-round. Peak bloom in late July.
The Alchemy Store & Lavender Products
Handcrafted essential oils, soaps, salts, and sachets, distilled on-site from our own harvest.
Local Art For Sale
Our cooperative gallery puts island-made ceramics, prints, paintings, and fiber works in front of visitors and collectors, directly supporting the livelihoods of local artists.
