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Arts & Humanities Bainbridge (AHB) is Bainbridge Island’s cultural hub. AHB bridges the arts and business communities by leading the Bainbridge Creative District (BCD), and promotes Bainbridge’s vibrant arts and culture through our online media platform, BainbridgeCurrents.com. The BCD and Currents highlight the island as a cultural destination, attract visitors, and deepen appreciation for our cultural offerings and heritage. The arts and humanities enhance our quality of life and create a vibrant, attractive place to live, work and visit. AHB also administers: Public Art; Community Arts Education; Creative Circles; Artist Grants; Panel & Speaker Presentations.
Our Mission
Connecting Community Through Arts, Humanities, And Cultural Programs.
Our New Logo
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge is proud to announce our updated AHB logo! Featuring a newly defined shape and set of expressive colors. The updated look is formed by the same three connected letters that are symbolic of our organization. Our new AHB design is representative of our past, but looks to guide us into the future! With these exciting changes, our name and mission remain the same, “Connecting Community Through Arts, Humanities, And Cultural Programs.”
Our Values
WELCOMING • TRUSTWORTHY • INQUISITIVE • VIBRANT
Our Beliefs
• Art transforms lives.
• Nurturing the artist within reveals and expands creative potential.
• Exploration through the humanities creates knowledge, understanding and compassion.
• Collaborative relationships among the Island’s cultural organizations benefit the entire Bainbridge Island Community.
• An organization’s openness to listening and learning ensures a relevant, effective response.
• The arts and humanities cultivate a high quality of life, provide significant economic impact, and create a vibrant, attractive place to live, work and visit.
Cultural Services
We provide opportunities for artists to prosper, our youth to learn through art, our community to enjoy art in public spaces, and engage in collaborative events. We convene a Directors’ Forum and Cultural Reps of more than twenty local non-profit cultural organizations, to nurture connections, collaboration and active communication. We also provide fiscal sponsorship to fledgling nonprofit organizations and grants to individual artists.
Year-round advocacy for cultural funding at the local, state and federal level, and publicity for cultural organizations to help sustain the creative economy of Bainbridge Island.
Bainbridge Currents History
BainbridgeCurrents.com is a community cultural platform that builds on the decades-old legacy of Currents Magazine, the quarterly arts and culture review published by Arts & Humanities Bainbridge (AHB). Launched in June 2019, Currents is designed with islanders in mind and enhances our shared quality of life by bringing the rich world of island arts and culture to you with one click, on one site, and in real time.
The site is curated by Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, Bainbridge Island’s cultural hub. AHB bridges the arts and business communities by administering the Bainbridge Creative District (BCD). The BCD and Currents highlight the island as a cultural destination, attract visitors, and deepen appreciation for our cultural offerings and heritage.
Currents is powered by Artsopolis, a community engagement platform tailored to showcasing
culturally vibrant communities. This platform now reaches over 50 communities across the U.S.
The Currents Editorial Board delivers the weekly content of Currents Online.
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