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Guild Calendar January 2022
January 13, 2022 Virtual Meeting
7:00 pm Evening Meeting Only
Library Pickup/Return
Thursday, January 20, 2022
10-10:30 am – MAC Hallway by Gallery
Please send your requests to Robin.
Virtual Board Meeting
Thursday, January 27, 2022
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
President’s Message
Happy New Year everyone!
I hope your holiday season has been as happy as it can be!
At the time I am writing this, we have just passed the Winter Solstice and our days are starting to get ever so slightly longer. I don’t know you about you, but passing that date always feels like a bit of an accomplishment and I always feel a big sigh of relief. With more light coming and the new year, I always like to set goals and small, attainable challenges for myself for the upcoming year – I am really not much for resolutions but find this a nice way to ring in the new year.
This year my goals include staying as healthy as I can, learning about some new weave structures and playing with design, continuing learning another language (and practicing each day), to try and do better than I did the day before, and to keep walking as much as possible and to explore new parts of Portland by foot (in 2021 I walked all 34 of Self-led SW Trails routes with my friend – this was a goal last New Years!).
Whether you set goals or resolutions or nothing at all, I hope you all have a Happy New Year, I wish you more light as we move forward, good health, and lots of joy!
Stay safe everyone!
Sarah McCully-Posner
PHG President
Programs
Program News 2021-2022
For the coming year the board has decided to take its lead from MAC, and when they reopen to the public we will resume our normal meeting schedule of day and evening meetings. Meetings will be held in either the auditorium or the gymnasium as scheduling permits to allow sufficient space for distancing for the comfort of all members. In addition we will continue to include Zoom access for all our meetings for both the Zoom-only meetings as well as those held at MAC.
Until MAC reopens we will continue with our evening Zoom meetings on our normal meeting dates. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6742517131?pwd=Q2dlQkpaeFVQbGhieS8rTndTdTNidz09 and works for all meetings for both the normal monthly meetings as well as the monthly board meetings.
We will continue to record programs and make them available to members via the members-only page at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/archive/members-only/recordings/. Please note that we are working with presenters to ensure access to all and at the same time respecting the time and efforts of presenters. When requested we will be redacting presentations from the recordings after allowing a reasonable amount of time to allow members the opportunity to view the recordings. If you have missed any presentations from last year I urge you to view them now while you can. Updates may be made to those recordings at any time.
Thanks to all who have provided ideas and suggestions for this year’s programs. I think we have a good lineup, but there’s still a spot open for that amazing speaker or topic you’ve been wanting to see or share with the group. If you have an idea for a program please email Dan at dansteves@gmail.com.
In the meantime here’s what we have on the schedule so far.
| Month | Speaker | Topic |
| January | Tien Chiu | Visual Design: The Four Factors |
| February | Marilyn and John Harrison | From Flock to Fiber |
| March | Karen Gelbard | Imagine Wearing Handwoven |
| April | Carolyn Burwell | Inspirations and Works |
| May | Denise Kovnat | TBD: Either “Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Beaming Them as One” OR “Once Upon a Warp: From the Loom to the Runway” |
| June | PHG Board | Strawberry Social |
January Program – Evening Meeting Only
Tien Chiu
Visual Design: The Four Factors
January 13, 2022
When designing a piece, there are four factors in its design that contribute most to its look and feel. The mood – the overall atmosphere of its piece – is set by the range of lights and darks in the piece. The vibrancy determines how eye-catching the piece is, and is set by saturation and warmth. The drama of a piece is the emotional tension in a piece, and is created through contrast. And, finally, the complexity of the patterning determines whether it feels elegantly simple or fascinatingly complex. This talk discusses the four factors and how they work in handweaving.
Join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6742517131?pwd=Q2dlQkpaeFVQbGhieS8rTndTdTNidz09
Share your work with the Guild. Please send photos of your recent work to Dan Steves at dansteves@gmail.com for inclusion in the Show & Tell portion of the October meeting. Deadline for submissions is noon on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
501(c)(3) Update: Vote on Proposed Amended Articles of Incorporation
We continue to work with the attorneys on the move to a 501(c)(3). At the January meeting we will be asking members to vote on the proposed Amended Articles of Incorporation that will be filed with the State of Oregon. The proposed articles are available on the website at https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/archive/proposed-amended-articles-of-incorporation/. Please review them at your convenience before the January meeting. If you have any questions please email Dan Steves at dansteves@gmail.com.
