Hummingbird Studio opens in Langley as healing arts collective grows

A renovated classroom inside the South Whidbey Community Center now gives Langley a new place for one-on-one therapy, group sessions, workshops and small concerts, putting healing arts squarely in the middle of daily community life at 723 Camano Ave.

Hummingbird Studio opened there as a collective of Barbara Dunn, Eric Mullholland, Marta Mullholland and Ruth Yeo Peterman, and the group is still growing. The studio is looking for one more person to round out the collective, a sign that the project is meant to evolve with the needs of South Whidbey rather than settle into a fixed format.

The setting matters. The South Whidbey Community Center occupies the former Langley Middle School campus, now restored and reimagined for community use. The center says it serves as a hub for classes, arts programming, recreation, wellness activities and social gatherings, which makes it a natural fit for a space built around both therapy and performance.

Dunn is the clearest thread tying the studio to Langley’s music-and-care tradition. She has worked in music therapy, social work, psychotherapy, community music and performing music for more than 25 years. Her CV says she served as Director of Music Therapy at Whidbey General Hospital from 2002 to 2013, serving patients receiving care at the hospital and through Home Health Care and Hospice.

Her local work has also reached beyond formal clinical settings. Dunn led singing circles in Langley as early as 2012, and in February 2026 she formed a monthly music brigade inspired by the Singing Resistance movement. In November 2025, she organized Whidbey Rising, a benefit concert at Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center to support hunger relief on the island.

Hummingbird Studio says it is a free, inclusive studio where art belongs to everyone, and that idea fits the collective’s mix of creative, therapeutic and public-facing work. For residents looking for a place where wellness and art overlap, the studio offers direct access to a local music therapist and collaborators who are building a space for communication, healing and low-pressure performance under the same roof.