PORT ANGELES — The life and works of Jake Seniuk — longtime executive director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, who died March 18 in Seattle — will be celebrated Saturday.
The celebration of life for Seniuk will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
This event is open to the public. It will be an opportunity to share appreciation for an artist and advocate of the arts on the Olympic Peninsula, organizers said.
Seniuk, who had been diagnosed with duodenal cancer in 2014, died in March. He was 66.
Seniuk “had a huge impact on the arts on the Peninsula, and hopefully this event will share with his family how much our community appreciated his work,” said Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, an artist and instructor at Peninsula College helping promote the memorial.
“I am grateful for his support and friendship.”
Seniuk was director of the arts center for 23 years, from 1989 until his retirement in 2012.
He was curator for all the exhibits at the center during his tenure and in 2000 established Webster’s Woods art park, an outdoor sculpture exhibition on a forested trail adjacent to the arts center building.
He also served as administrator, fundraiser and Art Ranger, leading tours of the outdoor park.
For information, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-seniukcelebrationoflife or call 360-457-3532.
