PRESS RELEASES

Sent August 8, 2024New Walk-By Textile Exhibit Features

“Birds of a Feather” by PT Artists
Want to pun about a new Peninsula Fiber Artists exhibit? Perhaps, “Flutter by” or “Go fowl?” Even if you’re groaning about that humor, don’t miss the chance to walk by the 24/7 “Birds of a Feather,” at 675 Tyler St., showcasing avian-themed textile sculptures, mixed media, a banner and art quilts.
Curated by Port Townsend artist Pat Herkal, the street-side exhibit through Sept. 30 includes two dozen pieces by Herkal and four Port Townsend colleagues, Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Cynthia LeRouge and Debra E. Olson. Visit this exhibit online at www.sda-np.com/fiberhabit. You can also view a variety of Herkal’s pieces at www.patherkal.com, and Olson’s work at www.itzadebdesign.com. For images of art by Dickinson, Gale and LeRouge, www.sda-np.com/meet-our-members-1
Peninsula Fiber Artists  came together in 2013 to serve artists and craftspeople in western Washington’s Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas. The group, which welcomes fiber artists from anywhere, meets the second Wednesday of each month with sessions alternating between the Gardiner Community Center in Sequim and the Northwind Art space at Fort Worden, Port  Townsend. Guests are welcome. For information about its meetings and the group’s current exhibit in Port Townsend at the Wilderbee Farm Mead Werks tasting room through October, see sda-np.com.
Opening Oct. 6 in the Fiber Habit window will be “Beatlemania,” curated by Port Angeles artist Merrie Jo Schroeder, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the first appearance of the Beatles in the U.S. It will include British Invasion-themed textile art and memorabilia from 1960s beat group events.

Sent July 11, 2024 9 PT Fiber Artists Featured in Wilderbee Exhibit

Jewelry, textile sculpture and art quilts are among the 49 pieces in “Colors of Summer,” the Peninsula Fiber Artists exhibit opening Aug. 3 at the Mead Werks tasting room at Wilderbee Farm, 223 Cook Ave Ext., Port Townsend.  

Nine Port Townsend artists are among the 18 PFA members whose pieces can be seen Fridays-Sundays noon-5 p.m. through Sept. 6, and then Saturdays and Sundays noon-5 p.m. through Oct. 27. They join artists from Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow, Nordland, Bainbridge Island, Poulsbo and Port Angeles.

Pieces can be purchased directly from the artists. Prices range from $30 to $3,250.

Those exhibiting are: 

Port Townsend: Leslie Dickinson, Caryl Fallert-Gentry, Sue Gale, Pat Herkal, Kindy Kemp, Cynthia LeRouge, Debra E. Olson, Janice Speck, Cathie Wier, Erika Wurm
Port Hadlock: Larkin Van Horn
Port Ludlow: Jeri Auty, Terri Wolf
Nordland: Susan Sawatzky
Bainbridge Island: Donna Dowdney
Poulsbo: Daera Leslie Dobbs
Port Angeles: Evette Allerdings, Merrie Jo Schroeder

For more information about Wilderbee Farm, its mead distillery and tasting room, and its events, see wilderbeefarm.com.

Sent June 4, 2024

Artists’ Banners Fill Walk-By Exhibit

Wax prints, sari silk, shibori, raw-edge applique, and painting are among the techniques and materials on display now in the new Peninsula Fiber Artists exhibit at 675 Tyler St. in uptown Port Townsend.
Exhibit curator Debra E. Olson, a Port Townsend artist, specified only one criteria to her colleagues: size. Submissions were to be 60 inches long and between 16 and 18 inches in width. In response, six colleagues joined her in designing banners, some quilted, some almost translucent, that can be seen 24/7 in the walk-by exhibit open through July.
Besides Olson, participating artists include: Sequim: Liisa Fagerlund, Lynn Gilles; Port Townsend: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Sue Gale, Gail Haines; Chimacum: Erica Iseminger

 Originally a chapter of the international Surface Design Association, Peninsula Fiber Artists came together in 2013 to serve artists and craftspeople on the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas.

The group welcomes fiber artists from anywhere and meets the second Wednesday of each month, with sessions alternating between the Gardiner Community Center in Sequim and the Northwind Art space at Fort Worden, Port Townsend.

For information about its meetings and the group’s current exhibit at Field Arts & Event Hall in Port Angeles and its forthcoming exhibit at Port Townsend’s Wilderbee Farm Mead Werks tasting room August through October, see sda-np.com. 

Sent May 5, 2024

PRESS RELEASE:
28 Textile Artists Open “Colors of Nature” in Field Hall Gallery on May 28

Textile art and the many different ways it is created will be described by three Olympic Peninsula artists at the opening reception for the new Field Arts & Event Hall Art exhibit, “Colors of Nature,” in the Hall’s Pat Donlin gallery Tuesday, May 28 at 5 p.m. Location: 201 W. First St., Port Angeles.

