by Peter Serko | Jun 26, 2020 | IN and OUT Blog
Co-curators Ellen Kritzman and Stephen Silha conducted over 25 interviews in researching the exhibit. These videos, which are viewable in the exhibit IN AND OUT: Being LGBTQ on Vashon Island, show a number of Islanders’ stories. Like the exhibit itself, these are...
by Peter Serko | Apr 25, 2020 | IN and OUT Blog
Last fall, the Heritage Museum received the John D Spellman Award for exemplary achievement in Interpretation for highlighting and celebrating the histories of Vashon-Maury Island’s diverse communities, at a ceremony presided over by King County Executive, Dow...
by Peter Serko | Dec 4, 2019 | IN and OUT Blog
Location: Vashon Heritage Museum Opening Dec 6th, 6:00 pm & Vashon Island High School Library Date: Month of December Opening Dec 6th, 6:00 pm Background: Activists played a key role in changing attitudes, policies, and regulations during the early years of the...
by Peter Serko | Dec 4, 2019 | IN and OUT Blog
BIG JOY WEEKEND offers interactive glimpse into filmmaker/poet James Broughton’s inspired creativity January 11 & 12, 2020 Vashon Center for the Arts What’s it like to have an angel who guides you through life as a poet? To find your soulmate at age 62? To have...
by Peter Serko | Oct 25, 2019 | IN and OUT Blog
Last year, for their wedding, David Mielke and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma offered their guests an original performance that they called a “Gaybaret.” They wanted not only to share their stories—and the story of how they met—but also to delve into the deeper and more...
by Peter Serko | Oct 25, 2019 | IN and OUT Blog
Date: November 21 Time:7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Vashon Center For The Arts in Gaybaret, a show originally written for their wedding, David Mielke and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma explore how one’s life itself can become a work of art by taking the seemingly random...
