Arts & Culture
Artist Trust, Northwind and Beyond: Opportunities for Art Makers
Creating opportunities for your art career and more at Northwind Art.
Visual Art
Curtain Rises on Flagler Theater Renovation
by Kathie Meyer MARROWSTONE- Fort Flagler State Park – a 1,451 acre piece of Marrowstone Island that guarantees spell-binding natural drama for wildlife enthusiasts – is now home to drama of the thespian kind too. Last Sunday, March 29, Washington State Parks and Friends of Fort Flagler (FoFF) proudly presented
Arts & Culture
Dreamscapes, Murals, and Coffee as Art: A Port Townsend Creative Builds Worlds Big and Small
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
Visual Art
Art and Life at Northwind: Affordable Creativity
A Northwind Art Column by Diane Urbani de la Paz Leila Block is a visual artist, musician and teacher, but for the purposes of this column, I will call her Leila the Listener. Through listening to what people want at Northwind Art School, she is rocking the house as education
Arts & Culture
Join the Rebellion: Crasis Presents (De)monstro – A Transformative Artistic Experience at Centrum
[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.
Visual Art
State of the Art: Why a Gallery
[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
Visual Art
Citizen Screen: Filmmaker Zach Carver on His PTFF Residency
[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
Visual Art
The Transformative Power of an Artist Residency
[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’
Food
My Heart Is Good: Treaty Rights and Food Sovereignty for the S’Klallam Fishing Community
[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
Columnist
Art and Life at Northwind: Experience the Joy of Small Expressions
[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
Local News
Park Avenue Studio Opens in Port Townsend, Bringing Art Supplies to Local Artists (at Last)
[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
Columnist
Citizen Screen: The Absence of Violet
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