Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, director of the Olympia-based center, says that the plan to build it began in fall 2013 as part of a larger project. She explains:
“The longhouse applied for some funding to build a concept that we’re calling the indigenous arts campus.
“The fiber arts studio is the second of four spaces that we plan to build within the campus.”
College president Thomas “Les” Purce said in a press release:
“This project is a testament of our commitment to providing a space for indigenous art and culture without higher education.”
The college is already home to a carving studio and, since the primary cultural art-Forms in the Pacific Northwest involve weaving and carving, adding a fiber arts studio could be seen as a natural progression.
The new studio is anticipated to open in May 2016, and it will be designed by John Paul Jones, a northwestern architect who designed both the current Longhouse and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Also involved in the project will be Maori artist Lyone Grant, who has worked on meeting house design in New Zealand. While there is plenty of time between now and then for event planning, many businesses and colleges support the opening celebrations of new buildings with poster and banner printing orders.
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