RESOURCES FOR CREATIVES

Arbutus Folk School offers classes and workshops in arts, culture, craft and heritage. Their mission is to enrich lives and build community through joyful, hands-on learning with master artisans.

ArtsFund supports the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grant making in order to build a healthy, equitable, and creative Washington

Artist Trust’s mission is to support and encourage artists working in all disciplines to enrich community life
throughout Washington State.

The Arts Commission is a catalyst for the arts, advancing the role of the arts in the lives of all.

CAFe is the leading online application system for public art projects, artist fellowships, juried visual art
competitions and exhibitions, art commissions, public art RFQs, invitationals, residencies, fellowships, mini grants, awards, and more! CAFe is a product of the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF)

The mission of The Chimacum Center is to cultivate relationships, sow sustainability and grow more vibrant and
equitable rural community through land-based interconnection, arts, advocacy and education. We work in partnership and collaboration with land and farming partners and with grassroots and organizational allies around
the region to nurture creative, collaborative and restorative rural projects in the arts, community-building, healing, food justice and land access

The Arts Commission was created to help enrich the lives of the people of this region by making visual, performing,and literary arts vital elements in the life of our community. The Commission works to support local artists through
networking, skill development and visibility through a variety of unique opportunities.

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – DVR, provides employment services and counseling to individuals with disabilities who want to work but experience barriers to work because of a physical, sensory, and/or mental disability

We support people who are interested in starting or growing a small business, in order to create income for themselves and their families.

Harlequin Productions seeks to invigorate, educate, and empower our community and all people to feel more, think
more, play more, and judge less through the mirror of real live theatre.

Impact Washington has a 20 year history of creating measurable impacts for manufacturers with an array of consulting and training services. Their manufacturing experts and industry resource network help small and medium-size manufacturers across Washington State boost productivity and profitability, cut costs, raise employee morale and become more globally competitive

The Lacey MakerSpace is an “Innovator’s Workshop” that’s open to the public. With high tech fabrications tools
and education resources, you can become empowered as a maker, innovator, or small business.