PNW Community Coral Reef Project

Opening Reception–Friday, August 9, 5 - 7pm 

Show runs through October 13, 2024

This is a “Rewind Exhibit”- It first ran last September but many were unable to see it due to the Plaza Construction. So we brought it back!

 This exhibit is the culmination of a community-based art project spanning more than three years that encouraged fiber artists and crafters to create corals and creatures for this room-sized art Installation. Inspired by the Wertheim sisters of Australia, this fiber art coral reef takes the viewers through healthy and bleached reefs, exploring ideas of conservation, preservation and the effects          of climate change. Spearheaded by fiber artists Christina Harkness and Shanna Smith Suttner, hundreds of crocheters, knitters, felters and weavers have come together to bring attention to this beautiful yet threatened ecosystem. “The majority of people visiting our reef will have never had the opportunity to visit a real coral reef. People are moved to care about ecosystems that they have actually experienced. We hope to inspire our visitors to love coral reefs as much as we do.”

To learn more about this project visit www.coralknitfiberarts.com.