First Friday Lectures tonight in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The 2019 First Friday Lecture Series continues at 7 p.m. tonight with Alexandra Peck on “S’Klallam and Non-Native Totem Poles of the Northern Olympic Peninsula.”

This year the series will be held at both the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.

Due to the popularity of this program, Jefferson County Historical Society JCHS is introducing a First Friday Season Pass. This pass ensures the holder a seat at the lecture as well as a reception with the speaker prior to their presentation. Only 75 passes will be offered. The pass is $50 for JCHS Members and $65 for Non-members. Passes can be purchased at the Jefferson County Historical Society website jchsmuseum.org, at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History or over the phone.

General admission will be a $5 to $10 suggested donation and will have entry on a first-come basis until capacity is reached.

All lectures in the 2019 First Friday Lecture Series will focus on Native arts, history and culture.

Peck’s doctoral research interests at Brown University include Coast Salish art, cultural change and exchange, placemaking and geography and historical archaeology.

Her dissertation examines the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s adoption of totem poles by considering how tribal sovereignty, tourism and settler colonialism have altered the role of public and ceremonial art traditions within Coast Salish communities.

Her research is funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, as well as the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.

Peck also holds an academic certificate in public humanities and cultural heritage from Brown University, where she conducted a report on Rhode Island’s monuments and memorials to Native individuals and communities.

For information, call 360-385-3628, ext. 104.

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