- Great exhibitions on the theme THE FEMALE GAZE Woman as Visionary and Creator.
- Conversations with Gee’s Bend in the national press.
- Enthusiastic participation by local quilting community including potholders and orchestrating the Quilt Walk = PR and revenue.
- Expanding FAD to spring, summer, Fall and Winter.
- Grants from SJICF, participation in their breakfast of Champions, Cornerstone Foundation presentations and chosen for County Fair matching funds.
- Raised $30,000 above last year with no signature event.
- Will end the year with 6000 visitors, with 60% of them from outside the county. Lodging “value” to the county of at least $656,000 in hotel rooms.
- Recognized as “part of the infrastructure of the Town of Friday Harbor,” in part because we cleared our debt in 2017.
- Received a piano for events and published our first exhibition catalogue in many months.
- Hired two part time front desk people.
- Hospitality committee formed.
- Raised over $200,000 for art in the schools over the last six years.
- Participated in the Arts Summit in May and providing leadership in 2019
- Working on cooperative advertising with SJCT and joint projects with them and the Whale Museum.
- Switched Artists’ Registry to member-based exhibition.
