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Meyer Art Festival Brings Art, Music and a First Look Inside the Future Meyer

August 3, 2026

Meyer Art Festival poster: August 29, 2026, 10am to 6pm on the brick road in downtown Stanwood, with live art, live music, a makers market, food trucks and a beer garde

This preview ran ahead of the 2026 Meyer Art Festival on August 29. For how the day turned out, read our recap, Meyer Art Festival 2026: All Was Right on the Brick Road.

The Meyer Art Festival comes to the old brick road in west Stanwood on Saturday, August 29, from 10am to 6pm. Executive Director Jason Dorsey likes to say the event will one day be known as the “best lil' art festival in the west,” and this year's lineup makes the case.

A full day of art for every age

More than 30 booths from local artists make the festival the perfect place to find a one-of-a-kind gift. Food trucks will serve lunch and dinner, the beer garden will be open, and live music will play on the main stage all day. Families will find plenty of interactive art booths, along with a dedicated family area where parents can rest and visit while kids play.

The first Town to Island plein air competition

This year the Meyer Art Center is hosting the first annual Town to Island plein air competition. Artists will paint on location, with cash awards for People's Choice, Best of Town and Best of Island.

Experience the Meyer

For one day only, guests are invited inside the old furniture store before it is taken down to make way for the future Meyer Art Center. We're calling it Experience the Meyer, and we expect more than 1,000 visitors to get a taste of what the new center will be:

  • Gallery: art and antiques by legendary Northwest artist Jack Gunter
  • Store: ceramics, glass and art by local artists
  • Kids Store: free, donated art items for kids, plus a mosaic project led by one of our summer art interns
  • Emerging Artist Gallery: artwork by local youth
  • Classroom: master artists teaching live while guests watch
  • Media Room: the history of art and artists in Stanwood-Camano

Our booth will also offer a virtual reality look at the future Meyer Art Center building, which we hope to break ground on this fall.

Classes inside the future Meyer

Three special classes will run in the Experience the Meyer classroom during the festival:

  • Coffee and Canvas (10am to 12pm): paint an iconic Camano Island landscape of marshy wetlands and the Cascade mountains with local artist Jed Dorsey. A template is provided.
  • Intro to Glass Fusing (1 to 3pm): design and build a small glass dish with Katie Trent. Pieces are kiln-fired after class and ready for pickup the following week.
  • Intro to Watercolor (4 to 6pm): paint “Summer Whispers,” a study of wispy poppies, with Aleita Bailey. Open to beginners and experienced painters.

Thank you to our sponsors

We're grateful to the generous sponsors who stepped up to support the 2026 Meyer Art Festival. We're proud to call them partners in building community through art.

2026 Meyer Art Festival sponsors

See how the day turned out →

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