SJIMA Blog

Most curators come to their subject from the outside. Meg Partridge came to hers from the inside of a darkroom. The guest curator of Convergence & Divergence: The Family Aesthetic on a woodshed, an apple box, a copper plate, and three artists she knew as family.

Watch new video interviews with the artists — and guest curator Meg Partridge — behind SJIMA's Summer 2026 exhibitions, now streaming on YouTube.

Washington State artist Chris Maynard carves shed bird feathers into intricate shadow box compositions. On view at SJIMA's North Gallery, Friday Harbor, June 11–September 14, 2026.

Sculptor Dan Brown brings metal, wood, and found objects to life in Iron and Wood at SJIMA's Sterner Atrium Gallery. On view March 6–June 1, 2026 in Friday Harbor.

Lopez Island glass artist Janis Miltenberger explores grief, healing, and symbolism in Productive Uncertainty — on view at SJIMA through June 1, 2026.

Seattle painter Lauren Boilini fills SJIMA's Nichols Gallery with large-scale oil paintings on linen that pulse with movement, density, and meaning. Celestial Navigation — her first solo museum exhibition — asks us to look at abundance until something shifts. On view March 6 – June 1, 2026.