Workshops
The Denise Kovnat workshop signups are open. Right now the two workshops are being offered as a bundle. Once signups slow down, the remaining places will be open for each workshop individually. Click here for more info.
Paint Two, Beam One
Denise Kovnat
March 13, 14, and 20, 2022
The next two workshops come as a set. March 13, 14, and 20, 2022, Denise Kovnat will present via Zoom, her Paint Two, Beam One dye workshop. Supply lists will be forthcoming, and I recommend we group up, or arrange for a group buy of some of the required chemicals. Registration is open.
One Warp, Many Structures
Denise Kovnat
May 12-14, 2022
May 12-14, 2022, Denise Kovnat will present IN PERSON, her One Warp, Many Structures workshop, using the two painted warps from the previous workshop. (https://www.denisekovnat.com/p/classes.html) Either workshop can stand on its own, but the Workshop Chair will first be opening registration to those who want to take both workshops. Registration is open.
Lifetime PHG Member Jerry Swick is going to present a set of Fiberworks software tutorials via Zoom for Guild members only, gratis.
TENTATIVE first session is Friday January 21, 2022 at 1pm via Zoom.
All presentations will be recorded.
Jerry’s message:
For many Guild members who don’t know me, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Jerry Swick and I’ve been a member of the guild for over 12 years. I’ve been weaving for about 14 years and am one of the partners at Ruthie’s Weaving Studio. I have offered to present some tutorials on using Fiberworks software. These will be via Zoom and limited to around an hour at a time. My career was in software development and I’ve been using Fiberworks for a number of years, so I really enjoy sharing what knowledge I have acquired with others interested in using this program. Because of the wide variance of experience our members have with Fiberworks, I plan to start with a session on the basics and expand from there. Here are some of the major topics I hope to address:
• Basics of Fiberworks
• Creating Drafts
• Profile Drafts – Block Substitution
• Color Palettes
March, 2022 The Sakiori workshop lead by Yoko Tamura may return. Should it be a go, first priority will be given to those who had originally registered. (Lynne Fitzsimmons still has her warp and silk sari squirrelled away in anticipation!)
September 10-11, 2022, Patty Huffer will present a Beginning Rigid Heddle workshop at Ruthie’s Weaving Studio at 3131 SE 50th and SE Kelley. This is being organized by WeGo, and has a maximum of 6 participants.
October 15-16, 2022 There will be a Deflected Doubleweave Workshop presented by Natalie Drummond via Zoom. Natalie was featured recently on the cover of Handwoven. Her website is: https://www.nataliewoven.com/.
Guild News
In Memoriam
PHG Life Member Joan Wade, sister of Blithe Jensen, passed away December 18th, 2021 at age 88 from complications of dementia. Although she moved to the Coast many years ago, she participated in both Fall & Spring sales for many years with her felted hats and fused glass buttons.
Library News
January Library Pick and Return day is Thursday, January 20, 2022. Pick up will be inside MAC by the Gallery; there will not be open shelf browsing. Please browse the library online and email Robin with your requests.
Weaving Guilds of Oregon Relief Fund
The WeGO Relief Fund was established in response to Oregon’s devastating 2020 fire season in which several weavers lost their homes and studios. This fund is intended to assist any member of a WeGO guild who is a victim of a catastrophic loss. A member of a WeGO Guild who is a victim of a catastrophic loss, fire, theft, flood, other natural disaster may apply for Relief Funds to assist in the replacement of fiber and/or fiber-related accessories lost.
Read the Relief Fund Guidelines here and download the Application here.
PHG Mannequins Exhibit to Open January, 2022 in Lincoln City
Escape to the Past Through Buttons and Fashions
LINCOLN CITY, OR
Show dates: January 7 – February 20, 2022
Collectible Buttons and French haute couture Fashions will divert our attention from the present to the past at the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, January 7 through February 20, 2022. An opening reception will be Friday, January 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM following Covid protocols.
