From December 15 through February 10, 2017 Coos Art Museum will be hosting a dual exhibition of fiber art by the group “High Fiber Diet”. The two exhibitions brought together into one are Heat Wave and It’s Not Easy Being Green and both were separate recent fiber art competitions. “High Fiber Diet” is a group of more than thirty artists located in southwestern Washington and western Oregon who choose to work with fiber to express their interpretation of the world and themselves. The exhibitions open with a free reception for the public at the Museum on Friday, December 15, 2017 from 5pm until 7pm. Each portion is organized around a particular color that must appear within the design of the fiber art piece. For Heat Wave it is orange – Orange is the color of heat: hot passion, hot jazz, desert heat, tropical heat, the warmth of Mediterranean stone walls or bright flowers. We are basking in the glow. For It’s Not Easy Being Green it is green – A famous frog once sang “It’s not easy being green.” Kermit’s identity struggle reflects the challenges and choices we face every day. Jurors for Heat Wave are Wendy Huhn, Barbara Setsu Pickett and Marilyn Robert. The jurors for It’s Not Easy Being Green are Pat Bognar, Trisha Hassler and Bonnie Meltzer. The It’s Not Easy Being Green exhibition has previously been shown at: La Conner Textile Museum in La Connor, Washington, World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon and Latimer Quilt & Textile Center in Tillamook, Oregon.
