SJIMA Blog

Discover Kelp! Reverberations at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art—an immersive installation featuring cyanotype banners by Josie Iselin, bull kelp sculptures by Betsy Peabody, and an underwater soundscape by Ken Pearce and Jonathan Kawchuk. Explore the beauty and urgency of Salish Sea kelp forests and watch an in-depth artist interview. On view through December 1, Friday–Monday, 11–5.

On view in the North Gallery at SJIMA through December 1, 2025 With elegant restraint and quiet strength, sculptor Jan Hoy distills years of inquiry into refined, abstract forms that seem to move while standing still. Her exhibition,  Complex Simplicity , now on view in the North Gallery at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), invites visitors to slow down and contemplate the harmony between balance and motion, fullness and void. Jan Hoy's Complex Simplicity is on vie

Discover All is a Circle Within Me by Emily McIlroy at SJIMA—an exhibition exploring unity, transformation, and the eternal circle of life.

West Coast Kwakwaka’wakw MFA artist Rande Cook is featured in SJIMA’s Shapeshifters exhibition, on view through September 15, 2025. A hereditary chief and innovative contemporary artist, Cook bridges ancestral teachings with modern expression in works such as Sisiutl, Salmon Run, and Beyond the Mask, inviting viewers to experience transformation, balance, and connection across cultures.

Rooted in his Tseshaht heritage on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Gordon Dick has been immersed in the cultural and artistic traditions of his community since childhood.

Seattle-based glass artist Dan Friday, a member of the Lummi Nation, blends Coast Salish tradition with contemporary glass techniques to tell powerful cultural stories. Discover how his work—featured in SJIMA’s Shapeshifters exhibition—transforms light, form, and heritage into timeless art.