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FIRST FLOOR
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Umbilicaria White by Flóra Carlile-Kovács
FeltScapes
By Flóra Carlile-Kovács

July 29-October 11, 2026
Carlile-Kovács combines layers of wool, silk fibers, and fabrics to create stunning fiber art pieces, both sculptural and painterly. Blending colors, textures, and forms, Carlile-Kovács brings the ancient textile technique of felting into a contemporary context.  ​
THIRD FLOOR
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Pariah by Colleen Wise
Old Growth
Colleen Wise 
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September 16-December 6, 2026 
Wise began the process of creating Old Growth in 2020 when the Covid- 19 pandemic created time and space for her to set up a marbling studio in her backyard.  Over time, the tree rings became more stylized, and the process became more experimental. Wise explored painting, Inktense pencils, discharging, ice dyeing, shibori, sheer overlays, silkscreening, sgraffito (rubber cement), and quilting using gromets rather than stitches.  

Early in the series, Wise's tree rings told the stories of fallen giants. Overtime, they began to express the artist’s story; what it's like getting older, the challenge of living with Parkinson’s Disease, the impact of a family member struggling with mental health issues. 
SECOND FLOOR
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Remnants of a Memory by Youngmin Lee

​Pieces for a Piece ​
Curated by Youngmin Lee and Miran Lee 


Participating Artist: April EJ Oh, ​Caitlin Parker,​ Dong Kyu Kim, ​Miran L. Lee,​ Yoko Kubota,​ and Youngmin Lee
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June 3, 2026 - November 15, 2026
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Pieces for a Piece brings together six artists whose work is inspired by bojagi and jogakbo, the traditional Korean patchwork cloth made by stitching together small remnants of fabric. Historically used as wrapping cloths, jogakbo transformed discarded fragments into objects of quiet beauty—balancing practicality with a refined sense of composition and care.​​
Working across different cultural backgrounds and artistic practices, the artists reinterpret the language of patchwork in distinct ways—through memory, migration, landscape, ecology, consumer culture, and the experience of home. Their works reveal how fragments, when patiently assembled, can hold traces of time, labor, and lived experience.​​​
As fragments gather into a piece, these works invite us to consider how making—slowly, patiently, by hand—continues to shape the ways we live.​


Upcoming Exhibitions


​Best of the Festival 
Selections from the International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival 
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October 14th-November 22nd, 2026
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1st Floor Galleries 
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Exodus by Linda Anderson, Best in Show Winner
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Free to Quilt Museum Members 
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The Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum is located on the land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Many Indigenous peoples thrive here — alive and strong.​
With gratitude, we honor their stewardship of these lands since time immemorial to the present day.
This land acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities.
We also aim to highlight the major artistic contributions made by indigenous Pacific Northwest artists to the history of weaving and textile arts through exhibits and public programs.
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