A&E briefs — June 1, 2022

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Watercolor exhibit on display at Civic Center

The community is invited to join the City Arts Advisory Commission for the opening of a watercolor and water-based media painting exhibit created by members of Peninsula Art Friends.

The opening is set for 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

The exhibit of 16 paintings will be on display through June 28. Regular gallery hours are 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

In addition, the commission host an open music jam from 4-7 p.m., and the Sequim Ballet performs “Peter and the Wolf” at the civic center plaza at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact arts coordinator Sarah Hurt at shurt@sequimwa.gov or 360-582-2477.

Tidepools sets launch party, awards ceremony

The editors of this year’s Tidepools magazine are excited announced the release of the 58th issue. Community members are invited to a celebration of local artists, writers, and musicians at a launch party and award ceremony from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 3, at Peninsula College’s ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning-PC Longhouse, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

This event is free and open to the public. An awards ceremony honoring winners of the Tidepools 2022 contest will be followed by a reading of selected works, and some of the artwork featured in the current issue will be on display.

Tidepools is a student-run, regional magazine featuring art, photography, writing and music. It has been published annually since 1964 by Peninsula College with support from the Associated Student Council, Peninsula Daily News and The Buccaneer.

For more information, contact Deirdre Frank at 360-417-6489 or dfrank@pencol.edu.

Gospel sings to wrap season with June 4-5 concerts

The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers wrap up their 2021-2022 singing season with a pair of free concerts on the first weekend in June.

At 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, the group performs at the Mount Pleasant Grange, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road, Port Angeles. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 5, the group performs at Calvary Chapel, 138 W. Washington St., Sequim.

The concerts are free; donations are accepted.

A North Olympic Peninsula fixture, Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers have offered quality gospel music for more than 21 years in area churches, care homes, community celebrations, special events, Clallam Bay Correctional Center and even Seattle Mariners baseball games, group members note.

Jazz ensemble to feature local talent

Peninsula College celebrates creativity each year in June during Student Arts Week. Part of the celebration will include a “Spring Quarter Concert,” courtesy of the PC Jazz Ensemble, starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, in Maier Performance Hall at the college’s main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

The free concert features Robbin Eaves on vocals and a 12-piece jazz band. The band will perform Duke Ellington’s ballad, “I’ve Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)” featuring the ensemble’s tenor saxophonists. Also on the bill are Sonny Rollin’s classic “Oleo,” and music by Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Bill Holman and others. Two new works by conductor David P. Jones will receive their world premieres.

Eaves, accompanied by a smaller version of the band, will sing “It Might As Well Be Spring” by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and the Johnny Mandel/Paul Webster movie song, “The Shadow of Your Smile.” She will also perform “Lover Man” made famous by Billie Holiday.

Performers in the band represent some of the very best jazz musicians that the North Olympic Peninsula has to offer. Sequim provides Jeff Dingle (trombone) and Kendall Melton (bass).

From Port Angeles are Ciara Olea (flute), Dick “Doc” Thorson (tenor sax), Ian Nickel (tenor sax), Jim Bradbury (trumpet), Ken Young (trumpet), Jack Council (trumpet), Marge Rosen (drum set), Kendall Melton (bass), Max Larsen (bass) and David Jones (keyboards/director). John Adams (alto sax + bass clarinet) hails from Port Townsend, and Eaves makes the weekly trek from Joyce.

Currently, showing vaccination status and masking are optional at the college.

‘Blooming Artists’ reception set for June 7

The Port Angeles Fine Art Center hosts an opening reception for “Blooming Artists,” an exhibit of elementary student artwork, from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

Community members are invited to learn more about the wonderful world of insects, pollination, habitat, plants and soil regeneration through the eyes and art of young learners.

Artwork from 250-plus local students includes pottery, print-making, collage, watercolor and painting, and flower pressing and will be on display at the Blooming Artists Exhibit from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, June 9-19.

For more information, visit pafac.org.

Classical pianist to play Maier Performance Hall

Anson K. Sin, one of the rising young stars of the classical piano world, will give a solo piano recital at 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, in the Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

A native of Hong Kong, and an alumnus of Peninsula College, Sin has since earned a bachelor’s degree from Hong Kong Baptist University, a master’s degree in piano performance from Southern Oregon University and a master’s degree in piano pedagogy from University of Oregon, as well as a doctor of musical arts from the University of Oregon.

Sin has performed as a concert pianist internationally, including at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at the Hong Kong Cultural Center.

He will be performing two major cornerstones of the solo piano sonata repertoire: Frédéric Chopin’s “Sonata #2 in Bb minor” and Samuel Barber’s “Sonata in Eb minor.” Two concertos will be performed with Nathalie Fortin taking on the orchestra role on a second piano: “Prokofiev’s Concerto #3 in C major” and the “Piano Concerto Chu – Han Scenes, ICO.136 (U.S premiere)”; other solo piano works by Mozart, Schumann, and Liszt will also be featured.

Admission is $15, $5 for students. For tickets, contact Christina Wonsey at 360-417-6439 or cwonsey@pencol.edu. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

For more information, contact Dr. David P. Jones at 360-417-6405 or djones@pencol.edu. The event is also listed online at pencol.edu/events/all.

City calls for ‘Pacific Northwest Wonder’ submissions

The City Arts Advisory Commission is seeking entries of art, in any medium, for the next exhibit in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center.

The theme for the exhibit is “Pacific Northwest Wonder.” Artists are encouraged to submit pieces that reflect their feelings about the awe and wonder of the Pacific Northwest.

Deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 15; only digital applications will be considered. To enter, complete an application at form.jotform.com/221365584781160, which allows participants to download up to three images (preferably 300 dpi) per entry.

All entries will be judged by the arts commission on Tuesday, June 21, and artists will be notified of their status Wednesday, June 22.

For complete entry guidelines and exhibit information, visit sequimwa.gov/694/Artist-Opportunities or contact city arts coordinator Sarah Hurt at shurt@sequimwa.gov or 360-582-2477.