SJIMA Blog

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.

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.

Discover Artist Interviews from the 2025–26 Artists’ Registry Show at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art. Watch 20 local artists share insights into their work, process, and inspiration, then visit SJIMA Friday–Monday, 11 am–5 pm, through February 23 to experience the exhibition in person.

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.