The Jan. 8 Art Walk color theme is silver with hints of black and white to celebrate the New Year filled with hope, reflection and idealistic goals for the future.

The sparkly color of silver represents shimmering mindfulness, untarnished resilience, imaginative aspirations, revolutionary receptiveness, honorable dedication and skyward modernism.

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 a resource to download and print a map, learn about special events, links and how you can be part of art.

Special events

• The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber Merchant Group and First Friday Art Walk Sequim presents the Fourth Annual “Whodunnit Downtown? — The Case of the Chrome Key” Mystery Game. (See sidebar here)

• A new three-dimensional sculpture exhibit presented by the City Arts Advisory Commission is in the Sequim Civic Center lobby at 152 W. Cedar St. The exhibit includes 19 pieces of artwork in a variety of mediums that were created by 12 local artists.

• The Museum & Arts Center at 175 W. Cedar St. has a special preview and book signing with author Katherine Vollenweider for her book “Sequim-Dungeness Valley” with all proceeds being donated to the Sequim museum.

• Blue Whole Gallery at 129 W. Washington St. opens the new year with a special group show of wood artisans titled “Woodn’t It Be Amazing!” Featured artists are Karin Anderson and Bud Bowling, recycled wood assemblage; Christian Speidel, wooden orbs; Carl Baker, wood turning; Joyce Volmut, carved birds; David Tinsley, driftwood sculpture; and Debbie Cain, carved gourd art. Together, these seven wood artisans showcase original pieces in the gallery’s front windows, capturing the beauty and versatility of wood and connecting the community to trees and plants.

• Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., will host a New Year’s Dance Party, Jan. 8, featuring local vocalist and virtuoso Robert Ossem Hagan, known locally as “Awesome Bob One-Man-Variety-Band.” The dance party will be held in the OTA Gathering Hall with admission by volunteer donation or gratuity. Hagan plays from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Venues

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

• R&T Crystals & Beads, 158 W. Bell St., fine jewelry demonstrations.

• Local Yarn Shop, 213 E. Washington St., Navajo spindle spinning demonstration.

• Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St., Craig Robinson’s hand-painted furniture.

• Olympic Lavender Co., 120 W. Washington St., Terri Jones watercolors.

About the 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 learn more or find out how you can participate on the First Friday Art Walk Sequim, contact Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond at 460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.

The information above was supplied by Brock-Richmond and compiled by Sequim Gazette staff.