Coast Salish Wool Weaving

What You'll Learn

This year-long certificate will teach you the practice and cultural value of wool weaving. You will take projects from raw wool and create completed woven pieces through an Indigenous lens. The certificate with focus on vitalizing customary practices specific to the Tulalip Nation.

Embark on a journey of discovery and creation through wool weaving, informed by the Coast Salish worldview. In this hands-on certificate, we will use mind, body, and spirit to uplift Indigenous art and memory. Weaving is an ancient endeavor practiced around the world by plant, animal, and human beings. With perspectives enriched by ancestral stories, we will embrace the knowledge of our first teachers, the Plant and Animal People. We will make meaning that amplifies our creativity and imagination, evolving our art as weavers.

Experience Weaving on the Tulalip Nation

Courses for this certificate program are held off-campus on the Tulalip Nation. To complete this certificate, students will attend once monthly weekend intensives, comprised of three full days Friday - Sunday. The Tulalip Nation is located approximately two hours north of Evergreen's Olympia Campus.

Students interested in an on-campus certificate program exploring traditional weaving practices should consider the Fiber Arts: Sheep to Shawl certificate.