Alaska Fiber Craft show
May 13, 2009 by Sive Iver
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Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire after Western Union discontinued construction of its first electric telegraph line which ran from California, up the coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, continuing to Moscow and into the European telegraph network. This happened 50 years ago, now Alaska is celebrating its 50 Anniversary of Statehood with an Alaska Fiber Festival
To celebrate Alaskas 50th Statehood Anniversary there will be a Fiber Festival. This fiber extravaganza will be a 9 day event starting from March 5 to 14. On March 5 the festival will start of with a quilt walk at the downtown area.
Alaska Fiber Festival has an objective to provide greater visibility for quilts and other fiber art by offering various textile art events like non-juried & juried competitions as well as exhibitions. Educate the general public about fiber art & quilting as an art form & show the individual creativity of people in Alaska. Provide learning resources for people to learn new techniques or refine existing talents.
The festival will have textile artists, amazing International Fiber & Mixed Medias Exhibitors, exclusive Alaskan Challenges and Exhibits. The Festival will also include a Wearable Arts Fashion Show then a Quilt & Fiber Art Show. Quilters and textiles are invited to celebrate with us by making quilt art blocks that expressed the Alaska people, spirit and nature.
There will be 58 blocks a total of 140 quilters in 26 communities which in turn the blocks will be assembled into the nine art panels of the Alaska Statehood Quilt. The Alaska Statehood Quilt will reflect all the Alaska people spirit and nature that related to the Statehood.
There will be a tour after the panel has been made. This is where the panels will be shown to museums, libraries, and arts councils throughout Alaska. Anyone who has questions or wants to book the quilts needs to contact: Morgan Grey, Project Coordinator wilderhaven@gmail.com.
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