Vashon Island Visual Artists (VIVA), open to all visual artists on Vashon Island, provides collaborative events and education for local artists and craftspeople in business practices, marketing and new technology, various member support services, scholarships to emerging high school artists and semi-annual exhibitions. During semi-annual events the member artists invite the general public to their exhibits of high quality, hand-crafted work in studios throughout the Island where the public has the opportunity to meet the artists in their working environment, view and learn creative techniques.