OPAA sets meeting

Carolyn Guske is the featured artist at the next Olympic Peninsula Art Association meeting set for 9:30 a.m.-noon on Thursday, Feb. 28, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. The public is invited.

Guske will be demonstrating a “hands on” how to block in an animal drawing. For the past several years she has been teaching traditional drawing and watercolor painting. Guske’s animation career spans from ink and paint, to color key, back to art school and on to background painting and visual development at Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros and Sony.

For more about the art association, see sequimarts.org.

McCallum is Artist of the Month

Tracy McCallum is the Artist of the Month for March at Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., Port Angeles.

He will be on hand to meet and talk with visitors from 5-7:30 p.m. during the Second Saturday Art Walk on March 9.

McCallum was the gallery’s February Artist of the Month; his appearance was postponed because the gallery was closed much of February due to inclement weather.

See www.facebook.com/harborartgallery.

Accordion social set

The monthly Sequim Accordion Social is set for 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the Shipley Center 921 E. Hammond St.

All accordionist are invited to bring their instruments and play a selection or two. Accordion lovers and dancers are also welcome. A suggested donation of $2-3 per person is requested to help with room rental and the guest musician. The event’s featured players are Ted Lunka and John Giuliani.

‘Mother Earth’ set for March 11

Pianist Becky Billock presents a solo performance, “Mother Earth,” from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Sequim Seventh Day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane.

Cost is by donation.

The program will feature the Seattle premiere of “Sounds of a Fjord” by Norwegian composer Kaja Bjørntvedt.

Billock, a Pittsburgh-based piano soloist, recording artist and chamber musician highlights a program that includes works by Bjørntvedt, Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Henry Cowell, Edvard Grieg, Karen Tanaka, Bonnie McLarty, Elisenda Fabregas, Patrick Burke, Germaine Tailleferre, Robert Schultz, Katherine Hoover and Gwyneth Walker.

See www.beckybillock.org.

OTA looking for local artists

Olympic Theatre Arts is seeking community artists to create images for each of the nonprofit theatre’s upcoming plays in the 2019-2020 season. Each artist selected will have the opportunity to create a work of art which will be the centerpiece of the production’s visual campaign.

OTA will need a sample of the artist’s body of work for review. Options include a portfolio, website address or Facebook page. OTA will then pair each selected artist with a play which suits the artist’s style.

Artwork created by the selected artists will be raffled during the run of the show, with the proceeds going to the artist. An advance of $100 is paid against raffle proceeds when the work is delivered. Artists will also be recognized for their work within theatre publications and during the run of the show itself.

Apply on or before March 25. Call 360-683-7326 or email to marketing@olympictheatrearts.org for more information.

Learn ‘The Inside Story’ of birds

The Backyard Birding series continues at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.

Shirley Anderson and Ken Wiersema will present “Birds: The Inside Story (Bird Anatomy and Biology),” the sixth in the series.

This seminar includes information on the physical features and biology of birds—how they eat, digest, breathe, sing, reproduce and fly. Participants learn from a collection of bird skeletons, feathers and feet along with new graphic illustrations and recorded sounds.

Hosted by members of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society (OPAS), the 10-class Backyard Birding series offers interested local residents information about observing and protecting wild bird life in the region.

Backyard Birding can be taken either as individual classes or in a series. The cost of each session is $5. Admission is free for anyone younger than 18.

For participants completing five sessions in the series, OPAS offers a free, one-year membership.

Rude & UnProfessional comes to Sequim

Silverdale’s 10-piece Rude & UnProfessional band brings their swing band to the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 3.

Hear a mix of swing, Latins, waltzes, rock, foxtrot and Dixie/blues/zydeco.