The Felt Road is honored to partner with s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome for installations, community events, a presentation series, and workshops, focused on Central Asian Traditional Nomadic Feltmaking. These collaborative and exploratory events, guided by Janice Arnold and The Felt Road team, honor Indigenous felting traditions. They not only offer a solid foundation for beginning to understand this ancient art form but also provide an introduction on how to start exploring it as an expressive and functional material. 

This program is partially funded by an Inspire Olympia grant in partnership with s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome, The Evergreen State College Campus, Olympia, WA.

Community events related to this programming:

• July 15 - Installation - We completed the Installation Homage to the Forests at s'gwi gwi ʔ altxw House of Welcome.

• July 31 - Artist Talk + Installation - The reception and artist talk for the installation was well attended.

• August 9 - Wool Exploration Day at the Hands On Children’s Museum, where more than 100 children and parents learned about wool and felt through making 3-dimensional felted Earth Globes, which they got to take home. Felt Alphabet Squares were also made at this event and added to the museum’s collection of letters kids & parents can play with when they visit. 

• August 20 & 27 -  Stitching The Felt Roads: An Interactive Experience in Wool and Felt

Workshop Opportunity: An Exploration in Traditional Central Asian Feltmaking

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