join us for interactive activities to connect with our community
The North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival in Sequim WA includes the First Friday Art Walk Sequim.
The North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival celebrates its 19th year in 2024 which is always the first weekend in October in Sequim and various events and locations throughout autumn. Join us for this interactive fiber arts event connecting to the community with activities like a museum exhibition, workshops, educational demonstrations of fiber processes, hands-on projects for children and adults, Fiber Arts Market of local artists’ work and fiber supplies, and information about local fiber activities, groups, businesses, and instructional resources.
Excellent volunteers make this community event possible including several local fiber arts groups, artists, fiber friendly businesses, and educational organizations. We are grateful for their fostering natures and fiber arts talents. The North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival is an opportunity to experience positive inclusion, creative expression, and the economic enterprise of art. Always encouraging genuine growth and artistic integrity, most activities are free to the public and all forms of fiber art are welcome.
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!
North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival is a special event celebrated on the first weekend of October in Sequim, WA. The festival is sponsored by Renne Emiko Brock / unique as you and several other partners on the Olympic Peninsula.
North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild artistic and enterprising members inspired the creation of the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival and are one of our sponsors.
The North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild (NOSSG) has been welcoming new members for over 40 years! Our Members include: fiber artists, fiber animal owners, beginners to advanced and the curious at heart. There is a strong spirit of mentoring, camaraderie and support within the guild. Our meetings provide an opportunity for sharing and showing members’ accomplishments as well as programs by members and outside experts. We also have study groups on a variety of topics including: beginning and advanced weaving, spindle and wheel spinning, and natural dying. NOSSG has group memberships with the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA), Northwest Regional Spinner’s Association (NwRSA), and Association of Northwest Weavers guilds (ANWG). We also keep in touch with other local guilds, by sharing information about events and workshops.
