With Our Hands: World Folk Arts Festival
Image of Maria Cuc Jiatz, Guatemalan weaver from Washington State Historical Society website www.wshs.org.
This Saturday and Sunday, the Washington State Historical Society is presenting a weekend festival with live demonstrations from more than 20 artists in the Great Hall of Washington History at the History Museum. Visitors can view traditional folk arts traditions such as Chinese paper cutting, Japanese Kabuki dancing, Chinese knot tying, Yakama bead working and Latvian and Mexican embroidery. Artists will be performing demonstrations of their work with hands-on activities throughout the festival in the Grand Lobby.
This is your opportunity to enjoy performances, talk to master artists and learn more about these world folk arts traditions.
All activities are FREE with Museum admission.
Washington State History Museum
1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Festival runs April 18, 2009 from 10 am to 5 pm and April 19, 2009 from noon to 5 pm.
The following artists are scheduled to attend the Festival:
• Ampelio Mariscal, Mexican ornamental iron work artist, Brewster, WA
• Bhu Dayal and Jayendran Srinivasan, Indian deity dressers, Sammamish, WA
• Chong Heu, Hmong Needlework, Renton, WA
• Dennis Chastain, traditional chain saw artist, Forks, WA
• Elizabeth Leese, Norwegian rosmaling, Greenbank, WA
• Genoveva Castellanoz, traditional Mexican corona maker, Nyssa, OR
• Hai-Viet Hong, Vietnamese zither maker, Everett, WA
• Husniyea Kouttainay, Palestinian needlework, Edmonds, WA
• Maija Atvars, Latvian embroidery, Renton, WA
• Marie Bakke Bremner, Norwegian needleworker, Republic, WA
• Maria Cuc Jiatz, Guatemalan back strap weaver, Spokane, WA
• Maria Gomez, traditional Mexican embroidery/garment making, Tonasket, WA
• Mary Ohno, Japanese Kabuki dancer, Tacoma, WA
• Mike Skinner, traditional rawhide braiding, Kirkland, WA
• Nhia Yia Heu, Hmong basket maker, Renton, WA
• Nicolas Petrish, Croatian musician and instrument maker, Anacortes, WA
• Oleksandra Pryveda, Ukrainian egg decoration and wheat weaving, Seattle, WA
• Que Tran, Vietnamese paper cutting and folding artist, Seattle, WA
• Rosalind Wang, traditional Chinese knot tying/paper cutting, Vancouver, WA
• Valerie Calac, Yakama beadwork artist and basket maker, White Swan, WA
• Wilho Saari, Finnish musician, Naselle, WA