Sequim quilter joins in at AQS QuiltWeek
American Quilter’s Society, the largest quilting membership organization in the world, announced last week that Sequim’s Marla Varner has been accepted as a contestant with her quilt, “At the Junction,” at AQS QuiltWeek in Grand Rapids, Mich., this August.
AQS QuiltWeek-Grand Rapids features more than 450 quilts from around the world. With entries from 41 states and 14 countries, Hundreds of quilters compete for $54,000 in cash awards.
The show is set for Aug. 21-24.
For more about the American Quilter’s Society, see www.americanquilter.com or call 270-898-7903.
Sequim Ballet presents ‘Evening of Dance’
“An Evening of Dance,” featuring performers from Sequim Ballet students, is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.
Composer Giovinni Andolina will be playing the music live on the piano (music by singer/songwriter Glenn Gilliam), and Sequim Ballet dancers will be dancing with original choreography from director Laurel Herrera. Sequim Ballet classes will also be performing
All tickets are $10, sold at the door.
The event closes the Sequim Ballet’s season until August, when students perform “Peter and the Wolf” on the plaza at Sequim City Hall.
Pierce to lead talks at June OPAA meeting
The Olympic Peninsula Art Association hosts its June general membership meeting from 9:30 a.m.-noon on Thursday, June 27, at St. Luke’s Episcopal church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., with a presentation from Sharon Pierce.
The meeting is a potluck; OPAA members will supply the ham and attendees are asked to bring a table setting and food to share. There will also be an art books and supplies sale to benefit OPAA’s scholarship fund.
Pierce’s presentation/workshop has participants invited to “explore the top values they identify with via a simple guided format” and “individuals will leave this workshop knowing intrinsic values (that will) help us to seek direction for art and marketing, providing insight into unique creativity while enhancing our art endeavors.”
Participants will have the opportunity to create an expression collage. Various materials will be available for use. Participants are asked to bring an 8-by-10 board canvass, as well as any symbolic items such as paper products, water based mediums/colored pencil, unused small items, magazines, fabrics and anything that expresses what they want to include.
Space presentation set at libraries
As part of “A Universe of Stories,” the North Olympic Library System’s 2019 Summer Reading Program, Ron Hobbs offers presentations at area libraries about NASA’s Apollo program.
Presentations are set for Friday, June 28, at the Clallam Bay Library (1 p.m.) and Forks Library (6 p.m.), and on Saturday, June 29, at the Port Angeles Library (1 p.m.) and Sequim Library (4 p.m.), 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The talk will cover how the Apollo program set the stage for rush into space and what it means for the future of space exploration. Hobbs is an instructor for Bellevue College’s TELOS education program for retirees, teaching a course on the history of space exploration. Since becoming a Solar System Ambassador, he has delivered more than 200 presentations to K-12 classrooms, retirement centers and professional associations.
See www.nols.org/srp, call 360-417-8500 or email to discover@nols.org for more information.
Sea sculptor is featured artist
Terri Enck is the featured artist for the month of July at the Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., Port Angeles.
Enck will be at the gallery during the Second Saturday Art Walk, 5-7:30 p.m. on July 13, and on Sunday July 14, during gallery operating hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Summer gallery hours for July through September are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Sunday.
Enck, of Port Angeles, discovered her love of creating art at a very young age in San Diego, Calif. A retired music/classroom teacher and now a full time banker, she spends as much time as possible in her home ceramic studio, and her flower garden. Her work is inspired by the ocean evidenced in her bowls and sculptures.
