WGM Volunteer Appreciation Reception September 12, 4-6:30pm offsite Join us for our annual celebration of our wonderful volunteers! If you have set up for a meeting, demo'd at an event, priced donated goods, volunteered in the office, worked on a [...]
Save the Date! State Fair Sale starts August 27 Swing in August 27 through September 7 to save on donated donated yarn, fiber, used books, and equipment! Items that have been donated to our organization will be 20% off the lowest [...]
Come join our members in the Creative Activities building at the Minnesota State Fair! Our amazing, generous volunteers demonstrate their talents from 9am to 9pm every single day! Swing by our booth to try weaving on a floor loom, spinning on [...]
Sign up to demonstrate at the State Fair--we have just a few spots left! You'll get a free ticket into the fair for the day you demonstrate. SIGN UP Volunteer Guidelines
Join WGM for a tour of Hearts of Our People, an exhibition featuring the work of more than 100 Native women artists, organized by and presented at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Our guide, Mia curator Jill Alberg Yohe, [...]
By Judith Preckshot In early May Hazel Lutz, Kianna Fowler, Celeste Grant and I—all members of the Whorling Spinsters—finally made it out to visit Hot Disch Yak Farm after an aborted attempt in mid-April thanks to our big spring snowstorm: [...]
The Member Directory gives WGM members the option to share their information with other members. Information will be shared in an emailed document following the close of sign-up. To protect the privacy of our members, only those who have opted in will receive access to the Directory and contact [...]
Election Results from the May 2019 Annual Meeting: Please welcome: Carol Carter | Dawn Gilette-Kircher | Barbara Heath | Mary M. Mateer | Katie Oberton | Brittany Pentek, Secretary | Linda Soranno, President Elect | Elizabeth Schutz | Matthew Schutz, [...]
Every year, WGM members volunteer every hour, every day of the State Fair to bring weaving and spinning to fair-goers, some of whom have no idea what wool looks like, how cloth is made, or the difference between weaving and [...]
Encrypted Textiles Minneapolis artist Heather MacKenzie practices hand weaving and experiments with encrypted woven storytelling. She regards woven textiles as sensual while simultaneously embedding them with complex mathematical information. KFAI’s Dixie Treichel produced this audio portrait. https://soundcloud.com/minneculture/encrypted-textiles Heather's work can be [...]
