SEQUIM — Fiber artists — knitters, weavers, quilters and beyond — are invited to enter the 10th annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival exhibition set for October and November at the Museum & Arts Center.
The deadline is Sept. 6 to submit work via FiberArtsFestival.org, where an application form and lots of details await.
This coming Wednesday, Sept. 2, festival founder and juror Renne Brock-Richmond will hold an Exhibit Entry Encouragement Event at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library, 1070 Old Blyn Highway in Blyn, about 6 miles east of Sequim.
This free discussion from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. will cover how to photograph entries, write an art statement and register for the show online.
The juried exhibition, titled “Fostered Fiber — Remembrance, Remnants & Mentors,” is about mentorship and memories related to fiber art. It’s open, Brock-Richmond says, to first attempts to work with thread, yarn, and fleece all the way to refined, finished objects of art. These are the art works that tell the story of learning and living, she adds.
“All skill levels are welcome,” Brock-Richmond emphasizes.
When asked what qualifies as fiber, she responded that it’s anything longer than it is wide. So the materials can be natural or synthetic fleece, paper, wires, yarn, bark, thread, fur, branches, fabric or felt, to give some examples.
The “Fostered Fiber” show will go on display at the Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., on Oct. 2 and stay up through Nov. 28.
For more information about entering the show and about related festival activities, visit FiberArtsFestival.org, phone Brock-Richmond at 360-460-3023 or email fiberartsfestival@gmail.com.
