TACTILE WEAVINGS
Fibers from Plants to Plastics

Janet Ronacher will feature natural and manufactured materials in three dimensional objects at:
Beaverton City Hall,
Office of the Mayor, 3rd Floor,
4755 SW Griffith Drive,
Beaverton, Oregon 97076
January 5th ~ February 28th
Hours are Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm
Closed: January 16th – Martin Luther King , Jr. Day and February 20th – President’s Day

Click here for flyer.

MEDIA RELEASE: Portland Open Studios to Host
                     Demonstration Booth at Art in the Pearl 2012
WHEN: September 1, 2, and 3, 2012
WHERE: Art in the Pearl, held in the NW Park Blocks, Portland, OR
                  PO Box 5906, Portland, OR 97228
                  503-722-9017      
WEBSITE: www.portlandopenstudios.com
                     www.artinthepearl.com           
CONTACT: Alicia Navarrette, Communications Chair
                      publicrelations@portlandopenstudios.com

Portland Open Studios is excited to announce that we will have a demonstration booth at Art in the Pearl 2012. Art in the Pearl is a premier art festival and interested artists are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, February 15, 2012, midnight. This year's festival dates are September 1, 2, and 3, 2012.

Applications are accepted through Zapplication. Information about the festival and a link to Zapp are available at http://www.artinthepearl.com/ . There is a $35 application fee.

ABOUT ART IN THE PEARL
Art in the Pearl is held annually on Labor Day weekend in the beautiful and historic Northwest Park blocks in Portland Oregon's Pearl District neighborhood. Art in the Pearl has a reputation as one of the nation’s premier art festivals and features juried work from 130 artists from across the USA and Canada. Art in the Pearl 2012 takes place on September 1, 2 and 3.

ABOUT PORTLAND OPEN STUDIOS
The annual Portland Open Studios tour is a unique opportunity for artists to open their studio to the public and educate visitors about their creative methods and materials, inspiration and enjoyment. Portland Open Studios is open to all visual media, excluding film. Artists are chosen by a jury of three art professionals. This year’s jury includes Martha Lee, Wendy Red Star, and Jim Koudelka. The 2012 Portland Open Studios Tour takes place on October 13, 14 and 20, 21. Portland Open Studios is open to residents of Portland, Tigard, Beaverton, Aloha, Milwaukie, Oak Grove, Gladstone, Happy Valley, Lake Oswego, West Linn and Tualatin.

WILLOW WEEKEND 2012
June 1 – 3, 2012
Entiat Grange, 14108 Kinsel St., Entiat, Washington
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore the wide range of techniques
that are willow basketry.  Click here for more information.

YouTube has lots of instructional clips on basketweaving showing techniques and materials including birch bark and more. There are also clips on Viking knitting with wire. To locate the clips, type “basketry instructions YouTube” into your Yahoo or Google browser.

2012 (57^th Exhibition)

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA

The 57^th Juried Exhibition at The Haggin Museum sponsored by Stockton Art League.July 5 – September 2, 2012.  Cash awards over $5,000.  Open to all US artists.  No photography or computer art.  CD deadline May 9, 2012.  Juror: Craig Nelson.  Prospectus: www.hagginmuseum.org  or #10 SASE to Teresa Hickey, 1031 Elmwood Ave., Stockton, CA 95204.  Inquiries: elmhickey@sbcglobal.net



Gourd & Basket Creative Cruise
The Misti Washington Gourd & Basket Guild is planning a Gourd & Basket Creative Cruise, September 23-26, 2012, aboard The Golden Princess, Vancouver, B.C. to Los Angeles, CA.

A NEW FIBERARTS MAGAZINE IS BORN!
Marcia Young of Valley Fiber Arts blog fame has been working on this since the demise of FiberArts magazine and just went public with the new website
www.FiberArtNow.net and is taking subscriptions now. Brian Jewett www.BrianJewett.com sent out this announcement and is hoping that there will be lots of support by subscribing and spreading the word. Of course Marcia will also need advertisers and written and photo content. She'd love to hear from any or all of you. See the submissions page <www.fiberartnow.net/submissions> on the website for more details.

Basket Cruise

The Basket Cruise website for the next cruise in 2012 is up and ready for registration. The website is www.basketweavingcruise.com.