FeatherstoneArts.com
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Welcome to Featherstone Arts :: The Premier Art Center of South King County
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Featherstone Arts Center, located in Ravensdale, Washington (near Maple Valley) is the newest South King County premier arts center. Located on beautiful Lake Retreat, owners Jill and Dan Drllevich have transformed this historic lakefront facility into a retreat center, offering children's classes, adult retreats and numerous special events.
Jill Drllevich has worked in arts and community projects for over 30 years, from bringing art to underprivileged neighborhoods in NYC to rural/suburban public-private sector collaboration in the Puget Sound area. As a 5th & 6th grade teacher, Jill’s classroom environment has been a full participation artistic masterpiece in itself, reflecting the period, accoutrements and the activities of whatever the class is studying. Jill is a “connector,” bringing fine and performing artists in contact with the those young and young at heart who come to her for inspiration. Not only does Jill have a Masters in Education, specializing in community partnerships for the arts, she has many times a masters investment in her own self-designed learning in the fine and performing arts. Her love and purpose are in the sharing of her passion. She lives with her husband, Dan, and a steady stream of grown children through their Lake Retreat home in the foothills of the Cascades in Western Washington.
Dan Drllevich expressed his talent for building designs in nature as a small child building rock walls from stones on the waterfront and creating designs on the back of napkins. Described by his wife, Jill, as a combination of a “Junkyard Warrior” and “McGyver,” Dan specializes in creating whatever the client wants from recycled, reclaimed and imaginative materials. The owner/manager of Millworks, Dan brings ideas to fruition within the limits of the clients budget and only slightly beyond their comfort level. A strength of Dan’s is his ability to coordinate and play off of other artists to create something beyond anyone’s imagination, inspiring to both children and adults. Dan attended Washington State University in Interior design and lives with his wife Jill and extended family in Ravensdale, WA. Featherstone is Dan’s grandmother’s maiden name.
