Port Angeles Fine Art Center
Upcoming Events
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.
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.
18th Annual Conservation Connection: Art in Conservation
Sunday, April 12th | 1:30PM-4PM | Entry: Free with Registration | Held at Field Arts & Events Hall
Join the North Olympic Land Trust for the 18th Annual Conservation Connection. Dive into the intersection of art and conservation in everyday life, featuring local artists whose creative work is making a positive impact across the Pacific Northwest.
This artist panel discussion, co-hosted by North Olympic Land Trust and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, will offer an engaging hour of conversation about how artists weave conservation into their work, with panelists sharing the inspirations, challenges, and real-life examples that guide their practice.
BirdFest Field Trip: Enhance Your Birding Experience Through Scientific Journaling
Friday, April 17th | 1PM-4PM | BirdFest Workshop: $40
Join staff, artists, and community birding experts from Port Angeles Fine Arts Center for an afternoon exploring scientific journaling as a way to enhance your birding experience.
Participants will take a private tour of the Esther Webster Gallery to explore the exhibit Field Notes with Gallery Curator, Lindsey Shepherd. Then, they will join PAFAC education staff and our neighborhood birding expert on an interactive walk of Webster's Woods Sculpture Park where participants will have a chance to observe wildlife, learn about the incredible variety of birds unique to this patch of woods, and practice the principles of scientific journalling modeled after scientist, educator and author John Muir Laws.
Olympic Coast Collaboration: Art In Bloom Hand-Built Ceramic Vase Workshop
Sunday, April 26th | 12PM-2:30PM | Workshop Cost: $80 (Includes: all materials, firing, & fresh flowers)
We’re excited to partner with Olympic Coast Creative for our annual Art in Bloom event. Attend the Art In Bloom Vase Workshop at Olympic Coast Creative for a special experience designed to celebrate creativity, connection, and Mother’s Day.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll hand-build your very own ceramic vase, add beautiful texture and personalized details, and choose the perfect glaze color for a stunning finished piece. No experience required.
Civic Minds + Creative Hearts: From Science To Action Through Art
Four Artists Bear Witness to Climate Change
Thursday, April 30th | 6PM-8PM | Members: $15 | Non-Members: $20 | Students: Free
Join us for a unique evening of art, music, essay, and poetry as we present, "From Science to Action through Art: Four Artists Bear Witness to Climate Change." Natalie Niblack, an artist exhibiting the installation “66 Birds/ 3 Degree” in the Field Notes exhibition will present in partnership with fellow artists Northwest Poet Holly Hughes, Canadian-American composer and performer Sarah Bassingwaighte, and philosopher-essayist Kathleen Dean Moore. Together they will create a transformative evening that helps translate scientific understanding into words, music, and art that make the facts of climate change deeply real, visceral and relatable. You will enjoy birdsong, choral music and poems inspired by birds, both living and extinct, and moving essays accompanied by music bearing witness for all species threatened by climate change.
Art In Bloom: Ekphrastic Floral Pop-Up Display
Friday, May 8th - Sunday, May 10th | 11AM-5PM | Entry: Free/By Donation
Join us at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center for a treasured annual tradition, Art In Bloom, from Friday, May 8th-Sunday, May 10th. For one weekend only, the Esther Webster Gallery will be filled with living beauty, as floral masterpieces are displayed to complement the current exhibit, Field Notes. Accredited local floral designers will create arrangements inspired by the art in this exhibition and showcase their work alongside the art pieces they drew their inspiration from on Mother's Day Weekend.
Art In Bloom is a celebration of former Garden Club member and PAFAC board member, Mim Foley. Be a part of this vibrant annual tradition, honor her legacy, and stop by and smell the florals.
Art in Bloom: Flower Bar
Saturday, May 9th | 11AM-5PM | Arrangements: $15-$30
During Art In Bloom, PAFAC will also be offering a Flower Bar on Saturday, May 9th where anyone can purchase flowers for themselves, their mother, a mom in their life, or anyone of their choosing. Create your own floral bouquet or purchase one made by Port Angeles Fine Arts Center staff.
While you browse the Ekphrastic Floral Designs by florists and buy a bouquet in the Courtyard, you will also be able to enjoy a delicious coffee or drink from a favorite local vendor, Dragon's Brew Coffee. Also, grab a card from a local artist in the gift store. It is a perfect pre-Mother's Day activity: visit the Field Notes exhibition, see unique floral masterpieces, and buy your Mother's Day gifts in one stop at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center!
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.
Volunteer Day 2: Webster's Woods
Thursday, May 27th | 1PM-4PM
Volunteers are an essential element in every successful community effort. At Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, our volunteers become a part of our team and community. On the second volunteer day of the year, volunteers will assist with regular Wood's maintenance. This may include weeding invasive plants, trimming branches, clearing paths, general landscaping, cleaning sculptures, or other tasks necessary to keep the park in top notch conditions. Tasks are adjustable for various needs and physical abilities.
Questions? Email associate@pafac.org.
Fall Afterschool Art Club Registration
Registration Opens: June 1st
September 30th - November 18th | Wednesdays, 2:30PM-5:00PM | Free Pickup Available from Franklin Elementary
Enroll in an interdisciplinary Afterschool Art Club at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Led by the Youth Programs Director, Mandy Miller, this 8-week club inspires young creatives to engage with art and nature through a creative lens. Participants explore a vast array of art mediums and engage with learning at a hands-on level.
Questions? Email education@pafac.org.
Blooming Artists: The Creative Start Showcase & Celebration!
Pop-Up: Tuesday, June 2nd - Sunday, June 7th | Celebration: Tuesday, June 2nd from 3PM-6PM
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 with Mary Lou Sanelli
Saturday, June 18th | 6PM-8PM
Join us for an enchanting evening of Wine & Words at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center featuring author Mary Lou Sanelli. Sanelli, the author of fourteen books spanning nonfiction, fiction, memoir, poetry, and children’s literature, will share insights from her newest work, In So Many Words—a title nominated for both the Pacific Northwest Book Award and the Washington State Book Award in 2025. In addition to her writing, Sanelli is known for her work as a columnist, choreographer, and master teacher of contemporary ballet-jazz. During the Wine & Words Author Salon, guests will enjoy wine, live music, and Sanelli’s insight from her latest book. The evening will conclude with a specially choreographed dance inspired by her final reading, performed by Salina Treider, owner of Studio360.
String & Shadow Presents Night At The Grand Opera: A Giant Puppet Show
Thursday, July 9th | Member (Adult): $18 | Non-Member (Adult): $22 | Students: $8
String & Shadow will be back in Webster's Woods in 2026! We look forward to sharing more information about this performance soon.
String & Shadow Puppet Theater is a theater company based in Olympia, Washington. With cardboard, fabric, and paper mache, their visually stunning performances incorporate music, dance, and circus arts to tell original stories that engage the imaginations of their audiences. In the words of an audience member, "String and Shadow's worlds of fantasy and fable pluck at the strings of universal innocence, wonder, and joy." Since 2023, they have toured regionally and nationally throughout the United States.