Fresh fare and old favorites grace the walls of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art as the island’s downtown arts mecca presents seven new exhibitions for the spring season.

“Journeys,” a group show addressing ideas and experiences surrounding personal journeys, in the Rachel Feferman Gallery.

Themes range from travel and fantasy to personal loss and other life changing events and processes. Participating artists include Marita Dingus (Auburn), Denise Harris (Bainbridge Island), Steve Jensen (Seattle), Phillip Levine (Burien), Susan Lowrey (Vashon Island), Ann Morris (Lummi Island), Steve Parmelee (Poulsbo) and Kay Walsh (Bainbridge).

“Marita Dingus: Hanging from the Rafters.” Dingus unveils her 27-foot-tall, site-specific mixed-media doll – made of recycled hot tub covers and other found objects – in the Beacon Gallery. This exhibit is part of BIMA’s ongoing “Cultural Diversity Series,” sponsored by the Ames Family Foundation.

“Nancy Thorne Chambers: A Story Place” is a ceramic installation by artist Chambers that is being extended through the spring rotation due to popular demand. Follow BIMA’s website for an essay contests for all ages (entries due May 31.

“Steve Parmelee: Assemblage.” Parmelee finds the sacred in the discarded, transforming found objects and materials into works of art, on display in the Steve and Harriet Davis Community Gallery.

“Steve Jensen: Boats.” A selection of Jensens’s sculptural boat paintings on display in the John Kenyon Ellis Bistro Gallery.

“Artist Books Chapter Seven: Form and Function.” BIMA Founder Cynthia Sears continues to share her extensive collection of Artist Books in the Sherry Grover Gallery.

Also on display will be a showcase of work featuring works by the two most recent Island Treasure Award recipients Denise Harris and Cameron Snow, as well as new selections from the museum’s permanent collection, including mixed media glass sculptures by Robert Carlson.

BIMA is a collecting museum with a focus on artists and collections from the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas, as well as the broader Puget Sound region.

The museum features themes and artists ranging from emerging and lesser known artists to recognized masters. The exhibitions rotate on a regular basis – typically with the seasons.

Admission to the art museum is free through sponsors and members. BIMA is located at 550 Winslow Way East. BIMA is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Call 855-613-1342 or visit www.biartmuseum.org for more information.