PORT TOWNSEND — A painter of Seattle’s Japanese Garden, a fine art photographer and a Brazilian jeweler are among the people showing their work in the Gallery Walk, this Saturday night’s free gathering in Port Townsend.
Another attraction: May is ArtWave month, so hundreds of local children have their work displayed in businesses uptown and downtown.
Besides ArtWave, here are some of the many shops and galleries hosting artist receptions and readings between 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.
■ The Bishop Victorian Hotel, 714 Washington St., hosts a show of black and white images by Ernst Ulrich-Schafer, an award-winning fine art photographer from Port Angeles.
■ Gallery Nine, 1012 Water St., features jeweler Carlos Roberto Costa Ribeiro, a native of Brazil who works with raw emeralds, and painter Douglas Selley Byrd, aka Selley, who is displaying paintings from a Seattle Japanese Garden series. Both artists will be on hand during Saturday’s Gallery Walk.
■ The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., is highlighting Laurie Perrett’s paintings of owls and other winged ones plus Barbara Ewing’s small works in clay.
■ The Northwind Art Center, 701 Water St., hosts “Form and Figure,” a show of Kim Simonelli’s abstract metal sculpture and Joseph Mann’s oil paintings. In addition to Saturday evening’s reception, the artists will give a free talk at 1 p.m. Sunday at Northwind. Their show will stay on display through May.
■ PT Shorts, Key City Public Theatre’s free literary reading series, presents classic narrative poetry this Saturday night.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the hour-long program will have local actors reciting works such as Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and Alfred Noyes’ “The Highwayman,” at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
