Oregon Tapestries
About the Exhibition
See this show June 5 - August 29. The Gallery is open during Library hours.
In partnership with the Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds and Weaving Guilds of Oregon, the Library's Rotunda Gallery is showing an extensive collection of tapestries woven by noted artist Margaret Kilbuck Johansen
Margaret Kilbuck Johansen (1923-2004) was an Oregon fiber artist and art instructor who taught at Linfield College, the Oregon State College of Education (now Western Oregon University), and at Carnegie Institute of Technology. She was one of the first Americans invited to exhibit work in the Lausanne Biennale in Switzerland. A self-taught weaver, Johansen attributed some of her artistic influence to her Native American heritage and her early years living in Hood River.
Margaret Kilbuck Johansen (1923-2004) was an Oregon fiber artist and art instructor who taught at Linfield College, the Oregon State College of Education (now Western Oregon University), and at Carnegie Institute of Technology. She was one of the first Americans invited to exhibit work in the Lausanne Biennale in Switzerland. A self-taught weaver, Johansen attributed some of her artistic influence to her Native American heritage and her early years living in Hood River.
The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the biennial conference of the Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds, sponsored this year by Weaving Guilds of Oregon, June 11-18, expected to bring close to 600 member participants to Bend. The association comprises more than 85 fiber arts guilds across the Pacific Northwest and western Canada.
Thank you to our generous sponsors:
2023 ANWG Conference, Fiber Connections & the Johansen family
Image: Detail from Pow Wow, 35" x 69", Wool on linen warp. 1994.
