WITH OUR HANDS: World Folk Art Festival
April 17 & 18, 2010
10 AM-5 PM
Companion exhibit runs through December
Bhu Dayal, Indian Deity dresser at the 2009
WITH OUR HANDS: World Folk Art Festival. (Washington State Historical Society)
Thanks to everyone who made the World Folk Art Festival a success! We enjoyed seeing so many people having fun and learning about different folk art traditions! We hope to see you
next year. While the 2010 Festival is over, you can still check out the companion exhibit
through December!
WITH OUR HANDS: Folk Art Treasures
Now through December
See folk art items pulled out of the Historical
Society's collection and learn what folk art means.
See jewelry made out of hair, a picture frame crafted from matchsticks, a handmade
Norwegian fiddle inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and more, in WITH OUR HANDS: Folk Art Treasures,
on display through July.
The following artists attended the 2010 WITH OUR HANDS: World Folk Art Festival:
• Maija Atvars, Latvian embroidery, Renton, WA
• Marie Bakke Bremner, Norwegian needleworker, Republic, WA
• Valerie Calac, Yakama beadwork artist and basket maker, White Swan, WA
• Alfredo Campos, horse hair hitching, Federal Way, WA
• Genoveva Castellanoz, traditional Mexican corona maker, Nyssa, OR
• Bhu Dayal and Jayendran Srinivasan, Indian deity dressers, Sammamish, WA
• Maria Gomez, traditional Mexican embroidery and garment making, Tonasket, WA
• Chong Heu, Hmong Needlework, Renton, WA
• Nhia Yia Heu, Hmong basket maker, Renton, WA
• Maria Cuc Jiatz, Guatemalan back strap weaver, Spokane, WA
• Robert King, chain saw carving, Edgewood, WA
• Husniyea Kouttainay, Palestinian needlework, Edmonds, WA
• Elizabeth Leese, Norwegian rosmaling, Greenbank, WA
• Nicolas Petrish, Croatian musician and instrument maker, Anacortes, WA
• Oleksandra Pryveda, Ukrainian wheat weaving, Seattle, WA
• Wilho Saari, Finnish musician, Naselle, WA
• Que Tran, Vietnamese paper cutting and folding artist, Seattle, WA
• Rosalind Wang, traditional Chinese paper cutting, Vancouver, WA
Click here to learn about all of the artists!
Schedule for Saturday and Sunday:
1:30-2 PM |
Divine Mellows, Indian bhajan singing
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2-2:30 PM
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Que Tran, Vietnamese paper folding workshop
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2:30-3:30 PM
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Nicholas Petrish, Croatian dancing
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3:30-4:30 PM
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Wilho Saari, Finnish kantele playing
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Organized by the Washington State History Museum, in collaboration with the
Washington State Arts Commission,
and funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts,
KUOW,
and The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.