The Fort Vancouver Tapestry project

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The mission of the Fort Vancouver Tapestry Project is to promote historical, regional and artistic education through the creation and exhibition of legacy fiber arts in the Northwest. We focus our mission through community building in an environment dedicated to artistic growth and achievement.

The objective of the Fort Vancouver Tapestry Project is to maintain and expand the programs established with the making of the Fort Vancouver Tapestry. They are:

Be an educational resource for our younger students
Be a focal point of community pride in our history and remembrance of our accomplishments

Be a beacon for visitors from around the world
Be an inspiration and reminder to all that great community art is ‘at hand’ and that many hands make light loads
Be a primary resource in the preservation of heritage craft
Be a gathering place where physical dexterity, lively conversation and neighborly interaction create an atmosphere of belonging and a peer support system for everyone.

We are currently recording the "Fort Vancouver Oral History Project" detailing each of the seventy panels that make up the Fort Vancouver Tapestry, and your help is needed. We are seeking recollections, anecdotes and not-too-tall tales for inclusion in a text and soundscape that will accompany the Tapestry exhibit. Please call Robert at the Tapestry workroom to learn of the many opportunities that await you. Please join us.

The Fort Vancouver Tapestry is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1999. Local foundations, grants, sponsorships, and the generous support of our community of friends provide our funding.

Below is the complete tapestry as a slide show. Click to the Panels page for detailed drawings and stitchery of the individual panels. Click here for the project narrative.

Move the cursor over the pictures to stop the slide show for a longer look. Click for a detailed view.

Fort Vancouver Tapestry
611 Grand Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98661
360-992-0975

(we are in the old administration building of the WA School for the Deaf)

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