The Oregon State Button Society Exhibit will dazzle, delight, and draw attention and appreciation for buttons and their rich history. Buttons are traditionally displayed on trays with a commonality in subject, material, time period, or technique, and we will have 21 different trays from the collection of Holly Derderian. Perhaps you will remember someone’s button collection or have your own button jar, but this exquisite show ensures you will never look at buttons the same way again; so much art and history in a little button.
The Oregon State Button Society, formed in 1947, encourages the education about the history of buttons in trim and fashion, including their manufacture and use; and promotes the collection and preservation of buttons as cultural artifacts. For Button Clubs and Button Shows in Oregon, see www.oregonbuttonsociety.org.
The Portland Handweavers’ Guild, PHG, Mannequin Project was conceived of as a way to honor the French people of 1945 and the Portland Handweavers Guild which was started in the same year. Using the Theatre de la Mode mannequins (which can be seen at Maryhill Museum) as inspiration, Dakotah Fitzhugh sculpted and created the PHG mannequins. These eight Mannequins showcase handwoven fabrics and original fashion designs reminiscent of 1945, made by PHG members.
For some historical background on the role miniature mannequins, or Pandora figures, have played in diplomacy, war, royalty, communications, and marketing, down the centuries from the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, through the Second World War, until today, listen to this Haptic and Hue podcast, Episode #7, Majesty and Mannequins, by Jo Andrews, https://hapticandhue.com/tales-of-textiles-series-1/ and more about the original collection at Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Washington, https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/general/jeanne-lanvin-the-theatre-de-la-mode.
The Portland Handweavers Guild members profit from lectures, films, and exhibits by noted weavers, artists, and crafts people along with local teachers, artists, crafts and business people who have been generous with their time and knowledge. Travelers from foreign lands with marvelous samples of weaving delight and inspire.
The new Fiber Arts Studio Gallery is just opposite the main entrance from the Chessman Gallery inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center at 540 NE Hwy. 101, in Lincoln City. Lincoln City Cultural Center is open 10 to 4, Thursday through Sunday. Masks and social distancing required in the building.
by Alexis Garrett, Education and Communications Coordinator
Lincoln City Cultural Center Fiber Arts Studio Gallery
541-342-1973 • LCFiberArtsStudio@gmail.com
Theme of the Year – Stash Management
Weavers tend to acquire a yarn inventory over time, their stash. A stash is a wonderful thing. It can consist of yarns left over from completed projects but too nice to discard, yarns that were gifts, or yarns that were just too pretty to leave behind at the fiber festival. There are bread-and-butter yarns like carpet warp and 8/2 cotton and, sometimes, yarns lovingly adopted from a weaver’s estate sale. But without stash management, a stash can outgrow its storage space or is frozen in time, with fiber content, grist, colors, and textures the weaver no longer uses.
There are three main stash management categories: Builders, Swappers, and Depleters.
Stash Builders tend to be those new to weaving. They are excited to build their stashes to have a variety of yarns readily available for projects they hope to weave in the future. They may be weavers without resources to build a stash quickly, who want to get a range of colors in basic yarns, or who want to explore different yarns without a major cash outlay. They can also be weavers who are looking for small quantities of a special yarn, discontinued yarns, or yarns that are difficult to find.
Stash Swappers are weavers who already have a stash but want it refreshed. The stash can have yarns that no longer reflect their weaving preferences, where the weaver is learning and evolving and needs their stash to evolve with them. There are lots of partial cones of this or that (usually left over from completed projects) and/or plenty of fiber that is not their “thing” anymore. The desire to have a stash is still strong, just a “stash of a different color.”
Stash Depleters are in downsizing mode. They have more stash than they can ever use – a Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy (S.A.B.L.E) as described by Laura Fry in her Handwoven magazine essay.
Most of these stashes have been years in the making and include such treasures as Willamette Valley linens, cotton bouclés, and vintage colors and textures. These weavers would rather sell or donate some of their stash to other fiber artists rather than see it go to the dump or leave it to a family member to figure out what to do with it in their absence.
This year, PHG proposes Stash Management as our Theme of the Year. Here is a chance to build, change, or deplete your stash. Are you a depleter? Post a picture of what you’re are willing to sell or donate on the GoogleGroup email. Are you a builder? Tell others what you’re looking for. Do you want to change it up? Let others know what you want to swap. In the meantime, weave articles using your own stash, or using materials you acquired from someone else’s stash. At the end of the year, we can share what we wove and what we did to manage our stashes. We’ll have more to say in the months to come, and hope that sharing of our stashes and our Stash Management strategies helps to bring us together in this ongoing difficult time of isolation.