Speaking will be Sequim art quilter Kathie Cook, and 3D fiber and bead artist Pat Herkal and mixed-media fiber artist Debra E. Olson, both of Port Townsend. Besides describing their own work and answering audience questions, they will introduce the art quilts, mixed-media collages, jewelry, wearable art, textile sculptures, and the hand-woven and hand-felted pieces that are among the 70-plus pieces being displayed by 28 Olympic and Kitsap peninsula artists in “Colors of Nature” through Aug. 3.

Created by Peninsula Fiber Artists members with flax, cotton, wool, silk, beads and paper using eco-printing, custom fabric designs, hand-dyed fabric and embroidery, the exhibit will be open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and for an hour before each performance. The Waterfront Coffee Bar will be open for light meals and beverage service when the gallery is open for Second Saturday Art Walks June 8 and July 13 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Most artwork is available for purchase, at prices starting at $95.

The exhibiting artists are:

Port Angeles: Evette Allerdings, MarySue French, Barbara Houshmand, Michelle Johnson, Merrie Jo Schroeder
Sequim: Lora Armstrong, Kathie Cook, Liisa Fagerlund, Lynn Gilles, Susan Melka, Marla Varner
Port Townsend: Leslie Dickinson, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Sue Gale, Gail Haines, Pat Herkal, Kindy Kemp, Cynthia LeRouge, Debra E. Olson, Cathie Wier
Chimacum: Erica Iseminger
Nordland: Susan Sawatzky
Port Hadlock: Larkin Van Horn
Port Ludlow: Jeri Auty, Lori Goddard, Donna Moore, Terri Wolf
Bainbridge Island: Donna Dowdney

Sent: April 7, 2024

Art quilts, art dolls and sculptures are among the dozen-plus examples of textile art on display now in the 24/7 walk-by Fiber Habit window exhibit at 675 Tyler St. in uptown Port Townsend. Created by members of Peninsula Fiber Artists, “Funky Ladies” features work by a group of women artists who work in multiple and diverse fiber art techniques.
“Our goal was to express fun, whimsy and passion and to explore  themes of female empowerment,” said curator Evette Allerdings of Port Angeles.  “We hope you enjoy the exhibit as much as we  enjoyed creating it!”

 Participating artists are:
Port Townsend: Cyndy Bratz, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Pat Herkal, Annie Karl, Cynthia LeRouge, Lynne Morrow, Debra E. Olson, Larkin Van Horn
Sequim: Linda Carlson, Liisa Fagerlund
Port Angeles: Evette Allerdings, Barbara Houshmand

 “Funky Ladies” will be on exhibit until the first week in June, when “Banners,” curated by Port Townsend’s Debra E. Olson, will be installed for a two-month display.

Sent: April 7, 2024

Art quilts, hand-felted pieces, small sculptures and wearable art by Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Port Hadlock and Port Ludlow artists are among the 44 pieces of textile art that will fill the A. Milligan Gallery, 520 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim May 3-June 23.

The “Small Treasures” exhibit was created by 15  members of Peninsula Fiber Artists. Many of them will be in the gallery Friday, May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. to discuss their pieces during the May First Friday Art Walk and again on Friday, June 7 for that month’s art walk. All artwork is available for purchase.

 Participating artists are:

Sequim: Lora Armstrong, Linda Carlson, Liisa Fagerlund, Marla Varner
Port Angeles: Evette Allerdings, Barbara Houshmand
Port Hadlock: Larkin Van Horn
Port Townsend: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Pat Herkal, Kindy Kemp, Cynthia LeRouge, Debra E. Olson, Susan Sawatzky, Cathie Wier
Port Ludlow: Lori Goddard

 The A. Milligan Gallery, which includes a studio for pastel artists Anne Milligan, moved to its current location, one of Sequim’s few restored Victorian houses, in October 2023. Milligan, a Sequim resident since 2003, has worked in art or design since 1990.

Peninsula Fiber Artists meets the second Wednesday of each month with sessions alternating between the Gardiner Community Center and the Northwind Art space at Fort Worden. For information about its meetings and the group’s forthcoming exhibits at the Field Arts & Events Hall in June through early August, and at the Wilderbee Farm Mead Werks tasting room August into October, see sda-np.com.

Sent: March 22, 2024 Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Port Townsend, and Susan Melka, Sequim, were among the artists installing “Color Play,” a collection of vividly colored art quilts, jewelry, sculptures and wearable art by 18 regional textile artists at The Fifth Avenue, 500 W. Hendrickson Road, in Sequim.

