A former military base on the shores of Puget Sound is home to artists, from amateur

to professional who have come together for the past 50 years to celebrate their craft and

learn together.

Special correspondent, Kat Wise,

paid a visit for our Arts and Culture series, Canvas.

On a sunny summer afternoon,

lines began to form on the grounds of Fort Warden State Park in Port

Townsend, Washington.

At 4 PM Sharp, check-in began for Fiddle Tunes, a week-long program celebrating diverse styles of fiddle music,

with workshops, band labs, dances, and more.

Many of this year's 600 participants, from locals to those who traveled in from around the country

and overseas, have been returning year

after year since the program began in the late 1970s.

On opening day, old friends reconnected and started to jam. Fiddle tunes is one of more than 250 art events put on each year by the nonprofit Centrum Foundation.

What we say here is that we're really about immersive experiences in the arts.

Robert Berman is the organization's executive director.

Founded in 1973 by Washington State and partner agencies, Berman says the goal was to create a thriving center for the arts and lifelong learning.

The World War I era former military fort at the entrance to Puget Sound, largely empty at the time,

provided an ideal home.

The students that come here range from age 4 to 98,

but it's a residential experience.

They're in community for an entire week

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