Each location for FLEET will bring different contexts and opportunities for arts and culture programs. FLEET programs are guided by place, local community needs, and how to best advocate for and alongside ongoing arts and culture activities in each location. FLEET explores collaborative models for how the studios are used, engaged with, and activated over the course of the studio’s stay in a location.
Programs are delivered by a small team consisting of artists, arts workers, curators, planners, and architects. The team’s approach is to build and sustain responsive, respectful, and reciprocal relationships with artists, community partners, municipalities, and the public with a priority of removing and/or reducing systemic barriers to access FLEET as a resource.
The inaugural year of FLEET programming reflects these ongoing relationships through the lenses of care and community.
Upcoming Programs
Visiting Artist: Sidi Chen
We want to give a warm welcome to Sidi Chen, who will be activating the FLEET: Edmonds studio during January and April 2025. Sidi’s project at FLEET has two parts; in the winter they will invite the public to contribute rain vessels for a sound walk and recording project, and in the spring they will hold workshops creating home-made chalk using eggshells for a community mapping project.
Visiting Artists: Eilidh Keegan-Henry and Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam
We are excited to welcome Eilidh Keegan-Henry and Bahar Vaghari Moghaddam to FLEET: Edmonds! Keegan-Henry and Vaghari Moghaddam will be at the FLEET from February 24-April 7, 2025. During this period they will work on their project Parallel Lines.
Visiting Artist: Caitlin Aleck
We are excited to welcome Caitlin Aleck, Te-awk-tenaw to FLEET: Granville Island for an artist residency as part of the Emerging Indigenous Artist Residency Series! During her residency at FLEET, Caitlin Aleck, Te-awk-tenaw will be working on a weaving project with the community’s help and loving support. Join us on April 26th at 1 PM for an artist talk with Caitlin in the FLEET.
League Creative Play Days
League returns to FLEET this spring! Join us for a series of gatherings to exercise creative problem-solving through play. League is a creative game series led by artist Germaine Koh that uses physical play as a way to practice innovation. This six-part series is a free program for ages 15+. Registered participants will gather weekly to invent and play new games and sports. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you are a gamer, athlete or artist.
Quilting Workshop with the Pacific Spirit Quilters' Guild
Join us for a quilting workshop with the Pacific Spirit Quilters' Guild on April 15, 2025 at FLEET: Edmonds. This workshop accompanies the pop-up exhibition Small Quilts in Small Spaces. Come and learn how to make your own small quilt block with fabric, paper, threads and glue. This workshop is designed for children (7+ years old); children must be accompanied by an adult. Everyone will have their own quilt block to take home.
