Please Join Us!
2021 Programs Now Open.

We are excited to announce our 2021 program offerings, designed just for you. Workshops and performances—until further notice—are being offered online again this year. Our renowned faculty and global community of artists look forward to learning with you in the coming months.

Take a look at what we’re offering!

July 26-30, 2021
John Clayton, Artistic Director
ONLINE

Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend workshop has always been known for the strength of its faculty and this year is no different. In fact, all 35 of the faculty who would have been here in 2020 are back for 2021 and eager to work with you in this year’s online workshop, which will feature a wide variety of special topics classes, master classes and live-streamed performances. Get connected if you’re new, or re-connected if you’ve been with us before.

August 3-8, 2021
Jontavious Willis, Artistic Director
ONLINE

Daily classroom instruction in traditional acoustic blues, its history, songs, and styles as well as technical skills and how to play well with others in the form. Afternoons include panel discussions on relative topics and evenings present faculty concerts celebrating various regional styles, both traditional and songs moving the genre forward.

July 2-5, 2021
Joel Savoy, Artistic Director
ONLINE

July 19-24, 2021
Sam Ligon, Artistic Director
ONLINE

Supporting our vibrant and resilient writing community through craft-focused workshops, craft, lectures, panels, open mics, readings, and residencies offered throughout the year. Join writers from around the world for online programming including the Port Townsend Writers (Virtual) Conference.

April 17, 24 and May 1, 2021
Dudu Maia, Artistic Director
ONLINE

The Centrum International Choro Workshop is known for its remarkable faculty, all of whom will be back for our online version in 2021. You will join them for Special Topics sessions, instrumental master classes, and even a live-streamed concert. Plus you will receive three tunes recorded by them that you can play along with. This music is too much fun to let a virus get in the way.

May 14-16, 2021
Matt Munisteri, Artistic Curator
ONLINE

Daily classroom instruction by our noted professional staff; mini-concerts by up-and-coming professional level young players; a salon for attendees to hangout and chat, songs swaps and show-and-tell of instruments; half-hour shows by still-under-the-radar professional players; group performances by our teaching staff; and several hour-long one-of-a-kind themed workshops featuring invited guests hosted by members of our teaching staff.

March 1-5, 2021
Grades 7-9
ONLINE

Join 7th-9th grade students from around Washington State for Explorations Online! Through this immersive five-day program students are introduced to the world of arts and ideas, creative risk-taking, and personal development. It’s a total learning environment that takes music, visual arts, writing, and many other art mediums out of the studio and into your home! Students will receive instructions via email to choose their classes and will be mailed a personalized package with all of the necessary materials and supplies (to keep!) before the program begins.

April 26-305, 2021
Grades 5-6
ONLINE

Water World Online, a dynamic collaboration between Centrum and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, is filled with activities and projects that expand and enhance elementary students’ experience of the marine world through the lenses of both science and art. In collaboration with artists, scientists, and peers from across the state, students integrate scientific investigations with creative writing and visual art. The result is a multi-faceted, full immersion online learning experience. Students work in small groups that rotate through a variety of interactive classes and labs. Each day offers a mix of both scientific and artistic workshops. The group size is small to allow for maximum personal attention and engagement.

Monday Night Lectures
ONLINE

Our Communiversity arts and lectures series continues in 2021, beginning on Monday, March 1 with National Geographic photographer, Joel Sartore. Joel created the National Geographic Photo Ark, a multiyear effort to raise awareness of and find solutions to some of the most pressing issues affecting wildlife and their habitats. The project aims to document every species living in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, inspire action through education, and help save wildlife by supporting on-the-ground conservation efforts.

We also welcome New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell to Centrum on Monday, April 12. By examining the connections between the American past and present, Vowell offers personal, often humorous accounts of American history as well as current events and politics. Her most recent book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, explores both the ideas and the battles of the American Revolution. She is also the author of essay collections, The Partly Cloudy Patriot and Take the Cannoli.

Please note that Centrum’s Fall 2021 Programs will open for registration this spring, once we know more about on-campus options for gatherings. This will include our Voice Works and Ukulele workshops. Please visit our website for updates!