Stitched Symbols
North Olympic Library System, Port Angeles Main Library | February 27 - April 25, 2026
Stop in to view the latest art in the library exhibit, Stitched Symbols. This exhibition, Stitched Symbols: Contemporary Quilts, celebrates the storytelling power of quilts. Explore how quilt artists use patterns, shapes, and colors to share their ideas. Each quilt on display includes symbols that carry personal or cultural meaning. Some quilts offer comfort, others serve as messages or clues meant for certain audiences. Every stitch can hold meaning.
Field Notes
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center | April 10 - July 5 | Thursdays-Sundays | 11AM-5PM
Field Notes is a visual love letter to the birds of the Pacific Northwest—an exhibition where art, observation, and reverence for the natural world converge. Inspired by the legacy of John James Audubon and rooted deeply in the unique ecology of this region, the show brings together contemporary artists whose work responds to the presence of birds not only as subjects of beauty, but as symbols of change, migration, resilience, and interconnectedness.
Memory Thread
Peninsula College | April 14 - June 18, 2026 | Tuesdays-Thursdays | 12PM-3PM
Holli Margell began her photography career while a Peninsula College student, graduating in 2002. An Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Citizen, Margell will share her art photography exhibition, Memory Thread, which explores her ancestors removal from the Ohio territory to Oklahoma.
Permanent Collection @ The House of Learning
ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ Peninsula College Longhouse | Open Tuesdays-Thursdays | 12PM-3PM
The permanent collection of art in the Longhouse represents six local tribes: Hoh, Quileute, Makah, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, and Elwha Klallam. International artists also have works on display, and new pieces are being added continually. Each artistic creation carries a story along with layers of meaning which contribute to the uplifting, collaborative and reverent intention behind the Spirit of the Longhouse. Tribal artwork is featured throughout the Peninsula College campus, and the Longhouse is home to a number of diverse works from a variety of artists and disciplines.
Terminus: Online Exhibit
Available for Online Viewing | Olympic National Park
View the collection of original art created by artists in residence from Olympic National Park to honor and acknowledge our changing landscape as Olympic Glaciers recede due to climate change.