Anacortes muralist Bill Mitchell (seated, right) and team scored a great parking spot at Saturday’s Naval Aviation Centennial, drawing a crowd of their own to see Bill’s uniquely painted “classic” car.
It’s a “ghost of murals past” scene as Bob Thomas at Anacortes Marine Supply and Hardware cleans up the surface of a wall previously occupied by a Bill Mitchell mural. Removed temporarily for cleanup and paint on the building was the “Edna Whitney and Tandem Pals” mural, created about 10 years ago.
American benefactor Andrew Carnegie greets guests to the Anacortes Museum, which once served this community as a public museum. Carnegie built libraries throughout the United States. His funding in this city was matched locally. The mural was created by local historian and muralist Bill Mitchell.
Seasonal addition made to mural of Robert Sund, Ish River poet. This Bill Mitchell mural is posted on an exterior door at How It Works on 4th Street.
Anacortes muralist/historian Bill Mitchell has been named 2010 Anacortes Patron of the Arts, an honor bestowed by the Anacortes Arts Festival. Bill, pictured here at a past Arts Festival, will be the guest of honor Friday (July 30) at the 5:30 p.m. “Arts at the Port” event at the Port Transit Shed Event Center (foot […]
Among hundreds of Anacortes High School alums who gathered for an All-Class reunion last Saturday were Vicki Graves Mitchell and Marijo Lunsford Taylor. Engaged in deep conversation while this photo was being taken were Marc Estvold and Marijo’s brother, Dirk.
Saturday, May 2 offers a special opportunity: local artist Bill Mitchell will be “unmasked” at the 2:30 p.m. grand opening of an Anacortes Museum display dedicated to his mural work. “Come celebrate with us the 25th Anniversary of the Anacortes Mural Project,” reads a museum flyer. “Murals Unmasked looks at the people and the process, […]
Anacortes is in the news this morning, thanks to local artist/historian Bill Mitchell’s campaign to save the Enchantress. This vessel, abandoned by an owner who has since died, lies derelict offshore in Fidalgo Bay near the former location of a plywood mill. While environmental protection plans call for the vessel’s removal, Mitchell and others suggest […]
Artist Bill Mitchell (foreground) supervises as volunteers Neil Akkerman and Dave Sem (Sebo’s Hardware & Equipment Rental) raise the leaping salmon element of a new historic mural into place on a south wall of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce Building. The new mural went up in three pieces Tuesday evening, and now stands as a […]
Friday evening was the official unveiling of a new historic mural by artist Bill Mitchell (left). Assisting with the unveiling at the 2007 Anacortes Waterfront Festival Kickoff Dinner were Port of Anacortes Commissioner Keith Rubin and Chamber of Commerce President Vince Oliver. On stage is Chamber Executive Mitch Everton. The free Waterfront Festival runs Saturday […]
This outdoor mural by local artist Bill Mitchell has a Western feel to it. The caption on the mural simply states: “Joker Bar patron on 3rd Street 1900.”
Bill Mitchell (left) applied his talents to creation of a new mural in commemoration of the unofficial “Year of the Salmon,” partnering with the Chamber of Commerce to bring a new outdoor artwork for the side of the Visitor Information Center. Visiting Bill in his studio last week was Chamber Executive Director Mitch Everton. “Others” […]