2011 - 2012 Program Schedule
This year's focus is on wearables
Whatcom Weavers Guild meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month, September through June. Meetings are open to all members and visitors are welcome. Following a social time and a brief "show and tell" of newly created items by guild members, a quick business meeting is held before the evening's program begins.
Meeting programs are developed to interest weavers and all fiber artists alike. Programs such as lectures, slide presentations and hands-on-learning activities bring members together to discover (or re-discover) interesting tricks, techniques, histories, and everything else under the sun to help stimulate a creative spark. Often-times programs are geared around a specific workshop scheduled for guild members allowing for the group as a whole to learn from visiting fiber artists.
Dates: Second Wednesday of the month, September through June.
Times: 6:30 p.m. Social Time
7:00 p.m. Show and Tell of items "hot off the loom" and a short business meeting.
7:30 p.m. Scheduled Program (meetings typically end between 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Location: St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 - 14th Street, Bellingham, Washington. Enter through the west side of the lower level. Parking is available in the church parking lot and on the street.
Programs
Sept 14: Many approaches to wearables - tailored, loom-shaped, and felted, led by guild members Barbara Snow, Sondra Rose and Donna Hunter
Oct 12: Ikat techniques, program by Seiko Purdue of WWU
Nov 9: Nadine Sanders, expert in Theo Moorman technique will speak on wearables for every body.
Dec 14: Broom making by Ron Dnyder
Jan 11: Teresa Van Haalen on her recent fiber tour to Southeast Asia
Feb 8: Donna Hunter and Marilyn Olsen on hats: Felted, Knitted and Ceramic
March 14: Linda Kubik, on how to sew with hand wovens.
April 11: Teresa Ruch, dyer and weaver will talk about achieving great color and drape for garments.
May 9: Partner projects
June 8: Stash sale
Other Dates to Note
January 5: Daytime Weavers 10:30 am, Roeder Home
January 11: General Meeting
January 19: Board Meeting
February 2: Daytime Weavers, 10:30 am, Roeder Home
February 4: Robyn Spady Workshop
February 8: General Meeting
February 16: Board Meeting, noon, Security First
March 15 & 16 Linda Kubik Workshop
May 5 & 6 Anita Luvera Mayer Workshop
Focus Groups and Daytime Weavers
In addition to regular full-membership meetings, small focus groups meet from time to time, as announced at meetings and in the newsletter. The Daytime Weavers focus group meets year-round on the first Thursday of every month from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the historic Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. in Bellingham. Members of the public are welcome. Contact info@whatcomweaversguild.org for the next meeting location or view the most recent guild newsletter.