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Currently Showing at the Port Angeles Main Library
The January-February Art in the Library exhibit showcases the work of local artists Ed Morales, David Haight, Marylyn Santiago, Valerie Thomas, and Mary Beth Beuke. Their work will be on display in the Port Angeles Main Library January 12 - March 6.
Art in the Library is a collaborative library/community art project which celebrates the talents of local artists through a series of rotating visual art exhibits and fun-filled Art Blast events. Art in the Library programs are free, and everyone is welcome to ‘have a blast with art - in the heart of the library.’ The Art in the Library program at the Port Angeles Main Library is generously supported by the Port Angeles Friends of the Library.
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Art in the Library at Sequim Branch Library
On Friday, February 3, the Sequim Branch of the North Olympic Library System will be part of Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk when it features painter and mixed-media artist Linda Stadtmiller at an after-hours reception from 5pm 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.
Sequim’s February - March Featured Artist: Linda Stadtmiller
Currently president of Sequim Arts, Stadtmiller organizes the Art Shows at the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim/Dungeness Valley. Besides being active in the local artist community, she has exhibited in many local shows and venues. Her interest in art can be traced to living in Europe as a teenager with her parents, where they visited great museums across the Continent. Attending college in California, she earned degrees in art history and business while taking numerous studio classes. After working, living overseas with her husband, and raising a family, she decided to go back to producing art.
“My art is an expression of how I see the world – sometimes with precision and other times with pure color,” Stadtmiller says. “I paint not just what I see, but how I feel about a subject.” After years of painting in oils and acrylics, she has begun to play with watercolors and mixed media. She allows herself not to worry about the subject of the artwork, concentrating instead on design and color. “I love to play with color!” she exclaims. “My art, like my garden is a hodgepodge of color and shapes. I revel in the way nature blends color without apparent need for theory or rules.”
Stadtmiller challenges herself to follow suit in her painting. “I find blending the real and the abstract fascinating,” she says. “My practical self is no longer looking over my shoulder saying, ‘That doesn’t look like a tree to me.’ The end product gives me pleasure and a sense of accomplishment – whether it’s a precise image, an abstract or something in between.”
Music for the Art in the Library reception will be provided by the local group, Chez Jazz, from 5:30 to 7:30pm on Friday, February 3. Chez Jazz features vocalist Sarah Shea, and Al Harris on keyboards.
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. Linda Stadtmiller’s art will remain on display at the Sequim Branch Library through the end of March.
More information about the First Friday Sequim Art Walk can be found at sequimartwalk.com.
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