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Understories presents a collection of sculptures by artist John Strohbehn. Spanning more than a decade of carving wood and stone, the exhibition explores the dialogue between artist and material, with each sculpture responding to the natural character, history, and possibilities of the wood or stone from which it was created.

The Port Townsend Community Printshop is a volunteer-run nonprofit offering shared equipment, studio space, and classes in screen printing, lithography, letterpress, block printing, etching, darkroom photography, and more. This exhibition features work by artists who use the Printshop, from first-time printmakers to experienced professionals.

Along with Washington State Parks, JCHS is excited to be co-hosting Moments That Made US, a special panel exhibition during the America 250 commemoration that explores how generations of Americans have given meaning to the ideals set out in the Declaration of Independence.

Martha Worthley’s work for this exhibit spans nearly 40 years of creating home in Port Townsend. She arrived in town a few years after graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute, and she never shook that Bay Area love of personal and figurative work.From the beginning, Martha pulled artifacts and pieces of her own life as subject matter for painting and other creative endeavors. The feminist dictate “the personal is political,” informs her practice of expression. Foll

The Jefferson County Historical Society is excited to open three new exhibits in September at the Museum of Art + History.

Eden Bloom from the Curating Empathy project, the exhibit highlights the housing crisis through photographs, narratives, and objects. Visitors will gain insight into the challenges and resilience of unhoused neighbors, as well as the agencies that support them.

“Over the past 35 years my art practice has continued to evolve and thread its way through time and place. Walking is important to my process. It connects the external world and the inner world of the studio. On my ritual paths I notice daily and seasonal changes, recording what attracts my attention, ‘navigating’ my way through time.”

This exhibit tells the stories of early settlement throughout Jefferson County, from Port Townsend to Brinnon to Irondale to the Westside, and all communities in between.

April – August 2025 | Wilson Gallery, Museum of Art + History How do we hold onto fleeting moments of love, care, and loss? How do we...

Experience 'I Was Far Away But Now I’m Here', Timothy O’Connell III’s journey of art, identity, and homecoming. On view April–August 2025.