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40th annual Summer Art Festival packs park with art and music
This year marked the 40th annual Peninsula Art League Summer Art Festival, which featured more than 100 artists, as well as live music, a members show and a kids corner.
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By 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18, parking at Sehmel Homestead Park was already at a premium — just an hour after the festival started. Cars lined the sides of the roads leading to and along the park, where hundreds of visitors marveled at offerings.
Among glittering pieces of jewelry, bright paintings and luminous photographs, festival-goers could find handmade textiles, innovative woodworks, and creative glass designs. The art league also had its own tent outside the park pavilion (which housed the members show), where art league members and young artists drew and painted.
The festival continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at Sehmel Homestead Park, 10123 78th Ave NW.
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- Festival-goers look at stained glass by Dasein Designs artist Frank Knox, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Pictured through Dasein Designs stained glass, festival-goers peruse work by Chumil jeweler Glynn Powell, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Artist Rebecca Stansbury looks at felted garments by fiber artist Kali Basi, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Mike Bathurst poses for a photo of his Krispy Kreme-themed Crocs, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Tori Hartje, the painter behind Upside Down Kitty, smiles as she arranges work in her booth, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Jason Wood looks at a notecard, as he stands outside a painter’s booth, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Photographer Jeff Gracz of Elemental Images Fine Art Photography shines one of his photographs, which reflects other booths and festival-goers, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Jeweler Susanna Tam of SuStudio Jewelry helps a customer try on a pair of earrings, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Pictured through the eye of one of his glass sculptures, Studio Rynkiewicz’s Mariusz Rynkiewicz speaks with a festival-goer, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Two people look through work by Erin M. Linton, the painter behind Orphan Girl Fine Art, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- A small selection of Tea Time Miniatures hang on the wall of painter Erin M. Linton’s booth, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Linton is the painter behind Orphan Girl Fine Art, where she paints portraits of birds — many of whom she has rehabbed — on recycled teabags. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Members of Harbor Ukulele Group play music, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Sculpted seals keep artist Kate Underwood of Kate Underwood Artworks company, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Gene Laporte checks out artist Jorge Cainas’ booth, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Artist Sallie Nau, right, and daughter Kaya Nau, center, tend Sallie’s Custom Clayworks booth, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Festival-goers are reflected in mirrors by David Hentzel of David Hentzel Furniture, while another peruses the booth’s offerings, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Artist Sandy Robbins of Way Cool Stuff shows off her tattoos, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- A festival-goer stands inside CilmiArt painter Scott Cilmi’s booth, which features his Museum-Goers collection, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- Peninsula Art League (PAL) member Ray Steiner sketches a Rembrandt draught with a dip pen and walnut ink, during PAL’s 40th annual Arts Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
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- A tiny mushroom sits on a shaded bench towards the top of the entrance to Sehmel Homestead Park in Gig Harbor, Washington, during the Peninsula Art League’s 40th annual Arts Festival at the park on July 18, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
