This year’s 46th annual Anacortes Arts Festival starts with a little bit of an art appetizer this weekend called the Art at the Port Fine Art Show.
The show is located at the Port of Anacortes on the waterfront and includes the North of Seattle Biennial curated by Susan Parke from the Museum of Northwest Art. The exhibit, titled “Past Forward,” explores how the past influences the work of contemporary Northwest artists.
Featured in “Past Forward” are artists Kathryn Glowen, Jack Gunter, Lewis Jones, Joseph Rossano, Jewels Durham and Randolph Sill.
The John L. Scott Focus Gallery features the ceramic encaustic work of Sue Roberts, a sculptor from Guemes Island.
Art at the Port opens with a community event from 7 to 9 tonight at the port, at the north end of Commercial Avenue. There’s a $15 charge at the door. For more information, see www.anacortesartsfestival.com.
Also, the 2007 Concerts at the Port series kicks off a week early on Saturday and continues Friday and Saturday evenings during the Anacortes Arts Festival. Concerts start at 7:30 p.m. at the port warehouse. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. for a no-host wine bar. Tickets are $15, with limited seating that will be filled on a first-come basis. Pearl Django kicks off the concert series Friday night.
The Anacortes Arts Festival runs from Aug. 3 to 5, stretching throughout downtown Anacortes.
In Edmonds: For artist Jack McLellan, the best way to portray the maritime world of the Pacific Northwest is through watercolors.
In an exhibit entitled “The Illustrative Art of Jack McLellan,” visitors will see how this illustrator captures the area’s water features. The exhibit opens Tuesday and runs through Aug. 29 at the Edmonds Arts Festival Museum gallery in the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds.
McLellan is a retired architect living in Richmond Beach. As an architect, he won many awards for homes and commercial structures in the Seattle area. In 2007, McLellan collaborated with local author JoAnne Nelson, illustrating her children’s book, “The Witches’ Little Sister.”
“Backwater Prin-cess,” Jack McLellan
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