Vashon’s art community will be out in full force on Friday, enjoying its ritual march through new exhibits opening up at Island art spaces.

The First Friday art walk will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. A number of galleries and shops plan noteworthy shows.

Blue Heron Gallery

A group show at the Blue Heron Art Center will feature works in clay by Reid Ozaki, watercolor portraits by Mareth Warren and acrylic paintings by Tracy Faker.

Ozaki is a potter whose work can be seen at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Kobo in Seattle’s International District and Crow Valley Pottery on Orcas Island.

Warren has travelled all over the world, first with the Peace Corps and later in her work as a documentary filmmaker.

In 2002, she began to devote her time to fine art, drawing inspiration from photographs of people she’d met on her travels.

Fraker, a career commercial artist who tired of being a “weekend watercolorist” a decade ago, left the advertising field and delved into painting full time.

The Little House

Bettie Edwards, owner of The Little House, is excited about a show coming up at her shop.

Throughout November, Edwards will be showcasing the work of Julie Charles, who describes herself as “a self-taught jeweler, mosaic artist, queen of craft and the president of Knitters Anonymous.”

Charles creates some of her affordable jewelry by casting common and kitsch objects into sterling silver necklaces.

Examples of such jewelry include necklaces adorned with pendants in the actual size of gummy bears, lego blocks, Barbie doll shoes, Cheerios, Goldfish crackers and many other objects.

Charles will attend the opening reception and create what she called “wearable words while you wait” — hand-stamped sterling silver cuff bracelets.

Charles also personalizes necklaces, good luck tokens and other jewelry. To find out more, visit www.commonobjectjewelry.com.

Two Wall and Shady Lady

The first-ever show of art works done entirely by geologists, other earth scientists and earth science students will be presented in November at Two Wall Gallery and Shady Lady.

Having posted calls for geo-artists in several professional society publications, curator Greg Wessel was able to assemble a collection of works by about 50 earth scientists from around the world. Works in nearly all media will show off the intimate connection these geoscientists have with the Earth and its mysteries. 

Geo-artists from nearby states, the Rocky Mountains, Texas, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia will attend the opening.

The Hardware Store Restaurant

Rollie Geppert, a photographer from Olympia with a long and distinguished career in nature photography, will have a show at The Hardware Store Restaurant.

Geppert’s aim is to instill a renewed appreciation and reverance for the environment.

“What better way to ensure a sustainable society than to introduce these magnificent places, and the plants and animals sharing these environments, to as many people as possible?” Geppert asked.