PORT TOWNSEND — Native American artwork, hand crafted jewelry, photography and paintings will be on display Saturday during the Port Townsend Gallery Walk.
During the free event, which occurs the first Saturday of every month from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., art galleries and venues in the downtown waterfront district show off the work of local artists while encouraging participants to explore the many nooks and crannies of the town’s historic center.
Sampling of events:
■ Gallery 9, 1012 Water St., will feature still photography by Nancy Cherry Eifert and fine silver jewelry by Carlos Roberto Costa Ribeiro.
Eifert, Ribeiro and other gallery artists will be on hand to discuss their work from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday during Gallery Walk.
Nancy’s photo series, titled “Liquid Landscape,” was captured by her during backcountry and day hikes in and around Olympic National Park, she said, and focuses on water in its many variations and subtle forms.
These images reflect time and movement, she continued — a fleeting moment of a landscape she’s deeply passionate about.
The motion of falling water, flowing rivers and creeks, giant waves and thick fog are collected in her works, portraying fleeting events in the artist’s life, she said — images that represent places that will never be exactly the same the next time she or anyone else is there.
Ribeiro said he has been a professional jeweler for more than 25 years and learned his craft in his native country of Brazil using hand tools and raw materials.
During his career, Ribeiro said he has developed his own unique techniques and now has a distinctive style that is instantly recognizable.
Among Ribeiro’s newest pieces are a series of pendants featuring raw emeralds in a natural green that truly complements the late spring season on the Olympic Peninsula, he said.
Visit www.gallery-9.com or call 379-8881 for more information.
■ The Jefferson Museum of Art & History, 540 Water St., during Gallery Walk features the exhibit “Persistent Vision: Northwest Native Art.”
The exhibit explores historic Native American pieces from the Jefferson County Historical Society collection and contemporary work by tribal artists including Joe Ives, Sr., and Jimmy Price of the Port Gamble S’Klallam; Quinault artists Marvin Oliver and Isleta Pueblo; Makah artist Bill Martin, Jr., and Jamestown S’Klallam artists Cathy MacGregor and Dusty Humphries.
For more information, call 360-385-1003 or visit jchsmuseum.org.
■ The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., this month will feature several artists as part of its Summer Jewelry Show.
The artists — Shirley Moss, Stephanie Oliveira, Caroline Littlefield, Addy Thornton and Andrea Guarino-Slemmons — will be at the gallery from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday to greet the public during Gallery Walk.
Their artwork represents a variety of styles including woven wire, handmade chains, mixed metals, gemstones and silver bracelets.
Moss, better known as “the chainmaker,” creates handmade chains from precious metals.
She will display
new handmade chains in solid 14 karat gold along with her silver sterling chains.
She said she uses ancient techniques and patterns to make strong chains for both men and women.
Oliveira has been working as a jeweler for 35 years, specializing in one-of-a-kind statement pieces in silver and gold with a variety of gemstones and natural stones.
Littlefield is a silversmith who has been making jewelry since the 1970s.
Her work for June includes pendants, bracelets and earrings made in the Precious Metal Clay style, an organic clay embedded with microscopic grains of fine silver, she said.
Precious Metal Clay is sculpted like clay then fired in a kiln where the clay is burned off, leaving the piece reduced by about 12 percent, she said.
Thornton has been working with metals since the 1980s. This spring she said she has chosen the anodization process of niobium to enhance her work, with no material or technique off limits.
She said she also loves the look and texture of woven wire, which allows her pieces to evolve and move into another technique and appearance altogether.
Guarino-Slemmons has been designing jewelry for more than 25 years. She said she enjoys walking the local beaches and collecting stones, glass and shells.
This month, Guarino-Slemmons will feature jewelry incorporating those treasures.
In 2015, Guarino-Slemmons was awarded the Excellence in Jewelry Artistry Award from Bead & Button Magazine.
For more information, call 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsendgallery.com.
■ Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., during Gallery Walk will host the opening reception for the “Bits and Pieces” juried art show.
The show, organizers said, brings together an eclectic mix of two-dimensional collage and three-dimensional assemblage that is diverse in both subject and artistic materials.
From decorative papers to found objects and vintage ephemera, a large mix of materials is incorporated into the art, which crosses all creative boundaries and breaks every artistic rule.
For more information, call 360-379-1086 or visit northwindarts.org.
