Baker is featured artist at OPAA meeting
Artist Bridget Baker will share her knowledge of acrylic pours at the next Olympic Peninsula Art Association members meeting, set for 9:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, May 24, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
Along with discussing some lower-cost alternatives to pouring mediums, Baker will also cover how people can avoid having their pours look like a cliche through creating original color choices, strategic use of metallic and color-shifting paints, using a variety of additives to produce cells, and incorporating a pour into a larger painting.
Strait Turners to meet
The Strait Turners, a local woodturners group, meets from 13:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the Gardiner Community Center. The presenter is Ralph Lindberg on the topic, “Keeping Wood on the Lathe.” Turners of all levels are welcome.
For more information, call Ernie at 360-683-2560.
Sequim’s Woodcock demo garden walk set
Veteran Master Gardener Bev Dawson will guide visitors through the Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 31.
The 2.5-acre garden features native and ornamental plants in a variety of garden spaces, including cottage, pollinator, grass and rose gardens, raised vegetable beds and an orchard. This new free event offers local gardeners the opportunity to see what grows well in the area and learn good gardening practices. The walk focuses on dahlia, vegetable and herb gardening.
Master Gardeners tend the gardens on Thursdays and will be available to answer questions on their respective areas.
The Demonstration Garden is free and open to the public daily from dawn to dusk. It is owned and financially supported by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County. Foundation fundraisers include a Spring Plant Sale in May and a home garden tour in June. For more information about this and other Master Gardener events, call the program coordinator at 360-565-2679.
Yoga storytime set at Sequim Library
Yoga Storytime is a full-body experience that looks to build early literacy skills and healthy bodies at the same time. This interactive storytime — set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 30, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. — features stories, songs, yoga poses and breathing exercises for children and their caregivers.
Activities such as talking, reading, playing and singing all play an important role in early childhood development, which is why they are included in storytimes at NOLS, library officials say.
For more information about this and other programs for youth, contact the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161, Youth@nols.org or www.nols.org.
Decade of Longhouse artwork on display
An upcoming House of Learning-Peninsula College Longhouse Art Gallery retrospective exhibit celebrates artists who have exhibited on the college campus as Longhouse guest artists since the opening of the House of Learning in 2007.
The exhibit will also honor those whose artwork is part of the permanent collection.
The exhibit will run this week through Friday, Aug. 31, in the Longhouse.
An artist reception is slated for 1-4 p.m. on Friday, June 1, also in the Longhouse. Summer hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sadie Crowe at scrowe@pencol.edu.
