Recommended: Find gifts of art on Studio Tour

By Elizabeth Shepherd • December 8, 2025 4:30 pm
(Top, left to right) Yulia Ivaschchenko, Gunther Reimnitz, Phil Clapham and Pam Ingalls held court last Friday at opening receptions for Holiday Studio Tour shows. (Bottom) New creations by Jennifer Hawke will be on display at a Solstice Market on Dec. 21, at Hawke’s Beall Greenhouse studio. (Elizabeth Shepherd/Courtesy Photos)
(Top, left to right) Yulia Ivaschchenko, Gunther Reimnitz, Phil Clapham and Pam Ingalls held court last Friday at opening receptions for Holiday Studio Tour shows. (Bottom) New creations by Jennifer Hawke will be on display at a Solstice Market on Dec. 21, at Hawke’s Beall Greenhouse studio. (Elizabeth Shepherd/Courtesy Photos)

Don’t miss the second weekend of Vashon Island Visual Artists’ annual Holiday Studio Tour, featuring 40 studios and galleries representing more than 150 artists on the tour. The tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 and 14.

The tour is a chance to see an island’s worth of artists in the tucked-away places where they create their art — and to shop for one-of-a-kind holiday treasures.

Stretching from Dockton through town to the far north and south sides of the island, the tour includes some of Vashon-Maury’s most creative art-makers, who have crafted pottery, paintings, prints, jewelry, glass and wood works, and one-of-a-kind apparel that is perfect for holiday gifting.

Start out the tour at the VIVA Tour Center and Gallery, located at 17816 Vashon Hwy SW, and while you’re in town, head to Swiftwater Gallery, a cooperative gallery featuring the works of more than 50 local artists. Tour-goers can also pick up a brochure with a map of the tour at local businesses, or visit vivartists.com for an online map and more information.

Looking for more local and Northwest work to brighten the holidays? Be sure to stop at Vashon Made, a shop that exclusively features works by local makers, located at 9922 SW Bank Rd., and Raven’s Nest, at 17508 Vashon Hwy SW, which offers a variety of arts, crafts, jewelry and the work of Master Tlingit carver Israel Shotridge. At Raven’s Nest, you’ll find Native-themed giftable art prints, handcrafted ornaments, home decor, candles, garlands and much more, including some Chanukah-themed items.

A one-day Solstice Market at the Beall Greenhouse studio of Jennifer Hawke, at 18527 Beall Rd., will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, will also feature creations by Hawke, Rachel LordKenaga, Mary McGinnis, Hope Black, Lee Cattarin, Jon Haaland and Karen Biondo. Find out more at tinyurl.com/ymxz9bhr.