Art on the town

To get a printable walking tour brochure, click on the brochure cover to the left.

Our mission is to bring an ongoing and ever-changing art exhibit to Downtown Port Angeles. ART on the town, now in its eighth season, is a year-long outdoor art gallery showing in the heart of Downtown Port Angeles. Since inception, 39 artworks valued in excess of $325,000 have been purchased or commissioned through the exposure provided by ART on the town.

The outdoor venue showcases the artists’ work in an inviting, family-oriented, pedestrian-friendly environment. Display sites include the waterfront, Downtown sidewalks, and pocket park areas. ART on the town promotes the multi-faceted artworks with regularly scheduled guided tours and other events. Self-guided walking tours are also promoted with easy-to-use sculpture tour guides and maps.

The diversity of the public viewing the works annually, creates a valuable market for the promotion and sale of the featured artwork. With the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., we anticipate a substantial increase in tourism on the Olympic Peninsula for the next 3-5 years. The majority of those travelers will be traveling through Port Angeles at some point during their visit.

September, 2009

To Bob Stokes and the Art on the town Committee,

It was my pleasure on Sept. 1st. of this year to find, during our brief visit in Port Angeles, your wonderful program to enrich the community and visitor alike with art that speaks directly to the human experience. I was very impressed with the high quality of these works as well as how well they were presented so as to interact with the passerby.

I am a retired psychologist who specialized in our interaction with the physical environment. Public art has a long history and often becomes one of the defining elements of civilization and how we identify a place. You have my congratulations in having the wisdom and means to carry out your program. Your collaboration with the community of artist, as represented here by Bob Stokes' thoughtful and beautifully designed sculptures, certainly enriches the town and recognizes the value of artist as major contributors to the quality of life in Port Angeles.

I am an amateur photographer. These photos are a result of being in Port Angeles only for a couple of hours before traveling on the Olympic National Park. Driving by my eye caught sight of the sculptures and I had to stop and take some pictures. Their impact has stayed with me and enhanced my time in Port Angeles. Having you, Bob, engage me in conversation about the your art and the town's program made my experience even more special.

Sincerely,

Ron P., Ph.D.

Recent articles about the gallery have appeared in Port Angeles Main Street™, Northwest Travel and AAA regional travel magazines. Port Angeles, Washington, is on a Scenic Coastal Byway that is the gateway to both Olympic National Park and Victoria, British Columbia. The Olympic Peninsula receives over 4.5 million visitors annually. Downtown Port Angeles is in the center of that activity as a retail center on the Peninsula as well as home to two international ferry terminals to Canada.

This outdoor gallery setting provides the perfect venue for cultural enrichment and arts education for residents of Port Angeles and its visitors. The show provides an opportunity to showcase both local and regional artists with international exposure and recognition, as well as promoting economic development through tourism. The inclusion of Avenue of the People in 2008 has created national media attention for Port Angeles and the program. We anticipate an expansion of this media coverage in 2009 as the tourist season approaches producing a heightened awareness and interest in this gallery

For artists interested in participating in our ART on the town project, please contact us at director@portangelesdowntown.com. We will be delighted to provide you with the necessary information for your consideration.

Printable Call to Artist for 2010-11 Gallery

Printable Entry Form for 2010-11 Gallery

SECOND SATURDAY ART WALKS -- Walk with artist, Bob Stokes, photographer, Harry von Stark and others to learn more about the mediums used and how the artists work. Meet at the Landing Mall on Railroad the Second Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. for a one hour tour of our Outdoor Sculpture Gallery. Brochures for a self-guided walking tour are available at the Port Angeles Downtown Association office at 208 No. Laurel and at downtown merchants. ART on the town is sponsored by the Port Angeles Downtown Association and the City of Port Angeles with the cooperation and the support of the community, local galleries and contributing artists. Bob Harbick, Chair, Five SeaSuns B&B (360)452-8248

SECOND WEEKEND--begins on the second Friday evening of the month with gallery openings and shows. The participating galleries and artists are listed on the Home Page of this website the week before the event.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF ART ON THE TOWN

When making a donation please make checks payable to PORT ANGELES DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION and indicate that it is for ART ON THE TOWN

mail to:

Port Angeles Downtown Association
P.O. Box 582
Port Angeles, WA 98362

PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM.

