celebrate and support artistic integrity and creative spirit
The North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival in Sequim WA is on hiatus until 2027. We are thankful for your support and look forward to your participation in the 20th Annual NOFAF!
2024 – Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe
Explore the 19th Annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival fiber arts exhibition “Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe” at the Sequim Museum & Arts at 544 N Sequim Avenue, Sequim WA. During the Art Walk reception, many fiber artists and fiber arts advocates will be demonstrating their passion and artistry. “Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe” artists include Lora Armstrong, Aaron Asselin, Renne Emiko Brock, Jordan Carter, Caroline Evergreen, Liisa Fagerlund, Mary Lou Giacomelli, Lynn Gilles, Jennifer Harris, Estelle Jackson, Connie McGuire, Robin Nelson, Sew `n Sews, Marla Varner, Prabha Werner, and Jean Wyatt.
The exhibition’s theme supports the enrapturing beauty and inspiring awe of inclusive, fostering fiber mediums that motivate earth-moving collaboration, and build super friendships to create opportunities to learn, exhibit, and potentially build small businesses. Admiration of toil and talent cultivates the evolution of excellence within one’s personal journey, learning and expressing themselves uniquely while being supportive of the efforts of fellow artists. Striving for wonder and encouragement, we celebrate fiber artists who boldly share their art with courage and fortitude, open to both copying and constructive criticism. Their hero’s arc includes the strength of inquisitiveness, leading to the surprising beauty of growing imagination and the capability to compose original creations using fused fibers, artistic adventures, and superpowers for good.
The “Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe” exhibition was a component of the 19th Annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival starting October 4 to November 30, 2024 at the Sequim Museum & Arts location at 544 N Sequim Ave, Sequim WA 98382. Many autumn fiber arts events and exhibitions happen throughout the months of September, October, and November on the Olympic Peninsula that are partnerships with the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival.
Curious about the upcoming themes?
2027 – Enduring Depth – Sustainable, Eternal, & Classic
2028 – Impact Inclusion – Invite, Welcome, & Unify
North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival Director, Exhibition Juror and Curator
Renne Emiko Brock – Award winning artist, educator, and Arts advocate promoting the importance of creative education and community participation in the arts and sciences that are active and inclusive.
Questions? Please email Renne at fiberartsfestival@gmail.com
Past Themes
2006 – Amalgamate
2007 – Domestic Art – Between Functional and Fine
2008 – Natural Material / Material Nature
2009 – Cultural Fiber – Civilization, Ethos & Strength of Character
2010 – Your Daily Fiber – Conspicuous Consumption, Community & Ceremony
2011 – Hand-me-downs and Pick-up-sticks – Childhood Narrations & Competitive Creations
2012 – Long Yarns – Fiber Art Stories, Fables & Lessons
2013 – Strong Stitches – Friendship, Cooperation & Uniforms
2014 – Parallel Patterns – Significant Schemes, Seams, & Symbols
2015 – Fostered Fiber – Remembrance, Remnants & Mentors
2016 – Material Measurement – Magnitude, Meaning & Makers
2017 – Threads Count – Textiles, Technology & Tales
2018 – Transformative Style – Originality, Revolution, & Repute
2019 – Irresistible Aesthetics – Beauty, Absorption, & Ideology
2020 – Clarity of Vision – Coherence, Perspective, & Hinesight
2021 – Bumblebunching – Warped, Twisted, & Imperfect
2022 – Interlaced Lore – Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance
2023 – Spinning Sewn Stories – Promulgate, Piece, & Ply
2024 – Sublime Marvel – Splendor, Enterprise, & Awe