October Featured Artists

This month, Rebekah Cadorette and Kay Gaul are featured artists.


Meet the artists during Art Walk.
Saturday, October 4th, 5 to 8 pm.

Light refreshments are served.

Rebekah Cadorette

Rebekah Cadorette, a long-time Port Townsend resident, has been showing her work at the Port Townsend Gallery since 2013. Well known for her handwoven garments and linens, this month she will be featuring the Japanese folk art of Temari. In Japan, Temari evolved from child's toy to art and are highly valued and cherished gifts. Historically, they were constructed from recycled materials (remnants of old kimonos) that were wadded up to form a ball, then wrapped with strips of fabric. As time passed, Temari became an art form, and the functional stitching became increasingly decorative and detailed, until the balls displayed intricate embroidery. Cadorette saw many Temari while living in Japan as a teenager, but it wasn’t until 2012 that she became fascinated with them and began her study of the art form. She enjoys the challenge of melding color, geometry, and intricate patterns to create heirloom ornaments. Having already been awarded Levels 1 and 2, she is currently working toward certification at Level 3 proficiency by the Japanese Temari Association. In keeping with tradition and her own personal policy of “nothing goes to waste”, Cadorette’s Temari are made with loom leftovers and are comprised of 95% recycled and repurposed materials.

Learn more about Rebekah HERE. 

Kay Gaul

Karen Kay Gaul (Kay) is a realist artist working in acrylic painting. Her work reflects an interest in forgotten spaces, ruins, and the surfaces of materials--such as wood, iron, and metals--as they age.She is captivated by what builds up and what breaks down over time. She has found inspiration at Fort Worden, Fort Flagler, and other local sites. She also paints bright images of food, flowers, and everyday objects. Her landscape paintings capture special places in Montana and Washington. And she enjoys engaging with the personalities of animals and people in portraiture. Kay has worked with a variety of local teachers, but most intensively with Julie Read. She spent many years working in ceramics before she began painting. Kay’s professional trajectory was in higher education. She has a PhD in cultural anthropology and taught anthropology and Sustainability Studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and at Hendrix College in Arkansas. She also worked as an anthropologist for the National Park Service in Alaska. Kay connected with campus art departments and ceramic studios wherever she taught.

Learn more about Kay HERE.