Open through from April 28 from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through April 28, the exhibit also includes pieces by Sequim artists Linda Carlson, Kathie Cook, Liisa Fagerlund, and Lynn Gilles, Port Angeles artists Evette Allerdings and Michelle Johnson, Port Townsend artists Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Annie Karl, Kindy Kemp, Cynthia LeRouge and Debra E. Olson, Nordland artist Susan Sawatzky, Port Hadlock artist Larkin Van Horn, Bainbridge Island artist Donna Lee Dowdney, and Poulsbo artist Daera Dobbs.

Peninsula Fiber Artists meets the second Wednesday of each month with sessions alternating between the Gardiner Community Center and the Northwind Art space at Fort Worden. For information about its meetings and the group’s forthcoming exhibits at the A. Milligan Gallery, Sequim, in May and June, Field Arts & Events Hall, Port Angeles, in June through early August, and the Wilderbee Farm Mead Werks, Port Townsend, in August through early October, see sda-np.com.

Sent: March 22, 2024

18 Textile Artists Open “Color Play”

at The Fifth Avenue Gallery

The “Color Play” collection of vividly colored art quilts, jewelry, sculptures and wearable art by 18 regional textile artists will fill the gallery at The Fifth Avenue April 2-28.  You can meet the artists and ask questions about their media and inspiration at the opening reception Sunday, April 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. 

Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at 500 W. Hendrickson in Sequim, “Color Play” includes pieces by:

 Sequim
Linda Carlson
Kathie Cook
Liisa Fagerlund
Lynn Gilles
Susan Melka

Port Angeles

Evette Allerdings
Michelle Johnson

Port Townsend
Leslie Dickinson
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Sue Gale
Annie Karl
Kindy Kemp
Cynthia LeRouge
Debra E. Olson

Nordland
Susan Sawatsky

Port Hadlock
Larkin Van Horn

Bainbridge Island
Donna Lee Dowdney

Poulsbo
Daera Dobbs

 Most pieces are available for purchase directly from the artists.

Sent: Tue, Jan 9, 1:29 PM

Subject: Register Now for Art Course That Includes Guided Tour of Regional Artists’ Work

 How artists, including fiber artists, use color is what participants in the six-week Northwind Art “Fundamentals of Art Part 2” course will review at their first session Monday, Feb. 5. With instructor Anne Pfeiffer, a Port Angeles artist, they will tour “Burst of Color,” the 80-piece exhibit by 37 members of Peninsula Fiber Artists at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery at 701 Water Street, Port Townsend.

 Pfeiffer describes “Burst of Color” as, “A perfect intro to the Part 2 Fundamentals course that goes into composition in depth---contrast, movement, repetition and pattern, harmony, depth, balance-- and a good way to summarize the Part 1 course, which covered color, line, value, texture, shape and form.”

 Registration is still open to those 18 and older for Part 2, for which Part 1 is not a prerequisite. Cost is $180. Most materials are provided. For more information, see https://northwindart.org/collections/courses/products/fundamentals-of-art-part-2.

 Open to the public noon-5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays through Feb. 11, “Burst of Color” features art quilts, sculptures, jewelry and wearable art. Peninsula Fiber Artists will also exhibit at Sequim’s The Fifth Avenue April 2-29 and at Port Townsend’s Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm August-October. The group’s meetings are open to area artists at no charge; see https://sda-np.com/meetings1 for schedule and locations.

 For more information: Anne Pfeiffer, https://www.annepfeiffer.com/about

Sent: Monday, December 18, 2023 3:51 PM
Subject: Sequim, Port Ludlow Artists to Speak Jan. 13

 Got a question for a textile artist? Get it answered Saturday, Jan. 13 when Peninsula Fiber Artists presents “A Chat with the Artists” from 2 to 3 p.m. at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., Port Townsend.

Speaking will be four of the artists represented in “Burst of Color,” the PFA exhibit that is open Jan. 5-Feb. 11, Thursdays-Mondays, noon-5 p.m. Linda Carlson will discuss “Found Objects and Commonplace Materials;” Kathie Cook will address “Hand Piecing and Hand Quilting;” and Liisa Fagerlund will describe embellishments. All three are from Sequim. Pamela Raine, Port Ludlow, will speak on “Mixed Media.”

 Audience questions will be welcome after each artist speaks briefly about one of her media.

 “Burst of Color” includes more than 70 pieces from three dozen Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula artists: art quilts, textile sculptures, wearable art, collages and mixed media. 

 Established as a chapter of the international textile art group Surface Design Association, Peninsula Fiber Artists now offers a 24/7 walk-by exhibit at 675 Tyler St. in Uptown Port Townsend that changes every two months. “The Big Chill,” curated by Sequim’s Lora Armstrong, is scheduled for January-February. “Funky Ladies,” curated by Port Angeles artist Evette Allerdings, is scheduled for March. The group’s meetings, which alternate between the Northwind Art space at Fort Worden and the Gardiner Community Center, are open to area artists and craftspeople at no charge at 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. See sda-np.com for meeting schedules and exhibit information.