Outreach Co-Director Needed
If you have been looking for a fun way to get more involved with PHG activities, this may be your chance. Maggie Patterson and Cooki Messmer have been serving as Co-Directors for Outreach. Unfortunately for our Guild, Maggie is preparing to move out of state. So Cooki is looking for a new partner to help organize outreach activities.
Maggie got the effort off to a good start over the last year by ordering an outdoor canopy, fold-up table, tablecloth, and a large hanging PHG banner. Activities include contacting organizations for permission to set up a booth for demonstrations and information; then recruiting PHG members to help staff the effort. Despite the pandemic, some of those locations over the last year have included farmers’ markets in Gresham, Woodstock, Cedar Mill; the Troutdale First Friday Art Gathering; and Art in the Pearl.
Members weaving on small looms have attracted lots of interested onlookers with questions about how to check out the Guild and where to take lessons. The informational brochure gets them connected.
If this sounds like a role you would be willing to share, or you would like to help demonstrate weaving sometime, contact Cooki at cookimessmer@comcast.net.
And thank you, Maggie, for your outstanding volunteer efforts to make PHG more visible in the community.
PHG Website News
Recently a few members reported receiving a phone call from someone purporting to Dan Steves. It’s believed this person may have obtained member information from the website forum profiles. The forums weren’t used much, and the navigation to them was removed from the site earlier this year. In light of this recent event we’ve completely removed the forums and the related software from the site. We have also removed any logins created by non-members who wanted access to the forums, and have blocked any further non-member login creations. We have also updated the page on Privacy, including new instructions on how to update your directory information.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Dan using the “Contact Us” form on the website, or directly via email at dansteves@gmail.com.
PHG Special Projects Grant Program
Have you been thinking about an aspect of weaving, dyeing, or spinning that you would like to explore? After being cooped up for a year with these ideas floating around, isn’t it time to act on them, and would the incentive of a little cash help?
PHG is here to help with you with that!
The Guild has a grant fund available to members for just that purpose and all you need to do is fill out a simple application form and submit it the Director of Education. REALLY this is not some LONG government form and it does not require a COVID test so please think about applying. Go to the website and look under education/special projects or just click on the link below and get started.
This is an opportunity for new weavers who are interested in experimenting with a new type of weave or yarn, experienced weavers to finally research a topic more in depth or attend a workshop that otherwise would not be within the budget. All that PHG asked is that you share your experience with us sometime in the future!
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Linda Edquist
Director of Education
https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/archive/education/special-projects-fund/
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Small Equipment Library
Most members are aware that the PHG has table and tapestry looms to rent. Many may not be aware that we have a number of smaller tools that you can borrow for a month with no charge. These items have been moved from the Rental Equipment page on the PHG site to a new page, Small Equipment Library, under the Resources menu. Kathy Sengenberger’s husband, Dave, generously gifted the guild some wonderful additions to this collection. Now available to borrow are a Glimakra yarn swift, a ball winder, a fringe twister, a bobbin winder and a McMorran balance (to determine how much mystery yarn you picked up at the latest sale. Sorry, you will still need to do a burn test to find out what it is). Try things out, then put them on your holiday wish list! Please email Robin with requests. They will be available for pick up and return during the regular library schedule.
ANWG 2023 Conference: Fiber Connections
The 2023 ANWG Conference is a GO for June 11-18, 2023 at the Riverhouse Convention Center and Hotel in Bend. Portland Handweavers Guild is weaving the name tags, and we had been weaving them at various locations across metro area, including sales, demonstrations, and Ruthie’s Weaving Studio as well as in private weavers’ home studios. With COVID restrictions still in place, we currently are restricting weaving to private home studios. If you are interested in weaving some name tags, we can provide you with the draft, pre-made warp, weft, and instructions. Please contact Sue Walsh at sugar2311@comcast.net if you’d like more info. If you’d like to know more about the conference, or wish to sign up for the regular blogs, go to https://anwgconference2023.com/ Thanks in advance!
