The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center will host “An Elevated Evening at the Esther Webster Estate” from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13.
The fundraiser event will include a silent art auction, cocktail party and live music with guitarists Ryan Hoffman and Jessica Logan and multi-instrumentalist Matt Sircely in the Esther Webster gallery and courtyard, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles
This marks the first fundraiser in nearly five years for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, a nonprofit gallery, sculpture park and arts center. Funds raised from the event help sustain free programs at the center designed to connect people to the arts.
Artwork that will be available as part of the silent auction includes items from the private collections of Anne Dalton and Laura Lily and artworks by Gianna Andrews, Tina Cozzolino, Jan Dove, Jeanne Edwards, John Gussman, Cody Hagen, Pamela Hastings, Shelley Jaye, Susan Martin Spar, Roger McGinnis, Greg Neal, Brianna Noach, Jodi Riverstone, Haley Snider, Lance Snider, John Teichert, Pat Herkal, Cathie Wier, and Suze Woolf.
Additional auction items include experiences from the Winter Ice Village in Port Angeles; the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle; and Victoria, B.C. highlights from The Butchart Gardens, Hotel Grand Pacific, Black Ball Ferry, and Chateau Victoria.
Tickets to the event are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and can be purchased online at pafac.kindful.com/e/fundraiser2024.
Cocktail attire is encouraged. Drinks will be available for purchase along with catered light bites by The Goat and The Radish.
Event sponsors include Olympic Mailing & Printing Services, The Goat and The Radish, Hotel Grand Pacific, Butchart Gardens, Museum of Pop Culture, Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Black Ball Ferry, Music on the Strait, and Field Arts and Events Hall.
Art connections
PAFAC executive director Christine Loewe said last year’s programs connected more than 8,500 people to the arts and supported more than 400 artists of all ages in exhibiting and selling their work through the gallery, gift store, Wintertide Makers Market and park.
Additionally, she said, the center welcomed about 40,000 visits to the Sculpture Park.
“As we’ve been growing and building new programs it has been important that we do so with a lens for the needs of our community, particularly those with the least access to the arts,” Loewe said.
She pointed out that PAFAC hosted 18 free field trips for local schools, provided 60-plus art education sessions in 16 classrooms serving more than 250 students, engaged 5,400 people in free gallery exhibits and welcomed nearly 1,200 people to two free festivals.
“We are thrilled to present a collection of unique artwork and exciting experience packages for prospective bidders,” said Rachel Storck, PAFAC’s community engagement director. “In addition to being a way to support the arts and the PAFAC, this event is a chance to come together for a memorable evening at the gallery, where art lovers can connect and celebrate creativity in the stunning setting of the Esther Webster Gallery. We look forward to sharing this special occasion with our supporters, community members and sponsors.”
Learn more about the organization by visiting pafac.org.
