Fiber arts in spotlight in October

By Sequim Gazette Staff • October 2, 2019 1:30 am

Back for its 14th year, the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival once again brings an interactive event to Sequim in early October.

The festival includes with activities like a museum exhibition, workshops, educational demonstrations of fiber processes, hands-on projects for children and adults, a fiber arts market of local artists’ work, and fiber supplies and information about local fiber activities groups, businesses and instructional resources.

The festival’s exhibition, dubbed “Irresistible Aesthetics – Beauty, Absorption, & Ideology” is set for Oct. 1-Nov. 30 at Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave. It gets an opening reception during the First Friday Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Demonstrations and a fiber arts market follows the next day.

“Irresistible Aesthetics ” is a juried fiber arts exhibition. Participating artists include Carolyn Abbott, Judy Anderson, Lora Armstrong, Lynn Baritelle, Catherine Bilyard-Eagle, Renne Emiko Brock, 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.

Fiber Arts schedule

• Exhibit: Oct. 1-Nov. 30, at Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

• Opening reception: “Irresistible Aesthetics – Beauty, Absorption, & Ideology,” 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, during October First Friday Art Walk, at Sequim Museum & Arts (SequimArtWalk.com, SequimMuseum.com)

• Fiber Arts Extravaganza Demonstrations and Fiber Arts Market: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Sequim Museum & Arts; includes items from fleece to finished products including apparel, household goods and supplies to fiber works; learn from creators Renne Emiko Brock, Lisa Gilbert, North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild, Kathy Martin, Jan Tatom, Twisted Strait Fibers, Jean Wyatt; see demonstrations from Strait Knitters, exhibiting artists, North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild; Meet the Makers Reception starts at noon

• Fiber Arts Exhibition: “Irresistible Aesthetics,” noon-3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6, Sequim Museum & Arts

• Sequim Fiber Arts Fiber Arts Market and Exhibition: 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, during November First Friday Art Walk, Sequim Museum & Arts

• Fiber Arts Market Small Business Saturday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, Sequim Museum & Arts

For more information, see the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival Website at FiberArts Festival.org.