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Art in the Library at Sequim Branch Library
On Friday, June 7, the Sequim Branch of the North Olympic Library System will be part of Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk when it features painter Dick Hahn at an after-hours reception from 6pm until 8pm. The artist’s work will be on display, light refreshments will be available, and live music will be performed. Limited library services will be available during the after-hours reception.
The Art in the Library reception will also feature String 14, a new acoustic mandolin/guitar duo made up
of Port Townsend musicians Gilbert Yslas and Mike Barrs. Together with one mandolin, one guitar and fourteen strings of possibility, they are developing their own fusion style, drawing from sources ranging from traditional Irish music to blues and jazz. Additional instrumentation often includes Dobro, slide guitar, Irish flute, and classical guitar.
Gilbert Yslas is an independent producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist with over thirty years' experience in the music industry. A prolific, award-winning composer of eclectic World music, Gilbert has performed in numerous ensembles, and has produced over 25 albums.
Mike Barrs has played guitar and other fretted instruments for the last 40 years. As a recording engineer,
he has been working for the last several years on projects for local acoustic artists in the folk, world music, and classical genres.
More information about the First Friday Sequim Art Walk can be found at www.sequimartwalk.com.
Sequim June – August Artist
Richard (Dick) Hahn is a retired engineer and US government program manager. He lives in Sequim with his wife, Loretta, and their cats, Spirit and Simba. Dick moved from Washington, DC to Soldotna, Alaska in 1997 where he began taking beginning art courses at a local University of Alaska campus to learn to draw, and to paint with oils, acrylics, and watercolors. He focused on oils and acrylics until he moved to Sequim in 2009. In 2011, he began watercolor painting instruction from Judy Priest, an accomplished watercolorist. He is indebted to Mrs. Priest for her teaching methods, patience, encouragement, and constructive criticism.
Mr. Hahn's hobbies include traveling, pet portrait painting (in acrylics), gardening, fishing, and birding. Loretta is an avid photographer, whose pictures provide most of
the subject matter for Dick's paintings.
Art in the Library is a collaborative library/community art project featuring rotating exhibits by local artists. The program has been made possible by generous contributions from the Friends of Sequim Library, and also by the efforts of volunteer art coordinator Randy Radock, who schedules the artists and designs the displays. Dick Hahn’s paintings will remain on
display at the Sequim Branch Library through the end of August.
Port Angeles Art in the Library. April 5 – July 2
The current Art in the Library exhibit at the Port Angeles Main Library features the works of local artists Linda Crow, Robert Saraduke, Allyn Cowan, Michel McCarter, and Mark Glover. Their work will be on display in the library April 5 through July 2.
Long Neck Lady
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Raven Moon Crop
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Book Lover 1
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Art in the Library at Sequim Branch Library
Sequim March – May Artist
Olivia Bailey is a native of Port Angeles, and a graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota. There she received her BA in nursing, after five years of varied pursuits. Some of these pursuits included playing violin for the St. Olaf Orchestra, pursing independent work in printmaking, and studying abroad in Belgium. Now an RN at Olympic Medical Center, she continues her passion for printmaking with her very own Ettan tabletop printing press.
Bailey’s earlier prints draw upon portraiture as a meditative process; some are studies of animals or dabble in new techniques, but most are intimate explorations of friendship and family. "All of the human forms depicted in my work are people I know and love” Bailey says, “many are artists themselves. Parents, friends, whales, and birds: these are things that will always crowd my mind.”
Art in the Library is a collaborative library/community art project featuring rotating exhibits by local artists. The program has been made possible by generous contributions from the Friends of Sequim Library, and also by the efforts of volunteer art coordinator Randy Radock, who schedules the artists and designs the displays. Olivia Bailey’s prints will remain on display at the Sequim Branch Library through the end of May.
More information about the First Friday Sequim Art Walk can be found at www.sequimartwalk.com.
New Art Books Arrive!
Art thrives at the North Olympic Library System. In addition to Art Blast! Events featuring live performances and Art in the Library which utilizes library walls as gallery space for local artists and free viewing opportunities for the public, the library collection is getting a fresh infusion of art books. The books added to the NOLS collection through an innovative program offered by Art Resources Transfer Inc., the nonprofit group behind the Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (DUC). DUC aims to provide a more egalitarian access to art in urban and rural areas. Books primarily focus on contemporary art in the United States and around the globe, although some titles such as Coming of Age in Ancient Greece or Marble Sculpture from 350 B.C. to last week feature art of earlier eras.
A few highlights of this year’s distribution include: Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection, Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible 1840-1900, Japan Envisions the West: 16th -19th Century Japanese Art and Betty Saar: Migrations and Transformations.
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To see a complete list of books acquired through this program click here, or perform a key word search in the catalog for “Art Resources Transfer, Inc.”. Library card holders can place holds on the materials to be delivered to any branch. This annual program will continue to enhance the art collection available in each branch now and into the future.
How do I display my work in Art in the Library?
Find out more.
Read the Art in the Library Conditions and Release Agreement.
Links to other community art resources:
Click here for North Olympic Library System Events Calendar
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