Congratulations to Us!

This excerpt appears in the August, 2006, issue of Sea magazine. It tells us that our hard work is paying off!

“Downtown Port Angeles is within walking distance from either marina…. In town, you’ll find interesting clothing, outdoors and sporting goods shops, bookstores, boutiques and art galleries. We enjoy exploring “PA’s” downtown streets, with their hanging baskets and boxes overflowing with flowers. Some of the town’s vintage buildings have been restored and painted with colorful murals depicting Port Angeles’ history. Sculptures, some with a nautical theme, can be found here and there. When you get hungry, you won’t have any trouble finding a restaurant to suite your taste—” AND

These are excerpts from the 6-page center section of the July, 2007 issue of the magazine Nor’westing. “Shopping is a memorable experience in old town Port Angeles. We found tattoo parlors, bookstores, artist supply shops, a movie theater, a shop selling fly tying materials, second-hand stores, a community department store, and a host of other unique shopping experiences. Anybody willing to admit to being as old as I am will remember a TV commercial from the 1950s, and know that “half the fun of having feet is Red Goose Shoes!”… I wasn’t aware that Red Goose shoes were still in production, until I noticed the freshly painted or restored Red Goose on the wall of a shoe store in downtown Port Angeles… Public art is absolutely everywhere. It’s nearly impossible to walk half a block through the old town district without encountering sculptures and murals depicting the natural environment of history of Port Angeles. Perhaps at the end of an afternoon in Port Angeles, climb the steep stairway between First and Second streets, just above the mural depicting the Olympic Mountains. You will find yourself atop a cliff, and standing where generations of settlers and Natives have undoubtedly stood in the past to behold Port Angeles Harbor. The sun may pry the clouds apart long enough to slant in over your shoulder and energize the stars and stripes of Old Glory, snapping at the town flagpole below. You will see spread out before you a rare sight in this day and age: a genuine place with an independent identity. Established by hardscrabble loggers, expanded by idealistic socialists, and populated today by industrious people who may not bother to precisely define where the sea ends and the town begins, or the exact margin of the forests beyond. You will need to puzzle for yourself whether the utopian dream died out entirely here, or whether there are vestiges remnant in the pragmatism, the optimism, and the cheerful adaptability of her residents.”

DOWNTOWN --

ENJOY! EXPLORE! EXPERIENCE!


