FIBER HABIT WINDOW
Uptown Port Townsend
675 Tyler Street, Port Townsend
Peninsula Fiber Artists curate and hang a new show in the window every two months. Many of the pieces are available for purchase.
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Bags, Bags, Bags
December 2024 - January 2025
Curated by Debra Olson
Artists:
Evette Allerdings, Lora Armstrong, Sheri Beals, Leslie Dickerson, Anjie Dideum, Liisa Fagerlund, Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Sue Gale, Kindy Kemp, Susan Melka, Carol Olsen, Debra Olson, Merrie Jo Schroeder, Ellen Thomas, Mary Tyler
Beatlemania: 60th Anniversary
Commemorating The Beatles’ arrival in the United States in 1964
October-November 2024
Curated by Merrie Jo Schroeder
Artists:
Evette Allerdings, Liisa Fagerlund, Sue Gale, Pat Herkal, Kindy Kemp, Debra Olson and Merrie Jo Schroeder
Birds of a Feather
August-September 2024
Curated by Port Townsend artist Pat Herkal,
Exhibit includes two dozen pieces by Herkal and four Port Townsend colleagues, Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Cynthia LeRouge and Debra E. Olson.
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Banners
June - July 2024
Participants: Liisa Fagerlund, Erica Iseminger, Caryl Fallert Gentry, Lynn Gilles, Sue Gale, Gail Haines, Debra Olson Curated by Debra Olson
Funky Ladies
April - May 2024
Curated by Evette Allerdings
The Big Chill
February - March 2024
Winter-themed pieces by: Lynn Gillis, Sue Gale, Susan Melka, Debra Olson, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Leslie Dickinson, Barbara Ramsey, and Lora Armstrong
Curated by Lora Armstrong
Daily Dose of Fiber
November - December 2023
Fiber is an essential part of a healthy diet for most individuals. Working with fiber is an essential part of a fiber artist’s well-being. Touch, sight, smell, spatial awareness, balance as well as the process of creative making is our healthy passion.
Participants: Barbara Houshmand, Caryl Bryer Fallert Gentry, Deb Olson, Donna Dowdney, Evette Allerdings, Leslie Dickinson, Linda Carlson, Sue Gale, Terri Wolf
Abundance
September - October 2023
Participants: Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Cynthia LeRouge, Pamela Raine, Terri Wolf, Donna Lee Dowdney, Daera Dobbs, Kathie Cook
chaos
July - August 2023
The Artists describe this collection as a demonstration of how they have responded to crises and uncertainty both at home and around the world, and how they have used art to quiet their angst.
Participants: Evette Allerdings, Barbara Houshmand, and Janice Speck
UFO to Fabulous
May - June 2023
UFO is a Fiber Art term for UnFinished Objects.
Participants: Liisa Fagerlund, Barbara Houshmand, Evette Allerdings, Caryl Bryer Fallert Gentry, Lynn Giles, Merrie Jo Schroeder, Mary Tyler, Debra Olson, Lora Armstrong, Terri Wolf
Second Skins - Masks
March - April 2023
Participants: Barbara Ramsey, Erica Iseminger, Annie Karl, Debra Olson, Lynn Giles, Mary Tyler, Liisa Fagerlund, Leslie Dickinson, Lora Armstrong, Sue Gale, Donna Lark, Terri Wolf, Joyce Wilkerson
Working in a Series
January - February 2023
Participants:
Pat Herkel, Cathie Wier, Deb Olson, Terri Wolf, Eva Kozun, Barbara Houshmand, Jeri Auty, Kathie Cook
In Praise of Trees
November - December 2022
Participants:
Liisa Fagerlund, Sue Gale, Debra Olson and Kathie Cook
The Mink Challenge
September - October 2022
Participants: Pat Herkal, Donna Lark, Debra Olsen, Barbara Ramsey, Jeri Auty, Liisa Fagerlund, Lynn Giles, Evette Allerdings, Barbara Houshmand
Inspired by Nature
April - May 2022
Participants:
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry - Christine’s Garden
Leslie Dickinson - Botanical Clutch
Pat Herkal - Lichen, When Trees fall in the Forest
Sue Gale - My Father’s Garden, Tide Pool
Debra Olson - A Bodiacous Bird, Falling Leaves, and Looking Up
Janice Speck - Necklaces
Cathie Wier - Ikat Waves
Erika Wurm - Autumnal Owl
Linda Carlson - Suggestive
Liisa Fagerlund - Hawaii Fractal, Regeneration, Clematis
Steffany Neuschaefer - Yellow Lichen, Orange Lichen
Evette Allerdings - Green and White,
Carol Olsen - Ocean Rift
Spring Forward
March - April 2022
Participants:
Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Splendor in the Grass #4
Debra Olson, Day-oh, The Hill
Cathie Wier, Spring Gold
Erika Wurm, Hastings Deer
Joyce Gordon, Dreaming of Travel to Paris
Jeri Auty, Rachel’s Quilt
Linda Carlson, Assorted handmade paper cards
Liisa Fagerlund, Wild Roses, Parfait in Red and Blue, On the Half Shell, Blown in the Wind, Russian Thistle Diptych
Lynn Gilles, Culleah Curly Tail, Pedro Pompano, Bubble Up, Aqua on Teal
Evette Allerdings, Yummy, Dappled, New Leaf
Pamela Hastings, Doll #1, #2, and #3
Barbara Houshmand, My Old French Scissors #1, My Old French Scissors #2, Liar Liar Liar, Holy Smoke
Donna Lee Dowdney, Spinning Spiral, Inner Flower, Radiant Sunburst, Pink Spiral
Rhythm of Light
January - February 2022
Participants:
Leslie Dickinson, “Fields In Bloom”
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, “Zigzags & Circles #2”
Sue Gale, “Picture This!”
