It is with great sadness, we announce the closure of our beloved Historic downtown Issaquah Workshop Create & Gather. The Downtown Issaquah Association would like to say THANK YOU again for being a part of the Historic downtown community throughout the years. Workshop will surely be missed! We wish you [...]
Brendan Wiederien(above) is an artist in the making. A junior at Issaquah High School, he and Gio Jennings, a fellow junior, volunteered to videotape local artists painting Downtown Issaquah windows, and bring more youthful hip to downtown. (They will squirm at this description, but it's true!) The students say Issaquah's [...]
Michael Johnson was an omnipresent volunteer, coach, friend, cheerleader, dog-lover, creator, giver extraordinaire -- and as everyone said -- much beloved. The Downtown Issaquah Association recently honored his memory with an art-on-canvas portrait with his dog, Kendra, created by local artist, Gail Baker (see her story, below.) The canvas is [...]
We are excited to announce the amazing local Issaquah artist Gail Baker! Gail grew up in Bellevue, Washington in the 50’s and 60' s where public education included generous funding for the arts. She was immersed in painting, drawing, and sculpture every year of her school years. In 1967-1971 she [...]
Cares Act 2020 Deduction Changes Due to the CARES Act, this year you don't have to itemize to take a charitable gift deduction. You can take an above-the-line deduction of up to $300 of cash contributions to charities. The Act also changed charitable contribution limits. The 60% of adjusted gross income [...]
