The June 5 Art Walk color theme is white and the visible spectrum! White represents open minds, blank canvases that are receptive to any vision, friendly impressions and pure and thoughtful actions.
Because white is actually all the colors of the rainbow, multi-color magic is in the air with blowing bubbles, the wearing of fairy wings and spreading glittery pixie dust is encouraged!
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 www.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 event is sponsored and produced by unique as you/Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond.
Special events
• The Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., celebrates its 18th anniversary from 5-8 p.m. First Friday, June 5, with its exhibit “On the Scene for June Bloom” throughout the month.
On June 14, 1997, the Blue Whole Gallery, an artists’ co-op with 26 members, opened its doors. What started as “an experiment in excellence, a fine art gallery of professional artists pursuing creative originality” has continued and thrived to this day.
The gallery has 30 artists working with oil, acrylic and watercolor, mixed media, assemblage, photography, fused glass, metal sculpture, ceramics, wood sculpture and turning, and jewelry.
• Sequim Library features vibrantly whimsical, surf-inspired watercolors by Todd Fischer and the Portland-Ore.,-based band Ojos Feos performing at 6:30 p.m. at 630 N. Sequim Ave.
• In the lobby of the Civic Center will be the opening of the first rotating art exhibit based on the theme “What Sequim Means to Me” at 152 W. Cedar St.
• Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., hosts an evening of improv with Tweaking Reality at 6 p.m. This troupe entertains and interacts with their guests with on-the-spot, unrehearsed comedy. Free admission.
Sequim events
• Colors of Sequim, 139 W. Washington St., 5-8 p.m., colored pencil art of Jean Wyatt
• Rain Shadow Roasting Co., 157 W. Cedar St., 5-8 p.m. local artists.
• Sunshine Café, 145 W. Washington St., 5-8 p.m. photographs of Phil Tauran.
• Heather Creek, 122 Washington St., 5-8 p.m. oils and acrylics of Valle Nevaril.
• Gallery on the Walls, 128 E. Washington St., 5-8 p.m., watercolors of Sally Cays and Patricia Taynton.
• Sequim Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St. features the Olympic Peaks Photography Exhibit from 5-8 p.m.
• Gallery at the Fifth, 500 W. Hendrickson St., 1-3 p.m. Sunday, June 7, artist Lynne Armstrong.
• Strait Financial Advice, 193 W. Cedar St., Scott Erickson’s photographic scenes of Southwest Alaska, North Olympic Peninsula and other locations in the U.S. are on display during normal business hours.
Second Friday (Port Angeles)
• The Landing Artist’s Studio, 115 E. Railroad Ave., 4-7 p.m., meet the artists.
Second Saturday (Port Angeles)
• Cabled Fiber Arts, 125 W. First St., 4-7 p.m. meet the artists.
• Studio Bob’s, 118½ Front St., 4-7 p.m. meet the artists.
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 learn more or find out how you can participate on the First Friday Art Walk Sequim, contact Brock-Richmond at 460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.
