Encaustic paintings by Orcas artist Marilee Whitehouse Holm and 77 photographic images of the people and neighborhoods of OPAL Community Land Trust will be on display at Orcas Center during September.

The exhibition, presented by the Visual Arts Committee of Orcas Center, will open on Friday, Sept.

7 with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a no-host wine bar. The exhibition runs through Oct. 2.

The OPAL exhibit, which will hang in six eight-foot sections in the Madrona Room, uses photos and words to illustrate how OPAL’s permanently affordable housing has influenced island life over the past 23 years. Images capture the land trust’s six neighborhoods, apartments and houses as well as some of the 122 families who call them home.