About

double lightening bolts on the old ferry dock in Port Townsend, wa
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”
— Simone Weil

Raw Art Collective just happened. It isn't a place, a person, or even quite a thing. It's more like a loose gathering of encounters that invite people to see differently. Grounded in an awareness of how little we can truly know or perceive, these encounters make room for curiosity, play, chance, and unexpected ways of seeing. Attention changes what is here.

Along the way, Raw Art Collective has crossed paths with Fort Worden Historical Park, Point Wilson Lighthouse, Salish Sea Makers Market, The Grover Gallery, Northwind Art, BARN, Brooklyn Film Camera, Fremont Film Co., Alchemy Art Center, Quilcene Schools, Society for Photographic Education, and Pinsta Camera, among others. Other things have happened out in the wild (PT Walking Gallery, PT Artist Studio Tour, Wild Art vending machine…).

Contact Jen for collaborations: jen@rawartcollective.org