SEQUIM — The First Friday Art Walk will coincide with the beginning of the revived Sequim Sunshine Festival today.
The ribbon-cutting is set for 5 p.m. today for the festival, which incorporates drone and light shows with music and a fun run. Details for this two-day event are at visitsunnysequim.com/263/Sequim-Sunshine-Festival and on Page A1 of this edition of the Peninsula Daily News.
Another highlight today will be the opening today of the High Schools of the Olympic Peninsula Creative Crafts and Arts Exhibit at the Sequim Civic Center at 152 W. Cedar St.
First Friday Art Walk Sequim is a free, self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim from 5 to 8 p.m. the first Friday of every month.
Each month has a color theme provided by organizer Renne Emiko Brock. This month the color is green.
“Discover newfangled art and imaginative folks supporting the option to decorate and dress in all shades of green while on a stroll on the town with friends,” she said in a press release.
“Look for glowing luminaries, as event organizers are also celebrating the Sequim Sunshine Festival.”
Initiated in 2006, the Art Walk is an encouraging and educational arts event sponsored and produced by Brock with a mission to create accessible art and cultural venues that encourage the community to connect and celebrate expression and diversity.
Other special events during the art walk are:
• Forage Gifts & Northwest Treasures, 121 W Washington St., is showcasing joyfully talented artist Sarah Necco.
A professional artist and photographer local to the Olympic Peninsula, Necco said she has been creating art her whole life and enjoy working in a variety of mediums, as well as photography and making jewelry.
“Most of my work is inspired by my love for flowers, nature, and landscapes,” Necco said.
• Pacific Mist — Books, Cards & Gifts, 122 W. Washington St., will host tumble and tide artist Pam Bauer and author Bertha Cooper during the art walk.
Cooper’s most recent book, “Women, We Are Only Old Once,” offers “the wisdom below the years we’ve lived and the power that comes with making our own choices about our aging selves.”
Cooper will be available to chat about the books and her experiences in writing, and books will be available for sale and personalized autograph.
Bauer is a Port Townsend artist who works with the stones and shells she finds on the beach to make one-of-a-kind jewelry and accessories.
• Cedarbrook Lavender Gift Shop, 120 W. Washington St., will offer lavender creations, treats and vintage décor items.
• Blue Whole Gallery at 129 W Washington St., will feature the exhibition “Welcome Spring!”
Featured artists of March are driftwood artist John Bertholl and the late Karen Rozbicki Stringer (1957-2021), a fine art photographer.
Members of the artist co-op gallery invite the community to the new exhibit in welcoming the arrival of spring.
• Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave., features artists Sherrie Cerutti and Ken Kennedy in the Judith McInnes Tozzer Gallery.
Cerutti started out with 35 mm and eventually moved to video. She retired from broadcast news after 30 years and now lives in Port Angeles.
She joined the Olympic Peaks Camera Club two years ago and has returned to her true passion, “still” photography.
Kennedy, who retired to Sequim in 2017, said, “[my] interests in photography are varied as I enjoy many different types of photography. I like hiking in Olympic National Park and the National Forest taking landscape and nature images.”
• Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St., will offer glass, pottery, illustration and photography of local artists. Also in the shop are tea blends, tea pots and cups and culinary gifts.
• Rainshadow Café, 157 W. Cedar St., has live music with Dawn & Steve from 6 to 8 p.m.
People can sing and dance while enjoying a full menu and drinks.
Rainshadow Café is also hosting Mike Biskup’s art for March (see mikebiskup.com).
• Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County’s Sequim Habitat Boutique Store, 213 E. Washington St., will provide a local artist and live music by The OG from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
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.
Join the Art Walk Facebook page at facebook.com/sequimartwalk.
Visit SequimArtWalk.com to download and print a map and find special events and links.
