A new exhibit at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco will display a variety of traditional hooked rugs created by members of the Ocean Park Rug Club.

The exhibit marks the 50-year anniversary of the club, which was founded in 1974 by a group of five women. The group held meetings near Ocean Park until the late 1980s and continues to meet monthly in Ilwaco at the museum.

“Walking on Art: Traditional Hooked Rugs of the Ocean Park Rug Club,” opens Friday. During museum hours on Saturday, club members will be on-site to give demonstrations of the rug hooking technique, which involves using a small hook to pull pieces of yarn or other fabric through a woven base.

Demonstrations will continue between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fridays throughout the exhibit, which runs through July 6.

More than 50 rugs will be displayed, including one creation by Jerre McDaneld that shows the historic Grays River Covered Bridge with mountains in the distance.

Other club members exhibiting work include Nancy Blanton, Lori Cagle, Mary Cohn, Toni Jette, Dian Kazlauskas, Lori Lindemann, Betsy Millard, Jackie Mills, Helen Phillips, Jo Ann Snead, Kitty Speranza, Marilyn Stern and Tina Toney.

Also, returning to the museum this weekend is Driftwood and Daffodils, an exhibit of driftwood creations, arrangements of the peninsula’s abundant daffodils and combinations of the two.

Entries for the event, which includes a show and contest, should be dropped off during museum hours on Thursday.

Arrangements can include other varieties of flowers and greenery in addition to daffodils and should include a vase for display. Driftwood mobiles will be suspended on rails while other entries are set up on tables. Prizes will be awarded in several categories, including best in show.

Visitors to the exhibit, which is between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, will select the winner of a People’s Choice Award. Last year, that honor went to Bradley Huson, of Oysterville, for a display that combined the show’s two elements.

Driftwood and Daffodils is returning for a second year after organizers Madeline Matson and Betsy Millard, the museum’s executive director and curator, were inspired by a driftwood exhibit that began at the Long Beach Grange in 1956 and ran until 1967.

Like last year, the event will include two seatings for a spring daffodil tea at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, where sweet and savory accompaniments will be served. Visitors are encouraged to wear their best spring hats.

Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum

Columbia Pacific

Heritage Museum

”Walking On Art: Traditional Hooked Rugs of the Ocean Park Rug Club”

Opens Friday at the museum, 115 Lake St., Ilwaco, on view through July 6 during regular museum hours, which are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays

”Driftwood and Daffodils”

Exhibit on view Friday and Saturday, entries must be dropped off Thursday during museum hours. Spring tea seatings offered at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, cost is $35

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