A&E briefs — Oct. 24, 2018
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Learn from a jade master at OPAA meeting
The public is invited to the next Olympic Peninsula Art Association meeting, scheduled for 9:30 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 25, at Saint Luke’s Episcopal church, 525 N. 5th Ave. A presentation will be given by Dale Blankenship on the art of carving jade.
Blankenship, who has been carving jade as a master for almost 40 years, will give an informative talk and photo projection on the medium of jade, the tools, the carving process and examples of his works.
Blankenship’s preferred genre of narrative sculptures of people engaged in ordinary events have received domestic and international awards. He is a member of the Olympic Peninsula Artists Association and the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association.
Woodturners set meeting
Strait Turners, a local woodturners group, invites the public to their Tuesday, Oct. 30, slated for 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road. Presenter Ellen Winnie demonstrates the use of D-Way beading tools and how she uses those beads to serve as a basis for other enhancement techniques.
Turners of all levels are welcome, even those that want to learn about the hobby.
See www.straitturners.org for more information.
Peninsula College to show coming-of-age/behind bars film
A screening of “Minor Differences,” the story of five juvenile offenders in maximum security lock-up, shows at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Peninsula College-Forks hosts a screening of the film at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the school’s campus, 481 S. Forks Ave.
Both screenings, part of the Magic of Cinema series, are free and open to the public.
The inmates’ first person stories illustrate struggles to overcome childhood trauma and incarceration.
After each screening, which will be hosted by the Port Angeles Racial Justice Collective, filmmaker Heather Dew Oaksen joins audience members for a question-and-answer session.
For more information, contact Dr. Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu.
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe sets holiday craft fair
The community is invited to the ninth-annual Jamestown S’Klallam Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 in the Tribal Community Center on Old Blyn Highway in Blyn.
Features are works more than 30 native and non-native vendors in the center’s Red Cedar Hall. Wares include textiles, ceramics, baskets, jewelry, greeting cards, ornaments, native flutes, local fibers, soaps, rugs and more.
Proceeds from a sale of homemade baked goods and raffles of vendor-donated items help fund the tribe’s children’s programs. Event organizers will also be accepting non-perishable food and hygiene products to help replenish the tribal food bank.
