A&E briefs — May 26, 2021
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Local high school artists shine
The recent Olympic Peninsula High School Art Exhibition at Peninsula College featured 39 artworks that include ceramics, collage, digital art, drawings, mixed media, paintings, photography and video from area high school students.
Sequim had three individual award winners, including Michaela Vogel, who took first and third place in Best of 3-D, Sam Rivers won best of 2-D, and Camphor Fukushima earned an honorable mention.
Port Angeles winners included Tyler Smith (second place, 2-D) and Emma Bringhurst (honorable mention).
Port Townsend winners included Riley Gregg (best in Show), Taj Jesse Watson (second place, 3-D), Rowan Elliott (third place, 2-D and honorable mention), and Chatham Rankin (honorable mention).
Visit the virtual exhibition on the Peninsula College PUB Gallery of Art Facebook page: bit.ly/2SCLctt.
NOLS invites children, adults to read outside
The North Olympic Library System announced last week that through July 3, StoryWalk will be available at Margaret Kirner Park in Sequim, Quinn Redlin Kintner Memorial Park in Port Angeles and Tillicum Park in Forks,.
StoryWalk features laminated pages from a children’s book attached to signs or stakes, which are installed along an outdoor path.
Featured titles include “Maria Had a Little Llama/María Tenía una Llamita” by Angela Dominguez, “I Got the Rhythm” by Connie Schofield-Morrison and “Cat’s Colors” by Airlie Anderson. Titles will rotate between the three parks.
The program is generously supported by local Friends of the Library groups.
For more information about this and other youth events and services, visit nols.org, call 360-417-8500 or email to Youth@nols.org.
Sequim author gets Phoenix ‘new voice’ award
Sequim author Bertha Cooper recently received the 2020 Phoenix Award for “best new voice” in the health and fitness category, from the Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards, for her publication, “Women, We’re Only Old Once — It’s Never Too Late.”
Sponsors of the award include Publishers’ Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal and Book Vert, and are promoted by the Independent Book Publishers Association
“I am excited to be recognized a best new voice in health and fitness,” Cooper said. “Very fitting for a 78-year-old woman and one of the themes of ‘Women, We’re Only Old Once — It’s never too late.’”
Cooper is a featured columnist for the Sequim Gazette.
PA gallery to feature McFaul’s art
Harbor Art Gallery, 114 North Laurel St. in Port Angeles, will feature the art of Nancy McFaul in June.
The gallery is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Meet with McFaul at the gallery on Wednesday, June 9, and Wednesday, June 16,
Using pen and ink and adding watercolor, McFaul paints various everyday objects, scenes, people and imagined encounters she experienced over the past year to create her multimedia art. She studied design in San Francisco and Berkeley, Calif., and moved to Seattle where she raised a family and worked in the family’s small specialty bakery in Pike Place Market. When she had a moment to spare she painted and took classes at Gage Academy of Art.
Tidepools Magazine in spotlight at June 3 Studium Generale
Explore the past, present, and future of Peninsula College’s award-winning publication, Tidepools Magazine, at a June 3 Studium Generale presentation.
The online event is free and open to the public; it’s set for 12:30-2 p.m. Join by going to tinyurl.com/TidepoolStudium (meeting ID: 896 1607 5652).
For almost 60 years, Tidepools has been promoting the arts on the Olympic Peninsula by publishing local writers and artists of all ages in an annual, student-run magazine. Originating as a literary magazine, it has evolved to include visual arts and even music as it adapts to current trends in publishing and technology.
Hear from a panel of former and current faculty advisors and student editors as they discuss their contributions to the magazine and how their involvement impacted them personally and professionally. The audience will be treated to a sneak peak of this year’s edition with selected contributors sharing their work and inspiration. The program will wrap up with talk about the future of the magazine and how anyone can get involved in promoting the arts.
