Jan.6, 5-8 p.m.
Various venues in Sequim
SequimArtWalk.com
The Jan. 6 art walk color theme is silver with hints of black and white to celebrate the New Year filled with hopefulness, reflection and idealistic aims for the future. The sparkly color of silver represents optimism, comprehensive courage, untarnished resilience, shimmering mindfulness, honorable dedication, imaginative aspirations and far future forethought.
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 online at SequimArtWalk.com as your resource to download and print your own map, find out what special events are happening, links and how you can 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.
Initiated in 2006, this educational arts event is sponsored and produced by unique as you/ Renne Emiko Brock.
Special events
• Singer and artist Priscilla Patterson is performing at Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St. Along with her paintings, Patterson is showcasing songs from her new CD “Wonderful World!”
• In celebration of the new year, the Blue Whole Gallery presents a group show titled “Back to Basics: Black and White” at 129 W. Washington St. Curated by Nancy Lawrence and Karin Anderson, this show reveals the challenge presented when limiting the palette. The bold graphic punch of black and white that stimulates and sharpens the mind is modified by soft tones of grey, which lull one into a reflective meditative mood.
• The City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission Reception for “Fused, Stained and Fired … All Things Glass” exhibition opens at 5 p.m. at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St. This exhibition includes demonstrations by Millie Harrell with an informal class on her stained glass process at 5 p.m., Lizbeth Harper will show the four stages a piece of glass goes through from raw glass to finished design at 5:30 p.m., and Joanna Hays will demonstrate her process for creating glass beads at 6 p.m.
• Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., hosts Twelfth Night Revelry, a staged reading of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night (Or What You Will).” You can join the entertainment if you wish and dress the part for a romping Renaissance Reading of the Bard at 7 p.m.
Venues
• Sunshine Café, 145 W. Washington St., photographer and jeweler Cindy Kern.
• Heather Creek, 122 W. Washington St., artist Hope Jacobus and her “Industrial Chic” torch fire jewelry.
• The Sequim Museum &Arts, 175 W. Cedar St., artworks by Skip Kratzer, including a motorcycle that he skillfully pinstriped.
The “Whodunnit Downtown?” event will not be held this January. There were some details that weren’t able to be worked out in time to pull the event together this year, but organizers are hopeful to revive it in 2018.
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.
To participate as a venue or artist on the official First Friday Art Walk Sequim map, listing and website, contact Renne Emiko Brock at 460-3023 or renne@unique asyou.com.
If you are an artist of any media on the Art Walk, get your information to Brock for publicity and opportunities.
