The Jefferson County Historical Society will present “Coast Salish Wool Weaving” as the next event for its First Friday Speaker Series.
The event will be on Friday, Sept. 3 …
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The Jefferson County Historical Society will present “Coast Salish Wool Weaving” as the next event for its First Friday Speaker Series.
The event will be on Friday, Sept. 3 from 7 to 8 p.m., and hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center.
The First Friday Speaker Series highlights local craftspeople in the county, aiming to honor the hand-crafted arts through various mediums.
This upcoming event will celebrate Susan Pavel, who will share her wool-weaving journey beginning in 1996, and how it led to her dream job teaching the art of weaving at Evergreen State College in Olympia. She will distinguish context from content, identifying the relationship between the Coast Salish worldview, and the craft of Coast Salish wool weaving. Guests will enjoy a show-and-tell of her work, a process often requiring several months of dedicated focus. This event is limited to 30 guests and all attendees must pre-register.
Sa’hLa mitSa (Susan Pavel), Filipina by birth, first learned Coast Salish wool weaving during the summer of 1996. Her master teacher was Subiyay (Bruce Miller) of the Skokomish Nation, uncle to her husband CHIXapkaid (Michael Pavel). Each summer she would take three months to produce one ceremonial blanket, and then gift it to an elder Tribe member.
By the fourth year it was suggested she sell her creations as an exchange of gifts, which she did. By the seventh year Pavel was invited to teach weaving classes for other nations, and has taught hundreds of students since.
Pavel has curated, participated, and solo-exhibited in 12 museum exhibits and more than 25 gallery exhibits. She has been awarded 17 artist-in-residence or grant opportunities, with more than 30 bibliographic acknowledgements. She has taught, presented, and demonstrated at least 80 times.
Pavel’s weavings can be seen in 10 public venues and numerous private collections across the nation. She currently serves as the executive director of the Coast Salish Wool Weaving Center, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Evergreen State College.
She also continues to weave and teach, as she is obedient to SQTsya’yay (pronounced cut-see-ya-ya) — Weaver’s Spirit Power.
Those interested can register at Simpletix (https://www.simpletix.com/e/jchs-first-friday-speaker-series-coast-sal-tickets-76860). The suggested donation is $10.
