2016 18th Annual Port Townsend Arts Festival Northwind Arts Center and the Port Townsend Arts Commission presented the 18th annual Port Townsend Arts Festival. The schedule of events included visual arts, literary events, workshops, lectures, and an artist studio tour. Expressions Northwest Juried Regional Art Exhibit This was an exhibit by artists from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia, and Alaska. The juror selects pieces to include in the show from artists submissions. 2016 Calendar of Events July 31 August 1 Delivery of Artwork August 4 11:30 am Exhibition Opens August 5 5:30-8 pm Awards Ceremony and Reception August 6 1 pm Patricia Watkinson Lecture August 6 5:30-8 pm Art Walk August 9 7 pm Ekphrastic Write-In August 25 7 pm Poets Reaction to the Juried Show August 28 5:30 pm Exhibition Closes August 28 5:30-6 pm Pick Up Artwork August 29 Noon-3 pm Pick Up Artwork Juror Patricia Watkinson is an art and museum consultant, based in Seattle, Washington. Most recently she was interim director of the Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner. Previously she served as executive director of Pilchuck Glass School, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, and the Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, where she began as curator. She has curated numerous art exhibitions on all forms of the arts and crafts and has written about contemporary art, chiefly of the Pacific Northwest. Recent writings have been about artists such as Gail Grinnell, Keiko Hara, Linda Okazaki, Michael Schultheis, Patrick Siler, and Mary Van Cline.
Award Winners ARCHIVE 2016 ART PORT TOWNSEND EXPRESSIONS NORTHWEST A Maiden s Tea Service by Kathey Ervin Juror s Choice Iskara by Julie Devine Verulam III by Donna Leavitt My Collection Gulliver by Naoko Morisawa
Improvisation in Red and White with Donut by Harold Nelson Grandfather by Michael Felber Downtown by David Harrison Enlightenment by Michael McKee
Port Townsend Bay by Elizabeth Reutlinger How Water Works by Kathleen Secrest Royal Couple and Attendants by William Walcott Fresh Local Seafood (Old Guemes Firetruck on US 101) by Suze Woolf
Artists in the Show Phil Baumgaertner John Benjes Robert Berg Neil Berkowitz Mike Biskup Ned Block Jan Branham David Brooks Denise Champion Thomas Clevenger Stephen Cunliffe Paul Daneker Savvy Dani David Deardorff Julie Devine Kathey Ervin Kevin Farrell Michael Felber Kathy Finholm Shannan Folino Linda Sterling Gray Tracy Grisman Elizabeth Halfacre Carolyn Harper William Harris David Harrison Obadinah Heavner Colleen Hoffenbacker Newel Hunter Ron Jones Maryann Kirkby Donna Leavitt Kathryn Lesh Pam Little Katherine Loveland Sherry Malotte Tara McDermott Katherine McDowell Jim McFarland Michael McKee Mark McKnight Susan Miller Deborah J Milton Naoko Morisawa Marian Morris Harold Nelson Steve Parmelee Shelley Peterson Paul Polson Kadi Rae Yasmine Rafii Elizabeth Reutlinger Sandra Rouverol Kathleen Secrest Kim Simonelli Stephen Snook Karen Rozbicki Stringer David Tinsley Laraine Wade-Butter William Walcott Diane Walker Patricia Weedman Suze Woolf Stephen Yates Irene Yesley Yael Zahavy-Mittelman PRESENTED BY Northwind Arts Center Port Townsend Arts Commission Washington State Arts Commission 2016 PATRONS Kitsap Bank Polly and Terry Lyle Merck Partnership for Giving Settje Construction 2016 SPONSORS Antalya Holding, Inc. Carlson Chiropractic David T. Chuljian, DDS Fountain Café Frameworks Glow Natural Skin Care Teresa Goldsmith, John L. Scott Real Estate Kostelec Law Office Olympic Art and Office Judy and Kim Simonelli Edward Sturdivant, DDS Carolyn Wasteneys William D. White 2016 CONTRIBUTORS Sandy Eherenman Elevated Ice Cream Co. Peninsula Floors & Furnishings Karen and Harvey Putterman Rod Schmidt t. merz studios