Leland Old Art Building holds Fiber Festival

Photo by Karin Fish

From staff reports

The Leelanau Community Cultural Center sponsors its 19th annual Fiber Festival on Friday, Oct. 11, from 5:30-7:30 pm and Saturday, Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct. 13 from 10 am-4 pm at the Old Art Building in Leland. Artists with original fiber art will exhibit and sell their work in mediums of wearable art, textiles, weaving, art quilts, fiber sculpture, knits and yarns. 

This year’s Artists include: Char Bickel, hand painted silk collage; Keira Duvernoy, handmade hats of felt wool, silk and linen; Karin Fish, felted wool sculpture of flora, fauna and fantasy creatures; Tracie Herkner, hand and mill spun yarn, spinning supplies; Jasmine Petrie, weaving, felting and dying; Chris Roosien, hand painted yarn; Carol Salerno, woven scarfs and linens; Cathy Siterlet, hand woven garments and home décor, and Dianne Tobias, braider and rug hooker. She will be offering demonstrations during this event. She will be teaching a 2-day class in both fiber arts. She is visiting Leland all the way from California.

Demonstrations by the artists will be conducted at various times throughout the show. Admission is free.

This event coincides with several art shows throughout the county. The M22Art Tour follows M-22, circling the beautiful Leelanau Peninsula with stops in Glen Arbor, Cleveland Township/Bohemian Road, Leland and Northport. In addition to the five art venues, there are numerous restaurants, wineries and small shops along the way.

Those venues include the Glen Arbor Township Hall (painting), Cleveland Township Hall (ceramics) and Northport Art Association Gallery (furniture and sculpture).