About BPA
Our mission is to promote appreciation of and participation in the performing arts to build, educate, entertain, and inspire our vibrant, creative community.
We envision an inclusive and connected community in which we spark joy and change lives by creating a “brave space” for the pursuit of equitable, creative, and educational experiences.
At BPA, we value imagination, diversity, accessibility, transparency, inclusion, sincerity, respect, equity, equality, joy, responsibility, sustainability, and leadership in the course of our creative exploration of the performing arts. We believe unequivocally that Black lives matter.
In pursuit of equitable, creative, and educational experiences, Bainbridge Performing Arts acknowledges that the land on which we gather is within the aboriginal territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People) who are expert fisherman, canoe builders, basket weavers, and the island’s original storytellers.
The suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855.
We honor and respect the resilience of the indigenous community and the land upon which we perform.