The InstigatorAdmire a variety of handwoven items in Filaments, the Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) juried traveling show which is on exhibit through January 31, 2024, at Willamette Heritage Center (WHC), 1313 Mill St SE.
All weavers and fiber artists use filaments of some size and shape to create. This show celebrates our materials and how, individually, we construct them for our purposes. Whether for domestic use, as decorative objects, or purely as art, we consider function as well as form, and choose our fibers accordingly.
It’s fitting to find this exhibit at WHC, a historical asset preserving and sharing Salem’s industrial past. The five-acre campus includes 14 historic structures that house permanent and changing exhibits, including a textile learning center. It is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The cost to explore is $6 to $10. For more information, call 503-585-7012 or go to willametteheritage.org.
This story originally ran in Press Play Salem issue 18 (Winter 2023)