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Self-guided walking tours are also promoted with easy-to-use sculpture tour guides and maps. The diversity of the public viewing the works annually, creates a valuable market for the promotion and sale of the featured artwork. With the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., we anticipate a substantial increase in tourism on the Olympic Peninsula for the next 3-5 years. The majority of those travelers will be traveling through Port Angeles at some point during their visit. September, 2009 To Bob Stokes and the Art on the town Committee, It was my pleasure on Sept. 1st. of this year to find, during our brief visit in Port Angeles, your wonderful program to enrich the community and visitor alike with art that speaks directly to the human experience. I was very impressed with the high quality of these works as well as how well they were presented so as to interact with the passerby. I am a retired psychologist who specialized in our interaction with the physical environment. Public art has a long history and often becomes one of the defining elements of civilization and how we identify a place. You have my congratulations in having the wisdom and means to carry out your program. Your collaboration with the community of artist, as represented here by Bob Stokes' thoughtful and beautifully designed sculptures, certainly enriches the town and recognizes the value of artist as major contributors to the quality of life in Port Angeles. I am an amateur photographer. These photos are a result of being in Port Angeles only for a couple of hours before traveling on the Olympic National Park. Driving by my eye caught sight of the sculptures and I had to stop and take some pictures. Their impact has stayed with me and enhanced my time in Port Angeles. Having you, Bob, engage me in conversation about the your art and the town's program made my experience even more special. Sincerely, Ron P., Ph.D. Recent articles about the gallery have appeared in Port Angeles Main Street™, Northwest Travel and AAA regional travel magazines. Port Angeles, Washington, is on a Scenic Coastal Byway that is the gateway to both Olympic National Park and Victoria, British Columbia. The Olympic Peninsula receives over 4.5 million visitors annually. Downtown Port Angeles is in the center of that activity as a retail center on the Peninsula as well as home to two international ferry terminals to Canada. This outdoor gallery setting provides the perfect venue for cultural enrichment and arts education for residents of Port Angeles and its visitors. The show provides an opportunity to showcase both local and regional artists with international exposure and recognition, as well as promoting economic development through tourism. The inclusion of Avenue of the People in 2008 has created national media attention for Port Angeles and the program. We anticipate an expansion of this media coverage in 2009 as the tourist season approaches producing a heightened awareness and interest in this gallery For artists interested in participating in our *ART on the town* project, please contact us at director@portangelesdowntown.com. We will be delighted to provide you with the necessary information for your consideration. Printable Call to Artist for 2010-11 Gallery Printable Entry Form for 2010-11 Gallery SECOND SATURDAY ART WALKS -- Walk with artist, Bob Stokes, photographer, Harry von Stark and others to learn more about the mediums used and how the artists work. Meet at the Landing Mall on Railroad the Second Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. for a one hour tour of our Outdoor Sculpture Gallery. Brochures for a self-guided walking tour are available at the Port Angeles Downtown Association office at 208 No. Laurel and at downtown merchants. *ART on the town* is sponsored by the Port Angeles Downtown Association and the City of Port Angeles with the cooperation and the support of the community, local galleries and contributing artists. Bob Harbick, Chair, Five SeaSuns B&B (360)452-8248 SECOND WEEKEND--begins on the second Friday evening of the month with gallery openings and shows. The participating galleries and artists are listed on the Home Page of this website the week before the event. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF ART ON THE TOWN When making a donation please make checks payable to PORT ANGELES DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION and indicate that it is for ART ON THE TOWN mail to: Port Angeles Downtown Association P.O. Box 582 Port Angeles, WA 98362 PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM. Congratulations to Us! This excerpt appears in the August, 2006, issue of Sea magazine. It tells us that our hard work is paying off! “Downtown Port Angeles is within walking distance from either marina…. In town, you’ll find interesting clothing, outdoors and sporting goods shops, bookstores, boutiques and art galleries. We enjoy exploring “PA’s” downtown streets, with their hanging baskets and boxes overflowing with flowers. Some of the town’s vintage buildings have been restored and painted with colorful murals depicting Port Angeles’ history. Sculptures, some with a nautical theme, can be found here and there. When you get hungry, you won’t have any trouble finding a restaurant to suite your taste—” AND These are excerpts from the 6-page center section of the July, 2007 issue of the magazine Nor’westing. “Shopping is a memorable experience in old town Port Angeles. We found tattoo parlors, bookstores, artist supply shops, a movie theater, a shop selling fly tying materials, second-hand stores, a community department store, and a host of other unique shopping experiences. Anybody willing to admit to being as old as I am will remember a TV commercial from the 1950s, and know that “half the fun of having feet is Red Goose Shoes!”… I wasn’t aware that Red Goose shoes were still in production, until I noticed the freshly painted or restored Red Goose on the wall of a shoe store in downtown Port Angeles… Public art is absolutely everywhere. It’s nearly impossible to walk half a block through the old town district without encountering sculptures and murals depicting the natural environment of history of Port Angeles. Perhaps at the end of an afternoon in Port Angeles, climb the steep stairway between First and Second streets, just above the mural depicting the Olympic Mountains. You will find yourself atop a cliff, and standing where generations of settlers and Natives have undoubtedly stood in the past to behold Port Angeles Harbor. The sun may pry the clouds apart long enough to slant in over your shoulder and energize the stars and stripes of Old Glory, snapping at the town flagpole below. You will see spread out before you a rare sight in this day and age: a genuine place with an independent identity. Established by hardscrabble loggers, expanded by idealistic socialists, and populated today by industrious people who may not bother to precisely define where the sea ends and the town begins, or the exact margin of the forests beyond. You will need to puzzle for yourself whether the utopian dream died out entirely here, or whether there are vestiges remnant in the pragmatism, the optimism, and the cheerful adaptability of her residents.” DOWNTOWN -- ENJOY! EXPLORE! EXPERIENCE!
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