Fiber Habit Planning Information

675 Tyler Street, Port Townsend
The owners of the building have permitted us to create installations in the window at the southwest corner of Tyler and Lawrence. The intention is to use this space to promote our group as well as individual artists. A webpage will be created for each show so that the public can get more information about the art and artists. 

Besides requiring that 2 or more members work together on an installation, there are few restrictions. This document has some basic guidelines and lists of responsibilities. 

PLEASE NOTE:
The people who work in the office directly above the window can't have meetings in that room if there's hammering below, so several days before hanging your show, call and notify them of the day and time of installation: Gale Investment
360-385-5044

Barbara Ramsey and Cathie Wier hung the first two shows by collecting pieces from the group at large. A team of collaborators may follow this pattern, perhaps collecting items based on a theme, or groups of artists may decide to create an entire installation based on the work of two or more artists. 

Contact Evette Allerdings if you are interested in curating/hanging a show or have questions.  

Rough Window Dimensions:
back wall: 8’ high x 10’ wide; left side wall: 8’ high x 6.5’ wide; right side wall 8’ high x 3.5’ wide
floor: 6.5’ deep x 13’ wide

FEE FOR PARTICIPANTS

Curators are responsible for collecting all fees ($10/person) for the window and giving the sum to our treasurer.

WEBPAGE for Installation

Please use this form to enter information about your piece(s). 
Curators - you are responsible for gathering the photos and information for the website - or making sure your artists have uploaded the information. Once it is all ready, please let Merrie Jo Schroeder know. If you have an idea of an alternate format you would like to see on the webpage, you may create a Word Document and send it along with the photos to Merrie Jo.

Check out past webpages for ideas - but feel free to come up with something completely different! You can tell your story here.

Access to the window

Debra Olson, who lives in Port Townsend, has volunteered to be the keeper of the key for the Habit Window. She can do errands to the window if pieces need to be replaced, her home can be a drop off location, and she is willing to store a few small display items at her house.

Future Curators and Themes:

October-November
Theme: “Beatlemania”
Curator: Merrie Jo Schroeder
Commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles first visit to the US (February 7, 1964), and their first concert in Seattle (August 21, 1964).  Inspiration can be anything from the lyrics of those first concerts - Twist and Shout, You Can’t Do That, All My Loving, She Loves You, Things We Said Today, Roll Over Beethoven, Can’t Buy Me Love, If I Fell, I want to Hold Your Hand, A Hard Day’s Night and Long Tall Sally - to fashions (“mod”, minis, Mary Quant, Twiggy, go-go boots) to Pop Art (Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein)
Use your favorite eye-popping colors, paisleys, swirls, and daisy flowers.

Bring your piece(s) to either the August or September meetings or to the installation on October 6. 

Prospectus and waiver form

December (2024)-January (2025)
Theme: TBA (contact Evette Allerdings if you have a theme)