PORT ANGELES — The winners of the Olympic Peninsula Art Association’s 40th annual Juried Art Show have been announced.
More than 173 entries were received for the show by the group once known as Sequim Arts, and 41 were chosen for inclusion in the exhibition, which opened last month, organizers said.
Artist Mike McCollum was the juror.
Winners
■ Best in Show — “End Zone” acrylic painting by James March of Cleveland.
■ Second place — “Winter Entanglements I” etching by Victoria Goro-Rapoport of Kearney, Neb.
■ Third place — “Steel Drawing 46” welded steel piece by Kim Simonelli of Port Townsend.
■ Merit — “Drying Off” pastel painting by Lynda Lindner of Gig Harbor.
■ Merit — “The IT Girl” sculpture by Laura Alisanne of Port Angeles.
■ Merit — “Fortress” mixed media sculpture by Michael Dinning of Spokane.
■ Merit — “Flattery” acrylic, pastel and graphite drawing by Susan Gansert Shaw of Sequim.
■ Merit — “Wall of Water” digital fractal by Pamela Dick of Sequim.
Art exhibit
The art exhibit — which opened last month at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd. — remains on display. It can be seen from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays now through June 26.
The exhibition features unique pieces in two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, organizers said.
Among them are a piece made from a breast implant, a lighted steel drawing of 2-inch-by-2-inch squares arranged in a trifold screen and a fantasy etching that requires hours of study to see the many finely etched details, organizers said.
The Olympic Peninsula Art Association was known as Sequim Arts until Dec. 31.
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 www.sequimarts.org.
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