“Today” and “tonight” signify Friday, April 3.
SEQUIM — Downtown Sequim has turned into a sculpture garden. And a kind of playing field.
Besides the usual First Friday Art Walk from 5 p.m. till 8 p.m. today, an event called the BirdFest BirdQuest is going on, thanks to a flock of local artists and the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
In this quest, participants seek out small sculptures of birds — a puffin, a paradise tanager, a red-winged blackbird and a titmouse, among others — and vote for their favorites.
The birds, all sculpted by Sequim High School art students, can be found inside downtown businesses: A Dropped Stitch, the yarn shop on Second Avenue; Colors of Sequim and That Takes the Cake, both on West Washington Street; and Pacific Pantry on South Sequim Avenue, for example.
In addition to the voting, participants can engage in two activities: the BirdQuest matching game and the Eagle Eye scavenger hunt.
Information about both is available at downtown businesses, and prizes will be awarded to children and adults who take part.
The BirdQuest games continue through April 11, with winners announced April 12.
This is all part of the Olympic BirdFest, the cluster of field trips and other activities April 10-12.
Information about BirdQuest and the rest of the festival, which is hosted by the Dungeness River Audubon Center, can be found at www.olympicpicbirdfest.org.
This evening’s art walk also offers freshly mounted art shows and opportunities to meet and chat with local painters, sculptors and musicians.
As always, organizer Renne Brock-Richmond has given the walk a theme color: pink, as in spring flowers.
Art walkers are invited to dress or accessorize in shades of rose, burgundy, fuchsia, you get the picture.
Admission is free to the art and music venues, which include:
■ The Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., featuring art by Carol Janda and Janine Hegy;
■ Colors of Sequim, 139 W. Washington St., with “For The Beauty of the Earth,” a show of art by Shari Ojakangas-Hansen, plus music by Victor Reventlow;
■ R&T Crystals and Beads, 158 E. Bell St., has jewelry demonstrations with Paulette Hill and Gail McLain;
■ Lavish Day Spa, 115 N. Sequim Ave., showcases art by Marissa Byrd;
■ The Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., features “Birds, Bees & Bugs,” an art show featuring a variety of local artists and rarely seen bugs from the Cowan Collection;
■ Rainshadow Coffee Roasting Co., 157 W. Cedar St., has local art on display plus live music by the brother-sister duo Kevin Magner and Mary Theresa with guitarist Scott Bradley from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.;
■ The Sunshine Cafe, 145 W. Washington St., is showing off winners of the Sequim Arts Student Show;
■ Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., features Cort Armstrong, Tim Miller and Sean Divine with country blues, ragtime and bluegrass from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m.;
■ Hart’s Fine Books, 161 W. Washington St., has pianist Trent LaCour playing from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m.
For more information and a map of the downtown circuit, see www.sequimartwalk.com, and to find out about becoming an art walk venue, contact Brock-Richmond at 360-460-3023 or renne@uniqueasyou.com.
