NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 27.
PORT ANGELES — The opening reception and awards ceremony for the Olympic Peninsula Art Association’s 40th annual Juried Art Show, Convergence, will take place tonight at the Port Angeles Fine Art Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The free event — open to the public — is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The art exhibit will then remain on display and is viewable from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays through June 26.
More than 173 entries were received and 41 were chosen for inclusion in the exhibition, organizers said.
Artist Mike McCollum was the juror.
The Olympic Peninsula Art Association until Dec. 31 was known as Sequim Arts.
The name change reflects the organization’s commitment to serving all visual artists on the Olympic Peninsula, according to its website.
For more information, visit sequimarts.org.
Contributing artists
■ From Sequim: Janie Brackney, Kathey Ervin, Mary Franchini, Katherine Loveland, Susan Gansert Shaw, David Tinsley, Sally Cays, Linda Collins Chapman, Christina Heliker, Karen Rozbicki Stringer, Pamela Dick, Karen Anderson, Ron E. Reynolds and Janet Beers.
■ From Port Angeles: Laura Alisanne, Roger McGinnis, Denise Erickson and Lynne Armstrong.
■ From Jefferson County: Kim Simonelli, Stephen Cunliffe, Newel Hunter and Gail Larson.
