For Irrigation Festival, Art Walk theme goes aqua

First Friday Art Walk Sequim

When: May 6, 5-8 p.m.

Where: Various venues in Sequim

The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s “where water is wealth” inspires the aqua color theme celebrating cultivation and culture during the May 6 Sequim Art Walk. The color aqua expresses responsible, sustainable elements of cool fresh water, abundant salty seas, renewing rain and sunny skies.

Art and music inspired by natural resources, Steampunk creativity, positive partnerships and revolutionary ideas are included in the May art walk. Sounds of cultivating irrigation ditches are blended with guitar and music boxes for the “Propagation” performance and future forward-thinking ideas are highlighted at the Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair.

Besides wearing the color theme of aqua, everyone is encouraged to dress up in amusing and whimsical outfits, including Steampunk, for the Irrigation Festival’s “Crazy Days”!

The First Friday Art Walk Sequim is a fun and free self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim on the first Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. Visit www.sequimartwalk.com as your resource to download and print a map, find special events, links and how to be part of art.

The mission is to create approachable and accessible art and cultural venues that encourage the community to connect and celebrate expression and diversity.

This educational arts event is sponsored and produced by unique as you/Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond.

Special events

• The Irrigation Festival Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair launches the First Friday Art Walk Sequim Patron Preview for the first time at the Sequim Civic Center Plaza at 152 W. Cedar St. This year will be the 26th year for the arts and crafts fair that provides an opportunity for vendors to sell their handcrafted wares.

Artists include 3D Wood Maps, All American Signs, ArtShack, Creative Iron Works, DJ’s Pens, Enanimals, Fresh Hats, Hair by Lindsey, Heart to Heart Designs, Lil’ Log Cabin Creations, Mickey’s Unique Design, New Dungeness Nursery, Peninsula College Welding, Penny Lane Quilt, Phoenixx Fiber, Rainforest Essentials, Sandy Tweed, Sharray Originals, The Jake Hose Company, Two Geminis, unique as you/Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, West Coast Sea Glass, Western Wood Works and Zoey Wolfe Photography.

Recycle, reuse and repurpose are an underlying theme of the Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair which will have demonstrations throughout Saturday and Sunday, as well as an Innovative Reuse Showcase and Contest which can be entered Friday night. Details at IrrigationFestival.com.

• Music starts at 6 p.m. at the Sequim Civic Center with Propagation by Alan B. Brock-Richmond. It is an experimental improvisational ambient drone noise concert developed to premiere in celebration of the 121st Sequim Irrigation Festival on May 6.

• Throughout town, artwork created by local students for the Irrigation Festival Button Contest will be on display at several Sequim merchants. The Olympic Lavender Company at 120 W. Washington St. is showcasing 2016 Irrigation Button Winner Raquel Hermosillo and its Steampunk-themed window dressing.

• Guitarist Jake Reichner will play from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Doors open at 5 p.m. There will be no charge for attendance. Refreshments, including beer, wine and light snacks will be available for purchase.

Venues

• The Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim Irrigation Festival exhibition, a mix of festival history and variety of local artists.

• Mia Bella, 130-A N. Third Ave., art by George Zien, Pat Gordon, Pam Kauffman, Pricilla Patterson, Brim Leal, J.P Lee and Josh Wright.

• R&T Crystals and Beads, 158 E. Bell St., jewelry demonstrations from Paulette Hill and Gail McLain.

• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., watercolorist Margo Hankel and sculptor David Tinsley showcasing unique work in the front windows through May.

• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., pen and ink artist Erica McClain and music by Joy in Mudville.

• Pacific Pantry, 229 S. Sequim Ave., photography by Jan Kepley.

• Bell Street Bakery, 173 W. Bell St., bird artist Dotti Holland, works in Expressionist and realistic styles. Meet the artist from 5-8 p.m. Holland will sign prints and talk about her art and environmentalist activities. Also showcasing artist Linda Silvas.

About Art Walk

To create inclusion between venues, artists and audience, everyone is encouraged to participate in the art walk’s monthly themes as a fun community activity in any creative form they wish to express it.

January is silver, February is red, March is green, April is pink, May is aqua, June is white, July is purple, August is yellow, September is blue, October is orange, November is brown and December is gold.

If you want to participate as a venue or artist on the official First Friday Art Walk Sequim map, listing and Website, contact Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond at 460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.