Kindy Kemp, “Rhythm In Blues”
Donna Lark, “Boreal Winter Light”
Debra E. Olson, “Light In Flight”
Barbara Ramsey, “Luminous Matter”
Cathie Wier, “Look Deeply”
Joyce Wilkerson, “Graffiti Vest”
Erika Wurm, “Sand Verbena Moth”
Jeri Auty, “Fantasy Forest”
Mary Tyler, “Night Into Day”
Linda Carlson, “Light As An Analogy”
Kathie Cook, “Summer Skies of Sequim”
Liisa Fagerlund, “Fort Worden Triptych B”
Donna Lee Dowdney, “Luminous Strata”
ART AS GIFTS
October - December 2021
Participants: Barbara Houshmand, Carol Roi Olsen, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Deb Olsen, Donna Lark, Donna Lee Dowdney, Erica Iseminger, Erika Wurm, Evette Allerdings, Janice Speck, Jeri Auty, Linda Carlson, Liisa Fagerlund, Steffany Neuschaefer, Sue Gale
ASIAN INFLUENCES
August - September 2021
Artists: Anne Carl, Barbara Houshmand, Debra Olsen, Erica Iseminger, Janice Speck, Jeri Auty, Leslie Dickinson, Linda Carlson, Steffany Neuschaefer, Sue Gale, Evette Allerdings, Joyce Gorden, Liisa Fagerlund
Farm. Fresh. Art. Preview.
June - July 2021
Artists: Jeri Auty, Evette Allerdings, Leslie Dickinson, Debra Olson, Sue Gale, Barbara Ramsey, Barbara Houshmond, Liisa Fagerlund
Past and Present
April - May 2021
Artists: Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Pat Herkal, Debra Olson, Mary Tyler, Linda Carlson, Kathie Cooke, Jeri Auti
Art in a Pandemic
January - March 2021
Curators: Jeri Auty and Evette Allerdings
Artists: Jeri Auty, Evette Allerdings, Barbara Houshmand, Linda Carlson, Erika Wurm, Debra Olson, Janice Speck, Cheri Kopp, Sue Gale, Mary Tyler
L O N G and NARROW
July-September 2020
Artists: Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Deb Olson
Isolated Inspirations
June 2020
Curators: Deb Olson, Sue Gale, Leslie Dickenson
Participating Artists: Barbara Houshmand, Janice Speck, Evette Allerdings, Joyce Gordon, Debra Olson, Lissa Fagerlund, Linda Carlson, Elaine Girard, Carol Reynolds, Kindy Kemp, Pat Herkal, Erika Wurm, Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, and Mary Tyler
"Comfort" Quilts
March - April 2020
Curator: Deb Olson
Participating Artists: Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Elaine Girard, Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Cheri Kopp, Debra Olson, Barbara Ramsey
Fabric as our Muse
January 20 - March 20, 2020
Curated by Rose Burris and Leslie Dickinson
The Dyer’s Hand
November 14, 2019 - January 10, 2020
Curated by Mary Tyler and Barbara Ramsey
SDA-NP Features PT WAS
September 15 – November 12, 2019
Cheri Kopp and Janice Speck, co-curators
Participating Artists: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Diana Gipson, Pat Herkal, Michelle Johnson, Cheri Kopp, Donna Lark, Janice Speck, and Joyce Wilkerson
Hidden Soul Beneath
July - September 2019
Participating Artists: Pat Herkal, Barbara Ramsey, Jean-Marie Tarascio, and Cathie Wier
Fiber Art Community
May 12 - July 9 2019
Curated by Diana Gipson and Debra Olson
Participating Artists: Diana Gipson, Debra Olson, Sue Scott, Pat Herkal, Barbara Houshmand
Garments Transformed
January – March 2019
Curated by Cheri Kopp and Elaine Girard
Participating Artists: Elaine Girard, Cheri Kopp, Barbara Ramsey, Diane Williams
Winter Beach
November 2018 - January 2019
Curated by Nora Shapiro and Michelle Johnson
Installation Details
Participating Aritists: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Michelle Johnson, Donna Lark, Nora Shapiro, Jean-Marie Tarascio, Cathie Wier, Helga Winter
It’s All About Dyeing
September - November 2018
Curated by Leslie Dickinson and Mary Tyler
Installation Details
Participating Artists: Leslie Dickinson, Mary Tyler, Diana Gipson, Janice Speck
Flora Fauna Fiber
July - September 2018
Installation Details
Participating Artists: Pat Herkal, Barbara Ramsey, Jean-Marie Tarascio, Cathie Wier
Chaos and String Theory - The Process of Making Fiber Art
May - July 2018
Curated by Joyce Wilkerson and Kindy Kemp
Installation Details
Participating artists: Joyce Wilkerson, Kindy Kemp, Rachel Gaspers, Michelle Johnson, and Erica Iseminger
Exotic Lands and Far Away Places: Real and Imagined
March - May 2018
Curated by Diana Gipson and Sue Scott
Installation Details
Participating artists: Diana Gipson, Barbara Houshmand, Barbara Ramsey, Sue Scott, Janice Speck
January - March 2018
Curated by Barbara Ramsey and Cathie Wier
Participating artists: Barbara Houshmand, Michelle Johnson, Marla Varner, Cheri Kopp, Anne Jarnagin, Donna Lee Dowdney, Leslie Dickinson
November 2017 - January 2018
Curated by Barbara Ramsey and Cathie Wier
Participating artists: Mary Tyler, Caryl Breyer Fallert-Gentry, Kindy Kemp, Pat Herkal, Joyce Wilkerson, Cathie Wier, Nora Shapiro, Rachel Gaspers, Helga Winter, Jean-Marie Tarascio