What We're Reading: The Maker’s Hand: A Close Look at Textile Structures by Peter Collingwood Also available under the title, Textile and Weaving Structures Reviewed by Celeste Grant I am writing a book review on a book I have not [...]
Weavers Guild Artisan Sale: Plied, Dyed & Woven Why the New Name? by Geri Retzlaff The Weavers Guild re-envisioning team has been hard at work to refresh and update our annual sale, including considering (and choosing) a new venue and [...]
The Archive Committee has been copying our guild newsletters to a digital format, starting with the Threadbenders (December 1968–June 1975) and then The Minnesota Weaver (from September 1975). The early Minnesota Weavers included many useful articles including "Of Fiber” (by [...]
Throughout this spring and summer, the committee members of the WGM Artisan Sale: Plied, Dyed and Woven (formerly Fiber Fair), will be sharing a series of articles about the sale, including the story of the new name, information on how [...]
In Memoriam: Nedra Granquist Longtime guild member, instructor, fiber arts supporter, weaver, and friend Nedra Granquist passed last week after a long battle with cancer. Read her obituary, here. From Judy Larson, leader of the Rag Rug Study Group: With [...]
Annual Meeting: Date Change The Annual Meeting of the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, scheduled for May 14, 2020, has been tentatively moved to June 2020, pending Board approval at the April 23 meeting of the Board of Directors. Per the [...]
What We're Reading: Theo Moorman 1907-1990: Her Life and Work as an Artist Weaver Reviewed by Ever Woodward Published by the University Gallery Leeds to accompany an exhibit celebrating Theo Moorman’s sixty-year weaving career, "Theo Moorman 1907-1990" illustrates her work, [...]
Have you always wanted to read Women’s Work: The First 20,000 years? Or remember being engrossed in A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire and wanting someone else to read it so you could [...]
Hello, Members, We're writing this in a moment of uncertainty. As a guild focused on using our hands to do skilled work, we know that weaving and spinning allow us to slow down. Working on a project right now may [...]
3/15/2020; updated 3/27/2020 Dear Weavers Guild Community, Over the last few days, the WGM Board of Directors and staff have been planning our response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis. We have carefully considered how to support and protect the [...]
