The work of 25 members of Associated Arts of Ocean Shores (AAOS) makes up the Winter Festival Show, through April 7 at the John Spellman Library on the campus of Grays Harbor College, 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive in Aberdeen.

Most of the artists will be in attendance Friday, March 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at a reception that is open to the public. Coinciding with the reception at 7:30 p.m. is the first of six performances of GHC’s Spring Musical, “Anything Goes,” at the Bishop Center for the Performing Arts.

AAOS president Ed Schroll explained that his group has nurtured a slowly growing presence at the Spellman Library, through participation in the college’s 24-year-old Fall Gala art exhibit. Schroll described it as “a premier art show event in Grays Harbor County over the years, a prestige place to go, for artists to get into.”

He said that Valerie Busch, whose work at the GHC library includes coordinating the art displays, has been looking for art groups to come in other times this year.

“I’ve gotten to know Valerie over the last few years, she’s learned about AAOS, and at the end of last Fall Gala she offered the opportunity for a Winter Festival show,” Schroll said.

The show opened last week, with more than 100 pieces from AAOS members making up a gallery in the two-story foyer area and the main floor hall of the library. Schroll said he expects the Friday evening reception will be well-attended, as more than 1,000 invitations have been sent out and the event offers free refreshments and wine.

He also revealed that AAOS has been asked to produce the Fall Gala in 2017. It’s “quite a feather in our cap,” he beamed. Also on tap are the organization’s annual Fine Arts, Photography and 3D Show, April 22 and 23 at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, a summer show at Oyehut Bay and the AAOS Arts &Crafts Festival, which will take place over Labor Day weekend at the Convention Center.

AAOS artists participating in the Winter Festival are: Laraine Wade-Butler, Bobby Smyth, Larry Walden, KristiBeitzel, Kris Jenott, Ken Hurley, Ed Schroll, Joan Lohr, Loni Lou LaQuill, Lora Malakoff, Peggy Ross, Cheryl Stevenson, Patricia Jollimore, Brenda Peterson, Tammy Franson, Kathy Gustafson, Sandy DeLuna, Barbara Patton, Marilyn Smith-McKinney, Stephen Phifer, Bev Lufkin-King, Jim Beauvais, Susan LaMadrid, Janet Delong and Eiler Gutierrez.

The library’s hours are: Monday-Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.- p.m.