The awards will honor contemporary artists, craftspeople, and makers across four categories.
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Bumbershoot Announces This Year’s Lineup
Artists include Death Cab for Cutie, Turnstile, Bikini Kill, Blood Orange, and others.
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Spring Into Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s New Exhibitions
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s spring exhibitions are now on display for its 2026 season.
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Northwind Art in Port Townsend Showcases 2026 Artists
Featured artists include residents from Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Seqium, Kitsap, Snohomish, and King counties, as well as Seattle and Olympia.
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Port Orchard Has a New Pottery Studio
South Kitsap resident and artist Teri Erasmus recently opened The Bisque, a new pottery studio on Bay Street in Port Orchard. “Our goal is to bring together those that have been looking for community and connection with others,” Erasmus recently told Kitsap Daily. “Pottery has a way of connecting people in the best way.” Erasmus […]
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Peninsula Hands On Art
Nonprofit Spotlight Washington state is gifted with over 30,000 registered nonprofit organizations. Their missions are wide-ranging, but all attempt to address a significant community need, often relying completely on donor funding and an active cadre of community volunteers to do so. With federal funding reduced, rescinded or at risk, nonprofits are eager to engage increased […]
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Mastering a Unique Art
He just sold the most challenging piece he’s ever created, and the awards are stacking up for Gig Harbor scratchboard artist Steve Hammond. He is currently contracted with the Barlow Gallery in Tacoma, where Hammond recently sold a portrait of a Native American in full regalia. Titled “Pow Wow,” this work is a 16-by-20-inch, detailed […]
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From the Brink of Death to Meaningful Art
Mixed-media artists incorporate a variety of items in their pieces, though most focus on paint, textiles and occasionally other natural materials. But Port Orchard resident Dawnell Vaughn-Bundrant not only uses paint and trinkets such as earrings, tiny gears and photographs, but has found a way to use recycled oxygen tubes in her art pieces. She […]
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Exploring Nature’s Tranquility through Art and Writing
Scandinavian influences are not only part of her life but also shape the art of Anna Brones. Her mother is Swedish, and the Swedish lifestyle, culture and art are attractive to Brones and seem to be a part of her. Growing up in Vaughn, where two-lane roads are lined with fir trees and the saltwater […]