PORT ANGELES — Fresh from a symposium in Lithuania, Northwest artist Heidi Preuss Grew will open her first North Olympic Peninsula show, “Into the Wilderness,” with a talk and reception at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center this afternoon.
Grew, who is based in Salem, Ore., created about 30 sculptural works and wall installations for the exhibition, which opens today and stays up through Nov. 2.
In porcelain, the artist combines images of humans and other animals, showing a range of feelings from the vulnerable to the heroic.
She’ll discuss her inspirations and her pieces, which have titles such as “The Lion and the Lamb” and “The Witness,” in today’s 5 p.m. talk and then stay for a reception at 5:30 p.m.
Admission to these events and to the fine arts center’s gallery at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. is free.
“Into the Wilderness,” Grew said, is “an opportunity to explore one’s imagination. That’s what the work does invite: personal exploration and investigation.”
Grew, who attended this summer’s International Ceramic Symposium in Panevezys, Lithuania, teaches art at Willamette University in Salem.
The fine arts center’s indoor gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, while Webster’s Woods, the surrounding art park, is open from sunrise until sunset 365 days a year.
For information about shows and activities, visit www.PAFAC.org or phone 360-457-3532.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
