Join us for a week-long online festival celebrating the realtionship between words and art!
With panels and lectures, performances and readings, daily art projects and even a virtual workshop, there is truly something for everyone to enjoy in this festival from the comfort of their own homes.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Evening Events – Explore how art and words collide with guest artists and community partners throughout the week.
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Mon-Fri & Sun, 7pm on varying platforms
Virtual Workshop – Stretch your creative museums with an at-home workshop via Zoom.
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Sun, June 7, 7pm on Zoom
Art in Action videos – Get creative with at-home art activities exploring the ways that art speaks, through text and images.
Mon-Fri, 10am on our blog, Facebook, and YouTube
Lunchtime Story – Take a break with us and some of our favorite children’s authors from around the region for a lunchtime story reading.
Mon-Fri, 12pm on our blog, Facebook, and YouTube
Open Book Tour – Kick off your weekend with an Open Book Tour from our archive of past presentations.
Sat, 11am on our Facebook and YouTube
AND MORE! Stay tuned to our website and social media networks to check out all the happenings throughout the week of June 1-7.
EVENT LINEUP
PERFORMANCE
Data Dance Derivations:
Experiments with Vis-à-Vis Society
Tues, June 2, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required
Join Rachel Kessler and Sierra Nelson, founders of the innovative poetry-science collaborative Vis-à-Vis Society, as they share excerpts of their previous multimedia literary work and process, and perform a live collaborative experiment of embodiment with those in attendance.
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PANEL
Hand in Hand:
Collaboration in Fiber and Poetry
Wed, June 3, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required
Fiber 2020 artist Maura Donegan and poet, performer, and playwright Daemond Arrindell explore the intersections between poet and artist through their collaborative artwork.
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READING
Legends of the North Cascades
Reading with Jonathan Evison
Thur, June 4, 7pm | Facebook
Free, NO registration required
Local author Jonathan Evison reads from forthcoming novel The Legends of the North Cascades. This event will be streamed on our Facebook page.
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ACTIVITY
Looking Together
Fri, June 5, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required
Grab a partner, your favorite beverage, and tune in to this live Zoom to be guided in looking and talking about a piece of art from home.
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Image: Anna Teiche, Corner Study, 2018, oil on canvas, 40”h x 38”w, Gendreau Family Collection
WORKSHOP
Poem Printing @ Home with Lynda Sherman
Sun, June 7, 11am-12pm | Zoom
$12 member / $15 non-member
Using writing prompts to generate words as inspiration and supplies from around the home for process, work along with Lynda Sherman to develop easily accessible tools and techniques for jump-starting your printing practice.
Get more info & register here!
PANEL
Talking About Making:
Words and Artists of Fiber 2020
Sun, June 7, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required
Fiber 2020 artists who use words in their art including Lou Cabeen, Sheila Klein, Helga Winter moderated by Kristin Tollefson.
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MORE HAPPENINGS
ACTIVITIES
Art in Action Videos
Mon-Fri, June 1-5, 10am
Facebook & YouTube
Get creative with a new at-home art activity each weekday exploring the ways that art speaks, through text and images.See past Art in Actions!
READING
Lunchtime Stories
Mon-Fri, June 1-5, 12pm
Facebook
Join children's book illustrators for a lunchtime story break streamed on our Facebook page. Featured artists include:
Jenn Mann
Richard Jesse Watson
Jessixa Bagley
Julie Paschkis
Nikki McClure
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BOOK ARTS
Open Book Tour Archive
Sat, June 6, 11am
Facebook & YouTube
Kick off your weekend with an Open Book Tour from our archive of past presentations.
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2020/06/01 - 2020/06/07
Online
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110