Port Angeles Fine Art Center
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For The Love Of The Arts
PAFAC Membership Drive
February 1st-28th | Renew or Join Today
Be a part of accessible art opportunities continuing and growing in our community. Consider renewing or joining as a member at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.
Memberships support the continuation of exhibitions, community festivals, and youth programming. Members receive special discounts on our offerings, while also supporting our mission.
Summer Camp Registration
Registration Opens: Wednesday, February 4th | Spots Limited
Camp Week 1: August 17-21 | Camp Week 2: August 24-28
Registration for Summer Camp opens on Wednesday, February 4th. Register your young creative(s) for a dynamic week of exploration, interdisciplinary education, and artistry. With Webster's Woods as the backdrop for their learning, summer camp attendees spend August embracing nature, art, fun, and friendship.
Eternal Echoes Exhibition
Thursdays-Sundays | February 6th - March 29th | 11AM-5PM | Entry: By Donation
The Eternal Echoes exhibition brings together the past and present by examining historic death rituals alongside emerging contemporary practices. It highlights artists and death workers who engage with mortality in thought-provoking ways—challenging taboos while honoring traditions and the deceased. Eternal Echoes invites viewers to reconsider how we engage with death, how we honor those who came before us, and how art can offer a bridge between the living and the departed.
The Living Experience Lecture Event at Field Arts & Events Hall
Sunday, March 8th | 2PM-4PM | Entry: $18
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center presents The Living Experience speaker series where renowned authors, researchers, artists, and cultural organizations will share their informed perspectives on topics related to death. The Living Experience series shines a light on death workers and historians whose practices engage mortality with curiosity, care, and creative rigor. From working in morgues, to being an autopsy photographer, to researching the history of books bound in human skin, to creating mourning jewelry, this lecture event will look to challenge cultural taboos, honor traditions and the deceased, and offer a look at what it means to work within the death industry.
Field Notes Opening Reception
Friday, April 10th | 5PM-7PM | Entry: Free & All Are Welcome
The Opening Reception of Field Notes is an evening dedicated to the practice of looking closely. Field Notes captures fleeting encounters and transforms them into enduring reflections through art. Join us at 1203 E Lauridsen Blvd. to celebrate the opening of this exhibit and meet exhibiting artists.
Light bites will be provided and drinks will be available for purchase.
Field Notes Exhibition
Thursdays-Sundays | April 10th - July 5th | 11AM-5PM | Entry: By Donation
Field Notes is a visual love letter to the birds of the Pacific Northwest—an exhibition where art, observation, and reverence for the natural world converge. Inspired by the legacy of John James Audubon and rooted deeply in the unique ecology of this region, the show brings together contemporary artists whose work responds to the presence of birds not only as subjects of beauty, but as symbols of change, migration, resilience, and interconnectedness.
Art in Bloom
Friday, May 8th- Sunday, May 10th | 11AM-5PM | Entry: By Donation
Come enjoy the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center courtyard and gallery as we bath in the beauty of spring with flowers. Head into the gallery to view the exhibit Field Notes and a pop-up of floral arrangements designed in response to this lovely show celebrating the art of scientific illustration through an exploration of birds. The garden club will be back with us this year offering their floral inspirations and you can also find one of kind treasures for your mom in our gift store with brand new items from PNW artists. Floral Designs will be on display Friday May 8th -Sunday May 10th. This annual celebration of Art in Bloom is a time-honored tradition to celebrate the life of former Garden Club member and PAFAC board member Mim Foley. Mim loved the art center, flowers, gardening and she especially loved sharing in community with people of all ages. Every year we celebrate a life well lived through this special event.
Art in Bloom: Flower Bar
Saturday, May 9th | 11AM-5PM | $15-$30
Get inspired and get creative! Visit the gallery to see the arrangements by accredited floral designers in response to the Field Notes exhibition then head out to the courtyard to make your own bouquet. You'll find a gorgeous selection of flowers and stems that will help you tap into your creative side as you create an original bouquet to take home. Dragon's Brew Coffee will be on site all day to cover your coffee and beverage needs.
Book Launch: Laura E. Garrard & Linda B. Myers
Thursday, May 14th | 5:30PM-7PM | Entry: Free & All Are Welcome
Join us to celebrate Port Angeles poets, Linda B. Myers and Laura E. Garrard, at a launch for their respective chapbooks, Load-Bearing Walls and Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death. Their books were simultaneously selected and published through a contest by Finishing Line Press. Myers and Garrard will read from and sign their books, which complement one another in vulnerability, candor, craft and creativity. This is a free event open to the public.
Blooming Artists: The Creative Start Showcase & Celebration!
June 2026 | Final Dates Unreleased | Entry: Free/By Donation
We are thrilled to once again partner with the Port Angeles School District, WSU Extension, and the Washington State Arts Commission to bring youth-inspired programming to our community. Join us as we celebrate arts, science and interdisciplinary learning through a pop-up exhibition showcasing the work of more than 250 K-2nd grade students from Franklin, Jefferson, and Dry Creek Elementary.
View their work on display in the Esther Webster Gallery, celebrate a year of arts-integrated learning at our Creative Start Celebration party, and embrace the joy of creativity!
Summertide Solstice Art Festival
Saturday, June 13th | Entry: By Donation
Join us as we welcome in the longest day of the year with this family friendly festival featuring live music, interactive art stations, food and drink vendors, live poetry, and new outdoor sculpture installations.
Wine & Words Author Salon
Thursday, June 18th
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