SEQUIM — “A Sweet Evening of Chocolate,” in tune with the First Friday Art Walk color theme of brown, will be offered at Forage Gifts & Northwest Treasures tonight.
The business at 121 W. Washington St. will offer local flavors from WeDo Fudge, Yvonne’s Chocolates, Seattle Chocolates, Harvey’s Hot Butter Rum Popcorn & Hot Chocolate, Sugar Hill Farms Caramels, Chukar Cherries and others.
Visitors can test chocolates and other sweets to consider gifts from Sequim and Washington state, said Renne Emiko Brock, organizer of the art walk.
Brock has given each monthly art walk — always from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first Friday of the month — a color theme.
This month’s theme is brown, “the color of fall harvest and abundance, turning of the leaves, sweet chocolate and seasonal spicy treats,” she said.
“Find works of art and folks supporting the option to dress in shades of bountiful brown or representations of hearth and harvest as they enjoy an evening on the town with down-to-earth friends and family.”
“King Boletus” by Nona Giersch, a featured artist at the fiber arts exhibition “Irresistible Aesthetics – Beauty, Absorption, & Ideology” at Sequim Museum & Arts. Submitted art
Here are other venues on the free, self-guided Art Walk with special events.
• Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave., will have a fiber arts exhibition “Irresistible Aesthetics – Beauty, Absorption & Ideology.”
Also, fiber artists will demonstrate their creative techniques and sell their wares.
Fiber vendors include Brock, Lisa Gilbert, Kathy Martin and Jan Tatom.
Artists include Brock, Carolyn Abbott, Judy Anderson, Lora Armstrong, Lynn Baritelle, Catherine Bilyard-Eagle, Mary Ann Clayton, Betty Cook, Anne Davies, Lauralee DeLuca, Liisa Fagerlund, MarySue French, Nona Giersch, Lisa Gilbert, Janet Green, Stan Green, Marilyn Hiestand, Leslie Hoex, Erica Iseminger, Estelle Jackson, Susan Kroll, Gladis C. Marr, Kathy Martin, Donna McMillen, Brianne Moores, Sherry Nagel, Sue Nylander, Ilse Osier-Forrest, Patti Pattison, Jolene Sanborn, Pauline Schultz, Gloria Skovronsky, Peggy St. George, Jan Tatom, Gail Van Horsen, Marla Varner, Linda Wesseler, Nancy K. Wilcox and Jean Wyatt.
• Rainshadow Cafe, 157 W. Cedar St., will showcase artist Rachel Knapp with live music with Dawn Martin from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
“These paintings are a part of my healing process, the beginning of an ongoing journey of self-discovery,” Knapp said.
Martin, who studied classical piano and competed in concerto competitions, recently relocated to Sequim from Vail, Colo., where she has been playing regularly as a soloist and with duos, trios and full bands.
“Raven’s Gold” by Mary Hughes of NOW (North Olympic Watercolorists), featured artists at Harbor Audiology and Hearing Center during the Nov. 1 First Friday Art Walk. Submitted art
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., is exhibiting “Emotional Reality and Fantasy.”
Two Sequim artists: digital artist Marilynn Evans and water media painter Ryoko Toyama will have their work on display.
The annual artists’ co-op Gift Gallery for holiday shoppers will also open.
• Harbor Audiology and Hearing Center, 538 N. Fifth Ave., a new venue on Art Walk, will host members of NOW (North Olympic Watercolorists).
In addition to original art, the place also will offer small prints, miniatures, greeting cards and Christmas ornaments.
• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St,. will host live music with Vinyl Tap.
Jay Henry of Diamond Point will play a mixture of songs from the 1960s and ‘70s.
Wine and appetizers will be offered.
• Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., is the venue for “Tie One On,” presented by the City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission.
Artists represented include Lora Armstrong, Nancy Booth, Jane Burkey, Jeannine Chappell, Patrick Clark, Sharon DelaBarre, Leslie Dickson, Penny Dorothy, Marilynn Evans, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Cindy Fullwiler, Fumie Gage, Anne Grasteit, Eva Kozun, Ernie Kozun, Allyne Lawson, Melissa Mann, Bob Martinson, Debra Olson, Priscilla Patterson, Marcedes Perry-Baar, Susan Schneider, Gloria Skovronsky, Ryoko Toyama and Sandy Wolf.
“Tacoma” by Jan Kepley, a featured artist at Decorate with Panache during the Nov. 1 First Friday Art Walk. Submitted photo
Also at the Sequim Civic Center will be the Olympic Peninsula Art Association Fundraiser “Small Wonders” Art Show and Sale in the City of Sequim Council Chambers.
• Design2Scan3D and Dungeness Chestnuts will team up at the Spruce Building, 207 W. Spruce St., where Art Walk attendees can help the farm celebrate the harvest with Sequim’s first Chestnut Roast at the Design2Scan3D Studio.
• Olympic Theatre Arts, at 414 N. Sequim Ave., will host live music with Sicilian-born concert pianist Giovanni Andolina, who will perform his own work, “Eleonora della Baronia Concerto” in the OTA Gathering Hall at 5:30 p.m.
The performance weaves an original piano concerto together with the prose of a classic Sicilian love story.
First Friday at OTA is always free to the public, where the snack and beverage bar will be open.
• Decorate with Panache, 154 W Washington St., will showcase fine art photographer Jan Kepley.
“I have been dabbling in the arts all my life, working in many directions: music, writing, painting, photography, recording and food creation,” Kepley said.
To participate as a venue or artist on the Official First Friday Art Walk Sequim map, listing and website, contact Brock at 360-460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.
Artists of any media are encouraged to get information to her for publicity and opportunities.
Visit SequimArtWalk.com to download and print your own map, find special events, links and how to be part of art.
The Art Walk Facebook page is at facebook.com/sequimartwalk.
