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In 1962, the Festival Board made a decision to start a collection of northwest artwork that would be a community asset used to promote the Festival mission. For 50 years the Permanent Collection has continued to grow and currently includes 67 pieces. Though the majority of the collection was acquired through purchase awards, it also includes fine art poster images and limited edition pieces used as awards in the early years.
While the bulk of the collection currently resides at the Festival office, in 2003 the Festival placed a large Max Benjamin piece at the new Anacortes Public Library, and plans are underway for additional pieces to rotate in the community. Thanks to the insight of early planners and participation of talented artists, today the collection is a legacy of northwest talent that includes the works listed below.
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2001 by Ries Niemi
| Artist | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Abrahamson | 1998 | Sweet Tea |
| Dona Anderson | 1968 | Parts of the Whole |
| Guy Anderson | 1964 | Swamp |
| Dorothy Barbee | 1976 | La Conner Night |
| Max Benjamin | 2003 | CCCII |
| Nancy J. Blake | 1979 | Rainment for Wall or Body II |
| Jeremy Bosworth | 2002 | Blue, Green and Yellow Incalmo Bowl |
| Colleen Chartier | 1978 | Tuileries |
| Bill Colby | 1965 | Homage |
| Joseph P. Crookes | 2001 | Young Nuns, Burma |
| Barbara Dahn | 1979 | Wellington State Quarry |
| Michael Dailey | 1966 | Abandoned Fortress Under a Yellow Sky |
| Michael Dailey | 1968 | Tide Flats, Early Spring |
| Yvonne Davis | 1977 | Heron Over Fidalgo Island |
| Eve Deisher | 2001 | The Honesty of Dirty Angels |
| John Dowell, Jr. | 1965 | Myoma Tomb |
| Howard Duell | 1966 | Proteus |
| Donald Ekland | 1975 | First Generation |
| Donald Ekland | 1975 | Second Generation |
| Jon Gierlich | 1973 | Untitled |
| Jean Griffith | 1975 | Raku Ware |
| James Hales | 1965 | Nancy |
| Roland Hurd | 1966 | Frontiersman |
| Roland Hurd | 1971 | Sleeping Beauty w/Dream Scattered Man Series No. 1 |
| Hans Ittig | 1999 | Untitled |
| Norman E Jacky | 1965 | White Fish |
| Peter Jensen | 1963 | Light and Trees |
| Art Jorgenson | 1969 | Untitled |
| Margie Lee | 1978 | Beauty and Beast |
| Phillip Levine | 1967 | Chicken |
| Norman Lundin | 1966 | White Doe's Home Movie |
| Kay Magnussen | 1968 | Way Down |
| Alden Mason | 1969 | Monument Landscape |
| Phil McCracken | 1978 | Birds |
| Dorothy McGuinness | 2001 | Cathedral |
| K.C. McLaughlin | 1978 | Window #1 |
| Ries Niemi | 2001 | John Lennon Chair |
| Herb Parsons | 1967 | Untitled |
| Herbert Parsons | 1979 | Island |
| Chauney Peck | 2003 | Untitled #1 |
| Bodo Pfieffer | 1966 | Untitled |
| Bill H Ritchie | 1968 | N P Number 3 |
| Rand Robbin | 1972 | Saul |
| Richard Sandstrom | 1969 | The Federal Government |
| Roger Shimomura | 1967 | Feb-67 |
| Roger Shimomura | 1966 | Series 3, Studies 4 & 5 |
| Robert Sund | 1977 | The Birds Are Going |
| Larry Tate | 1976 | Cortical Portrait |
| Sandra Westford | 2002 | Pears |
| Sandra Westford | 2003 | Small Poem 49: Blue Plate with Stones |
| John White | 1971 | Self Portrait by a Cage |