PORT ANGELES — From the hearts and hands of teenagers comes a fresh show of art free to visitors all March long.
It’s the Sequim Arts Student Show, and it’s at The Landing mall’s ground-floor atrium, 115 E. Railroad Ave., on the waterfront in downtown Port Angeles.
“You will not believe some of this work. It will knock your socks off,” volunteer organizer Steve Edison said of the 21st annual show, which fills two rooms of the atrium.
High schoolers and middle schoolers from across Clallam County have contributed 90 works in a variety of media, from pen and ink and Prismacolor pencil to ceramics and glass — and all are in the running for cash prizes.
Reception Saturday
During a reception Saturday evening, some $500 in awards — including honors from Sequim Arts and the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society — will be presented to the top artists.
Admission is free to the reception from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, while awards will be announced at 5 p.m.
The exhibition is also open from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
In addition to the Sequim Arts awards, students in the show also will have the opportunity to apply for Sequim Arts scholarships, added board member Janie Brackney.
This show is rich in images of animals and nature, from Sequim High School ninth-grader Haelee Andres’ triptych of birds to Forks High School senior Kassidy Coburn’s luminous “Blue Daisy.”
Among the works impressing Edison is “One with Nature,” Sequim High freshman Aubry Young’s tableau, and “Sloth,” a high-contrast canvas by Sequim High sophomore Kaylee Taylor.
‘Beautiful’
“The students have done some amazingly beautiful work,” added Sequim High art teacher Jaye Hall.
“Come by the show for the awards ceremony, or stop by sometime this month and support our student artists.”
For more about Sequim Arts, the nonprofit organization promoting the visual arts in and around the Dungeness Valley, see www.sequimarts.org.
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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.
