SEQUIM — The First Friday Art Walk in Sequim will begin the new year with a mystery.
During the seventh Annual Whodunnit Downtown Mystery Game, participants can work to solve the “Case of the Disco Trophy Hustle” and perhaps win a prize.
Game cards can be picked up at participating venues at 5 p.m. Once filled out, each card can be entered at Cedarbrook Lavender Farm Gift Shop at 120 W. Washington St. At 7:30 p.m., cards will be drawn at random.
Makayla DeScala’s collage of cloudscapes will be on display at Wind Rose Cellars.
Prizes up for grabs
The first game card with the correct answer will win prizes donated by Sequim individuals and local businesses. Participants must be 21 or older. It is not necessary to be present to win.
The story is set on New Year’s Eve 1977. Someone has stolen the cash prize and mirror ball trophy from the Moonrise Club Disco Dance Tournament, hosted by club owner Quinny Quartz.
Suspects will be dressed in character as participants aim to solve the mystery.
Organizer Renne Emiko Brock invites visitors to strut down the sidewalk to “Staying Alive” while visiting Sequim First Friday Art Walk venues, mingle with the suspects and discover who might have stolen the Moonrise Club’s Mirror Ball Dance Trophy.
She encouraged participants to dress in the art walk’s theme colors of silver, black and white, as well as in ‘70s era attire, disco duds and “Star Wars”-motivated costumes.
Clues will be at Bag Ladies of Sequim at 161 W. Washington St., Blue Whole Gallery at 129 W. Washington St., Cedarbrook Lavender at 120 W. Washington St., City of Sequim Civic Center at 152 W. Cedar St., Forage Gifts & Northwest Treasures at 121 W. Washington St., Peninsula Taproom at 210 W. Washington St., Rainshadow Café at 157 W. Cedar St., Sequim Habitat Boutique Store at 213 E. Washington St., That Takes the Cake at 171 W. Washington St., and Wind Rose Cellars at 143 W. Washington St. No purchases are necessary.
The mystery game is co-hosted by Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm and First Friday Art Walk Sequim.
First Friday Art Walk Sequim is a self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim on the First Friday of every month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Also open to visitors tonight are:
• Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery, Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., is the venue for the “Illuminations” exhibit opening tonight.
The show hosted by the City Arts Advisory Commission, includes work by artists that include Suzanne Anaya, Anna Blanchard, James Bowie, David Brownell, Kelcie Byrd, Diane Clementi, Sharon DelaBarre, Ines Epperson, Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Sally Franz, Rich Madeo, Melissa Mann, Mary Marsh, Bob Martinson, Evan Miller, Derek Moose, Vicki Naumann, Suzan Noyes-Mangold, Priscilla Patterson, Sally Raddock, Michael Reece, Melinda Reed, Morgan Stephenson, Ryoko Toyama, Anna Waldron, Nancy Wilcox, Sandy Wolf and Igor Zusev.
In the council chambers will be an art talk from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Artist Ross Brown will present “What is light and how it has become the subject in current art forms.”
An open jam is set from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for an informal gathering of people who like to make music.
It will be a true jam, said Brock, meaning that all will play the same song as a group. The music with lyrics and chords will be provided. Any acoustical instruments are welcome.
“If nothing else, bring your voice and a tambourine,” she said.
• Spruce Building, 207 W. Spruce St., will the site for demonstrations by Design2Scan3D and Dungeness Chestnuts.
Design2Scan3D will demonstrate how to create a stoneware platter using press molds and stamps created and printed in-house. Tools, stamps, and ceramics will be available for sale in the studio as well.
Dungeness Chestnuts will welcome the New Year by hosting a chestnut roasting demonstration followed by chestnut sampling for those who’d like to try a roasted chestnut. A limited quantity of fresh and frozen chestnuts will be available for purchase.
• The Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., will present the gallery’s second juried show and this time the show is focused on three-dimensional art.
“The sculptures that were submitted were interesting, and in some cases very exciting,” said juror Mike McCollum, artist and art educator, adding that he had a plethora of motifs and materials to choose form.
“All in all, the sculptures I chose to be included in the exhibit offered an interesting and personal cross-section of 3-D art,” he said.
The artists in the show are John Bertholl, John Blackburn, Dale Blankenship, Ross Brown, Dia Calhoun, Linda Collins Chapman, Kathey Ervin, Susan Gansert Shaw, David Johannessohn, James Klein, Randy Raddock, Claudia Serafin, Chawn Vance, Sidney Westenskow and Steve Wry.
• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., is hosting visual artist and designer Makayla DeScala through February.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, DeScala said she gains inspiration from the diverse landscape around her, drawing parallels between events in nature, like storms and seasons, with the human experience. Her newest show is focused on cloudscapes.
A graduate of Peninsula College’s Multimedia program, DeScala credits the skills she learned there as well as the relationships she formed as being crucial to her success as an artist.
She now sits on the multimedia advisory board.
• Rainshadow Cafe, 157 W. Cedar St., will host a musical performance by Olympic Generations (OGz).
• Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., welcomes Patty Davis, who will lead an evening of karaoke at 5:30 p.m. First Friday at OTA is always free to the public, where the snack and beverage bar will be open.
To participate as a venue or artist on the First Friday Art Walk Sequim map, listing and website, contact Brock at 360-460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.
For more information, visit SequimArtWalk.com or the event’s Facebook page at facebook.com/sequimartwalk.
