During the Port Townsend Art Walk, set for 5 to 8 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, a smattering of art representing a wide variety of disciplines will be on display.

Participating venues this month:

Gallery 9, 1012 Water St., will feature the works of photographer Steve Mullensky and woodturner Jim Conway.

From action on the sports fields to the thousand-yard stare of an orangutan, Port Townsend photographer Steve Mullensky captures the essence of his varied subjects from around the world.

During his 40 years of experience as a news and sports photographer, Mullensky said he has developed a keen eye for graphic and abstract images and the magical quality that light plays on his subjects.

Mullensky said he uses his talents as a fine art photographer to produce museum-quality prints of some of his favorite images. During his travels Mullensky said he has been inspired by nature’s enduring beauty, which he tries to capture in his professional and personal work.

A refugee from the deserts of West Texas, Conway said he moved to the Pacific Northwest to escape the searing heat and oppressive dryness. He first discovered Washington State in 1962 at Fort Lewis. Mesmerized by the beauty of the area, he said he vowed to return. He made good on that promise 40 years later.

Growing up and working on a farm in the El Paso valley, Conway said he was constantly building things from wood and metal. But it wasn’t until he moved to Port Townsend that he became acquainted with turning wood on a lathe. He said it was “love at first shavings.”

Mullensky and Conway will be on hand during Art Walk to discuss their works.

Gallery 9 is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. See gallery-9.com or call 360-379-8881 for more information.

Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., will feature the “Chetzemoka: Then and Now” exhibit and the sixth annual Artist Showcase during Art Walk.

The Chetzemoka exhibit will showcase historical and contemporary art and craft of the Salish Sea Coastal Tribes, particularly the Jamestown S’Klallam.

Program Director Dominica Lord-Wood is working with Celeste Dybeck, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Elder, and Jo Blair, co-leader of the Native Peoples Connections. The exhibit will complement the opening of the Chetzemoka Interpretive Trail. Information about the trail will be displayed at Northwind Arts Center during the exhibit.

Then and Now opens on May 30, with a reception June 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., and an Art talk June 2 at 1 p.m.

The exhibition runs through June 30.

The Artist Showcase features three 2D artists and one 3D artist.

Michelle Soderstrom, one of the featured artists, prefers to paint in watercolor and chalk pastels.

“Though I will always paint horses, my heart has been captured by the stunning designs of our northwest region’s Salish canoes,” she said.

She said her vision is to increase the visibility of the canoe journey aesthetically and as a cultural narrative of the Native American population.

Elizabeth Reutlinger mostly uses palette knives to apply oil paint to canvas, allowing her to keep the colors clean and the lines more relaxed and interesting, she said. Her paintings explore different styles, from more realistic portraits and still lifes to somewhat abstracted landscapes.

She said she uses the paint to create interesting textures, and also explores the relationships of colors. She paints in the “alla prima” style, with each painting completed in one day while the paint is wet, mixing colors on the canvas.

As a nature photographer, Debra Wuts focuses on the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She said she is fascinated by light, colors and abstract details. Her interest in backpacking and kayaking have brought her to serene settings where she shoots in raw format to capture all of the elements of a scene, she said.

Later she recreates the images on a computer.

“Often the art is in taking it a step further, to enhance a mood or focus on the heart of the subject,” Wuts said.

Christine Knapp casts bronze creations of both animal and human subjects. All her bronzes are created by utilization of the age-old lost-wax casting process.

Knapp travels all over the world to obtain firsthand knowledge through observation and her own photography. Of special interest to her is the wildlife of the Rocky Mountain ecosystems of the United States and Canada. She is also known for her expressive creations of child and canine portraits.

The exhibition runs through June 30.

Northwind Arts Center is open 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays.

Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., will feature the works of various artists.

Addy Thornton creates naturally inspired wearable art.

Kristen Wade will display her line of “Botanical Prints” silver jewelry. Her designs are inspired by nature she said, with the textures and prints in her jewelry derived from live plants such as jasmine, strawberry, fig and sage gathered from her garden.

The “Botanical Prints” collection includes numerous designed earrings, pendants and bracelets.

Wade has been a jeweler for over 20 years, creating unique, wearable art from glass, metal and gemstones, and has shown her work in numerous galleries and at arts and crafts shows throughout the West Coast.

Martha Collins creates 3D works of art with exotic hardwoods and brightly colored veneers. She said she looks for color, texture and grain in the hardwoods and accentuates those elements with veneer that she hand-dyes. The artist said she uses wood only from sustainable-yield forests. Since 1998, she has been producing a full line of jewelry, bowls and tableware.