Membership
Your membership runs from July 1 to June 30, and all memberships are up for renewal on July 1. The only exception is new members who joined after March 1 of this year. For more information or to renew online go to https://portlandhandweaversguild.org/archive/portland-handweavers-guild-membership/renew-my-membership/.
Please reach out to Membership Director Jessica with any questions or concerns.
Latest ANWG Newsletter
The Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds has posted their most recent newsletter. Check out the creative ways other Northwest weaving guilds are getting their members together for fiber activities. Click here to read the newsletter.
A Message from Your Complex Weavers Representative
Have you ever considered joining Complex Weavers? Membership is open to those weavers who venture forth on 8 shaft looms, or more. However if you only have 4 shafts right now, we also would welcome you. Complex Weavers gives one the chance to meet like minded weavers, and to share and learn from each other.
Complex Weavers offers many study groups on a variety of weaving topics. We also have an extensive library one can use for their own study purposes. Complex Weavers hosts Seminars, every even numbered year, and this is a chance for members to meet up in person, and enjoy the learning opportunities at that conference.
Additionally, Complex Weavers members have the opportunity to enter a juried show, Complexity, held in connection with Complex Weavers Seminars.
Plans continue to move along for our Seminars 2022. Do know the information regarding housing and classes is up on our Website, (www.complex-weavers.org) We hope you will be able to join us in Knoxville, TN, July 10-13 for a wonderful 2022 Seminars gathering, just prior to Convergence.
We continue to welcome new members to Complex Weavers. It is so exciting to see those new members joining, and our long term members returning to share their talents with us. www.complex-weavers.org.
If you would like to join Complex Weavers or would like more information, please send an email to LadellawilliamsCZZ@gmail.com, text her at 503-729-1704, or write to Ladella Williams at:
4254 NE Flanders St.
Portland OR 97213-1636
Handweavers Guild of America
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) is our national weaving organization whose mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber arts community. Many of us think of Convergence, the biennial international conference, when we think of HGA. The next Convergence will be in Knoxville, Tennessee July 15-21, 2022. Registration is open now.
Membership also entitles you to receive the quarterly Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot magazine, guided study opportunities, grants to study or take workshops, fiber resources such as textile kits and multimedia rentals, travel excursions and eligibility for Small Expressions exhibit and the HGA Award given to more than 30 deserving artists each year.
Please go to the HGA website www.weavespindye.org for more information.
Sale News
PHG Spring Fiber Arts Sale
PHG Spring Sale with Gathering of the Guilds
May 6-8, 2022
Oregon Convention Center
The 2022 PHG Spring Sale Artist Application will open on January, 5, 2022. Please check the PHG Website Sale Page at that time for a link to the application and the prospectus. Read the prospectus before filling out the application. There have been some changes made and new pricing. Application deadline is February 15, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Jane Wilson at phgspringsale@gmail.com.
Additionally, volunteers are needed for the following tasks:
1. Coordinator of Volunteers
- Set-up Sign Up Genius, a free online sign-up program for vendors participating in GOTG
- Remind volunteers/vendors to sign up for required hours
- Remind volunteers/vendors to work their shifts
2. GOTG postcards/flyers/posters distribution
- Ship or deliver to vendors and others to distribute
- Pass out at PHG meeting
3. PHG demonstrations for lobby
- Recruit PHG demonstrators
- Prepare guild loom
- Coordinate transport of equipment MAC and OCC
4. Demonstration from outside of group
- Recruit outside fiber arts group to demonstrate
- Coordinate with John Beard
Please contact Jane or Jessica if you can help.
Jane Wilson, janewilson1949@outlook.com
Or
Jessica Bardsley, jessica.a.bardsley@gmail.com
Bulletin Board
Felter Kristy Kun Featured on Cover of American Craft Magazine
Fiber artist, felter and former Portlander Kristy Kun is featured on the cover of American Craft Magazine as well as a contributing author to the Winter 2022 issue. Read her article online here. Congratulations, Kristy!
Maiwa School of Textiles Online Workshops Begin January, 2022
Maiwa School of Textiles is presenting four online dye workshops beginning January, 2022. Registration is open now. Click here for more info.
Looking to Buy or Sell Weaving Equipment or Materials?
