AUGUST 23-25 FIBER WORKS OF WYOMING & WYOMING FIBER TRAILS ARTS FESTIVAL Co-sponsored by Cowgirl Yarn, Jeny Originals and Laramie Main Street Alliance Laramie Plains Museum Assn./Ivinson Mansion SPECIAL SALES! DURING EVENT Schedule of Events 40 Fiber Artists, Exhibits, Demonstrations and Workshops in Downtown Laramie Join us all weekend for special events and activities, including: • Mountain Meadow Mill of Buffalo Trunk Show (Cowgirl Yarn) • Goods for the Guys exhibit and sale (Jeny Originals) • Wyoming Fiber Arts Exhibit Juried Show (WOW Gallery) • 4-H Club Knit & Crochet Projects (Cowgirl Yarn) • Work of Peggy Doney & Erin Stoesz (Jeny Originals Friday, August 23rd Visit the llama ranch! Learn about wool’s beginning—straight from the source! Lazy H Ranch 1-3:30pm, hosted by Kelly Hubbell Carpooling available. Meeting at K-Mart parking lot @ 12:30. RSVP to Cowgirl Yarn (307) 755-9276 Inkle loom weaving demonstration, thrum baskets and potholders Jeny Originals 1-2 pm, demonstration by Misty Wood Cashmere goats, spinning fibers, demonstration Cowgirl Yarn patio 1-2 pm, demonstration by Brenda Winter Found objects into woven wall hangings, demonstration Jeny Originals 2-3 pm, conducted by Jeny Stoesz Fiber Arts Festival Farmer’s Market Booth, hands-on vegetable printing & meet the goats Downtown Laramie 3-7 pm Opening reception- Wyoming Fiber Artists Exhibit WOW Gallery 6:30-8:30 pm Making glove people sculptures, demonstration Jeny Originals 3-5 pm, by Billie Kay Gross Laramie Art Quilters Show & Sale, Alice Hardie Stevens Center, Ivinson Mansion. 4-9 pm Sponsored by Laramie Art Quilters All Things Bison: talk on ranching, cooking & yarn Jeny Originals 5-6 pm, by Jill Klawonn Evening at the Ivinson Mansion Informal Reception, 6:30 pm Alice Hardie Stevens Center. Welcoming comments: 7:00 pm Anne Hatch, Wyoming State Folklorist/Wyoming Arts Council; Mary Corcoran and Christie Beckmann, Laramie Art Quilters Sunday, August 25th Artists’ Brunch and Roundtable WOW Gallery 9 am Workshops for artists: “Selling Your Work” by Chuck Egnaczak WOW Gallery 10-11 am Laramie Art Quilters Show & Sale 10 a.m.-2 pm Visit with Quilt Artists 1-2 pm, Alice Hardie Stevens Center, Ivinson Mansion Mixing textiles and other media, demonstration WOW Gallery 12-1 pm, demonstration by Georgia Rowswell Horsehair hitching and braiding, demonstration Jeny Originals 1-2 pm, by Erica Babbitt-Rogers Saturday, August 24th Try silk painting, hands-on activity WOW Gallery 1-2 pm, with Gayle Wilson Spinning sheep wool, demonstration Cowgirl Yarn patio 10 am-5 pm, demonstration by Ann Morrison Thanks to our sponsors: Works of Wyoming Wyoming Fiber Trails Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund Wyoming Arts Council Wyoming Women’s Business Center Llama walk-about, get up close and personal with the llamas! Downtown Laramie 10 am-5 pm, hosted by Laurel Snider From Rags to Bags & Rugs, upcycling demonstration Jeny Originals 10 am-12 pm, demonstration by Janice Bierman All Things Bison, Talk on ranching, cooking & yarn Jeny Originals 12-1 pm, by Jill Klawonn Knitting demonstration Cowgirl Yarn 1-2 pm, by Esther Warren Tatting 101, demonstration WOW Gallery 1-2 pm, by Mary Maynard Fair Isle knitting workshop (pre-registration required. $25 fee.) Jeny Originals 1-3 pm, by Jill Klawonn Dyeing with Kool-Aid, kids’ hands-on activity Cowgirl Yarn 1-3 pm, with Charlotte Pruden Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources Laramie Main Street Alliance Cowgirl Yarn Jeny Originals Laramie Plains Museum Assn. Ivinson Mansion *For a more detailed schedule visit: worksofwyoming.org or wyomingfibertrails.org All events Downtown Laramie • Downtown Laramie Farmers Market, Grand Ave. between 1st & 2nd St. and 2nd St. between Grand & Garfield. • Jeny Originals, 213 Grand Ave. • Cowgirl Yarn, 119 Ivinson Ave. • Works of Wyoming, 211 S. 1st St. • Ivinson Mansion, 603 East Ivinson St. 211 First St. Laramie, WY 307 460. 3304