Her “Ooom” bracelet has 12 different species of wood and artist-dyed veneer. There are 50 pieces of wood in each bracelet.

Shirley “The Chainmaker” Mosshas been creating handmade chains of precious metals for 47 years. Every chain is hand-linked to form a variety of ancient chain patterns.

Some chains use as many as 32 links per inch. She begins with long coils of sterling or gold wire wrapped on a mandrel which are then cut to start the time-consuming task of linking the hundreds of jump rings to create bracelets, necklaces and earrings, each a distinct piece of art.

Andrea Guarino-Slemmons crafts handmade glass beads. Guarino-Slemmons made her glass beads in the front window when she wasn’t traveling all over the world teaching lamp work.

After 25 years of doing mostly just glass she was ready for a change and started adding silver smithing to her repertoire.

While Guarino-Slemmons enjoys using local stones and beach glass in her jewelry she has recently developed an interest in using semi-precious rose cut gemstones. For June’s gallery walk she will be using stones such as sapphires, rubies, chalcedony and opals to create one of a kind rings, pendants and bracelets.

The Port Townsend Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 360-379-8110.

Port Townsend School of the Arts Downtown, 236 Taylor St., will feature artwork by their faculty and regional artists that expresses a sense of place, welcoming the viewer to step into the outdoors, through each artists’ unique expression.

Faculty and regional artists include Maria Coryell-Martin, Michael Felber, Karen Hackenberg, Joyce Hester, Meg Kaczyk, Stephanie Johnson, Rick Myers, Linda Okazaki and Chris Witkowski.

Special guest Lisa Leporati will create an inspirational front window setting to complement the outdoor theme.

Leporati is the vision behind Mabel Maker Design, her event design company.

“Spending time in nature feeds my soul and opens my mind,” she said. “Whether I’m deep in the forest among the moss-covered trees or walking the shores of the Salish Sea, the inspiration I find there is immeasurable.”

For Mabel Maker, Leporati creates beautiful, natural settings including shrines, mandalas, flower shields and themed lounges.

Regular gallery hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, or by appointment. For more information, call 360-344-4479.

Red Dragonfly, 211 Taylor St., Suite B2, Port Townsend, during Art Walk will feature intricately painted stones with mandalas and sacred geometry by artist Peter Messerschmidt as part of “The Magic of Alchemy.”

Known to some as “The Port Townsend stone painter,” Messerschmidt has been creating this unique form of art since 2008.

“Alchemy Stones are a lot more than ‘just another painted rock,’” Messerschmidt said. “Each is completely free-hand painted, and there is no ‘plan or template when I start a new piece. The design simply unfolds as I paint, and sometimes takes several days to complete.”

The process is as much a spiritual journey as it is a painting process, Messerschmidt said, and the continuous challenge is to try to give form to what I see and experience during meditation.

“When I started this process, there was no such thing as rock painting groups here in the Northwest, and I knew of maybe two or three other people in the entire region who treated stone painting as an actual art form.

My designs are inspired by what I see with my mind’s eye while I am meditating, but also by sacred geometry, patterns found in nature and Asian mandalas, along with some of the colorful geometric stained glass windows found in churches and cathedrals in Europe where I grew up.”

A large selection of the painted stones will be at Red Dragonfly until June 23.

Meanwhile the proprietors of Red Dragonfly invite visitors to stop in and enjoy a final “Underground Cupcake” during Art Walk, before the gallery closes its doors for good on June 23.

“Sometime in the summer of 2016 we got known for having homemade cupcakes for Art Walk,” co-owner Sarah Nashsaid, “An enthusiastic visitor started telling everyone up on Water Street that we were the place with the ‘underground cupcakes,’ so we just took that idea and made it our particular Art Walk treat for the past three years.”

Red Dragonfly is located in Undertown, downstairs at the green pergola located at the corner of Water and Taylor Streets, in Port Townsend. Contact via email at reddragonflypt@gmail.com or phone 360-385-1935.

Two Sisters Gallery, 210 Polk St., on the second floor of the Kuhn Building, will display original works by Lisa Allison Blohm.

Blohm will display her series “Dreaming of a Free Tokitae,” dedicated to the captive orca “Tokitae” of L-Pod.

She will also gather donations to help support the nonprofit Orca Network and Center for Whale Research.

The Artful Sailor Whole Earth Nautical Supply, 410 Washington St., will exhibit various art.

Bishop Victorian Hotel, 714 Washington St., will feature various contributions. For more information, call 360-381-7048.

Coldwell Banker, 234 Taylor St., will feature various pieces.

The Cotton Building, 607 Water St., will feature various paintings.

The Jefferson County Museum of History and Art, 540 Water St., will feature various works.