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he CNY Fiber Arts Festival will return on June 10 and 11 to Bouckville, bringing activities for the whole family, an inside view of local agriculture, a little history, animals, music, food and inspiration for artists and crafters. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Butternut Hill Campground, on Route 20 in Bouckville and celebrates fiber animals – sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas and Angora rabbits – and the fiber arts: spinning, weaving, felting, dyeing, knitting and crochet. The Children’s Tent will offer the opportunity to try basic needle-felting, weaving, knitting and other crafts, with kids taking their creations home. Young children can build an imaginary farm using a model barn, paint and color farm animals, decorate animal masks, play with baby goats and lambs and use interactive exhibits to learn about exotic fiber and the process that transforms raw fiber into a finished garment. The focus this year is on spinning, the ancient art of transforming raw fiber into yarn. Many of the 110 vendor booths will feature spinning demonstrations and there will be a Wheel Corral, where experienced spinners can try out different wheels and visitors with no spinning experience at all can get a feel for the process. Visitors who want to learn more about spinning or other arts can sign up for workshops or take one of the short, one-hour courses that will leave plenty of time for wandering and shopping. Special guest artists will present talks each day as well. Garry Aney, interpreter of textiles at the Farmers Museum in Cooperstown, will provide a historical timeline for hand spinning and talk about fiber prepara-
cus on Fiber” for the Madison County Fair. It was a great success, and the participants recognized the need for an independent fiber festival in CNY and a fiber “guild” that would welcome both livestock producers and fiber artists. Their commitment to education has been demonstrated through a public workshop called “Is there a Fiber Animal in Your Future?,” the teaching of felting at a middle school submitted photos in Syracuse, and the publication of a tion systems from a historical perspec- Resource Guide of individuals willing tive. Barbara and Clint Fudge from and able to help with questions about Walking Wheel Farm will talk about the fiber arts and fiber animals. spinning equipment through the years The commitment to the support and a well-known expert on flax, Pa- of individual fiber artists and fiber mella Wood, will show visitors how to farmers is also demonstrated at the prepare flax and go through all of the festival, which is a great place to see steps required to produce linen. and purchase unique The lectures, children’s activities, handmade articles and the shearing demonstrations and as well as raw sheepdog demonstrations are all free materials for fiwith festival admission ($6 for adults, $10 for a weekend pass). Space in a workshop can be reserved using information on the website cnyfiber.org. Also at the festival, the versatile and popular Tim Carr returns to sing for visitors and an assortment of food vendors will serve up both healthy and decadent meals to enjoy under the dining canopy. All of the vendor booths and demonstrations are under cover, except for the sheepdog demonstration, just in case Central New York fails to provide perfect weather. This will be the seventh fiber arts festival held at Butternut Hill Campground in Bouckville, although the organization behind it, CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, came into being through a similar event two years earlier. In 2009, a small, diverse group of fiber farmers and fiber artists came together to create an event called “Fo-
ber-based creations. Visitors can even “start from scratch” by buying one of the many raw fleeces at the festival’s fleece sale tent. CNY Fiber Artists and Producers Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of the Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement program, a combined effort of Farm Credit East, Yankee Farm Credit and CoBank. The festival is also supported by the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. It is administered by CNY Arts.
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