Featured Artist for 2023

Fibrefest’s featured artist is acclaimed producer, puppeteer, and Order of Canada recipient Noreen Young, who has been gracing television screens with her creations since the 1960s, including classics such as “Hi Diddle Day” and “Under the Umbrella Tree”. Her puppet characters have appeared in “Sesame Park”, “Readalong”, and “Téléfrançais!”, and she received three Gemini Award nominations for her achievements in Canadian television. In 2005, she founded Puppets Up!, a festival that took place in Mississippi Mills for 12 years. Fibrefest is excited to bring her talent and imagination to our festival of fibre arts!

Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking was established in 1977. Our 100+ members hook in a range of styles from traditional to contemporary, using a variety of techniques and materials. We meet three times a month from September through to the start of June in the Crystal Beach area of Ottawa. Our members have access to an extensive lending library of resources, wool cutters, dye recipes, learning events, and social activities such as an annual hook-in.

Membership in Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking is open to rug hookers of all skill levels from Ottawa and the surrounding area. For more information, visit us online at: ottawarughooking.com

The Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild was created in 1949 by a handful of Ottawa area weavers. Originally called the Ottawa Valley Weaver’s Guild, the group eventually expanded to include spinners and today has over 200 members.

The objectives of the Guild are to promote interest and education in weaving, spinning and related fibre arts and to encourage a high standard of craftsmanship and design.

We offer a wide variety of workshops in spinning, weaving, felting, dyeing and basketry.

Members may take advantage of our workshops, equipment rentals, a fully equipped weaving and spinning studio, nine monthly newsletters and an extensive library that includes hundreds of books, magazines and videos which cover topics such as spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, design and beyond.

Monthly meetings featuring guest speakers, demonstrations, show and tell, and sales of equipment and supplies. We have weekly networking meetings during which our members congregate to work, socialize and share expertise.

Since 1980, we have had an annual Sale and Exhibition at the Glebe Community Centre in Ottawa. In early November, the Centre is transformed into a textile gallery and boutique where we sell wearable woven, knitted and felted pieces, household goods, hand spun yarns, supplies for spinners and weavers, and textile art. The Sale and Exhibition helps to promote and showcase the work of the guild’s many talented members.

The Guild welcomes all levels of interest in traditional and contemporary weaving, spinning and other textile arts and crafts. No experience is necessary for our introductory workshops, just a keen interest and a desire to learn. Come to a meeting and see what we’re all about!

Website: OVWSG.com

Out of the Box Fibre Artists is a local art group whose members share a love of texture, colour and creativity.

Through our monthly meetings, learning events and other shared resources, we inspire each other to make beautiful works of art from fabric, textiles and mixed media.

To learn more about us, visit our website, check out our Facebook or Instagram pages