Clara Parkes presents "Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool" Monday, October 21, 7pm at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, go to www.magersandquinn.com for more info Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool is a fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming [...]
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, [...]
We want your WGM photos! WGM turns 80 in the spring of 2020! For our 80th anniversary year, we are looking for photos and other memorabilia of significant events from our history. This includes the 50th anniversary celebration held at [...]
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 [...]
Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival: Volunteer Opportunity May 11 &12 at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo We are looking for volunteers to demonstrate any type of portable weaving, spinning or other technique to showcase some of the cool [...]
Call for Art: The Baldishol Exhibit The famous Baldishol Tapestry was discovered in Norway in 1879. It's widely recognized as one of the earliest European tapestries and has inspired many a copy. Contemporary artists: It's your turn to be inspired by the [...]
Yaks, Yaks, Yaks! Tour of Hot Disch Farm in Raymond, MN Moved to May 4, 2pm Join the Whorling Spinsters for a tour of Hot Disch Farm (https://www.hotdischfarm.com/), led by owner Craig Dischinger. You will get to meet yaks up close and personal [...]
Want to volunteer on behalf of WGM at the MN State Fair? Sign up here. Volunteer shifts are 4 hours and grant you 1 free ticket into the Fair for your shift. Volunteering at the Fair is one of WGM's [...]
Attend the Socially Engaged Craft Collective "Cross Pollination” one day conference and Ferment Exhibition of socially engaged craft projects. The Socially Engaged Craft Collective, in partnership with the School of Design and the Arts at Minneapolis College, is excited to announce a day [...]
What We're Listening To: Pockets, Articles of Interest #3 Podcast: 99% Invisible From their website: "Womenswear is littered with fake pockets that don’t open, or shallow pockets that can hardly hold more than a paperclip. If women’s clothes have pockets [...]
