Peninsula Fiber Artists are presenting the exhibit “Masks: Second Skins” in a walk-by showcase in Uptown Port Townsend.

New pieces in the Fiber Habit window exhibit by members of the organization will stay on display through the month of April at 675 Tyler St.

Organizers of the exhibit say the show demonstrates the new meaning masks have in our lives. 

“Many of the masks were inspired by a back story, or by found materials,” said Donna Lark, one of the curators. 

“Our masks vary from traditional and ceremonial to whimsical and imaginative, in materials ranging from bark peeled from the artist’s cherry tree to papier mache, felted sculptures, and collages,” Lark explained.

According to Lark and co-curator Annie Karl: “Mask use has been documented across cultures throughout at least 9,000 years. This is our take on masks of the 21st century.”

Both Lark and Karl are Port Townsend artists and have pieces in the show.

Other participants in the exhibit are Erica Iseminger of Chimacum; Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Debra Olson, Barbara Ramsey, and Joyce Wilkerson; Terri Wolf of Port Ludlow; Mary Tyler of Port Hadlock; and Lora Armstrong, Liisa Fagerlund, and Lynn Giles of Sequim.

In addition to the group’s rotating exhibits in the Fiber Habit window at the corner of Tyler and Lawrence, members of Peninsula Fiber Artists display art in special exhibits. 

Their “What’s for Lunch” exhibit opened in mid-March at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and travels to the Wilderbee Farm Mead Werks for June-August. 

The group’s monthly meetings are open to artists and crafters at no charge; for schedules and locations, go to sda-np.com/meetings.