NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, June 10.
PORT ANGELES — You can listen to live music, watch a collagraph printmaking demonstration and compete in a painting contest this weekend during the Second Weekend Art Event.
The monthly event was founded about 10 years ago by the Port Angeles Arts Council as a coalition of downtown Port Angeles businesses and art galleries to bring attention to the culture and variety offered there, organizers say.
Here’s a cross section of events:
■ Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St., tonight will feature the Juan de Fuca Band and artist Sarah Tucker as part of 2nd Friday Art Rock, which kicks off art walk.
A $3 cover charge supports the band and artist, said promoter Dan Lieberman.
For more information, call 360-797-1999 or visit www.barn9nepa.com.
■ Karon’s Frame Center, 625 E. Front St., from 6 to 8 this evening will host a collagraph demonstration by Loreen Matsushima of Port Angeles.
Collagraphy is a printmaking process in which materials are applied to paperboard or wood and decorated.
Refreshments will be available during the reception.
Matsushima grew up in a small rural town in Hawaii, and said she finds inspiration for her paintings in nature.
“The awe inspiring environment that surrounds my home studio in Port Angeles gives meaning to my life every day to create works that accentuate the impact of our actions on nature,” Matsushima said.
“To that end, I have used various mediums — sculpture, painting and printmaking — to create art that recognizes the fragility of our planet and contributes to this universal dialogue of living hand in hand with the duality . . . that coexists in the face of constant change in our environments.”
For more information, call 360-565-0308.
■ Harbor Art Gallery and Gift shop, 110 E. Railroad Ave., will feature the original work of 16 local artists from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The pieces include photography, paintings, sculpture, wood work, ceramics, glass and jewelry.
The artists will be on hand to greet the public.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/harborartgallery.
■ Heatherton Gallery, located inside The Landing mall at 115 E. Railroad Ave., this month will feature painter LeRoy Beers.
“He is noted for his watercolors depicting scenes of the Olympic Peninsula,” said Sky Ann Heatherton, owner of Heatherton Gallery.
“His use of vivid colors brings life to his subjects.”
For more information, call 360-565-0308.
■ Studio Bob, an art gallery/event space located upstairs at 118 1/2 E. Front St., at 7 p.m. Saturday will host the third annual “Brush Off” performance painting challenge where the artists are the stars of the show.
“Come to participate in this high energy show, and for a chance to perform,” said Bob Stokes, Studio Bob owner.
“Six artists will be chosen randomly to compete in this impromptu speed painting performance.”
Artists interested in participating will put their name into a hat beginning at 5 p.m., with the six winners announced during a public drawing at 7 p.m.
The theme for each painting, Stokes said, will be drawn from suggestions contributed by the audience. Each artist will select music from a Pandora station, and then have 15 minutes to paint.
The winner will be chosen by popular vote and presented with prize money from audience donations.
All six paintings will be displayed for one year in our new outdoor alley gallery that will adorn the back entrance of Studio Bob.
Brushes, paint, and a 32-inch by 48-inch primed board will be supplied, although participants are welcome to bring their own brushes.
For more information, call 415-990-0457 or visit http://tinyurl.com/PDN-StudioBob.
