FORT GARLAND – Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center will hold its inaugural fiber arts festival, From Land to Hand: Fiber Arts in the San Luis Valley, on Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The community is invited to a day-long celebration all things fiber. Participants will learn about the traditions of sheep ranching, the new industry of hemp fiber production and see works by fiber artists in the San Luis Valley.

Throughout the day there will be food, music, yarn bombing and demonstrations by artists who will share their skill and love of their craft. A variety of wool and hemp vendors will be selling some of the region’s most beautiful fiber work by local artists and supplies for home fiber projects. The event is also the opening of the Fort Classroom and Fiber Studio where guests can sign up for a variety of classes in the museum’s New Skills Saturday program. Music will be provided by Audrey Davis & John Archuleta and by Arlene & Sunny McAdams.

Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center is a Community Museum of History Colorado, located at 29477 Highway 159, in Fort Garland,The museum includes adobe buildings original to the 19th-century United States Army post with exhibits on the Civil War in the West, the preservation of the Fort, Buffalo Soldiers, and one-time commander Kit Carson.

Admission to From Land to Hand is $5 for adults, $4.50 for seniors, and $3.50 for children ages 6-15. Kids 5 and under are free. Museum admission is included in festival admission. For more information, call 719-379-3512.