Athenaeum

Athenaeum 8
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Where: Lake Washington High School, 12033 NE 80th Street Kirkland, WA 98033
Site Fees: Adults $30, Youth to 17 years, $0 (SCA Members receive a $10 member discount.)
Event Steward: Ameline de Beaumont

The most current and authoritative information for this event is on the Kingdom Calendar.

Artist and Artisan registration is open. Click here. Deadline to apply for a space is April 20. Ten (10) of the fifty (50) available tables are being reserved for artisans who have NOT displayed at Athenaeum previously. The remaining forty (40) tables will be assigned via lottery. This allows us to have the application available for a longer period of time which will give more artisans an opportunity to potentially participate.

The schedule includes a day of viewing the displays of the artists, talking to them, socializing, and both Royal and Baronial Court. We encourage you to attend and see all of the wonderful projects happening throughout An Tir and engage with the artists. The gate pre-registration form will be available on May 1st. Until then if you have any questions please contact the event steward, Ameline de Beaumont.

A box lunch will be available on-site by pre-registration, watch for details to come. There are fast food outlets a short drive from the site, or you can bring a sack lunch and your favorite daytime beverages.

What is Athenaeum?

Each year, Their Excellencies of Madrone, in partnership with the Laurels of An Tir, invite artisans of all skill levels to journey to Athenaeum, sponsored by the Barony of Madrone, to showcase their artistic skills to all the Realm. The populace is welcomed to be inspired and awed by the largest collection of artisans in An Tir, in a non-competitive Body of Work event.

A view from the balcony of one-third of the hall at Athenaeum 2023, held in the multipurpose hall at Lake Washington High School. Photo: Duchess Angharad Banadaspus Drakenhefd

Athenaeum is designed to be a place for artisans to display the breadth of their artistic abilities and receive valuable feedback and commentary from the Laurels of An Tir, and artisans, and attendees at the event in a relaxed, collaborative, and engaging environment.

Event History

Athenaeum 1 & 2 were held in-person in 2018 and 2019. Athenaeum 3 was a virtual event in 2020 via the Road to Athenaeum website and a day of interactions on Zoom. Athenaeum 4 was also a virtual event, and the exhibits artisans placed on the website doubled; a two-day event of Zoom meetings and 1:1’s took place on June 26-27, 2021.

In 2022, Athenaeum 5 was once again held live and in-person, and was a great success.

Athenaeum 6 and 7 were live events in June 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Exhibits on the Athenaeum website remain available! Please read and enjoy the “Virtual” tables of creative and artisan work, with sources and process descriptions. Share links with friends and subject-matter experts.