celebrate and support artistic integrity and creative spirit
2021 – Bumblebunching – Warped, Twisted, & Imperfect
This juried fiber arts exhibition celebrating happy accidents, successful satisfaction in Wabi-Sabi, and unintended artistic experiences that often lead to evolutionary forms of expression and joyful acceptance that experimentation is part of one’s art practice. Fiber Artists yearn for thorough planning and tight intention, gratification in challenging practice, and ritual appreciation and amusement in transience and incomplete mistakes. Bumblebunching are the exuberant jumbled loops created by the bobbin when stitching has improper tension while machine sewing.
“Bumblebunching” exhibition artists include Lynn Baritelle, Honey Bliss, Renne Emiko Brock, Donna Lee Dowdney, Liisa Fagerlund, Susanne Foster, Peggy St. George, Leslie Hoex, Estelle Jackson, Susan Kroll, Jacki Moseley, Kelly Ruth, Susan Savage, Gloria Skovronsky, Marla Varner, and Jean Wyatt.
Exhibit Dates: October 1 – November 27, 2021
“Chrysalis Circuitry” by Kelly Ruth
Music composition using sounds from contact mics and effects pedals on a weaving loom and spinning wheel in collaboration with Saxophone player Allison Balcetis filmed in the virtual world of Second Life.
During the Fiber Arts Exhibition “Bumblebunching – Warped, Twisted, & Imperfect”, the Sequim Museum & Arts is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 544 N Sequim Avenue, Sequim WA.
Curious about the upcoming themes?
2022 – Interlaced Lore – Adventure, Fellowship, & Perseverance
2023 – Spinning Sewn Stories – Promulgate, Piece, & Ply
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