Check out the Items for Sale page.
Fiber News and Events
Mending The Social Fabric
Now through January 30, 2022
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education’s Menashe Gallery
Interactive exhibition by textile artist Bonnie Meltzer.
More info here.
Escape to the Past Through Buttons and Fashions
January 7 – February 20, 2022
Fiber Arts Studio Gallery at Lincoln City Cultural Center
Lincoln City, OR
The Oregon State Button Society Exhibit will dazzle, delight, and draw attention and appreciation for buttons and their rich history. For Button Clubs and Button Shows in Oregon, see www.oregonbuttonsociety.org.
The Portland Handweavers Guild Mannequin Project was conceived as a way to honor the French people of 1945 and the Portland Handweavers Guild which was started in the same year. Using the Theatre de la Mode mannequins (which can be seen at Maryhill Museum) as inspiration, Dakotah Fitzhugh sculpted and created the PHG mannequins. These eight Mannequins showcase handwoven fabrics and original fashion designs reminiscent of 1945, made by PHG members.
lincolncity-culturalcenter.org/fiber-arts-studio-gallery
Handweavers Guild of America
Textiles & Tea
Tuesdays, Now-March, 2022
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.’s (HGA) exciting new program for 2021, Textiles & Tea, takes place every Tuesday at 4 PM (ET). We’ve invited some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today to join us for an hour long conversation where we will discuss their artwork and their creative journey. Make a cup of your favorite tea and join us as we talk about fiber, creativity, inspiration, process and so much more.
More info here.
Helena Hernmarck: Wool and Color
Textile Arts Council Online Presentation via Zoom
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 10am PT
Helena Hernmarck, a Swedish-born tapestry artist and weaver best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings, will illustrate the evolution of her signature weaving technique from her early days at art school in Sweden to the present, highlighting important commissions, including her recent commission at 35 Hudson Yards in New York. $5-$10.
Find more info and purchase tickets here.
Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat
February 16-20, 2022
Tacoma, WA
Rose City Yarn Crawl 2022
February 24-27, 2022
Portland, OR
RAGS Wearable Art Sale and Show
March 10-13, 2022
Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma, Fife, WA
Supporting YWCA Pierce County’s life-saving domestic violence services.
www.ragswearableart.org
Fiber in the Forest
May 13-15, 2022
Camp Myrtlewood, OR
Fiber in the Forest is coming back in 2022!
More info here.
MAWS 2022 Visions In Fiber Conference
Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners
June 21-26, 2022
Carroll College, Helena, MT
The conference is scheduled for Carroll College in Helena June 21-26, 2022 (including pre-conference workshops). More info coming in the Fall MAWS newsletter. There is also a fashion show, towel exchange and skein exchange planned! The Conference Theme is “Visions in FIber”. More info at https://www.montanaweavespin.org/ and https://helenaweaversandspinners.org/
Handweavers Guild of America-Convergence 2022
July 15-21, 2022
Knoxville, TN
Convergence® is heading to the Smoky Mountains for 2022!
Convergence
The Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) committee is delighted to announce that the traveling show will take place beginning in January of 2023. This show travels around the state of Oregon showcasing the fiber arts in our communities. The Title of the show is “Filaments.” A prospectus for submissions will be coming out soon and we hope to have a large response from participating guild members. The WeGO Traveling Show has been well received in the past, so now is the time to begin to plan your Filaments project.
Happy weaving,
WeGO 2023 Traveling Show Committee:
Sarah Mostkoff
Marilyn Roberts
Charlene Virts
ANWG Conference – Fiber Connections
June 11-18, 2023
Riverhouse Convention Center, Bend, OR
Click the link below to read all the news for the ANWG Conference 2023.
anwgconference2023.com
Call to Artists
Sunriver Art Fair
August 12-14, 2022
Sunriver, OR
Applications are open for all artists on ZAPP. Application deadline is March 4, 2022. More info here.
Art in the Pearl
September 3-5, 2022
North Park Blocks, Portland, OR
Apply now on ZAPP. Application deadline is February 15, 2022. More info here.
Rental Equipment
PHG has equipment available for rent to current PHG Members. Click here for more info.
PHG Board and Chairs
Please click here for a list of PHG Board Members and Committee Chairs.