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Art news by Carolyn Lewis For Port Townsend artist Tara Velan, creativity begins in the space between dreams and waking, between nature and memory, between performance and paint. Her work lives in those blurred spaces where the subconscious collides with the natural world. “My work is like a dreamscape,” Velan
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] Teaching artist Erika Wurm is offering "Introduction to Mixed Media" this Saturday at Northwind Art School. The all-levels class is among 80 workshops and open studios at the Fort Worden campus. Photo courtesy of Er ika Wurm [https:
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1076"] Photo courtesy of Centrum [/caption] A Centrum Residency Column by Melissa O’Neil Crasis (/krey-sis/ from the Greek κρᾶσις, "mixing", "blending") is a contemporary art collaborative duo made up of Andy Davis and Anne Lukins. Their
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4284"] A pair of visitors check out Chuck Iffland's exhibition earlier this year at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery. photo by Diane Urbani/Northwind Art [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] An art column by Martha Worthley, Northwind
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1015"] Zach Carver in his role as R2AK media boss. [/caption] An Interview with Zach Carver Zach Carver was the writer/director behind the 2020 PTFF Audience Award-winning film Race to Alaska. In May of 2025 he participated in the PTFF
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1065"] From left to right, Libby Pratt, Leila Block, Ryan Christopher Jones, Lynette Ngulube, Connor Colbert, K Van Petten, Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Emily Ross, and Melissa O'Neil. Photo courtesy of Centrum [/caption] A Centrum Residency Column by Melissa O’Neil
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1599"] Port Gamble S’Klallam elder and former tribal chair Ron Charles (Left) and anthropologist Josh Wisniewski. Photo courtesy of Empty Bowl Press [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Friday, November 14, at the Meeting House in Port Townsend, Empty Bowl
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3013"] Northwind Art Jewelry Studio students show off the enamel earrings made in a recent Sunday workshop. Photo by Diane Urbani. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] A Northwind Art Column by Diane Urbani de la Paz “The purpose of art is
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4512"] Mike and Suzie Croy have opened Park Avenue Studio, an art supply shop in Port Townsend. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Art news by Diane Urbani de la Paz In this space, the
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Citizen Screen is a monthly column dedicated to film and film-related topics, sourced and curated by Port Townsend Film Festival. This month’s column is by Sean Patrick Burke, who is a Producer on THE ABSENCE OF VIOLET. He produced Sundance winner AS YOU ARE and was Executive Producer on
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1252"] The dead approach, and they don’t look well-fed. Photo courtesy of Nathan Wright and Unsplash [/caption] Arts news by Nigel “the Night Rake” O’Shea The season of orange is starting to curl like the candle blackened fangs of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1660"] The dead approach, and they don’t look well-fed. Photo courtesy of Nathan Wright and Unsplash [/caption] Arts news by Nigel “the Night Rake” O’Shea In the season where spiders reign, we find ourselves caught in the web of