November 7, 2024 | 4 – 6 p.m. | Register here
Please join us for the last Open Studio of the 2024 residency season at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture!
Presentation for this event willl be held in the Pine Meadow Ranch Classroom on Thursday, November 7, 2024 starting at 4 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time).
Presenters for this event include folk artist Sylvia Friday, author Jackleen De la Harpe, metal artist Arūnas Ošlapas and fiber artist Katie Ošlapas.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited so registration is required.
About the Artists:
Sylvia Friday (she/her) – Alsea, OR
Sylvia Friday is a traditional basket maker, folk artist and writer. Weaving with willow combines her love for rivers, creeks and wetlands with her love of making things with her hands.
Jackleen De la Harpe (she/her) – Portland, OR
Jackleen de la Harpe retired as executive director and founder of Underscore Native News, a digital news team covering Indigenous issues in the PNW. She oversaw Underscore’s Food Sovereignty Project (2023) and was a Contributing Editor for The Conversation U.S. Her reporting has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, ICT (Indian Country Today) and Ecotrust.org.
Arūnas Ošlapas (he/him) – Bellingham, WA
Arūnas Ošlapas received his education from Montana State University and the University of Illinois before starting his career in industrial design. He began teaching Industrial Design at Western Washington University in 1991, and continued for 25 years. Aside from teaching, Arunas and his wife Katie founded WOW Design, a product design consultancy and Red Rivet Studios in Bellingham, Washington. His work in weaving metal and piecing together scrap to make metal quilts has been sold at nationally juried art festivals around the country. He has recently started collaborating with Katie, a textile artist, creating mixed media collages using textiles and scrap metal.
Katie Ošlapas (he/him) – Bellingham, WA
Katie Ošlapas has a background in industrial design, and had a brief career in designing appliances and industrial products. Though the field served her well, her true interest and passion lies in the textile arts. Since retiring from industrial product design Katie has focused on quilting, knitting, dress making, and textile art. Her most recent project is an ongoing collaboration with her husband, Arunas Oslapas, where she integrates his left over scrap metal pieces and other found objects into her textile art works.
