PORT ANGELES — Art shines a light into the darkness, including the almost-winter kind descending over the town right about now.
Fortunately Port Angeles’ Second Weekend art events are upon us, and they are varied.
Tonight, to wit, you have options at The Landing mall’s galleries and at Bar N9ne, where Second Friday Art Rock takes place.
Here’s the lineup of activities today through Sunday.
■ The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., beckons art lovers to free parties at the Heatherton Gallery and Landing Artists Studio, both on the ground floor of the mall.
Carol Janda is November’s featured artist while John Sweetman and Donald Underwood are new artists at the Heatherton Gallery, which hosts a public reception tonight from 5:30 to 7:30.
The Landing Artists Studio, where visitors will find the new handmade holiday gift and decor show, also has free receptions and light refreshments from 5 to 7:30 both tonight and Saturday.
The studio’s resident artists will be on hand to discuss their techniques and inspirations.
Outside these two galleries in The Landing mall’s ground-floor atrium, the Sequim Arts Members’ Show and Sale is open.
That means two more public receptions from 5 to 7:30 tonight and Saturday.
This event, which also features the 5-x-7 Show by Sequim Arts members, runs through the weekend only.
The public is invited to stop by to see it during the day today and Saturday as well as from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
■ Second Friday Art Rock, aka 2FAR, mashes together the band Good Machine and the artist Todd Fischer for a color-splashed dance party at Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St.
While Good Machine — sCole Gibson, Taylor Thomas and Hayden Pomeroy — stirs together the folk and bluegrass sound, Fischer will erect his easel and create an on-site painting. Music and art start at 8 p.m. while a $3 cover charge supports both.
■ Studio Bob, the event space upstairs at 118½ E. Front St., hosts a two-woman show starring Cherish Dahinden, Marie Campbell and their mixed-media, upcycled art.
While Dahinden’s paintings involve maps, humanity and nature, Campbell will show off her Boho-chic, cowgirl, and Gypsy-style clothing.
She calls it her Seasoned Woman trunk show, and it will unfold alongside Dahinden’s art this weekend.
To introduce it all, Studio Bob will have two opening receptions, both with free admission, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The adjacent Loom bar, meanwhile, has food and drink for purchase.
■ Harbor Art, 110 E. Railroad Ave., showcases 15 local artists — photographers, painters, sculptors, ceramists and jewelry makers — with a free reception from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
